Bill Text: NY S02211 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes the state university of New York upstate medical hospital operating account, the state university of New York downstate medical hospital operating account and the state university of New York Stony Brook medical hospital operating account.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-12 - referred to ways and means [S02211 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S02211-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2211--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 12, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, BOYLE, MARCHIONE, RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted to the Committee on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the state university of New York upstate medical hospital operating account, the state university of New York downstate medical hospital operating account and the state university of New York Stony Brook medical hospital operating account; to amend the education law, in relation to apportionment to the state university; and to repeal subdivision 8-a of section 355 of the education law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding three new 2 sections 99-bb, 99-cc and 99-dd to read as follows: 3 § 99-bb. State university of New York upstate medical hospital operat- 4 ing account. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the 5 state comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance an 6 account to be known as the "state university of New York upstate medical 7 hospital operating account". 8 2. Such account shall consist of (a) any monies received by state 9 university health care facilities from fees, charges and reimbursement 10 from all other sources, and (b) any funding from the state general fund 11 provided to the state university health care facilities pursuant to an 12 annual transfer so designated as being associated with the state univer- 13 sity health care facility at Syracuse. Notwithstanding the provisions 14 of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a portion of such monies 15 credited may be transferred to a state university account as requested 16 by the state university chancellor or his or her designee. Monies to EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07867-02-8S. 2211--A 2 1 establish reserves for long-term expenses of state university health 2 care facilities and to fulfill obligations required for any contract for 3 health care services authorized pursuant to subdivision sixteen of 4 section three hundred fifty-five of the education law may be designated 5 by the state university health care facility at Syracuse as a reserve 6 and transferred to a separate contractual reserve account. The amounts 7 in such accounts shall be available for use in accordance with paragraph 8 b of subdivision four and subdivision eight of section three hundred 9 fifty-five of the education law. Monies shall only be expended from the 10 state university of New York upstate medical hospital operating account 11 and the contractual reserve account pursuant to appropriation. Notwith- 12 standing any other provision of this chapter, the education law or any 13 other law to the contrary, such appropriation shall remain in full force 14 and effect for two years from the effective date of the appropriation 15 act making such appropriation. Monies so transferred may be returned to 16 the state university of New York upstate medical hospital operating 17 account; provided, however, that funds in such contractual reserve 18 account must be sufficient to meet the obligations of all such 19 contracts. 20 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph c of subdivision four 21 of section three hundred fifty-five of the education law, or any other 22 law, rule or regulation to the contrary, and except as outlined in this 23 section, such funds contained within the state university of New York 24 upstate medical hospital operating account shall be for the operations 25 of the state university health care facility at Syracuse alone and may 26 not be supplemented by monies contained within any other state universi- 27 ty account. 28 § 99-cc. State university of New York downstate medical hospital oper- 29 ating account. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of 30 the state comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance an 31 account to be known as the "state university of New York downstate 32 medical hospital operating account". 33 2. Such account shall consist of (a) any monies received by state 34 university health care facilities from fees, charges and reimbursement 35 from all other sources, and (b) any funding from the state general fund 36 provided to the state university health care facilities pursuant to an 37 annual transfer so designated as being associated with the state univer- 38 sity health care facility at Brooklyn. Notwithstanding any law, rule or 39 regulation to the contrary, a portion of such monies credited may be 40 transferred to a state university account as requested by the state 41 university chancellor or his or her designee. Monies to establish 42 reserves for long-term expenses of state university health care facili- 43 ties and to fulfill obligations required for any contract for health 44 care services authorized pursuant to subdivision sixteen of section 45 three hundred fifty-five of the education law may be designated by the 46 state university health care facility at Brooklyn as a reserve and 47 transferred to a separate contractual reserve account. The amounts in 48 such accounts shall be available for use in accordance with paragraph b 49 of subdivision four and subdivision eight of section three hundred 50 fifty-five of the education law. Monies shall only be expended from the 51 state university of New York downstate medical hospital operating 52 account and the contractual reserve account pursuant to appropriation. 