Bill Text: NY S07679 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to authorizing medicaid coverage for a nebulizer for eighty percent of the cost of such nebulizer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-05 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S07679 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07679-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7679

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 5, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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  authorizing
          medicaid coverage for a nebulizer

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

     1    Section 1. Section 365-a of the social  services  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
     3    10. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary,
     4  medical  assistance shall include coverage for a nebulizer if prescribed
     5  by a licensed physician for a  medical  condition,  including,  but  not
     6  limited  to  asthma  or  allergies. The type and brand of such nebulizer
     7  shall be approved by the department of health. Such  medical  assistance
     8  shall be provided for eighty percent of the cost of such nebulizer.
     9    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    10  have become a law.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15204-02-0