Bill Text: NY S03651 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes the "complex needs patient act" including definitions and reimbursement and billing procedures; preserves access to quality complex rehabilitation technology for patients with complex medical needs.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Vetoed) 2016-11-28 - VETOED MEMO.270 [S03651 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03651-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3651--D
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 13, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Health  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee
          discharged  and  said  bill committed to the Committee on Insurance --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted  to  said  committee  --  recommitted  to the Committee on
          Insurance in accordance with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law and the public health law, in
          relation to preserving access to quality complex rehabilitation  tech-
          nology for patients with complex medical needs
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  the "complex needs patient act".
     3    § 2. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the legislature to:
     4    1.  protect access for complex needs patients to quality complex reha-
     5  bilitation technology;
     6    2. establish and improve standards  and  safeguards  relating  to  the
     7  provision of complex rehabilitation technology; and
     8    3.  provide  quality support for complex needs patients to stay in the
     9  home or community setting,  prevent  institutionalization,  and  prevent
    10  hospitalizations and other costly secondary complications.
    11    §  3. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 367-j
    12  to read as follows:
    13    § 367-j. Complex needs patient act.  1. Definitions. As used  in  this
    14  section:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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