New York Assembly Bill A07473 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7473 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY May 24, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to payments for home and community based long term care services The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 3614-g to read as follows: 3 § 3614-g. Payments for home and community based long term care 4 services. Contracts or agreements with insurers under the medical 5 assistance program for home and community based long term care services 6 provided under this article or by fiscal intermediaries operating pursu- 7 ant to section three hundred sixty-five-f of the social services law 8 shall provide terms and conditions for the pass-through of funds appro- 9 priated to compensate for minimum wage pursuant to section six hundred 10 fifty-two of the labor law. If necessary in order to comply with this 11 section, existing contracts with home and community based long term care 12 services providers under this article and to fiscal intermediaries oper- 13 ating pursuant to section three hundred sixty-five-f of the social 14 services law shall be amended at least ninety days prior to the effec- 15 tive date of any such law or regulation impacting wages. Insurers shall 16 not use such funds to supplant payments for existing services under the 17 Medicaid program. Such insurers shall include but not be limited to 18 Medicaid managed care plans and Medicaid managed long term care plans. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to poli- 20 cies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended on or 21 after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08064-01-3