Bill Text: NY S02462 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the incontinence supplies insurance program for Medicaid beneficiaries who are also residents of the state of New York and obtain a note from a physician indicating a need for an item.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S02462 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02462-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2462

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 20, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- 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 establishing the
          incontinence supplies insurance program for Medicaid beneficiaries

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

     1    Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
     2  363-f to read as follows:
     3    § 363-f. Incontinence supplies insurance program. 1.    Establishment.
     4  The  commissioner  shall  establish  an  incontinence supplies insurance
     5  program. Such program shall provide  incontinence  supplies  to  persons
     6  that  meet  the program eligibility requirements established in subdivi-
     7  sion two of this section. For purposes of  this  section,  "incontinence
     8  supplies"  shall  mean products designed to help manage urinary or bowel
     9  output. Such products shall be intended to  protect  clothing,  bedding,
    10  and  furniture and shall consist of items including, but not limited to,
    11  protective  underwear,  cloths,  wipes,  bedding  protection,  cleaners,
    12  creams, lotions, bedpans, and urinals.
    13    2.  Eligibility.  To qualify for coverage under this section, a person
    14  shall:
    15    (a) be a Medicaid beneficiary;
    16    (b) be a resident of the state of New York; and
    17    (c) obtain a note from a physician indicating a need for  an  item  in
    18  accordance with subdivision one of this section.
    19    3. Regulations. The commissioner is authorized and directed to promul-
    20  gate  such regulations as he or she may deem necessary or appropriate to
    21  effectuate the purposes of this section. However, such regulations shall
    22  include:
    23    (a) A cap on allowance granted under this section of  eighty  dollars,
    24  every three months, per eligible person; and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 2462                             2

     1    (b)  Procedures  for  the  state  to  recover the value of benefits or
     2  payments made under this section, if any, that were  based  on  applica-
     3  tions or claims submitted in violation of any provision of this section.
     4    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
     5  have become a law.    Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
     6  and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
     7  of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
     8  completed on or before such effective date.