* § 3615. State aid to certified home health agencies. 1. State aid\nshall be provided to certified home health agencies to assist in\ndeveloping and ensuring their capacity to meet community need. Funds for\nsuch aid shall be made available each year in an amount equal to\ntwenty-five cents per capita of the population within each health\nsystems agency region, as established pursuant to article twenty-nine of\nthis chapter, or two hundred thousand dollars, whichever is greater. Two\nmillion five hundred thousand dollars shall be for the state's share of\npayments provided pursuant to subdivision five of section thirty-six\nhundred fourteen of this article. The remaining amount shall be for\npurposes of providing grants pursuant to this section and sections\nthirty-six hundred seven and thirty-six hundred nine of this article.\n 2. For purposes of funding grants pursuant to sections thirty-six\nhundred seven and thirty-six hundred nine of this article and grants\npursuant to this section, the commissioner shall allocate the proportion\nof funds among the health systems agency regions using the last\npreceding federal census or other census data approved by the\ncomptroller.\n 3. Such annual funds allocated to each health systems agency region\nshall be made available for grants to applicants within each such region\nwhich are determined eligible and approved by the commissioner pursuant\nto the provisions of this section and sections thirty-six hundred seven\nand thirty-six hundred nine of this article.\n 4. In order to be considered eligible for receipt of a grant pursuant\nto this section, a certified home health agency shall submit an\napplication to the department. Such application shall demonstrate, to\nthe satisfaction of the commissioner, that the agency:\n (a) received a certificate of approval pursuant to the provisions of\nsection thirty-six hundred eight of this article at least two years\nprior to the date of the application and that such certificate has not\nbeen revoked or annulled subsequent to its receipt and is not limited as\nof the time of application;\n (b) shall utilize grant funds to provide home care services to persons\nwhose residence is in an area which, due to location, is more costly to\nserve, or persons whose conditions require a more intensive level of\nhome care than typically provided in a visit;\n (c) shall undertake reasonable efforts to maintain financial support\nfrom public and community contributed funding sources;\n (d) shall make every reasonable effort to collect payments for\nservices from third party insurance payers, governmental payers and\nself-paying patients;\n (e) shall have professional assistance available on a seven day per\nweek, twenty-four hour per day basis;\n (f) shall establish a reasonable relationship between costs and\ncharges, or establish charges at approximate cost; and\n (g) has no other available financial resources to serve the\npopulations as identified in paragraph (b) of this subdivision.\n 5. For the purpose of this section and sections thirty-six hundred\nseven and thirty-six hundred nine of this article, a grant applicant\nshall submit a copy of its application to the health systems agency in\nwhose region the applicant is located.\n 6. For the purpose of this section and sections thirty-six hundred\nseven and thirty-six hundred nine of this article, each health systems\nagency shall convene an advisory group with representatives from, but\nnot limited to, local departments of health, including those organized\nand unorganized as county and part-county health districts, social\nservices districts, offices for the aging, certified home health\nagencies, and consumers of home health agency services. Such advisory\ngroup, after considering recommendations from persons involved in or\nknowledgeable about home care services delivered in that region, shall,\nconsistent with state and regional health plans, identify priority\nregional and local nee
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