NY Pub Health L § 2825-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28 - Hospitals 2825-B - Oneida County Health Care Facility Transformation Program:oneida County Project.

§  2825-b.  Oneida county health care facility transformation program: Oneida  county  project.  1.  An  Oneida  county  health  care  facility transformation   program   is   hereby   established   under  the  joint administration of the commissioner and the president  of  the  dormitory authority  of the state of New York for the purpose of strengthening and protecting continued access to health care services in communities.  The program  shall provide capital funding in support of projects located in the largest population center in Oneida county that consolidate multiple licensed health care facilities into an integrated system of  care.  The issuance  of  any  bonds  or  notes  hereunder  shall  be subject to the approval of the director of the division of the budget, and any projects funded through the  issuance  of  bonds  or  notes  hereunder  shall  be approved  by  the  New  York  state public authorities control board, as required under section fifty-one of the public authorities law.   2. The commissioner and the president of  the  authority  shall  enter into  an  agreement,  subject to approval by the director of the budget, and  subject  to  section  sixteen  hundred  eighty-r  of   the   public authorities  law,  for  the  purposes  of  awarding,  distributing,  and administering the funds made available pursuant to  this  section.  Such funds  may  be  distributed by the commissioner and the president of the authority for capital grants to general hospitals for  the  purposes  of consolidating   multiple   licensed   health  care  facilities  into  an integrated system of care for capital non-operational works or  purposes that  support  the  purposes  set  forth in this section. A copy of such agreement, and any amendments thereto, shall be provided to the chair of the senate finance committee, the chair of the assembly ways  and  means committee,  and  the  director  of  the division of budget no later than thirty days prior to the release  of  a  request  for  applications  for funding  under this program. Projects awarded under section twenty-eight hundred twenty-five of this article shall not be eligible for grants  or awards made available under this section.   3.  Notwithstanding  section  one  hundred  sixty-three  of  the state finance law or any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, up  to three hundred million dollars of the funds appropriated for this program shall  be  awarded  without  a  competitive  bid or request for proposal process  for  capital  grants  to  health  care   providers   (hereafter "applicants") located in the county of Oneida.   4.  In  determining awards for eligible applicants under this section, the commissioner and the  president  of  the  authority  shall  consider criteria including, but not limited to:  (a)  the  extent to which the proposed capital project will contribute to the integration of health care services and long term  sustainability of  the  applicant  or  preservation of essential health services in the community or communities served by the applicant;  (b) the extent to which the proposed project  or  purpose  is  aligned with  delivery  system  reform incentive payment ("DSRIP") program goals and objectives;  (c)  the  relationship  between  the  proposed  capital  project   and identified community need;  (d)  the  extent  that  the  proposed  capital  project  furthers  the development of primary care and other outpatient services;  (e) the extent to which the proposed capital project benefits Medicaid enrollees and uninsured individuals;  (f) the extent to  which  the  applicant  has  engaged  the  community affected  by  the  proposed  capital  project  and  the  manner in which community engagement has shaped such capital project; and  (g) the  extent  to  which  the  proposed  capital  project  addresses potential risk to patient safety and welfare.    5.  The  department shall provide a report on a quarterly basis to the chairs of the senate finance, assembly ways and means, senate health and assembly health committees. Such reports shall  be  submitted  no  later than sixty days after the close of the quarter, and shall conform to the reporting  requirements  of  subdivision  twenty of section twenty-eight hundred seven of this article, as applicable.