Bill > S04883

This bill modifies the Public Health Law to exclude certain one-time federal financial assistance from the calculation of total operating revenue for residential health care facilities. Specifically, the bill adds language to ensure that one-time federal financial assistance, in addition to previously excluded COVID-19 pandemic-related federal grants (such as those from FEMA or HRSA), will not be counted when determining a facility's total operating revenue. This is important for calculating minimum spending requirements on direct resident care and resident-facing staffing. Under the existing law, residential health care facilities must spend at least 70% of their revenue on direct resident care and 40% on resident-facing staffing. By excluding one-time federal assistance from the revenue calculation, the bill helps prevent these temporary funding sources from artificially inflating a facility's total revenue and potentially skewing their compliance with spending requirements. The bill applies retroactively to January 1, 2020, and takes immediate effect, with particular considerations for supplemental payments to qualified not-for-profit facilities authorized by a previous budget act.

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4883