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A06551 Summary:

A06551 Actions:

A06551 Committee Votes:

Committee:HEALTH   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:02/01/2022AYE/NAY:26/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Gottfried
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Galef
Aye
McDonough
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Byrnes
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Ashby
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Miller
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Salka
Aye
Gunther
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Rosenthal L 
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Steck
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Solages
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Sayegh
Aye
Rosenthal D 
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Reyes
Aye
Gonzalez-Rojas
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:05/25/2022AYE/NAY:33/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Ra
Aye
Glick
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Colton
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Cook
Aye
Norris
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Ashby
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Excused
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Joyner
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Dilan
Excused
Seawright
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Walker
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:05/31/2022AYE/NAY:30/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Norris
Aye
Cook
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Glick
Aye
Ra
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Aye
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Aye

A06551 Floor Votes:

A06551 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A6551B
 
SPONSOR: Solages

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring specific
reserved bed days at the New York State Veterans' Homes
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
 
The purpose of this bill is to establish a reserved bed day policy for
persons residing in State Veterans' Homes.
 
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
 
Section 1 amends Section 2808 of the public health law by adding a new
subdivision 25-a that requires specific reserved bed days at the New
York State Veterans' Homes.

Section 2 sets the effective date. This act shall take effect on the
ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately
the commissioner of health shall make regulations and take other actions
reasonably necessary to implement this act on that date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
This legislation requires facilities throughout the State to establish
bed day policy when veterans, spouses of veterans, widows of veterans,
Gold Star Parents and their dependents are temporarily hospitalized or
on therapeutic leave of absence. In order to qualify for medical cover-
age for reserved bed days, the person must have resided for at least
thirty days since the date of his or her initial admission• the part of
the facility must have a vacancy rate or no more than five percent on
the first day the person is hospitalized or on therapeutic leave of
absence.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
2019-20: print number A8935; referred to health
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
TBD.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become law.

A06551 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         6551--B
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 19, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SOLAGES, THIELE, WOERNER, STECK, ENGLEBRIGHT,
          McDONOUGH, JEAN-PIERRE, LAVINE,  SMITH,  WEPRIN,  STERN,  FITZPATRICK,
          SAYEGH,  GUNTHER,  MORINELLO, GRIFFIN, HUNTER, CUSICK, FALL, D. ROSEN-
          THAL,  MANKTELOW,  BRAUNSTEIN,   RA,   ASHBY,   DeSTEFANO,   BRABENEC,
          PHEFFER AMATO,  MONTESANO,  BARRETT, GANDOLFO, ABINANTI -- Multi-Spon-
          sored by -- M. of A.  BLANKENBUSH, HAWLEY, HEVESI, RAMOS -- read  once
          and  referred to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Commit-
          tee on Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to  said  committee  -- again reported from said committee with amend-
          ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring specific
          reserved bed days at the New York State Veterans' Homes
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Section 2808 of the public health law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 25-a to read as follows:
     3    25-a. Reserved bed days for state veterans' homes. (a) For purposes of
     4  this subdivision, a "reserved bed day" is a day for which the state pays
     5  New York State Veterans' Home at Oxford, the New  York  State  Veterans'
     6  Home  at  St.  Albans, the New York State Veterans' Home at Batavia, the
     7  New York State Veterans' Home at  Montrose  or  the  Long  Island  State
     8  Veterans'  Home  to  reserve  a  bed  for  a person eligible for medical
     9  assistance pursuant to title  eleven  of  article  five  of  the  social
    10  services law while he or she is temporarily hospitalized.
    11    (b)  (i) Payments for reserved bed days shall be made at fifty percent
    12  of the Medicaid rate otherwise payable  to  the  facility  for  services
    13  provided on behalf of the person.
    14    (ii) Payment to a facility for reserved bed days provided on behalf of
    15  the  person  for temporary hospitalizations may not exceed fourteen days
    16  in any twelve-month period.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03668-04-2
        A. 6551--B                          2
 
     1    (iii) The person must have resided in the applicable  State  Veterans'
     2  home  for  at  least  thirty  days  since the date of his or her initial
     3  admission.
     4    (iv)  Unless medically contraindicated, the applicable State Veterans'
     5  home shall reserve the same bed and  room  the  person  occupied  before
     6  being hospitalized or placed on a therapeutic leave of absence.
     7    (v)  Reserved  bed  days  under  this  subdivision  are in addition to
     8  reserve bed days for therapeutic  leave  of  absence  under  subdivision
     9  twenty-five of this section.
    10    (vi)  This  subdivision  shall  apply  subject  to the availability of
    11  federal financial participation.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    13  have  become  a  law.  Effective  immediately the commissioner of health
    14  shall make regulations and take other actions  reasonably  necessary  to
    15  implement this act on that date.

A06551 LFIN:

 
NO LFIN

A06551 Chamber Video/Transcript: