Bill Text: NY A07011 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes local social services districts to choose which state-required but not federally-required medicaid services to provide to eligible persons and which categories of eligibility to cover; directs the commissioner of health to apply for necessary waivers, promulgate rules and regulations, and establish necessary procedures.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-02 - held for consideration in social services [A07011 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A07011-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7011 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 17, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, BRINDISI, PALMESANO, GOODELL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DiPIETRO, FRIEND, GIGLIO, HOOPER, MAGEE, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to allowing local social services districts discretion to provide certain medicaid services and to cover certain categories of eligibility THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 365-a of the social services law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows: 3 10. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR OF 4 ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR OTHER LAW, EACH LOCAL SOCIAL 5 SERVICES DISTRICT IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO DETERMINE WHICH, IF ANY, 6 SERVICES IT CHOOSES TO PROVIDE TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS OF THOSE SERVICES 7 OTHERWISE REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE STATE LAW BUT NOT 8 REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY FEDERAL LAW. 9 S 2. Section 366 of the social services law is amended by adding a new 10 subdivision 10 to read as follows: 11 10. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR OF 12 ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR OTHER LAW, EACH LOCAL SOCIAL 13 SERVICES DISTRICT IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO DETERMINE TO WHICH, IF ANY, 14 CATEGORIES OF ELIGIBILITY IT CHOOSES TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 15 OTHERWISE REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE STATE LAW BUT NOT 16 REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY FEDERAL LAW. 17 S 3. The commissioner of health: 18 1. is authorized and directed to apply for any and all federal waiv- 19 ers required to implement the provisions of subdivision 10 of section 20 365-a and subdivision 10 of section 366 of the social services law; 21 2. shall promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take any 22 other measures necessary to implement this act, including but not limit- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10010-01-5 A. 7011 2 1 ed to developing a services and eligibility plan and distributing the 2 same to local social services districts whereby such districts may make 3 such choices as are authorized by subdivision 10 of section 365-a and 4 subdivision 10 of section 366 of the social services law, as added by 5 sections one and two, respectively, of this act, and applicable federal 6 waivers; and 7 3. shall specify dates by which such services and eligibility plans 8 must be returned to said commissioner for review and approval to imple- 9 ment such plans. A district that does not have an approved plan by the 10 deadline set therefor by the commissioner shall provide all services and 11 categories of eligibility required under the state plan as in effect at 12 that time. 13 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.