NY State Senate Bill 2017-S6319

Senate Bill S6319

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Makes assisted living programs eligible for access funding under the vital access provider program

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Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018	referred to health returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 19, 2017	referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate
Jun 05, 2017	advanced to third reading
May 24, 2017	2nd report cal.
May 23, 2017	1st report cal.1162
May 11, 2017	referred to health

Votes

- Jun 19, 2017 - Floor Vote
  S6319
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 19, 2017
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      excused (1)
      
      Serrano
  May 23, 2017 - Health Committee Vote
  S6319
  
  16
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Health Committee Vote: May 23, 2017
      
      aye (16)
      
      Felder
      
      Golden
      
      Hannon
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      Persaud
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Seward
      
      Stavisky
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Hoylman-Sigal

2017-S6319 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1612
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2826, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A10522
2019-2020: S1806, A2906
2021-2022: A1342
2023-2024: A251

2017-S6319 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes assisted living programs eligible for access funding under the vital access provider program.

2017-S6319 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6319

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the public health law, in relation
to Medicaid providers eligible for access funding under the vital
access provider program

 PURPOSE :

To expand access to capital and operational funding made available to
certain Medicaid providers.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends PHL § 2826 to add assisted living program providers
to the list of Medicaid provider types that are eligible to receive
temporary adjustment to the non-capital components of rates, or
temporary lump-sum Medicaid payments under the VAP program.

Section 2 amends PHL § 2826 to add assisted living program providers
to the list of Medicaid provider types included in the definition of
providers serving rural areas.

Section 3 of the bill provides an effective date of April 1, 2018.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Recent enacted state budgets have included substantial capital and
operational funding for Medicaid providers in New York State through
programs such as the Vital Access Provider (VAP) and health care
facility transformation program. However, these programs have
consistently excluded certain Medicaid providers, including assisted
living programs (ALPs) from accessing these funding sources.  As a
result, certain Medicaid provider types are ineligible to access any
funding under these programs that are designed to transform the
delivery of health care in New York.

ALPs are a vitally important part of the senior housing and health
care continuum for low-income, Medicaid-eligible seniors. ALPs serve
persons who are medically eligible for nursing home placement, but
serve them in a less medically intensive and lower cost setting. Like
other Medicaid providers, ALPs are facing increased operational costs,
tighter budgets, and much needed capital improvements. By continuing
to exclude certain Medicaid providers from accessing funding, these
providers will be unable to meet the needs of the evolving health care
system, leaving the New York with less, and more expensive, options
for its residents.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New Bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect April 1, 2018.

2017-S6319 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6319
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to Medicaid providers
   eligible for access funding under the vital access provider program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision (a) of section 2826 of the public health law,
 as added by section 27 of part C of chapter 60 of the laws of  2014,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, within funds
 appropriated  and  subject  to  the  availability  of  federal financial
 participation, the  commissioner  may  grant  approval  of  a  temporary
 adjustment  to  the  non-capital  components of rates, or make temporary
 lump-sum Medicaid payments, to eligible general hospitals, skilled nurs-
 ing facilities, clinics [and], home care providers, AND ASSISTED  LIVING
 PROGRAMS,  provided however, that should federal financial participation
 not be available for any eligible provider, then  payments  pursuant  to
 this  subdivision  may  be  made as grants and shall not be deemed to be
 medical assistance payments.
   § 2. Paragraph (i) of subdivision (f) of section 2826  of  the  public
 health  law,  as added by section 14 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws
 of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) Providers serving rural areas as such term is defined  in  section
 two  thousand  nine hundred fifty-one of this chapter, including but not
 limited to hospitals, residential health care facilities, diagnostic and
 treatment  centers,  ambulatory  surgery  centers  [and],  clinics   AND
 ASSISTED  LIVING  PROGRAMS  shall  be  eligible for enhanced payments or
 reimbursement under a supplemental rate methodology for the  purpose  of
 promoting access and improving the quality of care.
   § 3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2018.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00646-03-7

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