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ContractState Budget Agreement • March 30th, 2015
March 29, 2015 State Budget Agreement Brings Mostly Good News, But Unfinished Business Remains Many of the details on the state fiscal year 2015-2016 budget have emerged, including most of the Health and Mental Hygiene parts of the budget, which were released late last night. It is important to note that even the provisions that have been negotiated must still be voted on and approved by both houses of the Legislature and are not a "done deal" until that occurs. Negotiations are still underway in many areas, including healthcare capital, ethics reform, and education. Based on what we know now, we are pleased to report success in many areas including: Vital Access Provider funding at the level proposed by the Governor; targeted rural hospital funding; additional Doctors Across New York funding; a broad-based Medicaid quality pool; elimination of two old Medicaid penalty cuts (PPNOs/PPRs and early elective deliveries); rejection of the 340B program cut; and rejection of the provider
