Bill Text: NY A08944 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 8944

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides a waiver for the nursing home ninety percent occupancy calculation for periods where there is a state disaster emergency affecting occupancy, and for two thousand twenty and two thousand twenty-one specifically.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-30 - referred to health [A08944 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08944-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8944

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 30, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing a waiver
          for the nursing home occupancy calculation for certain years

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 22-a of section 2808 of the public health law
     2  is amended by adding two new paragraphs (e) and (f) to read as follows:
     3    (e) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law  or  regulation
     4  to the contrary, the provisions of paragraphs (c) and (d) of this subdi-
     5  vision  shall  not apply where a state disaster emergency, as defined in
     6  section twenty of the executive law, affecting  the  occupancy  of  such
     7  program, occurs within such two year period.
     8    (f)  Notwithstanding  any inconsistent provisions of law or regulation
     9  to the contrary, a failure to achieve ninety  percent  occupancy  during
    10  the  period  from January first, two thousand twenty to December thirty-
    11  first, two thousand twenty-one, shall not reduce the reimbursement  rate
    12  for any residential health care facility.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14050-03-4