Bill Text: NY A08917 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Exempts honorably discharged military veterans, their widow or spouse, and eligible Gold Star parents in state veterans homes or adult day care at a state veterans home from requirements to enroll in a medicaid managed care plan or a medicaid long term care plan.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 56-27)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-11 - substituted by s6762a [A08917 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A08917-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8917--A
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 28, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. SCHIMEL, BENEDETTO, ENGLEBRIGHT, CUSICK,
BROOK-KRASNY, MILLER, MOSLEY, SIMANOWITZ, THIELE, TITONE, ZEBROWSKI,
LAVINE, SCARBOROUGH, WEISENBERG, CURRAN, FITZPATRICK, LUPINACCI, McDO-
NOUGH, McKEVITT, MONTESANO, RAIA, CLARK, GUNTHER, OTIS, ABBATE, MAYER,
FINCH, RUSSELL, GRAF, KATZ, PERRY, KEARNS, SALADINO, COLTON, SEPULVE-
DA, BRINDISI, HEVESI, HOOPER, SKARTADOS, SANTABARBARA, WEPRIN, ABINAN-
TI, AUBRY, PAULIN, CYMBROWITZ, JAFFEE, HENNESSEY, CERETTO, RA, KOLB,
P. LOPEZ, WALTER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, BARCLAY,
BORELLI, BRAUNSTEIN, CAMARA, COOK, CROUCH, DINOWITZ, DiPIETRO, DUPREY,
GALEF, GARBARINO, GIGLIO, GLICK, HAWLEY, JACOBS, LENTOL, LUPARDO,
MAGEE, McLAUGHLIN, NOLAN, PALMESANO, RAMOS, RIVERA, ROBERTS, STEC,
STECK, SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health --
reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the military law and the public health law, in relation
to enacting the "veterans long-term care access act"
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "veterans
2 long-term care access act".
3 S 2. The military law is amended by adding a new section 235-b to read
4 as follows:
5 S 235-B. MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY FOR VETERANS IN STATE VETERANS HOMES.
6 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, NO HONOR-
7 ABLY DISCHARGED MILITARY VETERAN, THEIR SPOUSE OR WIDOW, OR THE GOLD
8 STAR PARENT OF SUCH VETERAN SHALL BE REQUIRED TO ENROLL IN A MEDICAID
9 MANAGED CARE PLAN OR A MEDICAID LONG TERM CARE PLAN IF HE OR SHE IS
10 ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION INTO A STATE VETERANS HOME OR ENROLLED IN A
11 MEDICAL MODEL ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE PROGRAM AT A STATE VETERANS HOME.
12 SUCH HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERAN, THEIR SPOUSE OR WIDOW, OR GOLD STAR
13 PARENT SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY PLAN OF TRANSI-
14 TION OF NURSING HOME POPULATIONS INTO ANY MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS OTHER-
15 WISE ADOPTED AND APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 S 3. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2636 to
2 read as follows:
3 S 2636. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED. A STATE VETERANS HOME
4 PROVIDING LONG TERM NURSING HOME CARE, MEDICAL MODEL ADULT DAY HEALTH
5 CARE PROGRAMS OR ANY OTHER SERVICES TO AN HONORABLY DISCHARGED MILITARY
6 VETERAN, THEIR SPOUSE OR WIDOW, OR THE GOLD STAR PARENT OF SUCH VETERAN
7 SHALL CONTINUE TO BE PAID FOR ITS SERVICES PURSUANT TO THE FEE FOR
8 SERVICE SCHEDULES IN EFFECT FOR MEDICAID LONG TERM CARE ON THE DATES OF
9 SERVICES RENDERED, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER FORMULA FOR THE PAYMENT OF
10 LONG TERM CARE ADOPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR BY ANY MANAGED CARE ORGAN-
11 IZATION, MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PLAN, OR MEDICAID MANAGED LONG TERM CARE
12 PLAN.
13 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
