Bill Text: NY S06247 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the establishment of a developmental disability clinician advisory group by the commissioner of health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-09 - PRINT NUMBER 6247A [S06247 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06247-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6247--A
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 6, 2016
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        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Health  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        AN  ACT  to amend part C of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, amending the
          social services law and other laws relating to eliminating  prescriber
          prevails for brand name drugs with generic equivalents, in relation to
          the  establishment  of  a  developmental disability clinician advisory
          group by the commissioner of health
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  18  of part C of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014,
     2  amending the social services law and other laws relating to  eliminating
     3  prescriber  prevails  for  brand name drugs with generic equivalents, is
     4  amended to read as follows:
     5    § 18. The commissioner of health [is authorized to] shall establish  a
     6  developmental  disability clinician advisory group of experienced clini-
     7  cians and clinic administrators who have an understanding of the compre-
     8  hensive needs of people  with  developmental  disabilities.  Such  group
     9  shall  provide the commissioner and the department of health with infor-
    10  mation and data on the effect  of  policies,  including  proposed  regu-
    11  lations or statutes, and of fiscal proposals, including rate setting and
    12  appropriations, on the delivery of supports and services for individuals
    13  with developmental disabilities including but not limited to the role of
    14  specialty services. Such group shall consist of the following persons or
    15  their designees: the commissioner of the office for people with develop-
    16  mental disabilities, the commissioner of the department of health, three
    17  individuals  appointed  by  the  governor,  two  individuals each by the
    18  temporary president of the senate and by the speaker  of  the  assembly.
    19  The  members of the group shall be appointed for a term of two years and
    20  shall meet at least three times in each full calendar  year  during  the
    21  first two years and additionally upon the request of the commissioner of
    22  the  department  of  health.  The  members of the group shall receive no
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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