Bill Text: NY S06466 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Expands the kinds of qualified wellness programs that can be offered to enrollees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-07-21 - SIGNED CHAP.180 [S06466 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S06466-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Expands the kinds of qualified wellness programs that can be offered to enrollees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-07-21 - SIGNED CHAP.180 [S06466 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S06466-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6466 IN SENATE January 13, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KLEIN, CARLUCCI, SAVINO, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including certain respiratory diseases and obesity within disease management demon- stration programs directing the health research science board to study respiratory diseases and obesity; to amend the social services law, in relation to child day care facilities; and to amend the insurance law, in relation to expanding the kinds of qualified wellness programs that can be offered to enrollees The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 2111 of the public health 2 law, as added by section 21 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2004, 3 are amended to read as follows: 4 2. The department shall establish the criteria by which individuals 5 will be identified as eligible for enrollment in the demonstration 6 programs. Persons eligible for enrollment in the disease management 7 demonstration program shall be limited to individuals who: receive 8 medical assistance pursuant to title eleven of article five of the 9 social services law and may be eligible for benefits pursuant to title 10 18 of the social security act (Medicare); are not enrolled in a Medicaid 11 managed care plan, including individuals who are not required or not 12 eligible to participate in Medicaid managed care programs pursuant to 13 section three hundred sixty-four-j of the social services law; are diag- 14 nosed with chronic health problems as may be specified by the entity 15 undertaking the demonstration program, including, but not limited to one 16 or more of the following: congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive 17 pulmonary disease, asthma, chronic bronchitis, other chronic respiratory 18 diseases, diabetes, adult and childhood obesity, or other chronic health 19 conditions as may be specified by the department; or have experienced or 20 are likely to experience one or more hospitalizations or are otherwise 21 expected to incur excessive costs and high utilization of health care 22 services. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13293-02-6