Bill Text: NY A09664 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides that recoupments and reductions of medical assistance payments for home care services shall not be subject to interest.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2012-10-05 - tabled [A09664 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09664-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        9664--B
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 23, 2012
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. BRINDISI, JACOBS, ABINANTI, JAFFEE, P. RIVERA,
         CAHILL, MILLMAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LENTOL -- read  once
         and  referred  to  the Committee on Health -- reported and referred to
         the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
         again  reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted
         as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to medical assistance
         recoupments and reductions for home care services and to  provide  for
         the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
    2  3621 to read as follows:
    3    S  3621. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE RECOUPMENTS AND REDUCTIONS.  NOTWITHSTAND-
    4  ING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ON  AND  AFTER  APRIL
    5  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  NINE,  ANY  RECOUPMENTS  OR REDUCTIONS IN MEDICAL
    6  ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS FOR LICENSED HOME CARE SERVICES AGENCIES AND  CERTI-
    7  FIED  HOME  HEALTH  AGENCIES LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE OR FISCAL
    8  INTERMEDIARIES OPERATING PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED  SIXTY-FIVE-F
    9  OF  THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO INTEREST OR INTEREST
   10  PENALTIES.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
   12  deemed repealed March 31, 2014.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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