Governor Announces Funding to Support Essential Health Care Services

August 5th, 2019

• Columbia Memorial Hospital – $17,356,000 to retire debt to better position the organization to modernize and right-size inpatient facilities and expand community-based outpatient services;

• Liberty Resources, Inc. – $5,762,489 to retire debt to better position the organization to increase capacity for primary care, substance use disorder treatment, mental health and health home services;

• Frederick Ferris Thompson Hospital – $9,616,887 to purchase a new Electronic Health Record system to facilitate integration with the University of Rochester Medical Center;

• Rochester General Hospital – $4,943,826 for capital improvements to expand the Center for Refugee Health to increase access to primary care, dental and behavioral health services;

• United Memorial Medical Center – $7,500,000 to construct a new Healthy Living Campus to increase access to primary and behavioral health services;

• John T. Mather Memorial Hospital of Port Jefferson NY, Inc. – $6,750,000 for capital improvements to relocate and expand behavioral and substance use disorder treatment services including Medication Assisted Treatment, adolescent psychiatric partial hospitalization services, and an outpatient crisis center;

• Mercy Medical Center – $6,875,750 to construct a new Outpatient Behavioral Health Center to expand services and integrate primary care;

• St. Charles Hospital – $4,237,500 for capital improvements to expand the Emergency Department to increase capacity and accommodate residents seeking medically supervised detoxification services;

• Catskill Regional Medical Center – $12,900,000 to retire debt to better position the organization to preserve essential services, develop a telehealth network and expand behavioral health services;

• Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. – $11,991,300 for capital improvements to renovate the main site facility in Mt. Vernon to preserve access to essential health care services;

• St. John’s Riverside Hospital – $29,084,615 to retire debt to better position the organization for long-term sustainability;

• The Mental Health Association of Westchester, Inc. – $4,594,720 to construct a new health center to expand primary, integrated behavioral health care, dental and specialty care;

• Charles T. Sitrin Health Care Center, Inc. – $3,235,065 for capital improvements to modernize facility and upgrade technology including a new Electronic Health Record system to enhance operational efficiency;

• Rome Memorial Hospital, Inc. – $3,051,469 for capital improvements to expand program and rehabilitation services and the senior behavioral health unit at the hospital’s nursing home;

• Premium Health – $3,000,000 to retire debt and use the resulting operating budget savings to implement a medically integrated nutrition program, a care management program, and other initiatives to more fully engage patients and families in achieving health care goals;

• Reality House, Inc. – $5,443,300 to construct an addition to the facility to expand residential substance use disorder treatment services and integrated, outpatient primary and behavioral health care services;

• St. Mary’s Center, Inc. – $5,799,610 to construct a new health center to expand access to integrated primary and behavioral health care services;

• The Puerto Rican Organization to Motivate, Enlighten, and Serve Addicts, Inc. (PROMESA) – $1,195,955 to renovate the Clay Avenue Health Center to expand integrated primary care and mental health services;

• Alice Hyde Medical Center – $1,542,615 for capital improvements to purchase telemetry monitoring equipment, upgrade the pharmacy, and relocate and expand the Women’s Health Center;

• Town of Massena, NY – $20,000,000 to retire debt and support the conversion of Massena Memorial Hospital from a public to a voluntary non-profit hospital affiliated with St. Lawrence Health System as part of an overall sustainability plan to preserve essential health care services in the Town of Massena;

• Alcohol and Drug Council of Tompkins County, Inc. – $5,597,000 to construct a new, 40 bed residential substance use disorder treatment facility in Greenfield to expand access to comprehensive behavioral health services;

• Alcohol and Drug Council of Tompkins County, Inc. – $1,364,000 to support start-up costs associated with the creation of a new residential substance use disorder treatment facility in Greenfield;

• Council on Alcohol & Substance Abuse of Livingston County, Inc. – $4,551,000to construct a new residential and recovery facility to establish a continuum of care for substance use disorders;

• Northwest Buffalo Community Health Care Center, Inc. – $7,676,625 to purchase property to increase capacity for primary care, dental and behavioral health care services;

• The Chautauqua Center – $3,000,000 to purchase and renovate a building in Dunkirk to expand integrated primary care, dental and behavioral health care services.