Bill Text: NY S00949 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 949 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Reimburses counties who have purchased or will purchase Medicaid fraud detection software.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S00949 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00949-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           949
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the social  services  law,  in  relation  to  the  state
          reimbursement  of  county payments for medical assistance fraud, waste
          and abuse detection software
          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 368-a of the social services law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (aa) to read as follows:
     3    (aa) (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the  full  amount
     4  expended  by  the  local social services district for medical assistance
     5  fraud, waste and abuse investigations via the use of data  mining  soft-
     6  ware  shall  be  reimbursed  by  the  state if the county has previously
     7  purchased or intends to purchase such software. For the purposes of this
     8  paragraph, "data mining software" shall mean a database application that
     9  utilizes advanced data searching capabilities and  statistical  analyses
    10  to  discover  patterns  and correlations in the use and abuse of medical
    11  assistance practices. Any county  that  has  previously  purchased  such
    12  software  must  supply  adequate  documentation, including any receipts,
    13  that details such purchase. The state shall disburse grants, when appli-
    14  cable, from the general fund for this purpose.
    15    (ii) The commissioner of health may develop rules and  regulations  as
    16  necessary to carry out the provisions of this paragraph.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05766-01-9