Assembly Bill A1509

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the coverage of ostomy supplies in the child health plus program

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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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2017-A1509 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2510, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A10072
2015-2016: A1038
2019-2020: A548
2021-2022: A783

2017-A1509 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the coverage of ostomy supplies in the child health plus program.

2017-A1509 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1509
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to coverage of ostomy
   supplies in the child health plus program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 2510 of the public health law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  428  of  the  laws  of 2013, is amended to read as
 follows:
   7. "Covered health care services" means: the services  of  physicians,
 optometrists,  nurses,  nurse  practitioners, midwives and other related
 professional personnel  which  are  provided  on  an  outpatient  basis,
 including  routine well-child visits; diagnosis and treatment of illness
 and injury; inpatient health care services; laboratory tests; diagnostic
 x-rays; prescription and non-prescription  drugs,  OSTOMY  SUPPLIES  and
 durable  medical  equipment; radiation therapy; chemotherapy; hemodialy-
 sis; outpatient blood clotting factor products and other treatments  and
 services  furnished  in connection with the care of hemophilia and other
 blood clotting protein deficiencies; emergency  room  services;  hospice
 services;  emergency,  preventive  and  routine  dental  care, including
 medically necessary orthodontia but excluding cosmetic surgery; emergen-
 cy, preventive and routine vision care, including eyeglasses; speech and
 hearing services; and, inpatient and outpatient mental  health,  alcohol
 and substance abuse services as defined by the commissioner in consulta-
 tion  with  the superintendent. "Covered health care services" shall not
 include drugs, procedures and supplies for  the  treatment  of  erectile
 dysfunction  when provided to, or prescribed for use by, a person who is
 required to register as a sex offender pursuant to article six-C of  the
 correction  law,  provided  that  any  denial of coverage of such drugs,
 procedures or supplies shall provide  the  patient  with  the  means  of
 obtaining  additional  information  concerning  both  the denial and the
 means of challenging such denial.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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