S02913 Summary:

BILL NOS02913
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORHANNON
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S3614-c, Pub Health L
 
Requires home health agencies, long term home health care programs and managed care plans to pay home care agencies the total average hourly worker cost for home care aides.
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S02913 Actions:

BILL NOS02913
 
01/30/2015REFERRED TO HEALTH
01/06/2016REFERRED TO HEALTH
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S02913 Committee Votes:

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S02913 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S02913 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2913
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 30, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the payment of the
          total average hourly worker cost to home care services agencies
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 7 of section 3614-c of the public health law,
     2  as added by section 33 of part H of chapter 59 of the laws of  2011,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    7.  If a certified home health agency [or], long term home health care
     5  program or managed care plan elects to provide home care  aide  services
     6  through  contracts  with licensed home care services agencies or through
     7  other third parties, provided that the episode of care on which the home
     8  care aide works is covered under the terms of this section,  the  certi-
     9  fied  home health agency, long term home health care program, or managed
    10  care plan must reimburse the licensed  home  care  services  agency  the
    11  total  average  hourly  worker cost, including the current total compen-
    12  sation mandated and additional fringe and other  statutory  and  benefit
    13  requirements,  and  an administrative and general cost factor that is no
    14  less than allowed pursuant to subdivision six of section three  thousand
    15  six  hundred  twelve  of this article, and must obtain a written certif-
    16  ication from the licensed home  care  services  agency  or  other  third
    17  party,  on  forms  prepared  by  the department in consultation with the
    18  department of labor, which attests to the licensed  home  care  services
    19  agency's  or  other  third  party's  compliance  with  the terms of this
    20  section. Such certifications shall  also  obligate  the  certified  home
    21  health  agency, long term home health care program, or managed care plan
    22  to obtain, on no less than a quarterly basis, all information  from  the
    23  licensed  home  care services agency or other third parties necessary to
    24  verify compliance with the terms of this section.   Such  certifications
    25  and  the information exchanged pursuant to them shall be retained by all
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08342-01-5

        S. 2913                             2
 
     1  certified home health agencies, long term home health care programs,  or
     2  managed  care  plans,  and  all licensed home care services agencies, or
     3  other third parties for a period of no less than  ten  years,  and  made
     4  available to the department upon request.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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