Bronx Senators Klein And Rivera Debate State Health Funding In Yesterday’s Budget Negotitations

Read about the bill  below: (It passed unanimously.)

Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2014-2015 state fiscal year

Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2014-2015 state fiscal year; relates to prenatal clinical health care services; simplifies consent for HIV testing; relates to authorization for data sharing with providers for purposes of patient linkage and retention in care; relates to biennial reports for the control of malignant diseases; relates to the breast cancer research and education fund; relates to the cancer detection and education program advisory council; relates to a distinctive “drive for the cure” license plate; relates to the gift for prostate and testicular research and education; relates to the capital restructuring financing program; relates to delivery system reform incentive payments; relates to eligible applicants for the Medicaid redesign team initiatives; relates to the Alzheimer’s disease assistance fund; relates to participating borrowers; relates to program eligibility for catastrophic coverage; relates to the primary care service corps practitioner loan repayment program; relates to evaluating the state’s health information technology infrastructure and systems; relates to the establishment of certain free standing clinics, outpatient health care facilities and ambulatory health care centers in the county of Bronx; relates to payments submitted by early intervention providers to certain third party payors; amends the public health law and the insurance law, in relation to safe patient handling; relates to review of criminal history information concerning prospective employees; relates to the provision of contact information relating to long term care; relates to the operation of the New York State donate life registry; relates to streamlining the application process for adult care facilities and assisted living residences; relates to the long term home health care program; relates to resident working audits; amends chapter 58 of the laws of 2008 amending the elder law and other laws relating to reimbursement to particular provider pharmacies and prescription drug coverage, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; repeals certain provisions of the public health law and the state finance law relating thereto (Part A); amends the New York Health Care Reform Act of 1996, in relation to extending certain provisions relating thereto; amends the New York Health Care Reform Act of 2000, in relation to extending the effectiveness of provisions thereof; amends the public health law, in relation to the distribution of pool allocations and graduate medical education; amends chapter 62 of the laws of 2003 amending the general business law and other laws relating to enacting major components necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2003-04 state fiscal year, in relation to the deposit of certain funds; amends the public health law, in relation to health care initiative pool distributions; amends the social services law, in relation to extending payment provisions for general hospitals; amends chapter 600 of the laws of 1986 amending the public health law relating to the development of pilot reimbursement programs for ambulatory care services, in relation to the effectiveness of such chapter; amends chapter 520 of the laws of 1978 relating to providing for a comprehensive survey of health care financing, education and illness prevention and creating councils for the conduct thereof, in relation to extending the effectiveness of portions thereof; amends the public health law, in relation to extending access to community health care services in rural areas; amends the public health law, in relation to rates of payment for personal care service providers; amends the public health law, in relation to the assessment on covered lives; amends the public health law, in relation to the comprehensive diagnostic and treatment centers indigent care program; amends the public health law, in relation to general hospital indigent pool and general hospital inpatient reimbursement rates; amends chapter 266 of the laws of 1986 amending the civil practice law and rules and other laws relating to malpractice and professional medical conduct, in relation to extending the applicability of certain provisions thereof; amends chapter 63 of the laws of 2001 amending chapter 20 of the laws of 2001 amending the military law and other laws relating to making appropriations for the support of government, in relation to extending the applicability of certain provisions thereof (Part B); amends the social services law, in relation to eliminating prescriber prevails for brand name drugs with generic equivalents; directs the department of health to develop new methodology for pharmacy reimbursement; relates to minimum supplemental rebates for pharmaceutical manufacturers; relates to early refill of prescriptions; relates to emergency and non-emergency transportation; amends section 45-c of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, relating to the report on the transition of behavioral health services as a managed care benefit in the medical assistance program, in relation to reports on the transition of behavior health services; relates to the integration of behavioral and physical health clinic services; amends part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013 amending chapter 59 of the laws of 2011 amending the public health law and other laws relating to general hospital reimbursement for annual rates relating to the cap on local Medicaid expenditures, in relation to establishing rate protections for behavioral health essential providers and the effectiveness thereof; amends section 1 of part H of chapter 111 of the laws of 2010, relating to increasing Medicaid payments to providers through managed care organizations and providing equivalent fees through an ambulatory patient group methodology, in relation to transfer of funds and the effectiveness thereof; amends the social services law, in relation to spousal support for the costs of community-based long term care; amends the social services law, in relation to fair hearings within the Fully Integrated Duals Advantage program; amends the public health law, in relation to the establishment of a default rate for nursing homes under managed care; amends the public health law, in relation to rates of payment for certified home health agencies and long term home health care programs; amends the social services law in relation to Community First Choice Option; amends the education law in relation to developing training curricula to educate certain home health aides; amends the public health law in relation to Development Disabilities Individual Care and Support Organization; amends the public health law, in relation to rate setting methodologies for the ICD-10; amends the public health law, in relation to inpatient psych base years, specialty inpatient base years, and hospital inpatient base years; amends part H of chapter 59 of the laws of 2011, amending the public health law and other laws relating to known and projected department of health state fund medicaid expenditures, in relation to the determination of rates of payments by certain state governmental agencies; amends the social services law and the public health law, in relation to requiring the use of an enrollment broker for counties that are mandated Medicaid managed care and managed long term care; amends the public health law, in relation to establishing vital access pools for licensed home care service agencies; amends the social services law, in relation to the expansion of the Medicaid managed care advisory review panel; amends part H of chapter 59 of the laws of 2011 amending the public health law relating to general hospital inpatient reimbursement for annual rates, in relation to the across the board reduction of 2011; amends the social services law, in relation to establishing a health homes criminal justice initiative; amends the social services law, in relation to the transition of children in foster care to managed care; amends the social services law and the state finance law, in relation to the establishment of a basic health plan; amends the social services law, in relation to hospital presumptive eligibility under the affordable care act; relates to a basic health program trust fund and a state health innovation plan account; relates to spending down procedures under the MAGI system of eligibility determination; relates to moving rate setting for child health plus to the department of health; relates to eliminating the existing child health plus waiting period; amends chapter 2 of the laws of 1998, amending the public health law and other laws relating to expanding the child health insurance plan, in relation to allowing for the permanent expansion of child health plus income and benefit provisions; amends the public health law in relation to potentially preventable negative outcomes; relates to a rural dentistry pilot program; amends chapter 779 of the laws of 1986, amending the social services law relating to authorizing services for non-residents in adult homes, residences for adults and enriched housing programs, in relation to extending the authorization of non-resident services within adult homes;

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