Bill Text: NY S06814 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that services to medical assistance recipients suffering from traumatic brain injuries or qualifying for nursing home diversion and transition services shall be provided outside of managed programs.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-15 - referred to health [S06814 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06814-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6814
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 24, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the provision of
          services to certain persons suffering from traumatic brain injuries or
          qualifying for nursing home diversion and transition services
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 3 of section 364-j of the social services law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (d-2) to read as follows:
     3    (d-2) Services provided  pursuant  to  waivers,  granted  pursuant  to
     4  subsection  (c)  of  section 1915 of the federal social security act, to
     5  persons suffering from traumatic brain injuries or qualifying for  nurs-
     6  ing  home  diversion  and  transition  services shall not be provided to
     7  medical assistance recipients through managed care programs  established
     8  pursuant  to  this section, and shall continue to be provided outside of
     9  managed care programs and in accordance with  such  waiver  programs  as
    10  they  existed  on January first, two thousand fifteen; provided, further
    11  that the commissioner of health is hereby directed to  take  any  action
    12  required,  including but not limited to filing waivers and waiver exten-
    13  sions  as  necessary  with  the  federal  government,  to  continue  the
    14  provision of such services.
    15    §  2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend-
    16  ments to section 364-j of the social services law, made by  section  one
    17  of this act, shall not affect the expiration and repeal of such section,
    18  and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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