What's happening
This bill allows grants to be given without competitive bidding to home care agencies in rural and underserved communities for collaboration and service sustainability.
Why it matters
Targets rural and underserved communities. By enabling grants specifically for home care agencies in these areas, the bill addresses persistent gaps in health care access where shortages are most acute, potentially improving outcomes for vulnerable populations.
Encourages collaboration and sustainability. The bill supports not only individual agencies but also encourages partnerships, affiliations, and other forms of collaboration, helping small or struggling providers remain viable and coordinated.
Expedites funding and program implementation. Removing the competitive bidding process allows for faster disbursement of resources, which can be crucial in areas facing immediate needs or crises related to home health care availability.
Aims to ensure equitable regional distribution. The commissioner is directed to distribute grants equitably across health planning regions, suggesting attention to fairness and a statewide strategy rather than concentrating resources in a few locations.
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Direct Grants for Home Care
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Sponsors
3 Co-sponsors
2 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to health
- Referred to health
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
870
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, LIFTON, COOK, PALMESANO, LUPINACCI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to facilitating home care access in rural and other communities in need
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 2818 of the public health law, as amended by section 20 of part D of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
6. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this section, sections one hundred twelve and one hundred sixty-three of the state finance law, or any other contrary provision of law, subject to available appropriations, funds available for expenditure pursuant to this section may be distributed by the commissioner without a competitive bid or request for proposal process for grants to (i) general hospitals and residential health care facilities for the purpose of facilitating closures, mergers and restructuring of such facilities, and (ii) certified home health agencies, long term home health care programs and/or licensed home care services agencies in rural areas and other geographic areas or circumstances of need for purposes of facilitating collaboration, affiliation or sustainability of service in a community, in order to strengthen and protect continued access to essential health care resources. Provided however, that to the extent practicable, the commissioner shall award such grants equitably among health planning regions of the state. Prior to an award being granted to an eligible applicant without a competitive bid or request for proposal process, the commissioner shall notify the chair of the senate finance committee, the chair of the assembly ways and means committee and the director of the division of budget of the intent to grant such an award. Such notice shall include information regarding how the eligible applicant meets criteria established pursuant to this section.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03542-01-7
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