Bill Text: NY A05776 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to supplemental indigent care allocations to high-need diagnostic and treatment centers

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to health [A05776 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A05776-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5776
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 20, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. BRODSKY, GOTTFRIED, CANESTRARI, GLICK, LIFTON,
         PAULIN, PHEFFER, CHRISTENSEN, BRADLEY, GALEF, PRETLOW -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to supplemental indi-
         gent care allocations to high-need diagnostic and treatment centers
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  2807-p  of  the  public health law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision 4-d to read as follows:
    3    4-D.  (A) FOR PERIODS ON AND AFTER  JULY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  NINE,
    4  FUNDS  SHALL  BE MADE AVAILABLE IN THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS FOR PAYMENTS TO
    5  ELIGIBLE VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT  DIAGNOSTIC  AND  TREATMENT  CENTERS  THAT
    6  DEMONSTRATE THAT A MINIMUM OF TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL CLINIC VISITS
    7  REPORTED  DURING THE APPLICABLE BASE YEAR PERIOD WERE TO UNINSURED INDI-
    8  VIDUALS:
    9    (I) FOR THE PERIOD JULY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  NINE  THROUGH  DECEMBER
   10  THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINE, THREE MILLION DOLLARS;
   11    (II)  FOR  THE PERIOD JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN THROUGH DECEMBER
   12  THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN, SIX MILLION DOLLARS; AND
   13    (III) FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN  THROUGH  JUNE
   14  THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, THREE MILLION DOLLARS.
   15    (B)  FUNDS  ALLOCATED FOR PAYMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION
   16  SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS: THE AMOUNT DISTRIBUTED TO A  DIAGNOSTIC
   17  AND  TREATMENT  CENTER ELIGIBLE FOR DISTRIBUTIONS UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION
   18  SHALL BE BASED ON SUCH DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT  CENTER'S  UNCOMPENSATED
   19  NOMINAL NEED COMPARED TO THE AGGREGATE UNCOMPENSATED NOMINAL NEED OF ALL
   20  DIAGNOSTIC  AND  TREATMENT CENTERS ELIGIBLE FOR DISTRIBUTIONS UNDER THIS
   21  SUBDIVISION. UNCOMPENSATED NOMINAL NEED SHALL BE CALCULATED AS THE NOMI-
   22  NAL PAYMENT AMOUNT ESTABLISHED FOR SUCH CENTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH  PARA-
   23  GRAPH  (B)  OF  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  THIS  SECTION  LESS THE AGGREGATE
   24  PAYMENTS RECEIVED BY SUCH CENTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH  SUBPARAGRAPH  (III)
   25  OF PARAGRAPH (A) AND PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION.
   26    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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