Bill Text: NY A08472 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to emergency and non-emergency transportation of medical assistance recipients; provides that such transportation may not be assigned, delegated or subcontracted to third parties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to health [A08472 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08472-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8472--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      June 16, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on  Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  emergency  and
          non-emergency transportation of medical assistance recipients
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  3005-c to read as follows:
     3    § 3005-c. Emergency   and   non-emergency  transportation  of  medical
     4  assistance recipients. 1. For purposes of  this  section  the  following
     5  terms shall have the following meanings:
     6    (a)  "Emergency  medical transportation" shall mean transportation for
     7  the purpose of obtaining hospital  services  for  a  medical  assistance
     8  recipient who suffers from severe, life-threatening or potentially disa-
     9  bling  conditions  which requires emergency medical services, as defined
    10  in subdivision one of section three thousand one of this article,  while
    11  the recipient is being transported.
    12    (b)  "Non-emergency  medical transportation" shall mean transportation
    13  for the purpose of obtaining necessary medical care  or  services  to  a
    14  medical assistance recipient.
    15    2.  Any  emergency  medical  transportation  or  non-emergency medical
    16  transportation of a medical assistance recipient shall be provided by an
    17  individual, partnership, association, corporation, municipality  or  any
    18  legal  public  entity  or subdivision thereof by means of transportation
    19  vehicles that are directly owned or leased by said individual,  partner-
    20  ship,  association, corporation, municipality or any legal public entity
    21  or subdivision thereof. With the exception  of  municipal  fire  depart-
    22  ments,  such  transportation  may not be assigned, delegated, or subcon-
    23  tracted  to  third  parties.  Such  vehicles  shall  be  maintained  and
    24  inspected in accordance with rules promulgated by the commissioner.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13029-06-7