§ 2802-a. Transitional care unit demonstration program. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the\ncommissioner is authorized to approve up to eighteen general hospitals\nwithin the state to operate transitional care units by and within such\ngeneral hospitals. For purposes of this section, "transitional care"\nshall mean sub acute care services provided to patients of a general\nhospital who no longer require acute care general hospital inpatient\nservices, but continue to need specialized medical, nursing and other\nhospital ancillary services and are not yet appropriate for discharge.\n 2. In order to receive approval from the commissioner to operate a\ntransitional care unit and to provide transitional care services, a\ngeneral hospital shall file an applic
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§ 2802-a. Transitional care unit demonstration program. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the\ncommissioner is authorized to approve up to eighteen general hospitals\nwithin the state to operate transitional care units by and within such\ngeneral hospitals. For purposes of this section, "transitional care"\nshall mean sub acute care services provided to patients of a general\nhospital who no longer require acute care general hospital inpatient\nservices, but continue to need specialized medical, nursing and other\nhospital ancillary services and are not yet appropriate for discharge.\n 2. In order to receive approval from the commissioner to operate a\ntransitional care unit and to provide transitional care services, a\ngeneral hospital shall file an application on forms prescribed by or\nacceptable to the commissioner.\n (a) The commissioner shall act upon such applications in a manner\nconsistent with section twenty-eight hundred two of this article\nprovided that the commissioner may not waive review and recommendation\nby the public health and health planning council. In the public health\nand health planning council's evaluation of applications and the\ncommissioner acting upon such applications, priority shall be given to\napplicants who have a memorandum of understanding or other cooperative\nagreement with one or more skilled nursing facilities located within\ntheir service area. Further, in the public health and health planning\ncouncil evaluating applications and the commissioner acting upon such\napplications, consideration shall also be given to the geographic\ndistribution of applicants throughout the state, so that applications\nmay be approved from the various geographic regions of the state.\n (b) The care provided in a transitional care unit shall be limited in\nduration and designed to resolve a patient's sub acute care medical\nproblems and result in the timely and appropriate discharge of such a\npatient to a home, residential health care facility or other appropriate\nsetting.\n (c) In order to be approved to operate a transitional care unit and to\nprovide transitional care services, an applicant must comply with and\nmeet all applicable requirements of and conditions of participation\nunder title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act (Medicare).\n 3. The commissioner shall report to the governor and the legislature\nconcerning the implementation of this section and the operation of\ntransitional care units within three years after the effective date of\nthis section.\n