Bill Text: NY S07776 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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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) 2020-10-16 - PRINT NUMBER 7776A [S07776 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07776-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7776--A

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 18, 2020
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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  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        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
    25  a general hospital as defined in section twenty-eight hundred one of the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15406-03-0
        S. 7776--A                          2

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