Requires Medicaid reimbursement rates for inpatient psychiatric care to remain consistent and uniform throughout the duration of the patient's hospitalization, regardless of length of stay.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5397
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 13, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to Medicaid
reimbursement rates for inpatient psychiatric care
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 2807-c of the public health law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (e-3) to read as follows:
3 (e-3) (i) Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary,
4 per diem payments for inpatient psychiatric hospital services provided
5 to patients eligible for medical assistance pursuant to title eleven of
6 article five of the social services law shall remain consistent and
7 uniform throughout the duration of such patients' hospitalization,
8 regardless of length of stay.
9 (ii) The provisions of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall not be
10 construed to prevent the commissioner from implementing alternative
11 payment methodologies that are not based on reductions for length of
12 stay, provided that such methodologies are consistent with maintaining
13 access to and quality of care.
14 § 2. No later than 180 days after the effective date of this act, the
15 commissioner of health shall submit a report to the governor, the tempo-
16 rary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly on the
17 regulatory changes made pursuant to paragraph (e-3) of subdivision 4 of
18 section 2807-c of the public health law, as added by section one of this
19 act, and provide an assessment of the anticipated impact of such regula-
20 tory changes on hospital reimbursement rates and patient care outcomes.
21 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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