Bill Text: NY A01857 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Regulates the rate for dental services in medicaid managed care.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to health [A01857 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A01857-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1857
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 12, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. WRIGHT, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         GLICK, MARKEY, McENENY, TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law and the social  services  law,  in
         relation  to  regulating  the  rates  for  dental services in medicaid
         managed care
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 28 to read as follows:
    3    28.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL APPROVE IN ADVANCE ALL REIMBURSEMENT RATE
    4  SCHEDULES FOR DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ESTABLISHED OR USED BY ANY MEDICAID
    5  MANAGED CARE PLAN.
    6    S 2. Section 364-j of the social services law is amended by  adding  a
    7  new subdivision 25 to read as follows:
    8    25. THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL APPROVE IN ADVANCE ALL REIMBURSE-
    9  MENT  RATE  SCHEDULES  FOR DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ESTABLISHED OR USED BY
   10  ANY MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PLAN.
   11    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
   12  the  amendments  to  section  364-j  of  the social services law made by
   13  section two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section  and
   14  shall be deemed repealed therewith.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06263-01-1
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