Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to health |
May 13, 2009 |
committee discharged and committed to health |
Jan 22, 2009 |
referred to social services |
Senate Bill S1051
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2009-S1051 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง368-a, Soc Serv L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S222
2009-S1051 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1051 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the social services law, in relation to state reimbursement for care, treatment, maintenance and nursing services in nursing homes PURPOSE : To make the state's Medicaid financing system more equitable for those counties that operate nursing facilities. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : This legislation would add a new paragraph to the Social Services Law, increasing the percentage of Medicaid costs that are reimbursed to certain counties by the State for long term care services. Currently, the federal government pays for fifty percent of the cost of Medicaid Services and local social services districts are reimbursed 81.235% of the remaining costs (non-federal share) of Medicaid eligible long term care services by the State. Under this legislation, counties would be eligible for an enhanced state reimbursement rate if they had a non-state public nursing facility operating within the county for the previous twelve months and that nursing facility had operational losses in that time period. The enhanced rate would be set at an amount that would offset the losses incurred by the facility and would apply to all eligible Medicaid long term care services paid by the
2009-S1051 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1051 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 22, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MAZIARZ, ALESI, BONACIC, DeFRANCISCO, FLANAGAN, GOLDEN, SEWARD, VOLKER, WINNER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to state reimburse- ment for care, treatment, maintenance and nursing services in nursing homes THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 368-a of the social services law is amended by adding a new paragraph (g-1) to read as follows: (G-1) (I) BEGINNING APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN, REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES CALCULATED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (G) OF THIS SUBDIVISION TO AN ELIGIBLE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT AS DEFINED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE ADJUSTED EACH SUBSEQUENT TWELVE MONTH PERIOD BY INCREASING THE APPLICABLE PER CENTUM AS SPECIFIED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS PARAGRAPH. (II) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, AN ELIGIBLE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL BE A DISTRICT WHICH: (A) MADE A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF CHAPTER FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-SIX IN TWO THOUSAND SEVEN; (B) IN SUCH DISTRICT THERE IS A NON-STATE OPERATED PUBLIC RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY OPERATING FOR THE PREVIOUS TWELVE MONTH PERIOD; AND (C) THE SUM OF COSTS FROM OPERATIONS FOR ALL SUCH FACILITIES WITHIN A DISTRICT EXCEED THE SUM OF REVENUES FROM OPERATIONS, AS REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE MOST RECENT RATE YEAR AVAILABLE. (III) THE PER CENTUM SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (G) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE INCREASED BY ADDING TO IT A PER CENTUM CALCULATED BY TAKING THE AMOUNT THAT THE SUM OF COSTS FROM OPERATIONS FOR ALL SUCH FACILITIES WITHIN A DISTRICT EXCEED THE SUM OR REVENUES FROM OPERATIONS, AS REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE MOST RECENT RATE YEAR AVAILABLE, AND DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REIMBURSEMENT PROVIDED TO THE DISTRICT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (G) OF THIS SUBDIVISION IN THE PREVI- OUS APRIL FIRST THROUGH MARCH THIRTY-FIRST PERIOD. S 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2010.
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