Bill Text: NY A02606 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Ensures that there are at least two fiscal intermediaries headquartered in each county with a population of two hundred thousand or more; provides additional awards to entities providing fiscal intermediary services if they meet certain criteria in order to ensure regional choice and experience serving individuals with developmental disabilities and racial and ethnic minorities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to health [A02606 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02606-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2606

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 26, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to fiscal  interme-
          diary services

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph (vi) of paragraph (b) of  subdivision  4-a  of
     2  section  365-f  of  the  social services law, as amended by section 1 of
     3  part LL of chapter 57 of the  laws  of  2021,  is  amended  to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    (vi)  the  commissioner  is  authorized to either reoffer contracts or
     6  utilize the previous offer,  to  ensure  that  all  provisions  of  this
     7  section  are  met.  The  commissioner  shall reoffer, to ensure that all
     8  provisions of this section are two fiscal  intermediaries  headquartered
     9  in each county with a population of two hundred thousand or more.
    10    § 2. Section 365-f of the social services law is amended by adding two
    11  new subdivisions 4-e and 4-f to read as follows:
    12    4-e.  Following  the selection of contractors pursuant to this section
    13  and in order to ensure regional choice and experience  serving  individ-
    14  uals  with developmental disabilities, the commissioner shall provide no
    15  less than five additional awards to entities which  meet  the  following
    16  criteria:
    17    (a) are a not-for-profit entity;
    18    (b)  have  been  established as fiscal intermediaries prior to January
    19  first, two thousand twelve and have  been  continuously  providing  such
    20  services for eligible individuals pursuant to this section; and
    21    (c) are currently authorized, funded, approved and certified to deliv-
    22  er state plan and homes and community-based waiver supports and services
    23  to  individuals with developmental disabilities by the office for people
    24  with developmental disabilities.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06981-01-3
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     1    4-f. Following the selection of contractors pursuant to  this  section
     2  and in order to ensure regional choice and experience serving racial and
     3  ethnic  minorities,  the  commissioner  shall  provide no less than five
     4  additional awards to entities which meet the following criteria:
     5    (a) are a not-for-profit entity;
     6    (b)  have  been  established as fiscal intermediaries prior to January
     7  first, two thousand twelve and have  been  continuously  providing  such
     8  services for eligible individuals pursuant to this section; and
     9    (c) primarily provide services to racial and ethnic minority residents
    10  or  persons  who have recently become American citizens in such person's
    11  native language.
    12    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
    13  have been in full force and effect on January 1, 2023.