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Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to health |
Jun 10, 2015 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S5884
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- 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
2015-S5884 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7747
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง365-l, Soc Serv L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2017-2018:
A1677
2019-2020: A6127
2015-S5884 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5884 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to the modification of competitively bid contracts PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill will provide greater transparency with respect to Medicaid contracts by requiring state contracts to be rebid if there is an amendment or modification. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends Subdivision 9 of section 365-1 of the social security law to require that the Medicaid review contract entered into by the commissioner of health may not be amended or modified without the need for a competitive bid or request for proposal. Section 2 provides that the bill will take effect immediately. JUSTIFICATION: In 2013, the enacted budget included a provision which eliminated transparent bidding by allowing DOH to amend or modify an existing contract without releasing a new competitive bid or a request for proposal. The 2014 enacted budget continued and expanded this
2015-S5884 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5884 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 10, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HASSELL-THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the modification of competitively bid contracts THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 365-l of the social services law, as amended by section 35 of part C of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: 9. The contract entered into by the commissioner of health prior to January first, two thousand thirteen pursuant to subdivision eight of this section may NOT be amended or modified without the need for a competitive bid or request for proposal process, [and] OR without regard to the provisions of sections one hundred twelve and one hundred sixty- three of the state finance law, section one hundred forty-two of the economic development law, or any other provision of law[, to allow the purchase of additional personnel and services, subject to available funding, for the limited purpose of assisting the department of health with implementing the Balancing Incentive Program, the Fully Integrated Duals Advantage Program, the Vital Access Provider Program, the Medicaid waiver amendment associated with the public hospital transformation, the addition of behavioral health services as a managed care plan benefit, the delivery system reform incentive payment plan, activities to facili- tate the transition of vulnerable populations to managed care and/or any workgroups required to be established by the chapter of the laws of two thousand thirteen that added this subdivision]. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2014. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10928-01-5
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