Bill Text: NY S07700 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes a prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application for individuals who are eligible for Medicaid.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-01-22 - referred to health [S07700 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07700-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7700--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    October 13, 2023
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        Introduced by Sens. WEBB, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted
          to the Committee on Women's Issues 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 public health law,  in  relation  to  authorizing  a
          prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application

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

     1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  2504-c to read as follows:
     3    § 2504-c. Prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application. 1.
     4  The  department  shall  create  and operate a New York-tailored, member-
     5  ship-based mobile application  for  prenatal,  pregnant  and  postpartum
     6  individuals who are eligible for Medicaid.
     7    2. (a) The commissioner is authorized to contract with a mobile devel-
     8  oper to create and operate such application on a statewide basis follow-
     9  ing a competitive bidding process as set forth in the state finance law.
    10    (b)  The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of mental
    11  health, shall include the following application platform deliverables in
    12  the request for proposals:
    13    (i) The platform shall  have  the  capability  to  deliver  education,
    14  resources  and  support to prenatal, pregnant and postpartum individuals
    15  and their families, including  New  York-specific  information  such  as
    16  links to department and other state agency programs and resources avail-
    17  able to prenatal, pregnant and postpartum individuals;
    18    (ii)  The platform shall demonstrate a consistent workflow to increase
    19  awareness of state agency programs and resources available to  users  of
    20  the mobile application;
    21    (iii) The platform shall allow the department and other state agencies
    22  to directly interface with users of the mobile application;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (iv) The platform shall have the capability to allow the department to
     2  share  specific  content and resources with users of the mobile applica-
     3  tion;
     4    (v) The platform shall include information and resources in the mobile
     5  application  that  meet  the  standards  set forth in subdivision one of
     6  section three hundred sixty-five-k of the social services law; and
     7    (vi) The platform shall be available in multiple languages in  accord-
     8  ance with section two hundred two-a of the executive law.
     9    3.  The  selected mobile developer shall regularly provide the depart-
    10  ment with aggregate, deidentified data concerning the following:
    11    (a) the number of users of the mobile application  that  are  eligible
    12  for Medicaid;
    13    (b)  the  number  of users of the mobile application that are engaging
    14  with New York-specific content;
    15    (c) the number of users of the mobile application  seeking  additional
    16  information  about enrollment in the Medicaid program or other available
    17  resources;
    18    (d) the number of monthly users of the mobile application;
    19    (e) the number of daily users of the mobile application;
    20    (f) the average length of time a user uses the mobile application; and
    21    (g) any other information requested by the department or  other  state
    22  agencies.
    23    4.  The mobile application shall be available on multiple mobile plat-
    24  forms.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2025; provided, however, that
    26  the department of health shall issue a request for  proposals  no  later
    27  than one hundred eighty days after this act shall have become a law.