The Senate and Assembly released their one house budget bills outlining their priorities as the State works to finalize its budget before April 1st. Thanks to your advocacy, we’re thrilled to share that CHCANYS top advocacy priorities of Rate Reform, enhanced MCO tax investments, and a telehealth payment fix were included in at least one of the one house bills. For CHCANYS’ full working summary of the one house and executive budget bills, please click here. You can view the full Health and Mental Hygiene Assembly one house budget here and the NY Senate one house budget here.
CHCANYS Top Priorities:
- CHC Rate Reform: Included with language from S.4589 (Rivera) in Senate Budget
- MCO Tax Investment:
- Senate One House: $100M for Medicaid rate increases to FQHCs and Diagnostic and Treatment Centers
- Assembly One House: $70M for Medicaid rate increases to FQHCs and Diagnostic and Treatment Centers
- Telehealth Payment Fix: Included with language from S.3359 (Rivera) in Senate Budget
CHCANYS will host budget briefings throughout the remainder of the budget season, with our next briefing on March 20th at 9:30 am. Join our briefing by clicking here.
It is imperative that we keep the pressure on leading up to April 1! In the meantime, we encourage you to reach out to your State Senators and Assembly Members to thank them for their support of health centers in the one house budget bills: