Bill Text: NY A01341 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-09 - referred to health [A01341 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A01341-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1341

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 9, 2025
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PAULIN,  REYES,  SHIMSKY, LEVENBERG, SIMONE,
          BURDICK, SEAWRIGHT, TAPIA, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, EPSTEIN, SAYEGH --  read
          once and referred to the Committee on Health

        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.
                                                                   LBD03921-01-5
        A. 1341                             2

     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, the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader of  the
    11  senate,  the  speaker  of  the  assembly, and the minority leader of the
    12  assembly with aggregate, deidentified data concerning the following:
    13    (a) the number of users of the mobile application  that  are  eligible
    14  for Medicaid;
    15    (b)  the  number  of users of the mobile application that are engaging
    16  with New York-specific content;
    17    (c) the number of users of the mobile application  seeking  additional
    18  information  about enrollment in the Medicaid program or other available
    19  resources;
    20    (d) the number of monthly users of the mobile application;
    21    (e) the number of daily users of the mobile application;
    22    (f) the average length of time a user uses the mobile application; and
    23    (g) any other information requested by the department or  other  state
    24  agencies.
    25    4.  The mobile application shall be available on multiple mobile plat-
    26  forms.
    27    5. The selected mobile developer shall not share, sell,  or  otherwise
    28  process users' personal information except as strictly necessary for the
    29  operation  of  the  mobile  application and shall not provide personally
    30  identifiable information about any user to the department, the office of
    31  children and family services, or any other governmental entity.
    32    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
    33  the  date  on  which it shall have become a law; provided, however, that
    34  the department of health shall issue a request for  proposals  no  later
    35  than one hundred eighty days after this act shall have become a law.