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NY A03007
NY A03007Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year; requires the commissioner of health to provide a quarterly report on known and expected department of health state funds Medicaid expenditures through state fiscal year 2026-2027 (Part A); extends the effectiveness of various provisions relating to social services and healthcare including medical reimbursement and welfare reform (Part B); relates
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Introduced
01/22/2025
01/22/2025
In Committee
05/07/2025
05/07/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2025-2026 General Assembly
Bill Summary
AN ACT to amend part H of chapter 59 of the laws of 2011, amending the public health law and other laws relating to general hospital reimbursement for annual rates, in relation to known and projected department of health state fund medicaid expenditures (Part A); to amend part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, amending the social services law and other laws relating to supplemental rebates, in relation to extending the expiration thereof; to amend chapter 942 of the laws of 1983 and chapter 541 of the laws of 1984 relating to foster family care demonstration programs, in relation to extending the expirations thereof; to amend chapter 256 of the laws of 1985, amending the social services law and other laws relating to foster family care demonstration programs, in relation to extending the expiration thereof; to amend part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2009, amending the public health law relating to payment by governmental agencies for general hospital inpatient services, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 474 of the laws of 1996, amending the education law and other laws relating to rates for residential healthcare facilities, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend the public health law, in relation to mobile integrated and community paramedicine; to amend section 2 of chapter 137 of the laws of 2023, amending the public health law relating to establishing a community-based paramedicine demonstration program, in relation to extending the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, amending the public health law and other laws relating to medical reimbursement and welfare reform, in relation to extending the effectiveness of certain provisions thereof; to amend part FFF of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, amending the public health law relating to authorizing the commissioner of health to redeploy excess reserves of certain not-for-profit managed care organizations, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 451 of the laws of 2007, amending the public health law, the social services law and the insurance law relating to providing enhanced consumer and provider protections, in relation to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to contracts between plans, insurers, or corporations and hospitals; to amend the public health law, in relation to reimbursement rate promulgation for residential health care facilities, and in relation to certified home health agency services payments; to amend part C of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, amending the social services law relating to fair hearings within the Fully Integrated Duals Advantage program, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 884 of the laws of 1990, amending the public health law relating to authorizing bad debt and charity care allowances for certified home health agencies, in relation to extending the provisions thereof; to amend chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, amending the public health law and other laws relating to medical reimbursement and welfare reform, in relation to the effectiveness of certain provisions thereof; to amend 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, in relation to extending government rates for behavioral services; to amend the public health law, in relation to gross receipts for general hospital assessments; to amend part MM of chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the public health law relating to aiding in the transition to adulthood for children with medical fragility living in pediatric nursing homes and other settings, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 633 of the laws of 2006, amending the public health law relating to the home based primary care for the elderly demonstration project, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 19 of the laws of 1998, amending the social services law relating to limiting the method of payment for prescription drugs under the medical assistance program, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend part BBB of chapter of the laws of 2022, amending the public health law and other laws relating to permitting the commissioner of health to submit a waiver that expands eligibility for New York's basic health program and increases the federal poverty limit cap for basic health program eligibility from two hundred to two hundred fifty percent, in relation to extending certain provisions related to providing long-term services and supports under the essential plan; to amend the social services law, in relation to which contracts stay in force after September 30, 2025; to amend part MM of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020 directing the department of health to establish or procure the services of an independent panel of clinical professionals and to develop and implement a uniform task-based assessment tool, in relation to which contracts stay in force after September 30, 2025; and to amend chapter 769 of the laws of 2023 amending the public health law relating to the adult cystic fibrosis assistance program, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part B); intentionally omitted (Part C); to amend the public health law, in relation to supplemental hospital payments (Part D); to amend the social services law, in relation to shifting long-term nursing home stays from managed care to fee for service, and authorizing penalties for managed care plans that do not meet contractual obligations (Part E); to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a tax on managed care providers; to amend the state finance law, in relation to the healthcare stability fund; and to amend part I of chapter 57 of the laws of 2022 providing a one percent across the board payment increase to all qualifying fee-for-service Medicaid rates, in relation to certain Medicaid payments made for certain medical services (Part F); to amend chapter 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 insurance coverage paid for by funds from the hospital excess liability pool and extending the effectiveness of certain provisions thereof; to amend part J of chapter 63 of the laws of 2001 amending 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 