Assembly Bill A7473

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for payments for home and community based long term care services

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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-A7473 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5473
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3614-g, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11200, S8473
2019-2020: A2788, S4972
2021-2022: A161, S2526

2023-A7473 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for payments for home and community based long term care services; provides that funds appropriated to compensate for minimum wage requirements, shall not be subject to managed care risk adjustment on insurers.

2023-A7473 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7473
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to payments for  home
   and community based long term care services
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 3614-g to read as follows:
   §  3614-G.  PAYMENTS  FOR  HOME  AND  COMMUNITY  BASED  LONG TERM CARE
 SERVICES. CONTRACTS  OR  AGREEMENTS  WITH  INSURERS  UNDER  THE  MEDICAL
 ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED LONG TERM CARE SERVICES
 PROVIDED UNDER THIS ARTICLE OR BY FISCAL INTERMEDIARIES OPERATING PURSU-
 ANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-F OF  THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW
 SHALL  PROVIDE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE PASS-THROUGH OF FUNDS APPRO-
 PRIATED TO COMPENSATE FOR MINIMUM WAGE PURSUANT TO SECTION  SIX  HUNDRED
 FIFTY-TWO  OF  THE LABOR LAW.  IF NECESSARY IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THIS
 SECTION, EXISTING CONTRACTS WITH HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED LONG TERM CARE
 SERVICES PROVIDERS UNDER THIS ARTICLE AND TO FISCAL INTERMEDIARIES OPER-
 ATING PURSUANT TO SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-FIVE-F  OF  THE  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  LAW  SHALL BE AMENDED AT LEAST NINETY DAYS PRIOR TO THE EFFEC-
 TIVE DATE OF ANY SUCH LAW OR REGULATION IMPACTING WAGES. INSURERS  SHALL
 NOT  USE SUCH FUNDS TO SUPPLANT PAYMENTS FOR EXISTING SERVICES UNDER THE
 MEDICAID PROGRAM. SUCH INSURERS SHALL INCLUDE  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO
 MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PLANS AND MEDICAID MANAGED LONG TERM CARE PLANS.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to poli-
 cies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended  on  or
 after such date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08064-01-3

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