Bill Text: NY S08082 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 8082 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Provides for the appointment of the state medicaid director by the governor subject to confirmation by the senate.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-21 - referred to governmental operations [S08082 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08082-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8082--A
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 26, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- 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
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the appointment of
          the state medicaid director
          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  208-a to read as follows:
     3    §  208-a.  Medicaid  director.  Notwithstanding any other provision of
     4  this article, the position of medicaid director shall  be  appointed  by
     5  the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate.
     6    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect January 1, 2019 and shall apply to
     7  appointments made on or after such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15216-02-8