Residential Health Care Facilities (RHCFs) licensed under Article 28 of the Public Health Law (PHL) are required to pay a monthly assessment of six percent (6%) on cash operating receipts for the period April 1, 2002, through March 31, 2003, five percent (5%) April 1, 2003, through March 31, 2005 and six percent (6%) April 1,2005, through March 31, 2011.

General Hospitals licensed under Article 28 of Public Health Law (PHL) are required to pay a monthly assessment of thirty five hundredths of one percent (.35%) on cash operating receipts for the period April 1, 2005, through March 31, 2007.

Exempted from this assessment program are voluntary, non-profit RHCFs which are: (1) totally financed by charitable contributions, or by the income thereon, and solely dedicated to free care of low income patients; and (2) facilities dedicated solely to the care of police, firefighters, volunteer firefighters, and emergency service personnel.

Required monthly reports from hospitals can be filed electronically by obtaining an electronic filing account, with an assigned secure password, from the Office of Pool Administration. To file a Cash Receipts Assessment Report, refer to "Cash Receipts Assessment Electronic Reporting".

For further information regarding the Health Facility Cash Receipts Assessment Program, you can Contact the Department of Health.

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