S 8307

  • New York Senate Bill
  • 2023 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate
  • Passed Senate Apr 19, 2024
  • Passed Assembly Apr 19, 2024
  • Signed by Governor Apr 20, 2024

Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2024-2025 state fiscal year

Abstract

Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2024-2025 state fiscal year; requires the commissioner of health to provide a quarterly report on known and expected department of health state funds Medicaid expenditures (Part A); extends various provisions related to health and mental hygiene (Part B); relates to the provision of certain early intervention services for children with handicapping conditions (Part C); reduces the hospital capital rate add-on; relates to the payment of certain funds for uncompensated care; extends provisions relating to certain Medicaid management; increases operating cost component of rates of payment for general hospital outpatient services; authorizes the department of health to make Medicaid payment increases for county operated free-standing clinics (Part D); freezes the operating component of the rates for skilled nursing facilities; reduces the capital component of the rates for skilled nursing facilities by an additional ten percent; expands admission eligibility to the NYS veteran's home for certain veterans of the Persian Gulf conflict (Part E); provides that the program for individuals living with Alzheimer's disease and dementia who are not eligible for medical assistance and reside in a special needs assisted living residence shall, subject to appropriations, authorize vouchers to individuals (Part F); eliminates the one percent Medicaid rate increase to managed care organizations (Part H); relates to coverage and reimbursement of certain drugs under the Medicaid drug cap program and pharmacy cost reporting (Part I); renames the basic health program to the essential plan; extends provisions related to providing long-term services and supports under the essential plan; adds references to the 1332 state innovation waiver; provides a new subsidy to assist low and moderate income New Yorkers; adds the 1332 state innovation program to the functions of the marketplace (Part J); extends certain provisions of law relating to malpractice and professional medical conduct (Part K); authorizes continuous coverage under medical assistance for needy persons and child health plus for eligible children up to age six (Part M); expands financial assistance for medical debt; provides additional consumer protection for medical debt; restricts the applications for and use of credit cards and medical financial products (Part O); extends authorization for pharmacists to order and administer certain tests and perform collaborative drug therapy management with physicians in certain settings (Part P); establishes the healthcare safety net transformation program for the purpose of supporting the transformation of safety net hospitals to improve access, equity, quality, and outcomes while increasing the financial sustainability of safety net hospitals (Part S); extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to membership of subcommittees for mental health of community service boards and the duties of such subcommittees and the community mental health and workforce reinvestment account (Part Y); extends certain provisions clarifying the authority of the commissioners in the department of mental hygiene to design and implement time-limited demonstration programs (Part Z); provides for reimbursement insurance rates for the provision of outpatient, intensive outpatient, outpatient rehabilitation and opioid treatment (Part AA); extends certain provisions of law relating to psychiatric emergency programs (Part BB); extends provisions for the care and custody of funds belonging to patients in facilities operated by the office of mental health (Part DD); establishes a cost of living adjustment for certain human services programs (Part FF); provides contracting flexibility in relation to 1115 Medicaid waivers (Part GG); relates to statewide fiscal intermediaries; creates a registration process for statewide fiscal intermediaries (Part HH); establishes a New York managed care organization provider tax (Part II); provides that services provided in school-based health centers shall not be provided to medical assistance recipients through certain managed care programs before April 1, 2025 (Part JJ); establishes a community doula expansion grant program to support community-based doulas and community-based doula organizations; provides for the repeal of such program upon expiration thereof (Part KK); provides for Medicaid reimbursement rates for treatment of medically fragile children at pediatric diagnostic and treatment centers and repeals such provisions upon expiration thereof (Part LL); establishes the nine member community advisory board for the modernization and revitalization of SUNY downstate health sciences university; requires such advisory board to solicit recommendations from healthcare experts, county health departments, community-based organizations, state and regional health care industry associations, labor unions, experts in hospital operations, and other interested parties; requires recommendations and a report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly no later than April 1, 2025; makes related provisions (Part MM); extends certain provisions relating to certain Medicaid payments made for hospital services (Part NN).

Bill Sponsors (1)

Budget Committee

     
Primary

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Actions


Apr 20, 2024

Senate

DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

Senate

SIGNED CHAP.57

Apr 19, 2024

Senate

PASSED SENATE

Assembly

SUBSTITUTED FOR A8807C

Assembly

ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.35

Assembly

MESSAGE OF NECESSITY - 3 DAY MESSAGE

Assembly

PASSED ASSEMBLY

Assembly

RETURNED TO SENATE

Senate

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

Senate

PRINT NUMBER 8307C

Senate

ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.845

Senate

MESSAGE OF NECESSITY - 3 DAY MESSAGE

Senate

DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

Assembly

REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

Mar 11, 2024

Senate

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

Senate

PRINT NUMBER 8307B

Feb 20, 2024

Senate

PRINT NUMBER 8307A

Senate

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

Jan 17, 2024

Senate

REFERRED TO FINANCE

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