Bill Text: NY A07554 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of health to collect and report data on the early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities for the purposes of improving the efficiency, cost, effectiveness and quality of such program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-15 - substituted by s5497 [A07554 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07554-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7554
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 19, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. JAFFEE, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  directing  the
         commissioner  of  health  to  collect  data  on the early intervention
         program for infants and toddlers with disabilities
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Section 2557 of the public health law is amended by adding
    2  a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
    3    4.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL COLLECT DATA, BY MUNICIPALITY, ON THE EARLY
    4  INTERVENTION PROGRAM AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS TITLE FOR PURPOSES OF IMPROV-
    5  ING THE EFFICIENCY, COST, EFFECTIVENESS AND  QUALITY  OF  SUCH  PROGRAM.
    6  SUCH MUNICIPALITY DATA COLLECTION SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
    7    (A)  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF CHILDREN, WITHIN A MUNICIPALITY, RECEIVING
    8  SERVICES BY SERVICE TYPE PER WEEK AND THE TOTAL NUMBER  OF  SERVICES  BY
    9  SERVICE  TYPE  PER  WEEK  AUTHORIZED  BY EARLY INTERVENTION PROVIDERS BY
   10  PROVIDER TYPE INCLUDING APPROVED AGENCIES,  INSTITUTIONS,  ORGANIZATIONS
   11  AND INDEPENDENT PROVIDERS;
   12    (B)  THE  NUMBER  OF SERVICES, BY SERVICE TYPE AND PROVIDER TYPE, THAT
   13  WERE IDENTIFIED ON THE IFSP THAT WERE NOT DELIVERED TO A CHILD;
   14    (C) THE NUMBER OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE CLAIMS SUBMITTED, THE  PERCENTAGE
   15  OF  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  CLAIMS  DENIED  AND  THE  PERCENTAGE OF MEDICAL
   16  ASSISTANCE CLAIMS PAID, AND THE REASONS FOR THE DENIALS;
   17    (D) THE NUMBER OF CLAIMS SUBMITTED FOR OTHER THAN MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE,
   18  THE  PERCENTAGE  OF  CLAIMS DENIED FOR OTHER THAN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND
   19  THE PERCENTAGE OF CLAIMS PAID FOR OTHER THAN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, AND THE
   20  REASONS FOR THE DENIALS;
   21    (E) BY MUNICIPALITY, THE LAPSE IN TIME BETWEEN  THE  COMPLETION  OF  A
   22  FINAL IFSP AND THE INITIATION OF SERVICES FOR ALL CHILDREN; AND
   23    (F)  THE NUMBER AND DOLLAR AMOUNTS OF CLAIMS SUBMITTED, BY PAYOR, THAT
   24  NOT WERE PAID WITHIN NINETY DAYS AND THE REASONS FOR NON-PAYMENT.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11156-01-5
       A. 7554                             2
    1    THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REPORT THE INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS REQUIRED BY
    2  THIS SUBDIVISION TO THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE,  THE  SPEAKER
    3  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY,  THE  MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, AND THE MINORITY
    4  LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY FOR THE PERIOD MAY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN TO
    5  DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST,
    6  TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN AND FOR EACH CALENDAR YEAR THEREAFTER ON OR  BEFORE
    7  JANUARY FIRST FOR THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.