Updates rates for assisted living programs to reflect current mean prices for residential health care facilities.

This bill amends the public health law to update rates for services provided by assisted living programs. Specifically, it mandates that the rates reflect the most current mean price for free-standing residential health care facilities with less than three hundred beds each time the cost basis of residential health care facility rates is updated. The commissioner is required to establish these rates, which should be related to costs incurred by residential health care facilities and adjusted for inflation.

Updates rates for assisted living programs to reflect current mean prices for residential health care facilities.

This bill amends the public health law to update rates for services provided by assisted living programs. Specifically, it mandates that the rates reflect the most current mean price for free-standing residential health care facilities with less than three hundred beds each time the cost basis of residential health care facility rates is updated. The commissioner is required to establish these rates, which should be related to costs incurred by residential health care facilities and adjusted for inflation.