Bill Text: NY S04185 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to establishing topical oxygen wound therapy as a Medicaid benefit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-02 - referred to health [S04185 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S04185-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4185--B 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 5, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PARKER, ADDABBO, COMRIE, DIAZ, DILAN, ESPAILLAT, HAMILTON, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KENNEDY, LATIMER, PERKINS -- 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 -- recommitted to the Committee on Health 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, in relation to establishing topical oxygen wound therapy as a Medicaid benefit The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social services law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (dd) to read as follows: 3 (dd) topical oxygen wound therapy for chronic wound management and 4 treatment, as prescribed by a physician or other qualified prescriber, 5 through use of a United States Food and Drug Administration cleared 6 topical oxygen chamber for extremities, consistent with coverage crite- 7 ria established by the commissioner. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09785-03-6
