Bill Text: NY A09298 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the commissioner of health to establish a portable diagnostics program that demonstrates the cost-effectiveness of medical assistance coverage of portable diagnostic services.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2022-11-23 - tabled [A09298 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A09298-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9298--A IN ASSEMBLY February 23, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, GUNTHER -- 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 authorize and direct the commissioner of health to establish a portable diagnostics program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, rule or 2 regulation to the contrary, (a) the commissioner of health is authorized 3 and directed to establish a portable diagnostics program that demon- 4 strates the cost-effectiveness of medical assistance coverage of port- 5 able diagnostic services, including X-rays, electrocardiograms, echocar- 6 diograms and ultrasounds, provided to medical assistance recipients 7 enrolled in both fee-for-service Medicaid and Medicaid managed care. 8 Such services shall include those allowable and or provided by portable 9 diagnostic providers as authorized by title 42 of the code of federal 10 regulations. Portable X-ray providers participating in the program shall 11 be certified to participate under Title XVIII of the Federal Social 12 Security Act. Medical services shall be limited to those allowable under 13 Title XVIII of the Federal Social Security Act. Services shall be 14 provided, as medically necessary, in setting locations as authorized by 15 Title XVIII of the Federal Social Security Act. 16 (b) The commissioner of health is authorized to reimburse portable 17 diagnostics at the medicare fee schedule by current procedural terminol- 18 ogy codes, transportation codes, and set-up codes. Such rates of 19 reimbursement shall apply to Medicaid recipients enrolled in fee-for- 20 service Medicaid, Medicaid managed care, and Medicaid managed long-term 21 care. 22 (c) The department of health is hereby directed to analyze relevant 23 data and report to the legislature by December 31, 2024. Such report 24 shall include a cost comparison of portable diagnostics, including 25 X-rays, electrocardiograms, echocardiograms and ultrasounds, provided in 26 an authorized portable diagnostic setting compared to the same procedure 27 in a hospital, urgent care and emergency room setting. 28 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14316-05-2
