Bill Text: NY S04358 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the office of the Medicaid inspector general to pause current audits and not begin new audits until the expiration of the declared state of emergency relating to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S04358 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S04358-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4358

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 3, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations

        AN ACT requiring the office of the Medicaid inspector general to  tempo-
          rarily  pause  current  audits and not begin new audits; and providing
          for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

     1    Section  1.  Notwithstanding any provisions of law, rule or regulation
     2  to the contrary, the office of  the  Medicaid  inspector  general  shall
     3  temporarily  pause  all  current  audits  and not conduct any new audits
     4  until the expiration of the declared state of emergency relating to  the
     5  novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
     6    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately;  provided that the
     7  provisions of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on the day of
     8  the expiration of the declared state of emergency relating to the  novel
     9  coronavirus  (COVID-19);  and provided, further, that the superintendent
    10  of financial services shall notify the legislative bill drafting commis-
    11  sion upon the occurrence of the expiration of the state  disaster  emer-
    12  gency  declared by executive order number 202 and any further amendments
    13  or modifications, and as may be further extended pursuant to section  28
    14  of the executive law, in order that the commission may maintain an accu-
    15  rate  and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of
    16  the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the  provisions  of
    17  section  44  of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public offi-
    18  cers law.


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