LeadingAge New York supports legislation which would provide due process protections to health care providers and recipients in the medical assistance program when under scrutiny by the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG).

This bill would create a new Public Health Law residential care facility classification with enhanced Medicaid reimbursement for pediatric palliative care centers (PPCCs), but would exempt these facilities from the establishment and licensure requirements typically applied to health care facilities and programs.

LeadingAge New York strongly support this legislation, which would create an Affordable Independent Senior Housing Assistance Program to connect low-income, aging residents living in affordable senior housing with community resources that foster healthy, independent living and help keep older adults out of more costly levels of care.

LeadingAge New York strongly supports this legislation, which would require New York State’s Department of Health (DOH) to update nursing home Medicaid rates at least every five years, in consultation with a workgroup that includes technical experts in nursing home rate setting.

LeadingAge New York supports this legislation, which would allow individuals receiving hospice care to simultaneously enroll in Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) plans.

LeadingAge New York supports this legislation, which amends the Public Health Law to ensure that certain nursing homes are not subject to prohibitive equity requirements or outdated project cost limits when applying for reimbursement of capital upgrades.

LeadingAge New York opposes this legislation which would require nursing home operators to notify the State Department of Health 90 days ahead of an anticipated closure.

LeadingAge New York opposes this legislation, which amends Public Health Law to require residential health care facilities to provide information about the facility’s ownership, governance, and contractors to residents and their families, as part of the admission process.