Bill Text: NY A07369 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7369

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that services to medical assistance recipients suffering from traumatic brain injuries or qualifying for nursing home diversion and transition services shall be provided outside of managed care programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-03 - substituted by s2867 [A07369 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07369-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7369

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 18, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the provision of
          services to certain persons suffering from traumatic brain injuries or
          qualifying for nursing home diversion and transition services

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

     1    Section 1.  Paragraph (d-2) of subdivision 3 of section 364-j  of  the
     2  social services law, as amended by section 1 of part II of chapter 57 of
     3  the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (d-2)  Services  provided  pursuant  to  waivers,  granted pursuant to
     5  subsection (c) of section 1915 of the federal social  security  act,  to
     6  persons  suffering from traumatic brain injuries or qualifying for nurs-
     7  ing home diversion and transition services, shall  not  be  provided  to
     8  medical  assistance  recipients  through managed care programs [until at
     9  least January first, two thousand twenty-six]  established  pursuant  to
    10  this section; provided, further that the commissioner of health is here-
    11  by  directed  to  take any action required, including but not limited to
    12  filing waivers and waiver  extensions  as  necessary  with  the  federal
    13  government, to continue the provision of such services.
    14    §  2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend-
    15  ments to section 364-j of the social services law, made by  section  one
    16  of  this  act, shall not affect the repeal of such section, and shall be
    17  deemed repealed therewith.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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