Bill Text: NY A03842 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prevents the commissioner of mental health from considering the source or availability of state share of medical expenses as a criterion for the issuance, expansion or renewal of an operating certificate.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to mental health [A03842 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A03842-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3842 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 27, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRENNAN, DINOWITZ, CLARK, ORTIZ -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, ABINANTI, COLTON, GOTTFRIED, HOOPER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to preventing the consideration of medical assistance as a criterion for the issuance of an operating certificate THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 31.05 of the mental hygiene law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision (d) to read as follows: 3 (D) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE COMMIS- 4 SIONER SHALL NOT CONSIDER THE SOURCE OR AVAILABILITY OF STATE SHARE OF 5 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AS A CRITERION FOR THE ISSUANCE, EXPANSION OR RENEWAL 6 OF AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE REQUIRED BY SECTION 31.02 OF THIS ARTICLE. 7 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01342-01-5