S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   7110
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 1, 2025
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 Introduced  by Sens. WEBB, ADDABBO, CLEARE, COMRIE, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MYRIE
   -- 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  establishing  a
   remote maternal health services pilot program for Medicaid recipients

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
 365-kk to read as follows:
   §  365-KK.  REMOTE  MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES PILOT PROGRAM. 1. FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "REMOTE MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES" MEANS:
   (A) THE USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY:
   (I) TO COLLECT MEDICAL AND OTHER FORMS OF HEALTH DATA FROM  A  PATIENT
 AND  ELECTRONICALLY  TRANSMIT  THAT INFORMATION SECURELY TO A HEALTHCARE
 PROVIDER IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION FOR INTERPRETATION AND  RECOMMENDATION;
 AND
   (II)  THAT  IS COMPLIANT WITH THE FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY
 AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996 (42 U.S.C. § 1320D ET SEQ.) AND  APPROVED
 BY THE FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; AND
   (B) THE USE OF A DEVICE THAT:
   (I) USES REMOTE NON-STRESS TEST TECHNOLOGY;
   (II) USES REMOTE ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGY; OR
   (III) USES DOPPLER EFFECT TECHNOLOGY.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PILOT PROGRAM DURING
 FISCAL  YEARS  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE--TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, AND TWO  THOUSAND  TWEN-
 TY-SEVEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT TO PROVIDE:
   (A)  REMOTE  MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES TO A MEDICAID RECIPIENT ELIGIBLE
 UNDER SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION;
   (B) MEDICALLY NECESSARY REMOTE MATERNAL HEALTH  SERVICES  TO  SUCH  AN
 ELIGIBLE MEDICAID RECIPIENT FOR UP TO TWELVE MONTHS POSTPARTUM; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (C) PAYMENT TO HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WHO PROVIDE REMOTE MATERNAL HEALTH
 SERVICES.
   3.  A MEDICAID RECIPIENT IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE REMOTE MATERNAL HEALTH
 SERVICES PURSUANT TO THE PILOT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION, IF:
   (A) THE RECIPIENT IS PREGNANT;
   (B) THE RECIPIENT'S HEALTHCARE PROVIDER DETERMINES THAT REMOTE  MATER-
 NAL HEALTH SERVICES MEET THE STANDARD OF CARE;
   (C)  THE  RECIPIENT'S HEALTHCARE PROVIDER DETERMINES THE RECIPIENT HAS
 AN INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF EXPERIENCING A HIGHER-RISK PREGNANCY DUE TO:
   (I) EXISTING HEALTH CONDITIONS, SUCH AS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE,  POLYCYS-
 TIC  OVARY  SYNDROME,  DIABETES,  KIDNEY  DISEASE,  AUTOIMMUNE  DISEASE,
 THYROID DISEASE, OBESITY, HIV/AIDS, OR ZIKA INFECTION;
   (II) AGE FACTORS, INCLUDING TEENAGE PREGNANCY OR PREGNANCY AFTER THIR-
 TY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE;
   (III) LIFESTYLE FACTORS, SUCH AS ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, OR DRUG USE; OR
   (IV) CONDITIONS OF PREGNANCY, INCLUDING MULTIPLE GESTATION, GESTATION-
 AL DIABETES, PREECLAMPSIA, ECLAMPSIA, PREVIOUS PRETERM BIRTHS, OR  BIRTH
 DEFECTS OR GENETIC CONDITIONS IN THE FETUS;
   (D)   THE   RECIPIENT   LIVES   IN   A   COUNTY   WITHOUT  A  LICENSED
 OBSTETRICIAN/GYNECOLOGIST WHO PARTICIPATES IN MEDICAID;
   (E) THE RECIPIENT'S HEALTHCARE PROVIDER DETERMINES  THE  RECIPIENT  IS
 UNABLE TO ACCESS CONSISTENT OBSTETRICAL CARE DUE TO FACTORS THAT INCLUDE
 TRANSPORTATION, CHILD CARE, EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS, AND SOCIOECONOMICS;
 AND
   (F)  THE REMOTE MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES MEET THE CRITERIA OF SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.