NY State Senate Bill 2019-S6376A

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Jan 08, 2020	referred to finance
Jan 03, 2020	print number 6376a
Jan 03, 2020	amend and recommit to rules
Jun 07, 2019	referred to rules

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2019-S6376 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7977
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: State Finance Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §92-hh, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S2531, A264
2023-2024: S5658, A7182

2019-S6376 - Summary

Provides that, on an annual basis, at least 25% of the moneys deposited into the health care transformation fund shall be allocated exclusively for certain community-based health care providers.

2019-S6376 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6376

SPONSOR: RIVERA
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to
the health care transformation fund

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To designate at least 25% of the funds deposited into the state health
care transformation fund to community-based health care providers.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends state finance law § 92-hh (4) to add that at least 25%
of the funds deposited into the health care transformation fund be
designated for community-based health care providers, defined as:

-a diagnostic and treatment center licensed or granted an operating
certificate under article 28 of the public health law
-a mental health outpatient provider licensed or granted an operating
certificate under article 31 of the mental hygiene law

-a substance use disorder treatment provider licensed or granted an
operating certificate under article 32 of the mental hygiene law
-a program licensed under article 41 of mental hygiene law
-a community based program funded under the office of mental health, the
office for people with developmental disabilities, the office of alco-
holism and substance abuse services or through local government depart-
ments of mental hygiene
-a home care provider certified or licensed pursuant to article 36 of
the public health law
-a primary care provider
- a clinic licensed or granted an operating certificate under article 16
of the mental hygiene law
-a provider of health home services as authorized under section 2703 of
the federal protection and affordable care act
- a hospice provider licensed or granted an operating certificate under
article 40 of the public health law, or
-a family and child service provider licensed under Article 29-i of the
public health law

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Community-based health care services improve population health and
outcomes, and they save lives and money. Yet workforce shortages threat-
en access to those services across the state. Community organizations
face high turnover rates and long-term job vacancies, largely due to
limited resources. What this means for workers is low pay, grueling
schedules and caseloads, and quick burnout. What it means for patients
is a lack of access to the care they need.

Community-based care is often a lower-cost alternative to institutional
care, and it is a vital support to the acute care system. When patients
cannot get care until their conditions are so dire that their only
choice is the emergency room, patients, communities, and hospitals
suffer. When fast food restaurants pay a higher wage than home care
agencies or the local behavioral health clinic, patients, communities,
and hospitals suffer.
The health care transformation fund was set up in 2018 "to support
health care delivery." This bill will ensure that at least a quarter of
the dollars collected through the fund be directed to the community-
based workforce that we rely on for a stable and efficient health care
system.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S6376 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6376
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to  the  health  care
   transformation fund
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 92-hh of the state finance law, as
 added by section 1 of subpart A of part FFF of chapter 59 of the laws of
 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   4. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, moneys of the
 health care transformation fund shall be available for transfer  to  any
 other  fund  of  the state as authorized and directed by the director of
 the budget to  support  health  care  delivery,  including  for  capital
 investment,  debt  retirement or restructuring, housing and other social
 determinants of health, or transitional operating support to health care
 providers. ON AND AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN,  AT  LEAST
 TWENTY-FIVE  PERCENT OF THE MONEYS DEPOSITED INTO SUCH FUND ON AN ANNUAL
 BASIS SHALL BE ALLOCATED EXCLUSIVELY  FOR  COMMUNITY-BASED  HEALTH  CARE
 PROVIDERS  WHICH  SHALL  BE DEFINED AS A DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTER
 LICENSED OR GRANTED AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE UNDER ARTICLE  TWENTY-EIGHT
 OF  THE  PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, A MENTAL HEALTH OUTPATIENT PROVIDER LICENSED
 OR GRANTED AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE  UNDER  ARTICLE  THIRTY-ONE  OF  THE
 MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT PROVIDER LICENSED
 OR  GRANTED  AN  OPERATING  CERTIFICATE  UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO OF THE
 MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, A PROGRAM LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE  FORTY-ONE  OF  THE
 MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, A COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAM FUNDED UNDER THE OFFICE OF
 MENTAL  HEALTH,  THE  OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES,
 THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES OR  THROUGH  LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS OF MENTAL HYGIENE, A HOME CARE PROVIDER CERTIFIED
 OR  LICENSED  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, A
 PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER, A CLINIC LICENSED OR GRANTED AN OPERATING CERTIF-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11602-03-9

 S. 6376                             2
 
 ICATE UNDER ARTICLE SIXTEEN OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE  LAW,  A  PROVIDER  OF
 HEALTH  HOME  SERVICES  AS  AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION 2703 OF THE FEDERAL
 PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE  ACT,  A  HOSPICE  PROVIDER  LICENSED  OR
 GRANTED  AN  OPERATING  CERTIFICATE  UNDER  ARTICLE  FORTY OF THE PUBLIC
 HEALTH LAW, OR A FAMILY AND CHILD SERVICE PROVIDER LICENSED UNDER  ARTI-
 CLE TWENTY-NINE-I OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, FOR THE EXCLUSIVE PURPOSE OF
 SUPPORTING THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES DEFINED IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2019-S6376A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7977
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: State Finance Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §92-hh, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S2531, A264
2023-2024: S5658, A7182

2019-S6376A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that, on an annual basis, at least 25% of the moneys deposited into the health care transformation fund shall be allocated exclusively for certain community-based health care providers.

