Bill Text: NY A05521 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the inpatient reimbursement rates for those general hospitals most significantly affected by revenue losses resulting from Medicaid rebasing that took effect 12/1/2009.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-15 - enacting clause stricken [A05521 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A05521-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5521
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 28, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. GABRYSZAK, GIGLIO -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to  amend  the  public  health  law,  in  relation  to  inpatient
         reimbursement rates for general hospitals
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 35 of section  2807-c  of  the
    2  public  health  law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vi) to read
    3  as follows:
    4    (VI) (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE  CONTRARY,
    5  A  GENERAL  HOSPITAL  WHOSE  TOTAL  MEDICAID REVENUES RESULTING FROM THE
    6  MEDICAID RATES THAT TOOK EFFECT ON DECEMBER  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  NINE
    7  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT
    8  THE HOSPITAL RANKS AMONG THE TOP FIVE PERCENT OF HOSPITALS IN  NEW  YORK
    9  STATE IN TERMS OF THE PERCENTAGE REDUCTION IN THE HOSPITAL'S TOTAL MEDI-
   10  CAID  REVENUES, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE AN ADD-ON TO ITS RATES THAT
   11  IS EQUIVALENT TO THE INCREMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UNINSURED  UNITS  OF
   12  SERVICES  AND  COST  BASED  METHODOLOGIES FOR THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND NINE
   13  INDIGENT CARE POOL. SUCH DIFFERENCE SHALL BE DIVIDED  BY  THE  YEAR  TWO
   14  THOUSAND FIVE FEE-FOR-SERVICE DISCHARGES.
   15    (B)  FUNDS  IN AN AMOUNT TOTALING THREE MILLION SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
   16  SHALL BE ALLOCATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND SHALL BE OFFSET  IN  THE
   17  BUDGET  NEUTRALITY  FACTOR FOR THE STATE-WIDE RATES. THE COMMISSIONER IS
   18  HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS TO  IMPLE-
   19  MENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2014, provided, however, that
   21  the  commissioner  of  health shall promulgate any rules and regulations
   22  necessary for the implementation of this act on or before such effective
   23  date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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