New York A 1359: Relates to recognizance procedures and bail reform; repealer

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A01359 Summary:

BILL NOA01359 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSRHevesi, Lupardo

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2807 & 2807-c, Pub Health L; amd §364-j, add §363-g, Soc Serv L

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Requires the commissioner of health to set rates of payment for medical assistance for needy persons to reflect more current base year information.

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BILL NOA01359 

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01/09/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1359

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, HEVESI, LUPARDO -- read once and referred
 to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the social services law, in
 relation to rates of payment for services under medical assistance to
 needy persons

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

 1 Section 1. Section 2807 of the public health law is amended by adding
 2 a new subdivision 22 to read follows:
 3 22. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this section or any
 4 other law or regulation, the commissioner shall establish medical
 5 assistance rates of payment for hospital services and health-related
 6 services that are reasonably related to the costs of efficient
 7 production of such services and which are reasonable and adequate to
 8 meet the costs which must be incurred by efficiently and economically
 9 operated facilities and service providers. Such rates of payment shall
 10 not be based on information or a base year calculation which is more
 11 than four calendar years old.
 12 § 2. Section 2807-c of the public health law is amended by adding a
 13 new subdivision 34-a to read as follows:
 14 34-a. The commissioner shall establish discrete rates of payment for
 15 general hospitals for payments under the medical assistance program
 16 pursuant to title eleven of article five of the social services law for
 17 persons eligible for medical assistance who are enrolled in health main-
 18 tenance organizations and for payments under the family health plus
 19 program for persons enrolled in approved organizations pursuant to title
 20 eleven-D of article five of the social services law and the child health
 21 insurance plan under section twenty-five hundred eleven of this chapter
 22 which are reasonably related to the costs of efficient production of
 23 such services and which shall be reasonable and adequate to meet the
 24 costs which must be incurred by efficiently and economically operated

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03913-01-5

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 1 facilities and service providers. Such rates of payment shall not be
 2 based on information or a base year calculation which is more than four
 3 calendar years old.
 4 § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 18 of section 364-j of the social
 5 services law, as amended by chapter 649 of the laws of 1996, is amended
 6 to read as follows:
 7 (a) The department of health may, where not inconsistent with the rate
 8 setting authority of other state agencies and subject to approval of the
 9 director of the division of the budget, develop reimbursement methodol-
 10 ogies and fee schedules for determining the amount of payment to be made
 11 to managed care providers under the managed care program. Such
 12 reimbursement methodologies and fee schedules may include provisions for
 13 payment of managed care fees and capitation arrangements. Such
 14 reimbursement methodologies and fee schedules of payment shall be
 15 reasonably related to the costs of efficient production of such services
 16 and shall be reasonable and adequate to meet the costs which must be
 17 incurred by efficiently and economically operated facilities and service
 18 providers. Rates of payment shall not be based on information or a base
 19 year calculation which is more than four calendar years old.
 20 § 4. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 363-g
 21 t