Bill Text: NY A06887 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the office of the Medicaid inspector general to pause current audits and not begin new audits until the expiration of the declared state of emergency relating to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to health [A06887 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A06887-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6887 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 13, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT requiring the office of the Medicaid inspector general to tempo- rarily pause current audits and not begin new audits; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provisions of law, rule or regulation 2 to the contrary, the office of the Medicaid inspector general shall 3 temporarily pause all current audits and not conduct any new audits 4 until the expiration of the declared state of emergency relating to the 5 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the 7 provisions of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on the day of 8 the expiration of the declared state of emergency relating to the novel 9 coronavirus (COVID-19); and provided, further, that the superintendent 10 of financial services shall notify the legislative bill drafting commis- 11 sion upon the occurrence of the expiration of the state disaster emer- 12 gency declared by executive order number 202 and any further amendments 13 or modifications, and as may be further extended pursuant to section 28 14 of the executive law, in order that the commission may maintain an accu- 15 rate and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of 16 the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of 17 section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public offi- 18 cers law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07205-01-1