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History
- Referred to health
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1602
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to health
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to health
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–0
- Advanced to third reading
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- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.252
- Referred to health
Companion bill
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Relates to the allocation of funds under the supportive housing development program
In Assembly Committee · Health · Sponsor Joseph Morelle
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the allocation of funds under the supportive housing development program
Purpose
To provide counties with cities that have a population of less than one million people access to supportive housing development funds.
Summary of provisions
This bill would direct no less than ten million dollars of grants from the supportive housing development fund to be allocated to counties with cities that have populations of less than one million people.
Justification
Many upstate New York nursing homes have residents that could live in an independent setting if they had access to support services. These residents are living in nursing homes not because they need that level of care, but because they have no other housing choice. The result is that Medicaid is paying for a level of service that is not needed.
In the Governor's Medicaid Redesign Team's Multi-Year Action Plan, a number of issues were addressed, including the need for availability of affordable supportive housing to alleviate populations living in institutional settings (Multi-Year Plan, page 25). The plan recognizes that this is a significant area for Medicaid cost-reduction.
To date, none of the supportive housing development funds have been allocated to any upstate New York projects.
Legislative history
S.7305 of 2014
Fiscal implications
This legislation generates cost-savings to the Medicaid program.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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