Requires the Medicaid inspector general to exam and report to the legislature on cost reports from licensed home care service agencies and make recommendations on improvements.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN SENATE
April 22, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 examining and
reporting on cost reports from licensed home care service agencies
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 27 of section 32 of the public health law is
2 renumbered subdivision 28 and a new subdivision 27 is added to read as
3 follows:
4 27. (a) to examine the licensed home care services agencies and fiscal
5 intermediaries cost reports and report back to the legislature by Decem-
6 ber first, two thousand twenty-seven. Such examination shall include an
7 analysis of all costs including wages paid, general overhead, training,
8 technology, human resources and other administrative costs and any
9 margin. Such analysis shall also include a comparison by region and
10 provider type;
11 (b) to make recommendations to the legislature on improvements in the
12 actual cost reports specified in paragraph (a) of this subdivision and
13 the related instructions; and
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
15 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14823-01-6
