Bill Text: NY S06742 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides that medicaid reimbursement for services to medically fragile children rendered by pediatric rehabilitation diagnostic and treatment centers shall be at a fee-for-service rate until the workgroup on medicaid payment for services for medically fragile children completes its report.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-5)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-20 - referred to ways and means [S06742 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06742-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6742--A
           Cal. No. 465
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 16, 2012
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       Introduced  by Sens. HANNON, ALESI, CARLUCCI, DeFRANCISCO, GOLDEN, JOHN-
         SON,  KLEIN,  LARKIN,  LAVALLE,  MARTINS,  McDONALD,  SALAND,  SAVINO,
         STEWART-COUSINS,  VALESKY,  ZELDIN  -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Health  --
         reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and second
         report, ordered to a third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
         retaining its place in the order of third reading
       AN ACT to amend chapter 56 of the laws of 2012, directing a workgroup on
         medically  fragile children, in relation to medicaid reimbursement for
         services provided to medically fragile children by pediatric rehabili-
         tation diagnostic and treatment centers
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section 34-b of part D of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012,
    2  directing a workgroup on  medically  fragile  children,  is  amended  by
    3  adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
    4    4.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO  THE CONTRARY,
    5  SERVICES PROVIDED TO MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN  RECEIVING  SERVICES  AT
    6  PEDIATRIC  REHABILITATION  DIAGNOSTIC  AND  TREATMENT  CENTERS, OPERATED
    7  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 28 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, SHALL BE REIMBURSED  AT
    8  A  FEE-FOR-SERVICE  MEDICAID  RATE DURING THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE WORK-
    9  GROUP AND UNTIL SUCH REPORT IS FINALIZED AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE  COMMIS-
   10  SIONER  OF  HEALTH, THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR
   11  OF THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE HEALTH
   12  COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY HEALTH COMMITTEE. ANY CHANGE  IN
   13  REIMBURSEMENT  METHODOLOGY  NECESSARY  AS  A  RESULT OF THIS SUBDIVISION
   14  SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WITHIN 30 DAYS  OF  THE
   15  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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