Bill Text: NY S02126 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that any state program implemented pursuant to an agreement with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to obtain federal financial supports for the implementation of a delivery system reform incentive payment ("DSRIP") program shall require that a minimum of forty percent of all funds awarded pursuant to a state DSRIP program, shall be disbursed to community-based health care providers for specific programs and services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S02126 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S02126-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2126

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 19, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sens. RIVERA, MAY -- 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 requirements for
          certain state programs to obtain federal financial  supports  for  the
          implementation of a delivery system reform incentive payment program

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

     1    Section 1. Section 363-a of the social  services  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of law, regulation, rule, federal
     4  waiver request, or agency guidance to the contrary,  any  state  program
     5  implemented  pursuant  to an agreement with the Centers for Medicare and
     6  Medicaid Services to obtain federal financial supports for the implemen-
     7  tation of a delivery system reform incentive payment  ("DSRIP")  program
     8  consistent  with  section 1115A of the federal Social Security Act shall
     9  require that a minimum of forty percent of all funds awarded pursuant to
    10  a state DSRIP program on  or  after  the  date  this  subdivision  takes
    11  effect,  shall be disbursed to community-based health care providers for
    12  the exclusive purpose of supporting the programs and services defined in
    13  this subdivision. For  purposes  of  this  subdivision,  community-based
    14  health  care  providers  shall  be defined as a diagnostic and treatment
    15  center licensed or granted an operating certificate under article  twen-
    16  ty-eight  of  the public health law other than those owned, operated, or
    17  controlled by a general hospital  as  defined  in  section  twenty-eight
    18  hundred one of the public health law; a mental health outpatient provid-
    19  er licensed or granted an operating certificate under article thirty-one
    20  of  the  mental hygiene law; a substance use disorder treatment provider
    21  licensed or granted an operating certificate under article thirty-two of
    22  the mental hygiene law;  a  clinic  licensed  or  granted  an  operating
    23  certificate  under article sixteen of the mental hygiene law; a patient-
    24  centered medical home other than those owned, operated, or controlled by

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00573-01-1
        S. 2126                             2

     1  a general hospital as defined in section twenty-eight hundred one of the
     2  public health law; a community-based program funded under the office  of
     3  mental  health,  the  office for people with developmental disabilities,
     4  the office of addiction services and supports or through a local govern-
     5  ment  unit  as defined under article forty-one of the mental hygiene law
     6  (except programs eligible for funding as part of a DSRIP social determi-
     7  nant of health network); a home  care  provider  certified  or  licensed
     8  pursuant  to  article  thirty-six  of  the  public health law; a hospice
     9  provider licensed or granted  an  operating  certificate  under  article
    10  forty  of  the public health law; or a family and child service provider
    11  licensed under article twenty-nine-I of the public health law.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.