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]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         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
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