53 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the education law 54 or any other law to the contrary, such appropriation shall remain in 55 full force and effect for two years from the effective date of the 56 appropriation act making such appropriation. Monies so transferred mayS. 2211--A 3 1 be returned to the state university of New York downstate medical hospi- 2 tal operating account; provided, however, that funds in such contractual 3 reserve account must be sufficient to meet the obligations of all such 4 contracts. 5 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph c of subdivision four 6 of section three hundred fifty-five of the education law, or any law, 7 rule or regulation to the contrary, and except as outlined in this 8 section, such funds contained within the state university of New York 9 downstate medical hospital operating account shall be for the operations 10 of the state university health care facility at Brooklyn alone and may 11 not be supplemented by monies contained within any other state universi- 12 ty account. 13 § 99-dd. State university of New York Stony Brook medical hospital 14 operating account. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody 15 of the state comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance an 16 account to be known as the "state university of New York Stony Brook 17 medical hospital operating account". 18 2. Such account shall consist of (a) any monies received by state 19 university health care facilities from fees, charges and reimbursement 20 from all other sources, and (b) any funding from the state general fund 21 provided to the state university health care facilities pursuant to an 22 annual transfer so designated as being associated with the state univer- 23 sity health care facility at Stony Brook. Notwithstanding the 24 provisions of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a portion of 25 such monies credited may be transferred to a state university account as 26 requested by the state university chancellor or his or her designee. 27 Monies to establish reserves for long-term expenses of state university 28 health care facilities and to fulfill obligations required for any 29 contract for health care services authorized pursuant to subdivision 30 sixteen of section three hundred fifty-five of the education law may be 31 designated by the state university health care facility at Stony Brook 32 as a reserve and transferred to a separate contractual reserve account. 33 The amounts in such accounts shall be available for use in accordance 34 with paragraph b of subdivision four and subdivision eight of section 35 three hundred fifty-five of the education law. Monies shall only be 36 expended from the state university of New York Stony Brook medical 37 hospital operating account and the contractual reserve account pursuant 38 to appropriation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, 39 the education law or any other law to the contrary, such appropriation 40 shall remain in full force and effect for two years from the effective 41 date of the appropriation act making such appropriation. Monies so 42 transferred may be returned to the university of New York Stony Brook 43 medical hospital operating account; provided, however, that funds in 44 such contractual reserve account must be sufficient to meet the obli- 45 gations of all such contracts. 46 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph c of subdivision four 47 of section three hundred fifty-five of the education law, or any law, 48 rule or regulation to the contrary, and except as outlined in this 49 section, such funds contained within the state university of New York 50 Stony Brook medical hospital operating account shall be for the oper- 51 ations of the state university health care facility at Stony Brook alone 52 and may not be supplemented by monies contained within any other state 53 university account. 54 § 2. Subdivision 8-a of section 355 of the education law is REPEALED 55 and a new subdivision 8-a is added to read as follows:S. 2211--A 4 1 8-a. The director of the budget, in consultation with the commissioner 2 of health and chancellor of the state university of New York, shall 3 develop a methodology for the apportionment of general fund monies to be 4 allocated annually to each of the state university of New York health 5 care facilities to reflect ongoing support for costs attributable to the 6 state agency status of such health care facilities. In developing such 7 methodology, the director of the budget shall take into consideration 8 each facility's share of labor costs, including fringe benefit costs, as 9 well as any applicable hospital industry norms, which shall include, but 10 not be limited to, the number of full-time equivalent employees, and 11 outpatient and inpatient volume. Such methodology shall be submitted to 12 the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the 13 chair of the senate finance committee, the chair of the assembly ways 14 and means committee and the chairs of the senate and assembly higher 15 education committees no later than thirty days prior to the allocation 16 of monies to each health care facility. 17 § 3. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with 18 section 4 of the state finance law, the state comptroller is hereby 19 authorized and directed to transfer, upon request of the director of the 20 budget, the outstanding balance of the state university income fund, 21 state university hospitals income reimbursable account (22656) to the 22 state university of New York upstate medical hospital operating account, 23 the state university of New York downstate medical hospital operating 24 account and the state university of New York Stony Brook medical hospi- 25 tal operating account. Such transfer shall be done in direct proportion 26 to the share of the revenues received by each hospital for the state 27 university fiscal year ending on June 30, 2018. 28 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that sections 29 two and three of this act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after 30 it shall have become a law.
