Bill Text: NY S00222 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases state reimbursement for care, treatment, maintenance and nursing services in nursing homes in certain eligible social services districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S00222 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S00222-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 222 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MAZIARZ, ALESI, BONACIC, DeFRANCISCO, FLANAGAN, GOLDEN, SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to state reimburse- ment for care, treatment, maintenance and nursing services in nursing homes THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 368-a of the social services law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (g-1) to read as follows: 3 (G-1) (I) BEGINNING APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, REIMBURSEMENT 4 FOR SERVICES CALCULATED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (G) OF THIS SUBDIVISION TO 5 AN ELIGIBLE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT AS DEFINED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF 6 THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE ADJUSTED EACH SUBSEQUENT TWELVE MONTH PERIOD BY 7 INCREASING THE APPLICABLE PER CENTUM AS SPECIFIED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (III) 8 OF THIS PARAGRAPH. 9 (II) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, AN ELIGIBLE SOCIAL SERVICES 10 DISTRICT SHALL BE A DISTRICT WHICH: (A) MADE A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO 11 SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF CHAPTER FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF 12 THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-SIX IN TWO THOUSAND NINE; (B) IN 13 SUCH DISTRICT THERE IS A NON-STATE OPERATED PUBLIC RESIDENTIAL HEALTH 14 CARE FACILITY OPERATING FOR THE PREVIOUS TWELVE MONTH PERIOD; AND (C) 15 THE SUM OF COSTS FROM OPERATIONS FOR ALL SUCH FACILITIES WITHIN A 16 DISTRICT EXCEED THE SUM OF REVENUES FROM OPERATIONS, AS REPORTED TO THE 17 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE MOST RECENT RATE YEAR AVAILABLE. 18 (III) THE PER CENTUM SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (G) OF THIS SUBDIVISION 19 SHALL BE INCREASED BY ADDING TO IT A PER CENTUM CALCULATED BY TAKING THE 20 AMOUNT THAT THE SUM OF COSTS FROM OPERATIONS FOR ALL SUCH FACILITIES 21 WITHIN A DISTRICT EXCEED THE SUM OR REVENUES FROM OPERATIONS, AS 22 REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE MOST RECENT RATE YEAR EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01311-01-1 S. 222 2 1 AVAILABLE, AND DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REIMBURSEMENT PROVIDED TO 2 THE DISTRICT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (G) OF THIS SUBDIVISION IN THE PREVI- 3 OUS APRIL FIRST THROUGH MARCH THIRTY-FIRST PERIOD. 4 S 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2012.