Bill Text: NY S07880 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to covered lives assessments in the Rochester region.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-20 - referred to health [S07880 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S07880-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7880 I N S E N A T E June 16, 2014 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2014 amending the public health law relating to covered lives assessments in the Rochester region, in relation to the effectiveness thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 3 of a chapter of the laws of 2014 amending the 2 public health law relating to covered lives assessments in the Rochester 3 region, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.7800 and A.9421-A, is 4 amended to read as follows: 5 S 3. This act shall take effect [January 1, 2015] JUNE 30, 2015, 6 provided however, that the amendments made to section 2807-s of the 7 public health law made by sections one and two of this act shall not 8 affect the expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire 9 therewith AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT PRIOR TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS 10 AS CONTAINED IN THIS CHAPTER THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH BY NO LATER THAN 11 MARCH 31, 2015 SHALL ISSUE A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRES- 12 IDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY THAT EVALUATES THE 13 OVERALL IMPACT AND EFFECT OF THE PROPOSED DISTRIBUTIONS METHODS AND 14 CALCULATIONS AS PROPOSED UNDER THIS CHAPTER RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF 15 GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH. SUCH 16 REPORT SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO FINDINGS AS TO THE EFFECT 17 THIS CHAPTER WILL HAVE ON THE NET FINANCIAL AND COMPETITIVE IMPACTS OF 18 PARTICIPATING PROVIDERS AND THIRD PARTY PAYORS, AND ANY OTHER FINANCIAL 19 OR NON-FINANCIAL ISSUES AS THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH DEEMS APPROPRIATE 20 TO ENSURE AN ACCURATE REPORT OF THE OVERALL IMPACT THIS CHAPTER WILL 21 HAVE ON THE HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM IN THE ROCHESTER REGION. SUCH 22 REPORT SHALL ALSO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINDINGS AS TO WHETHER THE 23 PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE AMENDED PURSUANT TO THE FINDINGS OF 24 SUCH REPORT. 25 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15630-01-4