certain provisions concerning the hospital excess liability pool; and to amend part H of chapter of the laws of 2017 amending the New York Health Care Reform Act of and other laws relating to extending certain provisions relating thereto, in relation to extending provisions relating to excess coverage (Part G); intentionally omitted (Part H); to amend the public health law, in relation to eliminating the fees paid by funeral directors for permits for burials and removals which are used to support the electronic death registration system; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto (Part I); to amend the public health law, in relation to the due date for awards applied for under the statewide health care facility transformation III program (Part J); intentionally omitted (Part K); intentionally omitted (Part L); to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring general hospitals to report community benefit spending (Part M); intentionally omitted (Part N); intentionally omitted (Part O); to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospitals to provide stabilizing care to pregnant individuals; and to repeal section 2803-o-1 of the public health law, relating to required protocols for fetal demise (Part P); to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing increased coverage of care as well as availability of care for infertility treatments; and to amend section 4 of part K of chapter 82 of the laws of 2002 amending the insurance law and the public health law relating to coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility, relating to a program to provide grants to health care providers for improving access to infertility (Part Q); intentionally omitted (Part R); intentionally omitted (Part S); to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospitals to maintain sexual assault forensic examiners at their facilities; and to amend the executive law, in relation to making technical corrections thereto (Part T); intentionally omitted (Part U); intentionally omitted (Part V); intentionally omitted (Part W); intentionally omitted (Part X); intentionally omitted (Part Y); to amend chapter 565 of the laws of 2022 amending the state finance law relating to preferred source status for entities that provide employment to certain persons; and to amend chapter 91 of the laws of 2023 amending the state finance law relating to establishing a threshold for the amount of work needed to be performed by a preferred source which is an approved charitable nonprofit-making agency for the blind, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part Z); to amend part NN of chapter 58 of the laws of 2015, amending the mental hygiene law relating to clarifying the authority of the commissioners in the department of mental hygiene to design and implement time-limited demonstration programs, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part AA); to amend part L of chapter 59 of the laws of 2016, amending the mental hygiene law relating to the appointment of temporary operators for the continued operation of programs and the provision of services for persons with serious mental illness and/or developmental disabilities and/or chemical dependence, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part BB); to amend part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, amending the social services law and other laws relating to enacting the major components of legislation necessary to implement the health and mental hygiene budget for the -2014 state fiscal year, in relation to the effectiveness of certain provisions thereof (Part CC); to amend the mental hygiene law and the public health law, in relation to adding homeless youth to the definition of minors for the purpose of consent for certain treatment (Part DD); to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to involuntary admission and assisted outpatient treatment and establishing the behavioral health crisis technical assistance center; and to amend the executive law, the general municipal law, and the county law, in relation to required training and maintaining of records relating to persons dealing with mental health and substance use crises (Part EE); in relation to establishing a targeted inflationary increase for designated programs (Part FF); to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to mental health incident review panels (Part GG); to amend the social services law, in relation to extending provisions of law relating to school-based health centers (Part HH); to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring any New York subdivision that directly received funds pursuant to a statewide opioid settlement agreement to post and submit to the office of addiction services and supports certain information relating to such funds (Part II); to amend the public health law, in relation to reporting pregnancy losses and clarifying which agencies are responsible for such reports; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof (Part JJ); to amend chapter 55 of the laws of 2022, amending the general municipal law and the town law relating to authorizing fees and charges for emergency medical services, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part KK); to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the Nassau health care corporation (Part LL); and to amend chapter 517 of the laws of 2016, amending the public health law relating to payments from the New York state medical indemnity fund, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part MM)
AI Summary
This bill enacts major components of legislation for New York state's health and mental hygiene budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, with numerous provisions affecting healthcare services, funding, and regulations. Key provisions include extending the effectiveness of various healthcare-related programs, establishing a behavioral health crisis technical assistance center, modifying managed care regulations, creating a new tax on managed care providers, and implementing a targeted inflationary increase for various health and social service programs. The bill makes changes to existing laws governing mental health treatment, emergency medical services, pregnancy loss reporting, and creates new reporting requirements for healthcare providers and local government units. The bill also includes technical amendments to extend the sunset dates for various existing programs and introduces new oversight mechanisms for healthcare services. Each part of the bill addresses different aspects of healthcare policy, from hospital reimbursement rates to mental health incident review panels, with most provisions taking effect on or around April 1, 2025.
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Budget and Finance
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Last Action
Companion passed 2025-05-09 (on 05/09/2025)
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