Bill Text: NY S06255 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Delays until September 1, 2017, the effective date of amendments made to the public health law relating to reserved bed days.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S06255 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06255-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6255
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 11, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend chapter 57 of the laws  of  2017,  amending  the  public
          health law relating to reserved bed days, in relation to the effective
          date of certain provisions thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 7 of part E of chapter 57  of  the  laws  of  2017,
     2  amending the public health law relating to reserved bed days, is amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    §  7.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
     5  have been in full force and effect on and after April  1,  2017;  except
     6  that section two of this act shall take effect on the first of September
     7  after  this  act  shall  have  become  a law; provided that prior to the
     8  effective date of section two of this act  the  commissioner  of  health
     9  shall  amend  existing  regulations  and  take  other actions reasonably
    10  necessary to implement the change to the reserved  bed  day  policy  and
    11  reimbursement  methodology  as  amended  by section two of this act; and
    12  provided further that the department of health shall not deny reimburse-
    13  ment for beds reserved pursuant to section 2808 of the public health law
    14  and regulations existing on or before April 1, 2017,  unless  and  until
    15  the  commissioner  of  health  issues amended regulations to reflect the
    16  public health law changes made by this act.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
    18  have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2017.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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