Assembly Bill A10623

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to plans for safety net hospitals to increase revenue

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A10623 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2807, Pub Health L

2023-A10623 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires safety net hospitals to submit an annual plan for increasing or generating revenue.

2023-A10623 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10623
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 20, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rajkumar) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring safety
   net hospitals to submit an annual plan for increasing revenue
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 2807 of the public health law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22. (A) ANY HOSPITAL DESIGNATED BY THE  DEPARTMENT  AS  A  SAFETY  NET
 HOSPITAL  SHALL  SUBMIT  AN  ANNUAL  PLAN  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT OUTLINING
 PROPOSED POLICIES AND ACTIONS TO GENERATE OR INCREASE REVENUE, AND SHALL
 SUBMIT FOLLOW UP REPORTS ANNUALLY TO DOCUMENT  PROGRESS  TOWARDS  ESTAB-
 LISHED GOALS. SUCH POLICIES AND ACTIONS MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED
 TO, PROGRAMS TO ATTRACT MORE PATIENTS WITH PRIVATE INSURANCE, METHODS OF
 RETAINING  PATIENTS  WHO GO FROM MEDICAID TO PRIVATE INSURANCE, OFFERING
 PROFITABLE PROCEDURES, ENROLLING ELIGIBLE PATIENTS IN MEDICAID, COLLECT-
 ING PAYMENTS FROM PATIENTS WHO CAN AFFORD TO PAY, AND DEVELOPING UNDERU-
 TILIZED LAND IN THE HOSPITAL'S POSSESSION.
   (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A "SAFETY  NET  HOSPITAL"  SHALL
 MEAN:
   (I)    A  PUBLIC  HOSPITAL, CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL OR SOLE COMMUNITY
 HOSPITAL; OR
   (II) (A) AT LEAST THIRTY-FIVE PERCENT OF ALL PATIENT VOLUME  IN  THEIR
 OUTPATIENT  LINES  OF BUSINESS ARE MEDICAID, UNINSURED AND DUAL ELIGIBLE
 INDIVIDUALS, OR (B) AT LEAST THIRTY PERCENT OF INPATIENT  TREATMENT  ARE
 MEDICAID, UNINSURED AND DUAL ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS; OR
   (III)  SERVING  AT LEAST THIRTY PERCENT OF ALL MEDICAID, UNINSURED AND
 DUAL ELIGIBLE MEMBERS IN A COUNTY OR MULTI-COUNTY COMMUNITY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14930-01-4

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