Bill Text: NY A00958 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to level of medical assistance for durable medical equipment for medicare beneficiaries

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to social services [A00958 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A00958-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          958
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CAHILL, GOTTFRIED, JACOBS, WEISENBERG, ENGLE-
         BRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, CANESTRARI,  COLTON,
         COOK,  CYMBROWITZ,  DelMONTE,  DESTITO,  EDDINGTON, ESPAILLAT, GREENE,
         GUNTHER, JOHN, McENENY, MILLMAN, PAULIN,  PERRY,  PHEFFER,  J. RIVERA,
         SWEENEY,  TOWNS,  WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on
         Social Services
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to level of medical
         assistance for durable medical equipment for medicare beneficiaries
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 367-a of the social services law
    2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
    3    (G) AMOUNTS PAYABLE UNDER THIS TITLE FOR  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  IN  THE
    4  FORM  OF  DURABLE  MEDICAL EQUIPMENT (WHICH SHALL BE LIMITED TO: WHEELED
    5  MOBILITY EQUIPMENT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO,  MANUAL  WHEELCHAIRS,
    6  POWERED  MOBILITY  AND WHEELCHAIR ACCESSORIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
    7  TO, SEATING AND POSITIONING ADAPTATIONS; AND AUGMENTATIVE  COMMUNICATION
    8  OR  SPEECH GENERATING DEVICES AND ACCESSORIES) PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (G)
    9  OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-A OF THIS  TITLE,
   10  PROVIDED  TO  ELIGIBLE  PERSONS  WHO  ARE ALSO BENEFICIARIES UNDER TITLE
   11  XVIII OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT SHALL  NOT  BE  LESS  THAN  AND
   12  SHALL  BE BASED ON THE APPROVAL PROCEDURES AND PAYMENT LEVELS SO AUTHOR-
   13  IZED FOR ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE  NOT  ELIGIBLE  PURSUANT  TO  SUCH
   14  TITLE XVIII, LESS ANY PAYMENTS RECEIVED UNDER SUCH TITLE XVIII.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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