Bill Text: NY S01190 | 2023-2024 | 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; directs the commissioner of health and the commissioner of the office of children and family services to add, amend and/or repeal any rule or regulation necessary.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S01190 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01190-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1190

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 10, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sens. PERSAUD, CLEARE, GOUNARDES, KENNEDY, RAMOS -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee 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 the office of  children
          and family services to add, amend and/or repeal any rule or regulation
          necessary for the implementation 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 New York state Medicaid doula services pilot program shall be
    15  extended beyond Erie county and  be  made  accessible  statewide.  Local
    16  localities shall be given the option to opt-in or out based on a locali-
    17  ty's  exact  need  for the doula pilot program. The department of health
    18  shall conduct a yearly study of such program to examine its efficacy and
    19  provide a report with the study's findings to  the  governor,  temporary

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  president  of  the senate, minority leader of the senate, speaker of the
     2  assembly, and minority leader of the assembly.   This  report  shall  be
     3  used  as  a  tool to strengthen the program. The department of health is
     4  directed  to  inform  the  public  about the program and provide medical
     5  providers with pamphlets detailing the program and locations where  it's
     6  being offered to distribute to patients.
     7    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section one
     8  of this act shall take effect upon receipt by the commissioner of health
     9  of approval from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to
    10  include  doula  care as a covered service under the state Medicaid plan;
    11  provided, further, that the amendments to section 364-j  of  the  social
    12  services law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal
    13  of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith. The commissioner
    14  of health shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the
    15  occurrence  of the receipt of such approval in order that the commission
    16  may maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of the  official
    17  text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating
    18  the  provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of
    19  the public officers law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
    20  and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
    21  of this act on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to  be  made  and
    22  completed on or before such effective date.