Bill Text: NY A09778 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the appointment of the state medicaid director by the governor subject to confirmation by the senate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-09 - referred to health [A09778 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09778-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9778

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 9, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the appointment of
          the state medicaid director

          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  208-a to read as follows:
     3    §  208-a.  Medicaid  director.  Notwithstanding any other provision of
     4  this article, the position of medicaid director shall  be  appointed  by
     5  the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate.
     6    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
     7  ing the date on which it shall have become a  law  and  shall  apply  to
     8  appointments made on or after such date.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01817-01-3