N.Y. Public Health Law § 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.