NY Pub Health L § 2951 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 29-A - Access to Community Health Care Services in Rural Areas Title 1 - Rural Health Care Access 2951 - Definitions.

§ 2951. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:1.  "Rural  area"  shall  mean  any  county with less than two hundred   thousand population or any town which has a population of less than  two   hundred persons per square mile or, if approved by the commissioner, any   town  which  has a population of less than two hundred fifty persons per   square mile.2. "Rural health network" shall mean an  affiliation  of  health  care   providers  serving  a  rural  area,  pursuant  to  a  contract, joint or   cooperative agreement,  or  organized  pursuant  to  the  not-for-profit   corporation law and approved pursuant to subdivision fourteen of section   twenty-eight  hundred  one-a of this chapter, which provides or arranges   for the provision of health care services pursuant to a network plan  to   residents  of  a  rural  area  or  the  provision  of  administrative or   management services among such health care providers.  Such health  care   services  may  include,  but  need not be limited to: acute and tertiary   care; medical/surgical care; pre-hospital emergency services; swing  bed   care;  mental health and substance abuse services; physical medicine and   rehabilitation; primary and preventive care;  home  health  and  skilled   nursing  care;  laboratory,  radiological  or other diagnostic services;   hospice; respite care; illness prevention; or any  other  outpatient  or   related  services  responding  to  community  need or for the purpose of   improving community health status.  Such administrative  and  management   services  may  include,  but  need  not be limited to: emergency medical   services  or  other  professional  training;   credentialing,   payroll,   purchasing and billing services; recruitment of qualified professionals;   information   management   services;   medical  transportation;  quality   assurance; risk management; peer review; electronic  data  sharing;  and   managed care systems; performance of studies; planning; and solicitation   and  acceptance of grants, and receipt of reimbursement for planning and   coordination of services and  coordination  of  experimental  and  other   payment  methods,  such  as  global  budget,  pooling  arrangements,  or   capitation payments for inpatient hospital services and ambulatory  care   services provided by the component entities of the network.3. "Network plan" shall mean a written plan prepared by a rural health   network or rural providers planning to form a rural health network, with   the   involvement   of   consumers,   submitted  initially  and  updated   periodically as needed, to the  commissioner  for  approval  to  receive   grant  funds  pursuant  to section twenty-nine hundred fifty-two of this   article.4. "Upgraded diagnostic and treatment center" shall mean a  diagnostic   and  treatment  center  established  pursuant to article twenty-eight of   this chapter which has received such  designation  pursuant  to  section   twenty-nine hundred fifty-six of this article.