New York S 674: Relates to certification required for payments made for home care services

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S00674 Summary:

BILL NOS00674 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05115

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SPONSORMARTINEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3614-c, Pub Health L

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Requires an annual statement of wage parity hours and expenses to be accompanied by an independent accountant's report on applying agreed upon procedures on the annual compliance statement of wage parity, hours and expenses prior to payments for home care services by government agencies.

Go to top S00674 Actions:

BILL NOS00674 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/12/20261ST REPORT CAL.1091

05/13/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/14/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A5115

&nbspA05115 AMEND= Stern

&nbsp02/12/2025referred to health

&nbsp05/27/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/06/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/10/2025reported 

&nbsp06/10/2025rules report cal.563

&nbsp06/10/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.563

&nbsp06/10/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/10/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/10/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/07/2026DIED IN SENATE

&nbsp01/07/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.135

&nbsp02/09/2026passed assembly

&nbsp02/09/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp02/09/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

&nbsp06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S674

&nbsp06/02/20263RD READING CAL.1091

&nbsp06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/02/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 674

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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 home care worker
 wage parity

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 5 and 6 of section 3614-c of the public health
 2 law, as amended by section 1 of part OO of chapter 56 of the laws of
 3 2020, are amended to read as follows:
 4 5. No payments by government agencies shall be made to certified home
 5 health agencies, licensed home care services agencies, long term home
 6 health care programs, managed care plans, fiscal intermediaries for any
 7 episode of care without the certified home health agency, licensed home
 8 care services agency, long term home health care program, managed care
 9 plan or the fiscal intermediary, having delivered prior written certif-
 10 ication to the commissioner annually, at a time prescribed by the
 11 commissioner, on forms prepared by the department in consultation with
 12 the department of labor, that all services provided under each episode
 13 of care during the period covered by the certification are in full
 14 compliance with the terms of this section and any regulations promulgat-
 15 ed pursuant to this section and that no portion of the dollars spent or
 16 to be spent to satisfy the wage or benefit portion under this section
 17 shall be returned to the certified home health agency, licensed home
 18 care services agency, long term home health care program, managed care
 19 plan, or fiscal intermediary, related persons or entities, other than to
 20 a home care aide as defined in this section to whom the wage or benefits
 21 are due, as a refund, dividend, profit, or in any other manner. Such
 22 written certification shall also verify that the certified home health
 23 agency, long term home health care program, or managed care plan has
 24 received from the licensed home care services agency, fiscal interme-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02743-01-5

 S. 674 2

 1 diary, or other third party an annual statement of wage parity hours and
 2 expenses on a form provided by the department of labor accompanied by an
 3 [independently-audited financial statement verifying such] independent
 4 accountant's report on applying agreed upon procedures on the annual
 5 compliance statement of wage parity, hours and expenses.
 6 6. If a certifie