What's happening
This bill removes penalties for hospitals that underpay certain monthly assessments, while keeping interest charges for late payments.
Why it matters
Hospitals will no longer face financial penalties (in the form of percentage-based fines) for substantially underpaying monthly assessment amounts, reducing the risk of punitive costs for cash-strapped institutions.
Interest charges for late or underpaid assessments remain, meaning hospitals still have a financial incentive to pay on time, but the consequences are less severe than before.
This change may help hospitals with tight budgets avoid escalating penalties that could threaten their financial health, especially if they make partial payments or are late due to unforeseen circumstances.
By removing these penalties, the state may be prioritizing the operational stability of hospitals, which could be particularly important in times of financial stress or public health emergencies.
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Reduce Hospital Payment Penalties
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1122
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. KOLB -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to penalties for failure to pay certain hospital assessments
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 2807-d of the public health law, as added by chapter 938 of the laws of 1990, paragraph (a) as amended by section 24 of subpart D of part V-1 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2009 and paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 41 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
8. (a) If an estimated payment made for a month to which an assessment applies is less than ninety percent of the actual amount due for such month, interest shall be due and payable to the commissioner on the difference between the amount paid and the amount due from the day of the month the estimated payment was due until the date of payment. The rate of interest shall be twelve percent per annum or at the rate of interest set by the commissioner of taxation and finance with respect to underpayments of tax pursuant to subsection (e) of section one thousand ninety-six of the tax law minus four percentage points. Interest under this paragraph shall not be paid if the amount thereof is less than one dollar. Interest, if not paid by the due date of the following month's estimated payment, may be collected by the commissioner pursuant to paragraph (c) of subdivision six of this section in the same manner as an assessment pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
(b) [If an estimated payment made for a month to which an assessment applies is less than seventy percent of the actual amount due for such month, a penalty shall be due and payable to the commissioner of five percent of the difference between the amount paid and the amount due for such month when the failure to pay is for a duration of not more than one month after the due date of the payment with an additional
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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five percent for each additional month or fraction thereof during which such failure continues, not exceeding twenty-five percent in the aggregate. A penalty may be collected by the commissioner pursuant to paragraph (c) of subdivision six of this section in the same manner as an assessment pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
(c)] Overpayment by a hospital of an estimated payment shall be applied to any other payment due from the hospital pursuant to this section, or, if no payment is due, at the election of the hospital shall be applied to future estimated payments or refunded to the hospital. Interest shall be paid on overpayments from the date of overpayment to the date of crediting or refund at the rate determined in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subdivision if the overpayment was made at the direction of the commissioner. Interest under this paragraph shall not be paid if the amount thereof is less than one dollar.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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