Bill Text: NY A02798 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides that services to medical assistance recipients suffering from traumatic brain injuries or qualifying for nursing home diversion and transition services shall be provided outside of managed programs.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-22 - reported referred to rules [A02798 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A02798-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2798--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 25, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, LUPARDO, D'URSO, WOERNER, STECK, SAYEGH, DeSTEFANO, SALKA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the provision of services to certain persons suffering from traumatic brain injuries or qualifying for nursing home diversion and transition services The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (d-2) of subdivision 3 of section 364-j of the 2 social services law, as amended by section 10 of part B of chapter 57 of 3 the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: 4 (d-2) Services provided pursuant to waivers, granted pursuant to 5 subsection (c) of section 1915 of the federal social security act, to 6 persons suffering from traumatic brain injuries or qualifying for nurs- 7 ing home diversion and transition services, shall not be provided to 8 medical assistance recipients through managed care programs [until at9least January first, two thousand twenty-two] established pursuant to 10 this section; provided, further that the commissioner of health is here- 11 by directed to take any action required, including but not limited to 12 filing waivers and waiver extensions as necessary with the federal 13 government, to continue the provision of such services. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend- 15 ments to section 364-j of the social services law, made by section one 16 of this act, shall not affect the expiration and repeal of such section, 17 and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04587-02-0