Bill Text: NY S01118 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to payments under managed long term care plans for home care services; requires certain funds to pass through directly to subcontracting agency and requires payments to reflect increased transportation costs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S01118 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S01118-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1118
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  payments  under
         managed long term care plans for home care services
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 4403-f of the  public  health  law  is  amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
    3    12.  PAYMENTS  TO  THOSE  AGENCIES  CERTIFIED AND LICENSED PURSUANT TO
    4  ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER PROVIDING DIRECT CARE SERVICES TO THE
    5  ENROLLED POPULATION SHALL BE REASONABLY RELATED TO THE COST OF PROVIDING
    6  EFFICIENT, CONSISTENT AND HIGH QUALITY SERVICES REQUIRED BY THE PLAN  OF
    7  CARE  AND  SHALL, IN ADDITION, INCORPORATE THE AMOUNT OF ANY LABOR COSTS
    8  ATTRIBUTABLE TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FOURTEEN-C  OF  THIS  CHAPTER
    9  AND  ANY  RECRUITMENT  AND  RETENTION  FUNDS  MADE AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO
   10  SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER;  PROVIDED  FURTHER,
   11  SUCH  AMOUNTS  SHALL  BE PASSED DIRECTLY THROUGH TO THE AGENCY PROVIDING
   12  SUCH DIRECT CARE SERVICES IF SUCH SERVICES ARE SUBCONTRACTED.  IN  ADDI-
   13  TION,  SUCH PAYMENTS SHALL REFLECT AND ADJUST ANNUALLY FOR ANY INCREASED
   14  COSTS OF THE TRANSPORTATION OF DIRECT CARE WORKERS TO AND FROM PATIENTS'
   15  RESIDENCES RELATED TO INCREASED  FUEL  COSTS  AND/OR  TRANSPORTATION  AS
   16  REPORTED BY THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
   17  AND THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
   18    S  2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
   19  ments to section 4403-f of the public health law made by section one  of
   20  this  act  shall  not affect the repeal of such section and shall expire
   21  and be deemed repealed therewith.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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