Bill Text: NY S01870 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


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: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-13 - referred to ways and means [S01870 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01870-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1870
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 11, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- 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 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 added by section 20-a of part B of chapter 59 of
     3  the laws of 2016, 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  at
     9  least January first, two thousand eighteen] established pursuant to this
    10  section,  and  shall  continue  to  be  provided outside of managed care
    11  programs and in accordance with such waiver programs as they existed  on
    12  January  first, two thousand fifteen; provided, further that the commis-
    13  sioner of health is hereby directed to take any action required, includ-
    14  ing but not limited to filing waivers and waiver extensions as necessary
    15  with the federal government, to continue the provision of such services.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the  amend-
    17  ments  to  section 364-j of the social services law, made by section one
    18  of this act, shall not affect the expiration and repeal of such section,
    19  and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02524-01-7
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