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- Vetoed memo.305
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.520
- Substituted for A9476A
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1966
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Reported and committed to finance
Show 3 earlier actions
- Print number 6948a
- Amend and recommit to health
- Referred to health
Companion bill
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Relates to establishing a hospital supplemental reimbursement rate adjustment for enhanced safety net hospitals
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Richard Gottfried
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a hospital supplemental reimbursement rate adjustment for enhanced safety net hospitals
Purpose
To provide a more focused definition of "Safety Net Hospitals" to assure financial viability.
Summary of provisions
Section one amends PHL 2807-c by adding a new subdivision 36 providing the following:
*36 (a): defines "Enhanced Safety Net Hospital" as a hospital with the following characteristics:
o Not less than 50% of the patients it treats receive Medicaid or are medically uninsured; o Not less than 40% of its inpatient discharges are covered by Medicaid; o 25% or less of its discharged patients are commercially insured; o Not less than 3% of the patients it provides services to are attributed to the care of uninsured patients; o Provides care to uninsured patients in its ER, clinics including the provision of important community services such as dental and prenatal care; o Is a public hospital operated by a county, municipality or public benefit corporation; or o Is federally designated as a critical access or sole community hospital
*36 (b) provides that the Commissioner of Health will adjust Medicaid rates of payment for enhanced safety net hospitals to support critically needed health care services and continued operation of such hospitals.
*36 (c) provides that there will be no local share to Medicaid payment adjustments.
Section 2 provides for an April 1 effective date.
Justification
Current definitions used to target financial resources to safety net providers are overly broad and often exclude public-sponsored providers. It is necessary to provide a more focused definition to characterize true safety providers to assure their financial viability and the preservation of the vital community health services they provide.
Legislative history
New Bill
Fiscal implications
To be determined
Effective date
First day of April next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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