Bill Text: NY S00584 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides managed care enrollees access to the services of the foot center of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-06 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S00584 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00584-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           584

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  providing
          managed  care  enrollees  access to the services of the foot center of
          New York

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.    Clause  (F)  of  subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of
     2  subdivision 4 of section 364-j of the social services law, as relettered
     3  by chapter 37 of the laws of 2010, is relettered clause (G)  and  a  new
     4  clause (F) is added to read as follows:
     5    (F) the services are podiatric services and are provided by a diagnos-
     6  tic  and treatment center licensed by article twenty-eight of the public
     7  health law which is affiliated with an academic podiatric  center  which
     8  has  been  granted  an operating certificate pursuant to article twenty-
     9  eight of the public health law to provide such podiatric  services.  Any
    10  diagnostic and treatment center providing podiatric services pursuant to
    11  this  clause shall prior to June first of each year report to the gover-
    12  nor, temporary president of the senate and speaker of  the  assembly  on
    13  the  following:  the  total  number of visits made by medical assistance
    14  recipients during the immediately preceding calendar year; the number of
    15  visits made by medical  assistance  recipients  during  the  immediately
    16  preceding  calendar year by recipients who were enrolled in managed care
    17  programs; the number of visits made  by  medical  assistance  recipients
    18  during  the  immediately  preceding calendar year by recipients who were
    19  enrolled in managed care programs that provide podiatric benefits  as  a
    20  covered  service;  and the number of visits made by the uninsured during
    21  the immediately preceding calendar year; or
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately,  provided  however,  that
    23  the  amendments  to  section  364-j  of  the social services law made by
    24  section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section  and
    25  shall be deemed to be repealed therewith.

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