Bill Text: NY A08230 | 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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-10-04 - print number 8230b [A08230 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08230-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8230--B

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    November 6, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PAULIN, McDONALD, REYES, SHIMSKY, LEVENBERG,
          SIMONE, BURDICK, SEAWRIGHT, TAPIA, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, EPSTEIN,  SAYEGH
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to
          the  Committee on Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted  to  said  committee -- again reported from said committee
          with amendments, 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;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (ii) The platform shall demonstrate a consistent workflow to  increase
     2  awareness  of  state agency programs and resources available to users of
     3  the mobile application;
     4    (iii) The platform shall allow the department and other state agencies
     5  to directly interface with users of the mobile application;
     6    (iv) The platform shall have the capability to allow the department to
     7  share  specific  content and resources with users of the mobile applica-
     8  tion;
     9    (v) The platform shall include information and resources in the mobile
    10  application that meet the standards set  forth  in  subdivision  one  of
    11  section three hundred sixty-five-k of the social services law; and
    12    (vi)  The platform shall be available in multiple languages in accord-
    13  ance with section two hundred two-a of the executive law.
    14    3. The selected mobile developer shall regularly provide  the  depart-
    15  ment,  the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader of the
    16  senate, the speaker of the assembly, and  the  minority  leader  of  the
    17  assembly with aggregate, deidentified data concerning the following:
    18    (a)  the  number  of users of the mobile application that are eligible
    19  for Medicaid;
    20    (b) the number of users of the mobile application  that  are  engaging
    21  with New York-specific content;
    22    (c)  the  number of users of the mobile application seeking additional
    23  information about enrollment in the Medicaid program or other  available
    24  resources;
    25    (d) the number of monthly users of the mobile application;
    26    (e) the number of daily users of the mobile application;
    27    (f) the average length of time a user uses the mobile application; and
    28    (g)  any  other information requested by the department or other state
    29  agencies.
    30    4. The mobile application shall be available on multiple mobile  plat-
    31  forms.
    32    5.  The  selected mobile developer shall not share, sell, or otherwise
    33  process users' personal information except as strictly necessary for the
    34  operation of the mobile application and  shall  not  provide  personally
    35  identifiable information about any user to the department, the office of
    36  children and family services, or any other governmental entity.
    37    § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2026; provided, however, that
    38  the  department  of  health shall issue a request for proposals no later
    39  than one hundred eighty days after this act shall have become a law.