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A 5397: Requires Medicaid reimbursement rates for inpatient psychiatric care to remain consistent and uniform throughout the duration of the patient's hospitalization, regardless of length of stay.
What A 5397 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to ensure consistent and uniform per diem payments for inpatient psychiatric hospital services provided to patients eligible for medical assistance. This means that the payment rates for these services will remain the same regardless of the length of stay for the patient. The bill also allows the commissioner to implement alternative payment methodologies that prioritize maintaining access to and quality of care. Additionally, the bill requires a report to be submitted within 180 days to assess the impact of the regulatory changes on hospital reimbursement rates and patient care outcomes.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to health (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5397
- What is the current status of A 5397?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 5397 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to health".
- Did A 5397 pass?
- Not yet. A 5397 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5397, and where is it now?
- A 5397 was authored by Asm. Yudelka Tapia. Its committee of record is Assembly Health.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Feb. 13, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 13, 2025 · 333 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5397 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to Medicaid reimbursement rates for inpatient psychiatric care The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 2807-c of the public health law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (e-3) to read as follows: 3 (e-3) (i) Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, 4 per diem payments for inpatient psychiatric hospital services provided 5 to patients eligible for medical assistance pursuant to title eleven of 6 article five of the social services law shall remain consistent and 7 uniform throughout the duration of such patients' hospitalization, 8 regardless of length of stay. 9 (ii) The provisions of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall not be 10 construed to prevent the commissioner from implementing alternative 11 payment methodologies that are not based on reductions for length of 12 stay, provided that such methodologies are consistent with maintaining 13 access to and quality of care. 14 § 2. No later than 180 days after the effective date of this act, the 15 commissioner of health shall submit a report to the governor, the tempo- 16 rary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly on the 17 regulatory changes made pursuant to paragraph (e-3) of subdivision 4 of 18 section 2807-c of the public health law, as added by section one of this 19 act, and provide an assessment of the anticipated impact of such regula- 20 tory changes on hospital reimbursement rates and patient care outcomes. 21 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07695-01-5
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