Bill Text: NY A09889 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the membership of the early intervention coordinating council; adds representatives of managed care plans or managed care plan trade associations familiar with how claims for services are provided to the council.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-28 - signed chap.462 [A09889 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A09889-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9889 IN ASSEMBLY April 22, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the membership of the early intervention coordinating council The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 2553 of 2 the public health law, paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 135 of the 3 laws of 2012 and paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 231 of the laws of 4 1993, are amended to read as follows: 5 (b) The council shall consist of [twenty-seven] thirty members, unless 6 otherwise required by federal law, appointed by the governor. At least 7 five members shall be parents, four of whom shall be parents of children 8 with disabilities aged twelve or younger and one of whom shall be the 9 parent of a child with disabilities aged six or younger; at least five 10 shall be representatives of public or private providers of early inter- 11 vention services; at least one shall be involved in personnel prepara- 12 tion or training; at least three shall be representatives of managed 13 care plans or managed care plan trade associations familiar with how 14 claims for services provided pursuant to this title are managed; at 15 least two shall be early intervention officials; at least two shall be 16 members of the legislature; seven shall be the commissioner and the 17 commissioners of education, the office of children and family services, 18 people with developmental disabilities, mental health, alcoholism and 19 substance abuse services and the superintendent of financial services, 20 or their appropriate designees with sufficient authority to engage in 21 policy planning and implementation on behalf of their agencies. 22 (c) The governor shall appoint [eight] ten members on the recommenda- 23 tion of the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the 24 assembly, each of whom shall recommend [four] five members as follows: 25 one parent of a child with disabilities age twelve or younger; one 26 representative of public or private providers of early intervention 27 services; one representative of a managed care plan or managed care plan 28 trade association familiar with how claims for services provided pursu- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14961-01-6A. 9889 2 1 ant to this title are managed; one member of the legislature; and one 2 early intervention official. The governor shall appoint four members on 3 the recommendations of the minority leader of the assembly and the 4 minority leader of the senate, each of whom shall recommend two members 5 as follows: one parent of a child with disabilities age twelve or young- 6 er; one representative of public or private providers of early inter- 7 vention services. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 9 it shall have become a law.