Bill Text: NY S08609 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Authorizes peer recovery advocate telehealth services for reimbursement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-07-23 - referred to health [S08609 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08609-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         8609--A

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 18, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to making certified
          peer recovery advocate telehealth services eligible for reimbursement

          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 2999-cc of the public health law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (t-1) to read as follows:
     3    (t-1) certified peer recovery advocate services providers certified by
     4  the commissioner of addiction services and supports pursuant to  section
     5  19.18-b of the mental hygiene law;
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16732-03-0
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