Bill Text: NY S03171 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3171 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Authorizes the use of a trend factor in determining payments to certain care facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-05 - PRINT NUMBER 3171A [S03171 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03171-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3171
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 10, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen. HUNTLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
         mental Disabilities
       AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to  the  implementa-
         tion  of  a  trend  factor  for  payments to certain intermediate care
         facilities
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The opening paragraph of subdivision (a) of section 43.02
    2  of the mental hygiene law is designated paragraph 1 and a new  paragraph
    3  2 is added to read as follows:
    4    (2)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE COMMISSIONER OF
    5  THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SHALL ADD A  TREND
    6  FACTOR OF THREE PERCENT FOR THE PERIOD TWO THOUSAND TWELVE--TWO THOUSAND
    7  THIRTEEN  TO  TWO  THOUSAND  THIRTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  FOURTEEN  FOR RATE
    8  SETTING REGION I AND THE PERIOD TWO THOUSAND TWELVE--TWO THOUSAND  THIR-
    9  TEEN  FOR  RATE  SETTING REGIONS II AND III FOR ALL RATES OF PAYMENT FOR
   10  UNDER 31-BED INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY  DISA-
   11  BLED  AND  ALL  RATES  OF  PAYMENT  FOR  HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED WAIVER
   12  SERVICES.
   13    S 2. Additional appropriations shall be necessary  to  effectuate  the
   14  purposes  of  this  act. Such appropriations shall be made pursuant to a
   15  chapter of the laws of 2011.
   16    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
   17  have been in full force and effect on and after January 1, 2011.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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