NY State Senate Bill 2021-S5145

Senate Bill S5145

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Makes an appropriation to reimburse St. John's Episcopal Hospital for costs incurred as a result of remaining open and providing services to the community during and after Hurricane Sandy

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to finance
Feb 25, 2021	referred to finance

2021-S5145 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A605
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Appropriations
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S6237, A8618
2015-2016: S3255, A3817
2017-2018: S3369, A7678
2019-2020: S2110, A1571
2023-2024: S4576

2021-S5145 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes an appropriation to reimburse St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway for costs incurred as a result of remaining open and providing services to the community during and after Hurricane Sandy.

2021-S5145 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5145

SPONSOR: SANDERS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act making an appropriation to reimburse St. John's Episcopal Hospi-
tal in Far Rockaway for costs incurred as a result of remaining open and
providing services to the community during and after Hurricane Sandy

 
PURPOSE:

To reimburse St. John's Episcopal Hospital for services rendered during
Superstorm Sandy.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

An appropriation shall be made from the general fund to reimburse St.
John's Episcopal Hospital for costs incurred as a result of remaining
open and providing services to the community during and after Superstorm
Sandy.

 
EXISTING LAW:

New law

 
JUSTIFICATION:

St. John's Episcopal Hospital, located in Far Rockaway, in the county of
Queens, remained open and provided services to the community during and
after the storms, rains, or floods which occurred during the period
beginning on October 29, 2012 and ending November 3, 2012 known as
"Superstorm Sandy." As a result of remaining open and providing services
to the community during Hurricane Sandy, St.  John's Episcopal Hospital
incurred many additional expenses and losses, including, but not limited
to:

a. uncompensated care that does not meet DMS/HHS criteria for acute care
reimbursement, including providing care for patients requiring dialysis
or a ventilator who do not have a residence, nursing home, or adult home
to return to;

b. providing shelter, clothing, and meals to residents and staff who
lost homes or were temporarily unable to return to their residences.
St. John's Episcopal Hospital provided more than 2,000 meals a day
between October 28, 2012 and November 12, 2012;

c. lost revenue due to cancelled surgery and ambulatory services;

d. lost revenue due to the detoxification unit being closed in order to
provide shelter services;

e. additional staffing and overtime expenditures;

f. electrical technician services, the operation of back-up generators,
and fuel costs for the generators.  St. John's expended the sum of four
million three hundred thirty thousand dollars ($4,330,000) for costs
incurred as a result of remaining open and providing services to the
community during and after Hurricane Sandy. The hospital played a vital
role in serving the community during a natural disaster.
New York State is currently having a hospital crisis and is experiencing
the closing of hospitals from Western New York to Long Island. St.
John's, while dealing with its own financial issues, became an essential
haven in the Rockaways during Hurricane Sandy.  Since the closing of
Peninsula Hospital, St. John's is the only hospital on the Rockaway
peninsula serving over 100,000 residents. It is therefore imperative
that the State of New York reimburse St John's for its outlays caused by
its response to the community's needs during Hurricane Sandy.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2015 Referred to Finance 2016 Referred to Finance

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

$4,330,000.

 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2021-S5145 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5145
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT making an appropriation to reimburse St. John's Episcopal  Hospi-
   tal  in  Far Rockaway for costs incurred as a result of remaining open
   and providing services to the community  during  and  after  Hurricane
   Sandy

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that St. John's
 Episcopal Hospital, located in Far Rockaway, in the  county  of  Queens,
 remained  open  and  provided services to the community during and after
 the storms, rains, or floods which occurred during the period  beginning
 on  October  29,  2012  and  ending November 3, 2012 known as "Hurricane
 Sandy." As a result of remaining open  and  providing  services  to  the
 community during Hurricane Sandy, St. John's Episcopal Hospital incurred
 many additional expenses and losses, including, but not limited to:
   a.  uncompensated  care  that does not meet DMS/HHS criteria for acute
 care reimbursement, including  providing  care  for  patients  requiring
 dialysis  or  a ventilator who do not have a residence, nursing home, or
 adult home to return to;
   b. providing shelter, clothing, and meals to residents and  staff  who
 lost homes or were temporarily unable to return to their residences. St.
 John's  Episcopal  Hospital provided more than 2,000 meals a day between
 October 28, 2012 and November 12, 2012;
   c. lost revenue due to cancelled surgery and ambulatory services;
   d. lost revenue due to the detoxification unit being closed  in  order
 to provide shelter services;
   e. additional staffing and overtime expenditures;
   f.  electrical  technician  services, the operation of back-up genera-
 tors, and fuel costs for the generators.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04303-01-1

 S. 5145                             2
 
   § 2. The sum of four million three  hundred  thirty  thousand  dollars
 ($4,330,000),  or  so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appro-
 priated out of any moneys in the general fund of the state  treasury  to
 the  credit of the state purposes account not otherwise appropriated for
 payment  to  St.  John's Episcopal Hospital, located in Far Rockaway, in
 the county of Queens, for costs incurred as a result of  remaining  open
 and  providing  services  to  the  community  during and after Hurricane
 Sandy. The amount hereby appropriated shall be  payable  to  St.  John's
 Episcopal  Hospital  on  the  audit  and warrant of the comptroller on a
 voucher certified or approved in the manner prescribed by law.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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