Bill Text: NY A01989 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to accountable care organizations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-02-26 - signed chap.6 [A01989 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A01989-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1989
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend chapter 461 of the laws of 2012, amending the public
health law relating to accountable care organizations, in relation to
a certain workgroup convened by the commissioner of health
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 461 of the laws of 2012, amending the
2 public health law relating to accountable care organizations, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 S 2. The commissioner of health shall convene a workgroup to [develop
5 a proposal whereby] CONSIDER WHETHER an ACO [may] SHOULD BE ENABLED TO
6 serve, in place of a managed care plan: (a) Medicaid enrollees otherwise
7 required to participate in managed care, care management, or care coor-
8 dination under section 364-j of the social services law, section 4403-f
9 of the public health law, or other law; and (b) enrollees in family
10 health plus under section 369-ee or section 369-ff of the social
11 services law and the child health insurance plan under title 1-A of
12 article 25 of the public health law. The workgroup shall include, but
13 not be limited to, representatives of: accountable care organizations or
14 entities seeking to form an accountable care organization under article
15 29-E of the public health law; health care providers serving Medicaid
16 enrollees; HEALTH PLANS THAT SERVE MEDICAID, FAMILY HEALTH PLUS AND
17 CHILD HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN ENROLLEES, AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADVOCATE
18 FOR Medicaid, family health plus, and child health insurance plan enrol-
19 lees; and the senate and the assembly. The workgroup shall report its
20 CONCLUSIONS AND recommendations, IF ANY, for regulatory or statutory
21 actions to the governor[, the commissioner of health,] and the legisla-
22 ture.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
2 have been in full force and effect on and after October 3, 2012.
