Senate Bill S5122

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes a uniform ambulance assessment fee

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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-S5122 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5133
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3033, Pub Health L; add §97-q-1, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S8868, A9884

2023-S5122 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a uniform ambulance assessment fee on the annual revenues of certain ambulance services to be expended for increasing medical assistance payment rates for ambulance services.

2023-S5122 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5122 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5122
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. RIVERA, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and  the  state  finance  law,  in
   relation to an ambulance service assessment fee
 
   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
 3033 to read as follows:
   §  3033.  AMBULANCE SERVICE ASSESSMENT. 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CHARGE
 EVERY AMBULANCE SERVICE A UNIFORM  AMBULANCE  ASSESSMENT  FEE,  PROVIDED
 THAT  THE  FEE  SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE
 DEPARTMENT, OR OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT PROVIDES  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL
 SERVICES,  ANY  AMBULANCE  SERVICE  THAT  EXCLUSIVELY PROVIDES EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL CARE BY AIRCRAFT, OR ANY PROVIDER REQUIRED TO PAY AN  ASSESSMENT
 ON AMBULANCE SERVICE REVENUE UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER.
   2.  THE  UNIFORM  ASSESSMENT  FEE  SHALL BE ASSESSED ON EACH AMBULANCE
 SERVICE COVERED UNDER THIS SECTION AT A RATE OF AT LEAST FIVE AND THREE-
 QUARTERS PERCENT  OF  A  COVERED  AMBULANCE  SERVICE'S  ANNUAL  REVENUE,
 PROVIDED  HOWEVER THAT THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIREC-
 TOR OF THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET, MAY SET SUCH FEE AT A RATE NO GREATER
 THAN THE MAXIMUM LIMIT ALLOWABLE UNDER 42 C.F.R. 433.68(F).  THE DEPART-
 MENT SHALL SET AND IMPLEMENT SUCH FEES USING THE BEST DATA AVAILABLE  IN
 CONSULTATION  WITH STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING TRADE ASSOCIATIONS REPRESENT-
 ING AMBULANCE PROVIDERS SUBJECT TO SUCH  ASSESSMENT,  AND  SHALL  UPDATE
 SUCH FEES ON A PERIODIC BASIS BUT AT LEAST ANNUALLY.
   3.    ALL  FEES  COLLECTED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE EXPENDED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER IN A TIMELY MANNER AND SOLELY FOR  PURPOSES  OF  INCREASING
 MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE PAYMENT RATES FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES SUBJECT TO SUCH
 FEES TO MORE CLOSELY ALIGN WITH THE AVERAGE COMMERCIAL RATE OF  PAYMENT,
 AND  ENSURING  ADEQUACY OF THE AMBULANCE SERVICES IN A REGION AS DEFINED
 BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND TO COVER THE REASONABLE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
 OF THE DEPARTMENT IN ADMINISTERING THE FUND. SUCH MONIES  SHALL  NOT  BE
 USED TO REDUCE OR REPLACE OTHER PAYMENT COMMITMENTS BY THE STATE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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