2019-S6376A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6376A

SPONSOR: RIVERA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to the health care
transformation fund

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL BILL:

To designate at least 25% of the funds deposited into the state health
care transformation fund to community-based health care providers.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends state finance law § 92-hh (4) to add that at least 25%
of the funds deposited into the health care transformation fund be
designated for community-based health care providers, defined as:

* a diagnostic and treatment center licensed or granted an operating
certificate under article 28 of the public health law

* a mental health outpatient provider licensed or granted an operating
certificate under article 31 of the mental hygiene law

* a substance use disorder treatment provider licensed or granted an
operating certificate under article 32 of the mental hygiene law

* a program licensed under article 41 of mental hygiene law

* a community based program funded under the office of mental health,
the office for people with developmental disabilities, the office of
alcoholism and substance abuse services or through local government
departments of mental hygiene

* a home care provider certified or licensed pursuant to article 36 of
the public health law

* a primary care provider

* a clinic licensed or granted an operating certificate under article 16
of the mental hygiene law

* a provider of health home services as authorized under section 2703 of
the federal protection and affordable care act

* a hospice provider licensed or granted an operating certificate under
article 40 of the public health law, or

* a family and child service provider licensed under Article 29-i of the
public health law

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Community-based health care services improve population health and
outcomes, and they save lives and money. Yet workforce shortages threat-
en access to those services across the state. Community organizations
face high turnover rates and long-term job vacancies, largely due to
limited resources. What this means for workers is low pay, grueling
schedules and caseloads, and quick burnout. What it means for patients
is a lack of access to the care they need.

Community-based care is often a lower-cost alternative to institutional
care, and it is a vital support to the acute care system. When patients
cannot get care until their conditions are so dire that their only
choice is the emergency room, patients, communities, and hospitals
suffer. When fast food restaurants pay a higher wage than home care
agencies or the local behavioral health clinic, patients, communities,
and hospitals suffer.

The health care transformation fund was set up in 2018 "to support
health care delivery." This bill will ensure that at least a quarter of
the dollars collected through the fund be directed to the community-
based workforce that we rely on for a stable and efficient health care
system.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S6376A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6376--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the state finance law, in relation to the health care
   transformation fund

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 92-hh of the state finance law, as
 added by section 1 of subpart A of part FFF of chapter 59 of the laws of
 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   4. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, moneys of the
 health  care  transformation fund shall be available for transfer to any
 other fund of the state as authorized and directed by  the  director  of
 the  budget  to  support  health  care  delivery,  including for capital
 investment, debt retirement or restructuring, housing and  other  social
 determinants of health, or transitional operating support to health care
 providers.  ON  AND AFTER THE DATE THIS SENTENCE BECOMES A LAW, AT LEAST
 TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE MONEYS DEPOSITED INTO SUCH FUND ON AN  ANNUAL
 BASIS  SHALL  BE  ALLOCATED  EXCLUSIVELY FOR COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH CARE
 PROVIDERS WHICH SHALL BE DEFINED AS A DIAGNOSTIC  AND  TREATMENT  CENTER
 LICENSED  OR GRANTED AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT
 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, A MENTAL HEALTH OUTPATIENT  PROVIDER  LICENSED
 OR  GRANTED  AN  OPERATING  CERTIFICATE  UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE OF THE
 MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT PROVIDER LICENSED
 OR GRANTED AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE  UNDER  ARTICLE  THIRTY-TWO  OF  THE
 MENTAL  HYGIENE  LAW,  A PROGRAM LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE FORTY-ONE OF THE
 MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, A COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAM FUNDED UNDER THE OFFICE OF
 MENTAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE  WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES,
 THE OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS OR THROUGH A LOCAL GOVERN-
 MENT  UNIT AS DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE FORTY-ONE OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11602-07-9

 S. 6376--A                          2
 
 A HOME CARE PROVIDER CERTIFIED OR LICENSED PURSUANT TO  ARTICLE  THIRTY-
 SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER, A CLINIC LICENSED
 OR  GRANTED AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE UNDER ARTICLE SIXTEEN OF THE MENTAL
 HYGIENE  LAW,  A  PROVIDER  OF  HEALTH HOME SERVICES AS AUTHORIZED UNDER
 SECTION 2703 OF THE  FEDERAL  PROTECTION  AND  AFFORDABLE  CARE  ACT,  A
 HOSPICE  PROVIDER  LICENSED  OR  GRANTED  AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE UNDER
 ARTICLE FORTY OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, OR A FAMILY  AND  CHILD  SERVICE
 PROVIDER  LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE-I OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW,
 FOR THE EXCLUSIVE  PURPOSE  OF  SUPPORTING  THE  PROGRAMS  AND  SERVICES
 DEFINED IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S6376A

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

Bill Amendments

2019-S6376 - Details

2019-S6376 - Summary

2019-S6376 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6376 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2019-S6376A (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S6376A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S6376A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6376A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Gustavo Rivera

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

Bill Amendments

2019-S6376 - Details

2019-S6376 - Summary

2019-S6376 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6376 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Pete Harckham

2019-S6376A (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S6376A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S6376A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6376A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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