New York Assembly Bill 733 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 44-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-07-01 - held for consideration in ways and means
Pending: Assembly Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

This bill would provide for Medical Assistance reimbursement of the costs associated with language interpre- tation services for patients in hospital inpatient, outpatient, and emergency department settings and in diagnostic and treatment centers.

Provides Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient, outpatient and emergency department settings and in diagnostic treatment centers; provides further that time frames for notice, approval or certification of rates of payment and to the requirement of prior notice of rates of payment are suspended deemed without any force and effect from and after February 1, for such rates effective for the period April 1 through March 31 in the initial year of implementation.

Asm. Peter Abbate [D]	Asm. James Brennan [D]	Asm. Kevin Cahill [D]	Asm. Nelson Castro [D]
Asm. William Colton [D]	Asm. Vivian Cook [D]	Asm. Ro Ann Destito [D]	Asm. Jeffrey Dinowitz [D]
Sen. Adriano Espaillat [D]	Asm. Herman Farrell [D]	Asm. David Gantt [D]	Asm. Deborah Glick [D]
Asm. Richard Gottfried [D]	Asm. Carl Heastie [D]	Asm. Earlene Hooper [D]	Asm. Rhoda Jacobs [D]
Asm. Ellen Jaffee [D]	Sen. Brian Kavanagh [D]	Asm. Micah Kellner [D]	Asm. David Koon [D]
Asm. Rory Lancman [D]	Asm. Alan Maisel [D]	Asm. Margaret Markey [D]	Asm. John McEneny [D]
Asm. Grace Meng [D]	Asm. Catherine Nolan [D]	Asm. Amy Paulin [D]	Sen. Jose Peralta [D]
Asm. Nick Perry [D]	Asm. Audrey Pheffer [D]	Asm. Philip Ramos [D]	Asm. Robert Reilly [D]
Asm. Jose Rivera [D]	Asm. Peter Rivera [D]	Asm. Linda Rosenthal [D]	Asm. William Scarborough [D]
Asm. Michelle Schimel [D]	Asm. Robert Sweeney [D]	Asm. Matthew Titone [D]	Asm. Michele Titus [D]
Asm. Darryl Towns [D]	Asm. Harvey Weisenberg [D]	Asm. Keith Wright [D]	Asm. Kenneth Zebrowski [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-07-01		held for consideration in ways and means
2010-02-02		print number 733a
2010-02-02		amend and recommit to ways and means
2010-01-26		reported referred to ways and means
2010-01-06		referred to health
2009-02-10		reported referred to ways and means
2009-01-07		referred to health

S3740-B (Same As) 2010-02-02 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A00733&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A00733&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A00733A