Bill Text: NY S07700 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes a prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application for individuals who are eligible for Medicaid.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-01-22 - referred to health [S07700 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07700-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7700

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    October 13, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  authorizing  a
          prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application

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

     1    Section 1. Section 365-k of the social  services  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3.  (a)  The  commissioner  is  authorized to contract with a platform
     4  provider to provide a New York-tailored, membership-based mobile  appli-
     5  cation  available  to  prenatal, pregnant and postpartum individuals who
     6  are eligible for Medicaid following a competitive bidding process as set
     7  forth in the state finance law. The department shall issue a request for
     8  proposals no later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date
     9  of this subdivision.
    10    (b) The request for proposals shall include the following deliverables
    11  and additional  requirements  as  determined  by  the  commissioner,  in
    12  consultation with the commissioner of mental health:
    13    (i) the selected vendor shall deliver education, resources and support
    14  to prenatal, pregnant and postpartum women and their families;
    15    (ii)  the  selected vendor shall provide New York-specific information
    16  on its mobile application, including links to the department  of  health
    17  and  other  state  agency  programs and resources available to prenatal,
    18  pregnant and postpartum women;
    19    (iii) the selected vendor shall demonstrate a consistent  workflow  to
    20  increase  awareness  of state agency programs and resources available to
    21  users of the mobile application;
    22    (iv) the selected vendor shall enable the  department  of  health  and
    23  other  state  agencies  to ask specific questions to users of the mobile
    24  application;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 7700                             2

     1    (v) the selected vendor shall enable the department of health to share
     2  specific content and resources, as determined by  the  department,  with
     3  users of the mobile application;
     4    (vi)  the  selected  vendor shall include information and resources in
     5  the mobile application that meet acceptable United States clinical stan-
     6  dards, including standards defined by all of the following:
     7    (A) The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
     8    (B) The United States National Institutes of Health;
     9    (C) The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists;
    10    (D) The American Medical Association; and
    11    (E) The American Academy of Pediatrics;
    12    (vii) the selected vendor shall make its mobile application  available
    13  in multiple languages to provide access to as many users in the state as
    14  possible;
    15    (viii)  the  selected vendor shall regularly provide the department of
    16  health with aggregate, deidentified data concerning the following:
    17    (A) the number of users of the mobile application  that  are  eligible
    18  for Medicaid;
    19    (B)  the  number  of users of the mobile application that are engaging
    20  with New York-specific content;
    21    (C) the number of users of the mobile application  seeking  additional
    22  information  about enrollment in the Medicaid program or other available
    23  resources;
    24    (D) the number of monthly users of the mobile application;
    25    (E) the number of daily users of the mobile application;
    26    (F) the average length of time a user uses the mobile application; and
    27    (G) any other information requested by the  department  of  health  or
    28  other state agencies; and
    29    (ix)  the  selected vendor shall make its mobile application available
    30  on multiple mobile platforms.
    31    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.