Assembly Bill A9841

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires patient's health home to use the adverse childhood experience questionnaire in assessing the patient's health risks

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A9841 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยงยง365-l-1 & 365-l-2, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A3427
2019-2020: A2306
2021-2022: A3689
2023-2024: A6598

2015-A9841 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires home health care professionals to use the adverse childhood experience questionnaire in assessing the patient's health risks and makes Medicaid reimbursement of primary care providers contingent upon such use; requires the department of social services to report to the senate and assembly health committees.

2015-A9841 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9841

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 15, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Health

AN ACT to amend the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
  patient's  health  home  to use the adverse childhood experience ques-
  tionnaire in assessing the patient's health risks and to making  Medi-
  caid  reimbursement  of primary care providers contingent upon the use
  of the adverse childhood experience questionnaire; and to require  the
  commissioner  of  health  to submit reports to the senate and assembly
  health committees

  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 two new
sections 365-l-1 and 365-l-2 to read as follows:
  S 365-L-1. STANDARDS FOR PROVISION OF HEALTH HOME SERVICES TO MEDICAID
ENROLLEES WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS. CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL LAW TO ENSURE
FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION, A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL PROVIDING  A
PATIENT'S HEALTH HOME SHALL:
  1.  PROVIDE  COMPREHENSIVE PREVENTION AND DISEASE SCREENING FOR HIS OR
HER PATIENTS AND MANAGING HIS OR HER  PATIENTS'  CHRONIC  CONDITIONS  BY
COORDINATING CARE;
  2.  ENABLE  PATIENTS  TO  HAVE  ACCESS  TO PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION
THROUGH A SECURE MEDIUM, SUCH AS THROUGH THE INTERNET,  CONSISTENT  WITH
FEDERAL HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS;
  3.  COLLABORATE WITH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH TEAMS, INCLUDING BY DEVELOP-
ING AND IMPLEMENTING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR PARTICIPATING PATIENTS;
  4. UTILIZE THE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE IN ASSESSING
A PATENT'S HEALTH AND HEALTH RISKS;
  5. ENSURE ACCESS TO A PATENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS BY THE COMMUNITY HEALTH
TEAM MEMBERS IN A MANNER COMPLIANT WITH THE HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT, 12 V.S.A. S 1612, AND 21 V.S.A. S 516; AND
  6. MEET REGULARLY WITH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH TEAM TO ENSURE INTEGRATION
OF A PARTICIPATING PATIENT'S CARE.
  S 365-L-2. ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE.  1.  REIMBURSE-
MENT FOR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDED TO A MEDICAID PATIENT SHALL BE CONTINGENT

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

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