Bill Text: NY A05349 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the department of health from reducing reimbursement rates of the early intervention program below those rates in effect on March 1, 2014.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to health [A05349 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05349-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5349
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 8, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. WEPRIN, BENEDETTO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
          A. ABBATE, ABINANTI, BRONSON, COLTON, COOK,  CROUCH,  HEVESI,  JAFFEE,
          LAVINE,  LENTOL,  MALLIOTAKIS, M. G. MILLER, PALMESANO, PERRY, RAIA --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT to prohibit the New York state department of health from reducing
          the reimbursement rates for the early intervention program  below  the
          rates in effect as of March 1, 2014
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The department of health shall not reduce the reimbursement
     2  rates for the Early Intervention Program established by section 2540  of
     3  the  public  health  law below those reimbursement rates in effect as of
     4  March 1, 2014.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
     6  have been in full force and effect on and after March 1, 2014.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09489-01-7