Bill Text: NY S01348 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1348

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to notification changes to the model contract with managed care providers under the medical assistance program; requires the department to post on its website certain changes required to be submitted to the centers for medicare and medicaid.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-03-03 - SIGNED CHAP.100 [S01348 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01348-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1348

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 11, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to notification  of
          changes  to  the  model contract with managed care providers under the
          medical assistance  program  and  requiring  the  department  to  post
          certain changes on its website

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2  of  section  364-j  of  the
     2  social  services law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending
     3  the social services law relating to notification of changes to the model
     4  contract with  managed  care  providers  under  the  medical  assistance
     5  program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 9207 and A. 9442-A,
     6  is amended to read as follows:
     7    (d)  Whenever  the  commissioner of health makes changes to the terms,
     8  conditions or time frames contained in the model contract that serves as
     9  the basis for contracts with managed care providers in the managed  care
    10  program  under this section, [public notice detailing] the changes shall
    11  be [provided] posted on the department's website [and  through  publica-
    12  tion  as  a  public  notice in the state register]. The department shall
    13  post on its website any changes required to be submitted to the  centers
    14  for medicare and medicaid services (CMS) for approval prior to [finaliz-
    15  ing  such  changes or submitting the amended contract to the Centers for
    16  Medicare and Medicaid Services for approval, if required.   This  public
    17  notice shall also apply to] submission of the changes.  A summary of any
    18  changes shall also be published in the state register. A notification of
    19  any  request  for  proposals  issued  by the department for managed care
    20  providers to participate in the  managed  care  program  shall  also  be
    21  published in the state register.
    22    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    23  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the social services law
    24  relating to notification of changes to the model contract  with  managed
    25  care  providers  under  the  medical  assistance program, as proposed in
    26  legislative bills numbers S. 9207 and A. 9442-A, takes effect.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04039-01-3