Bill Text: NY A07511 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Expands the residential health care for children with medical fragility in transition to young adults and young adults with medical fragility demonstration program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-06-09 - substituted by s7038 [A07511 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07511-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7511

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 25, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  expanding  the
          residential health care for children with medical fragility in transi-
          tion  to  young  adults and young adults with medical fragility demon-
          stration program

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 and paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section
     2  2808-e  of  the  public  health law, as added by section 1 of part MM of
     3  chapter 57 of the laws of 2021, are amended to read as follows:
     4    1. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the  contrary,  the
     5  commissioner  shall,  within  amounts  appropriated  and  subject to the
     6  availability of federal  financial  participation,  establish  a  demon-
     7  stration  program  for  [two] four eligible pediatric residential health
     8  care facilities, as defined in paragraph (d) of subdivision two of  this
     9  section,  to  construct  a new facility or repurpose part of an existing
    10  facility to operate as a young adult residential  health  care  facility
    11  for  the  purpose of improving the quality of care for young adults with
    12  medical fragility.
    13    (d) "eligible pediatric residential health care facilities" shall mean
    14  pediatric health care facilities that  meet  the  following  eligibility
    15  criteria  for  the demonstration program set forth in subdivision one of
    16  this section: (i) has over  one  hundred  [and  sixty]  twenty  licensed
    17  pediatric  beds; or (ii) is currently licensed for pediatric beds pursu-
    18  ant to this article, is co-operated by a system  of  hospitals  licensed
    19  pursuant  to this article, and such hospitals qualify for funds pursuant
    20  to a vital access provider assurance program or a  value  based  payment
    21  incentive  program, as administered by the department in accordance with
    22  all requirements set forth in the state's federal 1115  Medicaid  waiver
    23  standard terms and conditions.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 7511                             2

     1    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
     2  the amendments to section 2808-e  of  the  public  health  law  made  by
     3  section  one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
     4  shall be deemed repealed therewith.