2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 40 - (4000 - 4015) HOSPICE
4012 - Payment for hospice.

 
    §  4012.  Payment for hospice. 1. No government agency shall purchase,
  pay for or make reimbursement or grants-in-aid for services provided  by
  a  hospice  unless,  at the time the services were provided, the hospice
  possessed a valid certificate of approval.
    2. Payments for hospice care made by government agencies shall  be  at
  rates approved by the state director of the budget.
    3.  Prior  to  the  approval  of hospice rates, the commissioner shall
  determine and certify to the state  director  of  the  budget  that  the
  proposed rate schedules for payments for hospice services are reasonable
  and adequate to meet the costs which must be incurred by efficiently and
  economically  operated  programs.  In  making  such  certification,  the
  commissioner  shall  take  into  consideration  the  elements  of  cost,
  geographical  differentials in the elements of cost considered, economic
  factors in the area in which the hospice is located,  costs  of  hospice
  programs of comparable size, the need for incentives to improve services
  and   institute   economies,   and   applicable  medicare  reimbursement
  regulations.
    * 4. Subject to the availability  of  funds,  the  commissioner  shall
  authorize  health  occupation  development  and  workplace demonstration
  programs pursuant to the  provisions  of  section  twenty-eight  hundred
  seven-h  of  this  chapter  for  certified  hospice  programs,  and  the
  commissioner is hereby directed to make rate adjustments  to  cover  the
  cost of such programs.
    * NB Effective until July 1, 2014
    * 4.  Subject  to  the availability of funds, the provisions of clause
  (B) of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (e) of subdivision one of section
  twenty-eight hundred seven-c of this chapter shall apply to hospices.
    * NB Effective July 1, 2014