New York Assembly Bill A08944 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8944  IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing a waiver for the nursing home occupancy calculation for certain years The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 22-a of section 2808 of the public health law 2 is amended by adding two new paragraphs (e) and (f) to read as follows: 3 (e) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law or regulation 4 to the contrary, the provisions of paragraphs (c) and (d) of this subdi- 5 vision shall not apply where a state disaster emergency, as defined in 6 section twenty of the executive law, affecting the occupancy of such 7 program, occurs within such two year period. 8 (f) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law or regulation 9 to the contrary, a failure to achieve ninety percent occupancy during 10 the period from January first, two thousand twenty to December thirty- 11 first, two thousand twenty-one, shall not reduce the reimbursement rate 12 for any residential health care facility. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14050-03-4