NY A06367

Requires contracts with certified home health agencies, long term home health care programs, licensed home care services programs, and fiscal intermediaries to ensure adequate resources for compensation of home care aides and consumer directed personal assistance workers to retain a qualified workforce

Accelerates payment timelines for home care providers licensed under Article 36 of the public health law, requiring payment within 15 days during the transition from fee-for-service to Medicaid managed long term care and for 12 months after final transition in each county

Requires disputed claims to home care providers to be paid within 20 days, with the option for insurers to subsequently pursue arbitration

Authorizes the Commissioner of Health to establish a credit enhancement loan program through the Dormitory Authority to help home care providers transition from fee-for-service to managed long term care, available to providers demonstrating financial need

Creates a credit enhancement application and approval committee chaired by the Commissioner of Health, with a debt service reserve fund for defaults, funded through Section 1115 waiver funds and federal Affordable Care Act resources with no direct state liability for defaulted amounts