Bill Text: NY A02906 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to establishing topical oxygen wound therapy as a Medicaid benefit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 41-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-21 - substituted by s3421 [A02906 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A02906-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2906 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 23, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, ARROYO, COLTON, WRIGHT, BARRON, HOOPER, SIMON, COOK, BRINDISI, SANTABARBARA, DenDEKKER, M. G. MILLER, CUSICK, PEOPLES-STOKES, BLAKE, PERRY, HUNTER, MOSLEY, RODRIGUEZ, WEPRIN, SEPULVEDA, BENEDETTO, LAVINE, WALKER, PICHARDO, DILAN, DAVILA, MOYA, GANTT, GOODELL, RAIA, RIVERA, LENTOL, ABINANTI, JOYNER, BARRETT, HEVE- SI, STECK, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CRESPO, DINOWITZ, McDONALD, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing topical oxygen wound therapy as a Medicaid benefit The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social services law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (dd) to read as follows: 3 (dd) topical oxygen wound therapy for chronic wound management and 4 treatment, as prescribed by a physician or other qualified prescriber, 5 through use of a United States Food and Drug Administration cleared 6 topical oxygen chamber for extremities, consistent with coverage crite- 7 ria established by the commissioner. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07500-01-7
