Bill Text: NY S01451 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to collaborative models for addressing health care disparities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-12-08 - SIGNED CHAP.697 [S01451 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01451-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1451

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 12, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  SANDERS,  HOYLMAN-SIGAL,  MAY  --  read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Health

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to collaborative
          models for addressing health care disparities

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 2805-x of the public health law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
     3    (d)  Collaborative  programs  to  address  disparities  in health care
     4  access or treatment, and/or conditions of higher prevalence, in  certain
     5  populations,  where such collaborative programs could provide and manage
     6  services in a more effective, person-centered and cost-efficient  manner
     7  for reduction or elimination of such disparities.
     8    (i)  Such  programs  may  target  one or more disparate conditions, or
     9  areas of under-service, evidenced in defined populations, including  but
    10  not be limited to:
    11    (A) cardiovascular disease;
    12    (B) hypertension;
    13    (C) diabetes;
    14    (D) chronic kidney disease;
    15    (E) obesity;
    16    (F) asthma;
    17    (G) sickle cell disease;
    18    (H) sepsis;
    19    (I) lupus;
    20    (J) breast, lung, prostate and colorectal cancers;
    21    (K)  geographic  shortage  of  primary  care, prenatal/obstetric care,
    22  specialty medical care, home health care,  or  culturally  and  linguis-
    23  tically compatible care;
    24    (L) alcohol, tobacco, or substance abuse;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00055-01-3
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     1    (M) post-traumatic stress disorder and other conditions more prevalent
     2  among veterans of the United States military services;
     3    (N)  attracting members of minority populations to the field and prac-
     4  tice of medicine; and
     5    (O) such other areas approved by the commissioner.
     6    (ii) Collaborative hospital-home  care-physician,  and  as  applicable
     7  additional partner, models may include under such disparities programs:
     8    (A) service planning and design;
     9    (B)  recruitment  of  specialty personnel and/or specialty training of
    10  professionals or other direct care personnel (including physicians, home
    11  care and hospital staffs), patients and informal caregivers;
    12    (C) continuing medical education and clinical training for physicians,
    13  follow-up evaluations, and supporting educational materials;
    14    (D) use of evidenced-based approaches and/or best practices to  treat-
    15  ment;
    16    (E) reimbursement of uncovered services;
    17    (F)  bundled or other integrated payment methods to support the neces-
    18  sary, coordinated and cost-effective services;
    19    (G) regulatory waivers to facilitate flexibility in  provider  collab-
    20  oration and person-centered care;
    21    (H) patient/family peer support and education;
    22    (I) data collection, research and evaluation of efficacy; and/or
    23    (J) other components or innovations satisfactory to the commissioner.
    24    (iii)  Nothing  contained in this paragraph shall prevent a physician,
    25  physicians group, home care agency, or hospital from individually apply-
    26  ing for said grant.
    27    (iv) The commissioner shall consult with physicians, home  care  agen-
    28  cies,  hospitals,  consumers,  statewide  associations representative of
    29  such participants, and other experts  in  health  care  disparities,  in
    30  developing  an application process for grant funding or rate adjustment,
    31  and for request of state regulatory waivers, to  facilitate  implementa-
    32  tion of disparities programs under this paragraph.
    33    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.