A 67 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to federal qualified health center rate adequacy

This bill updates how New York State calculates payment rates for federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), which provide primary care in underserved communities. It changes the rate calculation method: through 2025, rates use the Medicare Economic Index, and after 2025, they use a federal cost adjustment formula (FQHC Market Basket inflator) adjusted for service scope. The state health department must analyze actual FQHC costs every three years starting in 2025 to set updated rates, ensuring payments reflect real costs while guaranteeing no facility receives a rate lower than the 2025 level. This directly affects FQHCs by potentially increasing their state-funded payments based on verified operational expenses.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Jan 2025

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Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Mar 6, 2026

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A67 → A67A · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was amended to extend the timeline for federal qualified health center rate adjustments from 2025 to 2026 and added several new sponsors to the legislation. The substantive policy change is a one-year delay in when new payment rates will take effect, giving health centers more time to prepare for updated funding calculations.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains the same - it still applies to federally qualified health centers in New York State, but the effective dates for rate adjustments were extended by one year.

TIMELINE

The rate adjustment timeline was extended from September 30, 2025 to September 30, 2026, delaying when new payment rates must be applied.

The start date for the new three-year rate review cycle was moved from April 1, 2025 to April 1, 2026.

ELIGIBILITY

Multiple new Assembly members were added as bill sponsors, including Maher, Kay, Beephan, Brabenec, Stern, Kassay, Griffin, McDonald, Romero, Lasher, Barrett, Santabarbara, Sempolinski, Gallahan, Walker, Torres, and Tapia.

TECHNICAL

Several original sponsors were removed from the bill, including Mamdani, Levenberg, Davila, Lunsford, Gibbs, Eachus, Dinowitz, Bichotte Hermelyn, Reyes, Meeks, Blankenbush, Kim, Lemondes, Rozic, Sayegh, and Taylor.

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 67A

lower

Mar 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

lower

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO HEALTH

lower

Jan 8, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO HEALTH

lower

1 primary · 48 co-sponsors