New York Laws
Article 28 - Hospitals
2825-G - Health Care Facility Transformation Program: Statewide Iv.

(a) twenty-five million dollars of total awarded funds shall be made
to community-based health care providers, which for purposes of this
section shall be defined as diagnostic and treatment centers licensed or
granted an operating certificate under this chapter; independent
practice associations or organizations; home care providers certified or
licensed pursuant to article thirty-six of this chapter; and hospices
licensed or granted an operating certificate pursuant to article forty
of this chapter;
(b) twenty-five million dollars of total awarded funds shall be made
to a mental health clinic licensed or granted an operating certificate
under article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law; alcohol and
substance use disorder treatment clinics licensed or granted an
operating certificate under article thirty-two of the mental hygiene
law; clinics licensed or granted an operating certificate under article
sixteen of the mental hygiene law; and community-based programs funded
under the office of mental health or the office of addiction services
and supports or through local governmental units as defined under
article forty-one of the mental hygiene law; and
(c) fifty million dollars of total awarded funds shall be made to
residential health care facilities or adult care facilities licensed
under title two of article seven of the social services law.
4. Notwithstanding sections one hundred twelve and one hundred
sixty-three of the state finance law, sections one hundred forty-two and
one hundred forty-three of the economic development law, or any
inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, up to two hundred million
dollars of the funds appropriated for this program shall be awarded,
without a competitive bid or request for proposal process, for grants to
health care providers for purposes of modernization of an emergency
department of regional significance. For purposes of this subdivision,
an emergency department shall be considered to have regional
significance if it: (a) serves as Level 1 trauma center with the highest
volume in its region; (b) includes the capacity to segregate patients
with communicable diseases, trauma or severe behavioral health issues
from other patients in the emergency department; (c) provides training
in emergency care and trauma care to residents from multiple hospitals
in the region; and (d) serves a high proportion of Medicaid patients.
5. (a) Notwithstanding sections one hundred twelve and one hundred
sixty-three of the state finance law, sections one hundred forty-two and
one hundred forty-three of the economic development law, or any
inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, up to seven hundred fifty
million dollars of the funds appropriated for this program shall be
awarded, without a competitive bid or request for proposal process, for
grants to health care providers, as defined in subdivision two of this
section.
(b) Awards made pursuant to this subdivision shall provide funding for
capital projects, debt retirement, working capital or other non-capital
projects to the extent lawful appropriation and funding is available, to
build innovative, patient-centered models of care, increase access to
care, to improve the quality of care and to ensure financial
sustainability of health care providers.
(c) Provided, however, that a minimum of:
(i) twenty-five million dollars of total awarded funds shall be made
to community-based health care providers, which for purposes of this
section shall be defined as diagnostic and treatment centers licensed or
granted an operating certificate pursuant to this chapter; independent
practice associations or organizations; home care providers certified or
licensed pursuant to article thirty-six of this chapter; and hospices

licensed or granted an operating certificate pursuant to article forty
of this chapter;
(ii) twenty-five million dollars of total awarded funds shall be made
to a mental health clinic licensed or granted an operating certificate
under article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law; alcohol and
substance use disorder treatment clinics licensed or granted an
operating certificate under article thirty-two of the mental hygiene
law; clinics licensed or granted an operating certificate under article
sixteen of the mental hygiene law; and community-based programs funded
under the office of mental health or the office of addiction services
and supports or through local governmental units as defined under
article forty-one of the mental hygiene law; and
(iii) twenty-five million dollars of total awarded funds shall be made
to residential health care facilities or adult care facilities licensed
under title two of article seven of the social services law.
6. Notwithstanding sections one hundred twelve and one hundred
sixty-three of the state finance law, sections one hundred forty-two and
one hundred forty-three of the economic development law, or any
inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, up to one hundred fifty
million dollars of the funds appropriated for this program shall be
awarded, without a competitive bid or request for proposal process, for
technological and telehealth transformation projects.
7. Notwithstanding sections one hundred twelve and one hundred
sixty-three of the state finance law, sections one hundred forty-two and
one hundred forty-three of the economic development law, or any
inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, up to fifty million
dollars of the funds appropriated for this program shall be awarded,
without a competitive bid or a request for proposal process, to
residential and community-based alternatives to the traditional model of
nursing home care.
8. Selection of awards made by the department pursuant to subdivisions
three, four, five, six and seven of this section shall be contingent on
an evaluation process acceptable to the commissioner and approved by the
director of the division of the budget. Disbursement of awards may be
contingent on the health care provider as defined in subdivision two of
this section achieving certain process and performance metrics and
milestones that are structured to ensure that the goals of the project
are achieved.
9. The department shall provide a report on a quarterly basis to the
chairs of the senate finance, assembly ways and means, and senate and
assembly health committees, until such time as the department determines
that the projects that receive funding pursuant to this section are
substantially complete. Such reports shall be submitted no later than
sixty days after the close of the quarter, and shall include, for each
award, the name of the health care provider as defined in subdivision
two of this section, a description of the project or purpose, the amount
of the award, disbursement date, and status of achievement of process
and performance metrics and milestones pursuant to subdivision six of
this section.

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