Assembly Actions -
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Mar 23, 2009 |
recommit, enacting clause stricken |
Mar 05, 2009 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S2875
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
2009-S2875 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S2875 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient, outpatient and emergency department settings and in diagnostic treatment centers; provides further that time frames for notice, approval or certification of rates of payment and to the requirement of prior notice of rates of payment are suspended deemed without any force and effect from and after February 1, for such rates effective for the period April 1 through March 31 in the initial year of implementation.
2009-S2875 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2875 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law and the social services law, in relation to providing Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient and outpatient departments and diagnostic and treatment centers PURPOSE : This bill would provide for Medical Assistance reimbursement of the costs associated with language interpretation services for patients in hospital inpatient, outpatient, and emergency department settings and in diagnostic and treatment centers. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : 1. This section requires an adjustment to Medical Assistance rates of payment for inpatient services to provide reimbursement for the costs of interpretation services for patients with limited English proficiency and defines "limited English proficiency" and "interpretation services". 2. This section requires an adjustment to Medical Assistance rates of payment for hospital outpatient and emergency services to provide reimbursement for the costs of interpretation services for patients with limited English proficiency and defines "limited English
2009-S2875 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2875 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 5, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ESPADA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law and the social services law, in relation to providing Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient and outpatient departments and diagnostic and treatment centers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 2807-c of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 34 to read as follows: 34. INTERPRETATION SERVICES. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ADJUST INPATIENT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE RATES OF PAYMENT TO PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROVISION OF INTERPRETATION SERVICES FOR PATIENTS IN RECEIPT OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE WHO HAVE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HEALTH CARE, BILLING AND MAKING APPOINTMENTS. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT, THE PROVISION OF INTERPRETATION SERVICES MUST BE DOCUMENTED IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO ENABLE REPORTING TO AND AUDIT BY THE COMMISSIONER. (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION: (I) "PATIENTS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY" MEANS PATIENTS WHOSE PRIMARY LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH AND WHO CANNOT SPEAK, READ, WRITE OR UNDERSTAND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AT A LEVEL SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT SUCH PATIENTS TO INTERACT EFFECTIVELY WITH HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND THEIR STAFF; AND (II) "INTER- PRETATION SERVICES" MEANS LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE SERVICES PROVIDED BY INDI- VIDUALS WITH SUFFICIENT BILINGUAL SKILLS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND THE RELE- VANT LANGUAGE TO COMMUNICATE INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR THE PATIENT TO ACCESS SERVICES AND, IN THE CASE OF INTERPRETATION SERVICES PROVIDED DURING THE COURSE OF A CLINICAL ENCOUNTER, SERVICES PROVIDED BY INDIVID- UALS WITH DEMONSTRATED COMPETENCY AND SKILLS IN MEDICAL INTERPRETATION EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02579-01-9
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