Bill Text: NY A11170 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to state reimbursement for public health services provided by municipalities and to the incorporation of home health and hospices services within municipal public health services plans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-08-02 - print number 11170a [A11170 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A11170-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                       11170--A
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 21, 2010
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DESTITO  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A.
         GUNTHER, LIFTON -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Health
         --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
         and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  state  reimburse-
         ment for public health services provided by municipalities
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.   Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3  of  section  602  of  the
    2  public  health law is amended by adding two new subparagraphs 6 and 7 to
    3  read as follows:
    4    (6) HOME HEALTH SERVICES, WHICH SHALL  MEAN  SERVICES  PROVIDED  BY  A
    5  MUNICIPALITY  THAT IS A CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AGENCY OR A LONG TERM HOME
    6  HEALTH CARE PROGRAM AUTHORIZED UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX OF THIS  CHAPTER
    7  TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF THAT MUNICIPALITY.
    8    (7)  HOSPICE SERVICES, WHICH SHALL MEAN SERVICES PROVIDED BY A MUNICI-
    9  PALITY THAT IS A CERTIFIED HOSPICE AUTHORIZED  UNDER  ARTICLE  FORTY  OF
   10  THIS CHAPTER TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF THAT MUNICIPALITY.
   11    S  2.  Any rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner of health
   12  pursuant to article 6 of the public health law  which  are  inconsistent
   13  with  the  provisions  of  this  act, including any such rules and regu-
   14  lations which limit state reimbursement to municipalities  for  services
   15  provided pursuant to section one of this act on the basis that a provid-
   16  er  other  than  the municipality is also approved to operate within the
   17  municipality, shall be deemed null,  void  and  unenforceable  upon  the
   18  effective date of this act.
   19    S  3.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
   20  have been in full force and effect on and after July 1, 2010.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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