Bill Text: NY S06466 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6466 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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]

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                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.
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