NY State Senate Bill 2017-S8648

Senate Bill S8648

Signed By Governor

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the ability of the New York state medical care facilities finance agency to issue certain bonds and notes

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jul 31, 2018	signed chap.183
Jul 19, 2018	delivered to governor
Jun 19, 2018	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.969 substituted for a10673
Jun 12, 2018	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate
Jun 05, 2018	advanced to third reading
Jun 04, 2018	2nd report cal.
May 31, 2018	1st report cal.1507
May 10, 2018	referred to health

Votes

- Jun 12, 2018 - Floor Vote
  S8648
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 12, 2018
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Mayer
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      excused (2)
      
      Croci
      
      Sepúlveda
  May 31, 2018 - Health Committee Vote
  S8648
  
  17
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Health Committee Vote: May 31, 2018
      
      aye (17)
      
      Felder
      
      Golden
      
      Hannon
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Mayer
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      Persaud
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Seward
      
      Stavisky
      
      Valesky

2017-S8648 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10673
Law Section:: New York State Medical Care Facilities Finance Agency Act
Laws Affected:: Amd §7, Chap 392 of 1973

2017-S8648 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the ability of the New York state medical care facilities finance agency to issue certain bonds and notes.

2017-S8648 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8648

SPONSOR: HANNON
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the New York state medical care facilities finance agen-
cy act, in relation to the ability to issue certain bonds and notes

1.  
PURPOSE OF THE BILL:

This bill would increase the authorization of the Dormitory Authority of
the State of New York ("DASNY"), as successor to the New York State
Medical Care Facilities Finance Agency ("MCFFA") pursuant to the Health
Care Financing Consolidation Act of 1995, to issue hospital and nursing
home project bonds and notes from $15.8 billion to $16.6 billion.

2.  
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of this bill would amend the MCFFA Act to increase DASNY's
authorization to issue hospital and nursing home project bonds and notes
from $15.8 billion to $16.6 billion.

Section two of the bill would make it effective immediately.

3.  
JUSTIFICATION:

DASNY issues bonds for purposes including funding mortgage leans or
project loans to not-for-profit hospital and nursing home corporations.
Some of the bonds issued for DASNY's hospital and nursing home clients
are issued under the MCFFA Act. Bonds issued pursuant to the MCFFA Act
are subject to the current hospital and aiming home project bond author-
ization cap in the MCFFA Act of $15.8 billion. This authorization was
most recently increased by $800,000,000 in 2011. It was also increased
by $800,000,000 in 2009.

As of December 21, 2017, DASNY has sold and closed bond transactions
pursuant to this authorization in the amount of $14,833,767,602.  Thus,
$966,232,398 of capacity under the existing statutory limitation is
available for other transactions. The federal tax reform legislature
caused increased activity in the bond market and as a result there are
currently several hospital financings in DASNY's "pipeline" totaling
approximately $840 million. This bill is necessary to ensure that DASNY
has sufficient capacity to support additional healthcare projects as
they seek financing.

Although DASNY cannot predict the timing of the proposed financings,
DASNY is seeking additional bond authorization at this time to ensure
that it will be able to meet the needs of additional private not-for-
profit health-care clients on a timely basis.

4.  
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

The MCFFA bond cap was increased from $15 billion to $15.8 billion in
2011 (Chapter 516 of the laws of 2011). In 2009, the MCFFA bond cap was
increased from $14.2 billion to $15 billion (Chapter 238 of the laws of
2009).

5.  
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

The bill has no implications for the state budget.

6.  
EFFECTIVE DATE:
The bill shall take effect immediately.

2017-S8648 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8648
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 10, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HANNON -- (at request of the Dormitory Authority) --
   read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
   the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the New York state medical care facilities finance agen-
   cy act, in relation to the ability to issue certain bonds and notes
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 7 of section 1 of
 chapter 392 of the laws of 1973, constituting the New York state medical
 facilities finance agency act, as amended by chapter 516 of the laws  of
 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) The agency shall not issue hospital and nursing home project bonds
 and  hospital  and  nursing home project notes in an aggregate principal
 amount exceeding [fifteen] SIXTEEN billion [eight] SIX  hundred  million
 dollars,  excluding hospital and nursing home project bonds and hospital
 and nursing home project notes issued to refund outstanding hospital and
 nursing home projects bonds and hospital and nursing home project notes;
 provided, however, that upon any such refunding or repayment  the  total
 aggregate  principal  amount  of outstanding bonds, notes or other obli-
 gations may be  greater  than  [fifteen]  SIXTEEN  billion  [eight]  SIX
 hundred  million dollars only if the present value of the aggregate debt
 service of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other  obligations
 to  be  issued  shall not exceed the present value of the aggregate debt
 service of the bonds, notes or other obligations so to  be  refunded  or
 repaid.  For  purposes  hereof, the present values of the aggregate debt
 service of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other  obligations
 and  of  the  aggregate  debt service of the bonds, notes or other obli-
 gations so refunded or repaid, shall  be  calculated  by  utilizing  the
 effective  interest  rate  of the refunding or repayment bonds, notes or
 other obligations, which shall be that rate arrived at by  doubling  the
 semi-annual   interest  rate  (compounded  semi-annually)  necessary  to
 discount the debt service payments on the refunding or repayment  bonds,
 notes or other obligations from the payment dates thereof to the date of
 issue  of  the  refunding or repayment bonds, notes or other obligations
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14331-01-8

 S. 8648                             2
 
 and to the price bid including estimated accrued  interest  or  proceeds
 received  by  the  agency  including estimated accrued interest from the
 sale thereof. The agency shall  not  issue  hospital  and  nursing  home
 project bonds at any time secured by the hospital and nursing home capi-
 tal  reserve fund if upon issuance, the amount in the hospital and nurs-
 ing home capital reserve fund will be less than the hospital and nursing
 home capital reserve fund requirement, unless the agency, at the time of
 issuance of such bonds, shall deposit in  such  reserve  fund  from  the
 proceeds  of  the  bonds  so to be issued, or otherwise, an amount which
 together with the amount then in such reserve fund,  will  be  not  less
 than the hospital and nursing home capital reserve fund requirement.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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