STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1890--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 17, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health --  recommitted  to
          the  Committee  on  Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the provision of
          services to certain persons suffering from traumatic brain injuries or
          qualifying for nursing home diversion and transition services

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1.  Paragraph (d-2) of subdivision 3 of section 364-j  of  the
     2  social services law, as amended by section 10 of part B of chapter 57 of
     3  the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (d-2)  Services  provided  pursuant  to  waivers,  granted pursuant to
     5  subsection (c) of section 1915 of the federal social  security  act,  to
     6  persons  suffering from traumatic brain injuries or qualifying for nurs-
     7  ing home diversion and transition services, shall  not  be  provided  to
     8  medical  assistance  recipients  through managed care programs [until at
     9  least January first, two thousand twenty-two]  established  pursuant  to
    10  this section; provided, further that the commissioner of health is here-
    11  by  directed  to  take any action required, including but not limited to
    12  filing waivers and waiver  extensions  as  necessary  with  the  federal
    13  government, to continue the provision of such services.
    14    §  2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend-
    15  ments to section 364-j of the social services law, made by  section  one
    16  of this act, shall not affect the expiration and repeal of such section,
    17  and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04587-03-0