Bill Text: NY A08230 | 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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-13 - reported referred to ways and means [A08230 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8230

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    November 6, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health

        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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     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.