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Home/Bills/S 8222New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
Senate BillVetoedPBH

S 8222: Authorizes the commissioner of health to approve certain reimbursement rates for certain programs established by not-for-profit and public skilled nursing facilities in upstate New York nursing home regions that are designed to work collaboratively on efforts to improve nursing home efficiency, staffing, and quality of care.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified October 17, 2025

What S 8222 does, verified October 17, 2025

The bill aims to improve nursing home efficiency, staffing, and quality of care in upstate New York. It authorizes the state commissioner to grant approval to eligible programs established by not-for-profit and public skilled nursing facilities. These programs must demonstrate a collaborative effort to improve nursing home care and services, and include structural safeguards to prevent collusion or anti-competitive practices. The bill takes effect immediately.

Bill journey
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Last action: VETOED MEMO.52 (2025-10-16)Alert me
Quick answers about S 8222
What is the current status of S 8222?
As of October 17, 2025, S 8222 is recorded as "Vetoed": it passed both houses but was vetoed by the Governor. The last recorded action, on October 16, 2025, was "VETOED MEMO.52".
Did S 8222 pass?
S 8222 passed both houses, but the Governor vetoed it. A veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in each house, which is rare.
Who wrote S 8222, and where is it now?
S 8222 was authored by Sen. Samra Brouk with 1 coauthor. It is filed under PBH, alongside 184 other New York PBH bills this session.
Author and sponsors
Sen. Samra BroukAuthor · New York State Senate
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Coauthors
Jeremy Cooney
Recent actions12 total · showing 5
Oct. 16, 2025VETOED MEMO.52
Oct. 09, 2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Jun. 17, 2025returned to senate
Jun. 17, 2025passed assembly
Jun. 17, 2025ordered to third reading rules cal.879
Full action history, 7 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 23, 2025 · 274 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8222 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE May 23, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BROUK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to reimbursement rates for certain programs established by not-for-profit and public skilled nursing facilities in upstate New York nursing home regions The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2826 of the public health law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision (h) to read as follows: 3 (h) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the commis- 4 sioner is authorized to grant approval to eligible programs established 5 by not-for-profit and public skilled nursing facilities in any of the 6 five nursing home regions in upstate New York, which are designed to 7 work collaboratively on efforts to improve nursing home efficiency, 8 staffing, and quality of care. Upon application by the regional program, 9 the commissioner shall approve those regions which apply for such desig- 10 nation who can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the commissioner, 11 that the programs present a collaborative effort designed to improve the 12 quality of nursing home care and services and that appropriate program 13 structural safeguards are included to prevent any collusion or anti-com- 14 petitive practices. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13192-01-5
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