New York S 5015: Relates to applying a special Medicaid rate for releasees in nursing homes

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S05015 Summary:

BILL NOS05015 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01570

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSRPARKER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2808, Pub Health L

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Relates to applying a special Medicaid rate for releasees in facilities or discrete units within facilities that provide long term nursing or medical services.

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BILL NOS05015 

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02/18/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/20/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5015

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, PARKER -- 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 applying a special
 Medicaid rate for releasees in nursing homes

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2-b of section 2808 of the
 2 public health law, as added by section 47 of part C of chapter 109 of
 3 the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (e) For rate periods subsequent to two thousand nine which utilize
 5 reported costs from a base year subsequent to two thousand two, the
 6 following categories of facilities, as established pursuant to applica-
 7 ble regulations, shall receive rates that are no less than equivalent,
 8 as determined by the commissioner, to the rates that were in effect for
 9 such facilities on December thirty-first, two thousand six, trended
 10 forward for inflation to the applicable rate period: (A) AIDS facilities
 11 or discrete AIDS units within facilities, (B) discrete units for resi-
 12 dents receiving care in a long term inpatient rehabilitation program for
 13 traumatic brain injured persons, (C) discrete units for long term venti-
 14 lator dependent residents, (D) discrete units providing specialized
 15 programs for residents requiring behavioral interventions, [and] (E)
 16 facilities or discrete units within facilities that provide extensive
 17 nursing, medical, psychological and counseling support services solely
 18 to children, and (F) facilities or discrete units within facilities that
 19 provide long term nursing or medical services for persons returning from
 20 incarceration.
 21 § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2-c of section 2808 of the public
 22 health law, as added by section 95 of part H of chapter 59 of the laws
 23 of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 24 (c) The non-capital component of the rates for: (i) AIDS facilities or
 25 discrete AIDS units within facilities; (ii) discrete units for residents

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03756-01-5

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 1 receiving care in a long-term inpatient rehabilitation program for trau-
 2 matic brain injured persons; (iii) discrete units providing specialized
 3 programs for residents requiring behavioral interventions; (iv) discrete
 4 units for long-term ventilator dependent residents; [and] (v) facilities
 5 or discrete units within facilities that provide extensive nursing,
 6 medical, psychological and counseling support services solely to chil-
 7 dren; and (vi) facilities or discrete units within facilities providing
 8 long term nursing or medical services for persons returning from incar-
 9 ceration shall reflect the rates in effect for such facilities on Janu-
 10 ary first, two thousand nine, as adjusted for inflation and rate appeals
 11 in accordance with applicable statutes, provided, however, that such
 12 rates for facilities described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph
 13 shall reflect the application of the provisions of section twelve of
 14 part D of chapter fifty-eight of the laws of two thousand nine, and
 15 provided further, however, that insofar as such rates reflect trend
 16 adjustments for trend factors attributable to the two thousand eight and
 17 two thousand nine calendar years the aggregate amount of such trend
 18 factor adjustments