Assembly Bill A7806

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to certification required for payments made for home care services

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A7806 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9670
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3614-c, Pub Health L

2023-A7806 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires an annual statement of wage parity hours and expenses to be accompanied by an independent accountant's report on applying agreed upon procedures on the annual compliance statement of wage parity, hours and expenses prior to payments for home care services by government agencies.

2023-A7806 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7806
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to home  care  worker
   wage parity
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivisions 5 and 6 of section 3614-c of the public health
 law, as amended by section 1 of part OO of chapter 56  of  the  laws  of
 2020, are amended to read as follows:
   5.  No payments by government agencies shall be made to certified home
 health agencies, licensed home care services agencies,  long  term  home
 health  care programs, managed care plans, fiscal intermediaries for any
 episode of care without the certified home health agency, licensed  home
 care  services  agency, long term home health care program, managed care
 plan or the fiscal intermediary, having delivered prior written  certif-
 ication  to  the  commissioner  annually,  at  a  time prescribed by the
 commissioner, on forms prepared by the department in  consultation  with
 the  department  of labor, that all services provided under each episode
 of care during the period covered  by  the  certification  are  in  full
 compliance with the terms of this section and any regulations promulgat-
 ed  pursuant to this section and that no portion of the dollars spent or
 to be spent to satisfy the wage or benefit portion  under  this  section
 shall  be  returned  to  the certified home health agency, licensed home
 care services agency, long term home health care program,  managed  care
 plan, or fiscal intermediary, related persons or entities, other than to
 a home care aide as defined in this section to whom the wage or benefits
 are  due,  as  a refund, dividend, profit, or in any other manner.  Such
 written certification shall also verify that the certified  home  health
 agency,  long  term  home  health care program, or managed care plan has
 received from the licensed home care services  agency,  fiscal  interme-
 diary, or other third party an annual statement of wage parity hours and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10779-02-3
              

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