Bill Text: NY S04219 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the department of health from reducing reimbursement rates of the early intervention program below those rates in effect on March 1, 2010.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S04219 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04219-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4219
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 23, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to prohibit the New York state department of health from reducing
         the reimbursement rates for the early intervention program  below  the
         rates in effect as of March 1, 2010
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The department of health shall not reduce the reimbursement
    2  rates for the Early Intervention Program established by section 2540  of
    3  the  public  health  law below those reimbursement rates in effect as of
    4  March 1, 2010.
    5    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
    6  have been in full force and effect on and after March 1, 2010.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01111-01-1