Bills signed include legislation to prohibit exploitative training reimbursement agreements and prevent workplace violence, to authorize enhanced withdrawals of equity from certain nursing homes, and to dedicate nursing home staffing fines to recruitment and safety grants. The Governor vetoed a bill banning new and expanded for-profit hospice programs.

LeadingAge NY provides a status update on all priority bills passed by the Legislature in 2025.

The MAHA ELEVATE Model will provide approximately $100 million to many types of eligible organizations, including senior living communities, to fund three-year cooperative agreements for up to 30 proposals that promote health and prevention for Original Medicare beneficiaries.

Global Cap figures show a decrease in Medicaid enrollment and slightly elevated spending halfway through the State Fiscal Year.

The new law will shift the CCRC Council to an advisory role and allow DOH to update the priority reservation fee limit.

A number of nursing homes with outstanding Medicaid rate appeals from 2009 through 2021 will see payments in December.