Cash Receipts Assessment Program

July 18, 2006

Dear Administrator/Controller:

This will serve as formal notification of recently enacted legislation which extended the Cash Receipts Assessment Program through March 31, 2009 and provided amnesty from the interest and penalty provisions of Section 2807-d of the Public Health Law (PHL) for certain delinquent reports and payments.

Chapter 109 of the Laws of 2006 amend Section 2807-d (b)(vi) of the Public Health Law to read: "

Chapter 57 of the Laws of 2006, as amended by Chapter 109 of the Laws of 2006, also provided the following authorization: "

Consequently, as prescribed in this latter authorization, interest and penalty will be fully waived if outstanding reports and payments for the March 1, 2005, through the February 28, 2006 assessment period are filed and paid on or before September 1, 2006. After this date, any remaining outstanding delinquencies for such periods will be fully subject to the interest and penalty provisions of PHL 2807-d, and subject to immediate billing and/or necessary recovery actions.

The Department will shortly be issuing statements on delinquencies for March 1, 2005 thru February 28, 2006 period. The statements will indicate the delinquent months, the assessment due (based either on actual unpaid reports or estimates) and applicable interest and penalty calculated through September 2, 2006. This information is being provided to clearly indicate to the facilities the amount of interest and penalty that can be avoided if such delinquent reports and payments are filed on or before September 1, 2006 in conformance with this newly established authorization.

If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact Mr. Walter Susko of the Bureau of Financial Management and Information Support at (518) 473-4653.

Sincerely,

Mark H. Van Guysling
Assistant Director
Division of Health Care Financing