§ 2825-B — Oneida county health care facility transformation program: Oneida county project

§ 2825-b. Oneida county health care facility transformation program:\nOneida county project. 1. An Oneida county health care facility\ntransformation program is hereby established under the joint\nadministration of the commissioner and the president of the dormitory\nauthority of the state of New York for the purpose of strengthening and\nprotecting continued access to health care services in communities. The\nprogram shall provide capital funding in support of projects located in\nthe largest population center in Oneida county that consolidate multiple\nlicensed health care facilities into an integrated system of care. The\nissuance of any bonds or notes hereunder shall be subject to the\napproval of the director of the division of the budget, and any projects\nfunded through the issuance of bonds or notes hereunder shall be\napproved by the New York state public authorities control board, as\nrequired under section fifty-one of the public authorities law.\n 2. The commissioner and the president of the authority shall enter\ninto an agreement, subject to approval by the director of the budget,\nand subject to section sixteen hundred eighty-r of the public\nauthorities law, for the purposes of awarding, distributing, and\nadministering the funds made available pursuant to this section. Such\nfunds may be distributed by the commissioner and the president of the\nauthority for capital grants to general hospitals for the purposes of\nconsolidating multiple licensed health care facilities into an\nintegrated system of care for capital non-operational works or purposes\nthat support the purposes set forth in this section. A copy of such\nagreement, and any amendments thereto, shall be provided to the chair of\nthe senate finance committee, the chair of the assembly ways and means\ncommittee, and the director of the division of budget no later than\nthirty days prior to the release of a request for applications for\nfunding under this program. Projects awarded under section twenty-eight\nhundred twenty-five of this article shall not be eligible for grants or\nawards made available under this section.\n 3. Notwithstanding section one hundred sixty-three of the state\nfinance law or any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, up to\nthree hundred million dollars of the funds appropriated for this program\nshall be awarded without a competitive bid or request for proposal\nprocess for capital grants to health care providers (hereafter\n"applicants") located in the county of Oneida.\n 4. In determining awards for eligible applicants under this section,\nthe commissioner and the president of the authority shall consider\ncriteria including, but not limited to:\n (a) the extent to which the proposed capital project will contribute\nto the integration of health care services and long term sustainability\nof the applicant or preservation of essential health services in the\ncommunity or communities served by the applicant;\n (b) the extent to which the proposed project or purpose is aligned\nwith delivery system reform incentive payment ("DSRIP") program goals\nand objectives;\n (c) the relationship between the proposed capital project and\nidentified community need;\n (d) the extent that the proposed capital project furthers the\ndevelopment of primary care and other outpatient services;\n (e) the extent to which the proposed capital project benefits Medicaid\nenrollees and uninsured individuals;\n (f) the extent to which the applicant has engaged the community\naffected by the proposed capital project and the manner in which\ncommunity engagement has shaped such capital project; and\n (g) the extent to which the proposed capital project addresses\npotential risk to patient safety and welfare.\n 5. The department shall provide a report on a quarterly basis to the\nchairs of the senate finance, assembly ways and means, senate health and\nassembly health committees. Such reports shall be submitted no later\nthan sixty days after the close of the quarter, and shall conform to the\nreporting requirements of subdivision twenty of section twenty-eight\nhundred seven of this article, as applicable.\n