Bill Text: NY S07679 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
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
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 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