New York A 4748: Relates to plans for safety net hospitals to increase revenue

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A04748 Summary:

BILL NOA04748 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRajkumar

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2807, Pub Health L

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Requires safety net hospitals to submit an annual plan for increasing or generating revenue.

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BILL NOA04748 

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02/06/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4748

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring safety
 net hospitals to submit an annual plan for increasing revenue

 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 as follows:
 3 22. (a) Any hospital designated by the department as a safety net
 4 hospital shall submit an annual plan to the department outlining
 5 proposed policies and actions to generate or increase revenue, and shall
 6 submit follow up reports annually to document progress towards estab-
 7 lished goals. Such policies and actions may include, but are not limited
 8 to, programs to attract more patients with private insurance, methods of
 9 retaining patients who go from Medicaid to private insurance, offering
 10 profitable procedures, enrolling eligible patients in Medicaid, collect-
 11 ing payments from patients who can afford to pay, and developing underu-
 12 tilized land in the hospital's possession.
 13 (b) For purposes of this subdivision, a "safety net hospital" shall
 14 mean:
 15 (i) a public hospital, critical access hospital or sole community
 16 hospital; or
 17 (ii) (A) at least thirty-five percent of all patient volume in their
 18 outpatient lines of business are Medicaid, uninsured and dual eligible
 19 individuals, or (B) at least thirty percent of inpatient treatment are
 20 Medicaid, uninsured and dual eligible individuals; or
 21 (iii) serving at least thirty percent of all Medicaid, uninsured and
 22 dual eligible members in a county or multi-county community.
 23 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 24 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08578-01-5

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