What's happening
This bill allows facilities to receive reimbursement for up to 25 reserved bed days if a care plan includes therapeutic leave.
Why it matters
Supports patient-centered care. By allowing up to 25 reimbursed reserved bed days for those with therapeutic leave in their care plans, the bill recognizes the importance of individualized treatment and flexible support for residents needing time away for therapeutic reasons.
Helps facilities maintain stable operations. The extended reimbursement ensures nursing homes and similar facilities can financially support holding a resident’s bed during longer therapeutic leaves, reducing administrative pressure to fill beds quickly and maintaining continuity for residents.
Facilitates smoother transitions and recovery. Residents who can take therapeutic leave with the assurance their bed will be held are more likely to return to the same familiar environment, which can benefit mental health and overall recovery, especially for those with complex care needs.
Promotes comprehensive care planning. By tying the increased reserved bed reimbursement to the presence of a therapeutic leave in the care plan, the bill incentivizes facilities to develop thorough, individualized care strategies that consider broader aspects of the resident’s well-being.
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Extend Bed Reimbursement Days
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Sponsors
4 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to health
- Referred to health
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STATE OF NEW YORK
110
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, GUNTHER, McDONOUGH, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to extending the number of days within a twelve month period a facility may receive reimbursement for a reserved bed
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 25 of section 2808 of the public health law, as amended by section 34 of part D of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
(iii) payment to a facility for reserved bed days provided on behalf of such person for non-hospitalization leaves of absence may not exceed ten days in any twelve month period. Provided, however, should such person's individual care plan provide for therapeutic leave, payment to a facility for reserve bed days on behalf of such person for non-hospitalization leaves may not exceed twenty-five days in any twelve month period.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01485-01-7
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