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History
- Signed chap.386
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.627
- Substituted for A8516
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1538
- Referred to rules
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Chapter amends S.5644 and A. 8306, to direct the commissioner of health to seek federal approvals for use of certified public expenditures for public hospitals
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Charles Lavine
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5833
Title of bill
An act to amend chapter 474 of the laws of 1996, amending the education law and other laws relating to rates for residential health care facilities, in relation to utilization of certified public expenditures for certain payments to public general hospitals
Purpose
The purpose of this bill is to be a chapter amendment to a chapter of the laws of 2011 relating to authorizing the social services districts and their public hospitals the option to select either certified public expenditures (CPEs) as a funding mechanism for certain already authorized Medicaid payments to public general hospitals as proposed in legislative bill S.5644/A.8306.
Summary of specific provisions
Section one and two amend S.5644/A.8306 to reference and add a new section 214-A to chapter 474 of the laws of 1996 as amended in 2011 to provide that the option of public expenditures as meeting the requirements for the payments social services must make will be subject to the availability of federal financial participation and be deemed voluntary provided if federal CMS determines that such non-federal share payments are not voluntary or otherwise disallows federal financial participation in such payments, the provisions shall be null and void and payments made pursuant to this section shall be recouped by the Commissioner of Health.
Section three provides an effective date.
Justification
This bill is a chapter amendment which makes technical clarifying amendments to S.5644 and includes provisions to ensure that the use of CPEs as a funding mechanism are only allowable under certain circumstances and may be recouped by the Department of Health if they are disallowed by federal CMS.
Prior legislative history
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Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2011 amending the public health law as S.5644/A.8306
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