Bill Text: NY A01512 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Allows for reimbursement of transportation costs for emergency care without prior authorization by the social services official including emergency medical transportation by an ambulance service certified under article 30 of the public health law; and further authorizes the commissioner of health to establish a reimbursement methodology to ensure providers are reimbursed.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-12 - print number 1512a [A01512 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A01512-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1512--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 12, 2015
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        Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, PAULIN -- Multi-Sponsored by
          --  M.  of A.  ABBATE, AUBRY, CAHILL, CLARK, COLTON, COOK, CYMBROWITZ,
          GALEF, GIGLIO, GUNTHER, HOOPER, JAFFEE, KOLB, LIFTON, LUPARDO,  MAGEE,
          McDONALD,  MORELLE,  ORTIZ,  PEOPLES-STOKES,  PERRY, RIVERA, ROBINSON,
          RUSSELL, SCHIMMINGER -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Health  --  recommitted  to the Committee on Health in accordance with
          Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to reimbursement of
          transportation costs for emergency care
          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 365-h of the social services law,
     2  as amended by section 20 of part B of chapter 109 of the laws  of  2010,
     3  is amended and a new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
     4    1.  The  local social services official and, subject to the provisions
     5  of subdivision four of this section, the commissioner  of  health  shall
     6  have  responsibility  for  prior  authorizing transportation of eligible
     7  persons and for limiting the provision of such transportation  to  those
     8  recipients  and  circumstances  where  such transportation is essential,
     9  medically necessary and appropriate to obtain medical care, services  or
    10  supplies  otherwise available under this title.  However, prior authori-
    11  zation shall not be required  for  transportation  to  obtain  emergency
    12  care, including emergency medical transportation by an ambulance service
    13  certified under article thirty of the public health law.
    14    6.  With  respect  to  transportation and care provided to an eligible
    15  person by an ambulance service certified under  article  thirty  of  the
    16  public  health  law,  the commissioner of the department of health shall
    17  establish a reimbursement methodology that ensures  that  providers  are
    18  reimbursed  at  the  greater of the medical assistance rate in effect on
    19  the effective date of this subdivision, or the medicare allowable charge
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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