STATE OF NEW YORK
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3171--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 10, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. HUNTLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
mental Disabilities -- recommitted to the Committee on Mental Health
and Developmental Disabilities in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec.
8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the implementa-
tion of a trend factor for payments to certain intermediate care
facilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision (a) of section 43.02
2 of the mental hygiene law is designated paragraph 1 and a new paragraph
3 2 is added to read as follows:
4 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner of
5 the office for people with developmental disabilities shall add a trend
6 factor of three percent for the period two thousand thirteen--two thou-
7 sand fourteen to two thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen for rate
8 setting region I and the period two thousand thirteen--two thousand
9 fourteen for rate setting regions II and III for all rates of payment
10 for under 31-bed intermediate care facilities for the developmentally
11 disabled and all rates of payment for home and community based waiver
12 services.
13 § 2. Additional appropriations shall be necessary to effectuate the
14 purposes of this act. Such appropriations shall be made pursuant to a
15 chapter of the laws of 2012.
16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
17 have been in full force and effect on and after January 1, 2012.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08767-03-1
