New York A 7220: Relates to unlawful discriminatory practices relating to employers

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A07220 Summary:

BILL NOA07220 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBichotte Hermelyn

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COSPNSRMamdani, Jacobson, Bores, Shimsky, Levenberg, Tapia, Davila, Lucas, Kelles, Raga

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2807-k, 2807 & 2807-c, Pub Health L; amd §§211 & 212, Chap 474 of 1996

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Relates to the general hospital indigent care pool and funding for safety net and enhanced safety net hospitals.

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BILL NOA07220 

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03/21/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7220

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 21, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, MAMDANI, JACOBSON, BORES,
 SHIMSKY, LEVENBERG, TAPIA, DAVILA, LUCAS, KELLES, RAGA -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the general hospi-
 tal indigent care pool and funding for safety net and enhanced safety
 net hospitals; and to amend chapter 474 of the laws of 1996 amending
 the education law and other laws relating to rates for residential
 health care facilities, in relation to additional payments for certain
 inpatient hospital services

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph b of subdivision 5-d of
 2 section 2807-k of the public health law, as amended by section 1 of part
 3 E of chapter 57 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (ii) Annual distributions pursuant to such regulations for the two
 5 thousand twenty through two thousand twenty-five calendar years and each
 6 calendar year thereafter shall be in accord with the following:
 7 (A) one hundred thirty-nine million four hundred thousand dollars
 8 shall be distributed as Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital ("DSH")
 9 payments to major public general hospitals; and
 10 (B) nine hundred sixty-nine million nine hundred thousand dollars as
 11 Medicaid DSH payments to eligible general hospitals, other than major
 12 public general hospitals.
 13 For the calendar years two thousand twenty through two thousand twen-
 14 ty-two, the total distributions to eligible general hospitals, other
 15 than major public general hospitals, shall be subject to an aggregate
 16 reduction of one hundred fifty million dollars annually, provided that
 17 eligible general hospitals, other than major public general hospitals,
 18 that qualify as enhanced safety net hospitals under section two thousand
 19 eight hundred seven-c of this article shall not be subject to such
 20 reduction.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07026-01-5

 A. 7220 2

 1 For the calendar years two thousand twenty-three through two thousand
 2 twenty-five and each calendar year thereafter, the total distributions
 3 to eligible general hospitals, other than major public general hospi-
 4 tals, shall be subject to an aggregate reduction of two hundred [thir-
 5 ty-five] seventy-five million four hundred thousand dollars annually,
 6 provided that eligible general hospitals, other than major public gener-
 7 al hospitals that qualify as enhanced safety net hospitals under section
 8 two thousand eight hundred seven-c of this article as of April first,
 9 two thousand twenty, shall not be subject to such reduction.
 10 Such reductions shall be determined by a methodology to be established
 11 by the commissioner. Such methodologies may take into account the payor
 12 mix of each non-public general hospital, including the percentage of
 13 inpatient days paid by Medicaid.
 14 § 2. Section 2807 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
 15 subdivision 22 to read follows:
 16 22. Adjustments to Medicaid rates. (a) The commissioner shall make
 17 adjustments to medical assistance rates in accordance with this subdivi-
 18 sion to enhanced safety net hospitals, as defined in paragraph (a) of
 19 subdivision thirty-four of section twenty-eight hundred seven-c of this
 20 articl