Bill Text: NY A10504 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Includes doulas as medical services providers for Medicaid recipients; directs the commissioner of health to submit an application for amendments and waivers to add doulas to such coverage pursuant to section 363-e of the social services law; and directs the commissioner of health and the commissioner of social services to add, amend and/or repeal any rule or regulation necessary.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-01 - referred to health [A10504 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A10504-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10504
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       May 1, 2018
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to including doulas
          as medical services providers for Medicaid recipients;  directing  the
          commissioner  of  health  to  submit an application for amendments and
          waivers to add doulas to state Medicaid coverage;  and  directing  the
          commissioner of health and the commissioner of social services to add,
          amend and/or repeal any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
          tation of this act
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1  of  section  364-j  of  the
     2  social  services  law, as amended by chapter 653 of the laws of 1997, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (d) "Medical services provider". A physician, nurse, nurse practition-
     5  er, physician assistant, licensed midwife, doula,  dentist,  optometrist
     6  or other licensed health care practitioner authorized to provide medical
     7  assistance services.
     8    §  2.  The  commissioner of health is directed to apply for such state
     9  Medicaid plan amendments or waivers as may be necessary to implement the
    10  provisions of this act and include doula care as a covered service under
    11  the state Medicaid plan, and to secure federal  financial  participation
    12  for  state  Medicaid expenditures for doula care under the federal Medi-
    13  caid program.
    14    § 3. The  commissioner  of  health  and  the  commissioner  of  social
    15  services shall add, amend and/or repeal any rule or regulation necessary
    16  for the implementation of this act.
    17    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section one
    18  of this act shall take effect upon receipt by the commissioner of health
    19  of approval from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to
    20  include  doula  care as a covered service under the state Medicaid plan;
    21  provided, further, that the amendments to section 364-j  of  the  social
    22  services law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal
    23  of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith. The commissioner
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  of health shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the
     2  occurrence  of the receipt of such approval in order that the commission
     3  may maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of the  official
     4  text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating
     5  the  provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of
     6  the public officers law.