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                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2018
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 IN  SENATE -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to arti-
   cle seven of the Constitution -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  --  A  BUDGET  BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to
   article seven of the Constitution -- read once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Ways and Means

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to establishing a
   temporary workgroup on capital rate methodology for  capital  expendi-
   tures  to  hospitals  and residential nursing facilities; and to amend
   the social services law, in relation to standard coverage for physical
   therapy services under medical assistance for needy  persons  programs
   (Part  A);  to amend the public health law, in relation to payments to
   residential health care facilities; to amend the social  services  law
   and  the  public  health  law,  in relation to assisted living program
   providers licensed in the state; to amend the social services law,  in
   relation to payments for certain medical assistance provided to eligi-
   ble persons participating in the New York traumatic brain injury waiv-
   er  program;  and  to  repeal certain provisions of section 366 of the
   social services law relating to furnishing  medical  assistance  (Part
   B);  to  amend  the  social services law and the public health law, in
   relation to health homes and  penalties  for  managed  care  providers
   (Part  C); to amend the social services law and the public health law,
   in relation to drug coverage,  updating  the  professional  dispensing
   fee,  copayments, pharmacist physician collaboration and comprehensive
   medication management; and to repeal certain provisions of the  social
   services  law  relating thereto (Part D); to amend the social services
   law, in relation to reimbursement of transportation costs,  reimburse-
   ment of emergency transportation services and supplemental transporta-
   tion  payments;  and repealing certain provisions of such law relating
   thereto (Part E); providing for not-for-profit and tax  exempt  corpo-
   rations'  Medicaid  capitation  rates  (Part  F);  to amend the public
   health law, in relation to authorizing  certain  retail  practices  to
   offer  health  services  (Part  G);  to  amend  the  education law, in
   relation to the practice of  nursing  by  certified  registered  nurse
   anesthetists (Part H); to amend the social services law and the public
   health  law,  in  relation  to managed care organizations (Part I); to
 
              

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   amend the state finance law, in relation to the false claims act (Part
   J); authorizing the department of health  to  require  certain  health
   care providers to report on costs incurred; and to amend chapter 59 of
   the  laws of 2011 amending the public health law and other laws relat-
   ing to known and projected department of health  state  fund  medicaid
   expenditures,  in  relation to extending the medicaid global cap (Part
   K); to amend the social services law and the  public  health  law,  in
   relation  to  the  child  health  insurance program (Part L); to amend
   chapter 266 of the laws of 1986, amending the civil practice  law  and
   rules  and other laws relating to malpractice and professional medical
   conduct, in relation to apportioning premium for certain policies;  to
   amend part J of chapter 63 of the laws of 2001 amending chapter 266 of
   the  laws of 1986, amending the civil practice law and rules and other
   laws relating to malpractice and professional medical conduct,  relat-
   ing  to  the  effectiveness  of certain provisions of such chapter, in
   relation to  extending  certain  provisions  concerning  the  hospital
   excess  liability  pool; and to amend part H of chapter 57 of the laws
   of 2017, amending the New York Health Care  Reform  Act  of  1996  and
   other  laws relating to extending certain provisions relating thereto,
   in relation to extending provisions relating to excess coverage  (Part
   M);  to amend part C of chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, establishing a
   cost of living adjustment for designated human services,  in  relation
   to the determination thereof; and to repeal certain provisions thereof
   relating to eligible programs (Part N); to amend the public health law
   and  the  insurance law, in relation to the early intervention program
   for infants and toddlers with disabilities and  their  families  (Part
   O); to amend the public health law, in relation to the empire clinical
   research  investigator  program and hospital resident hour audits; and
   to repeal certain provisions of the public health law relating thereto
   (Part P); to amend the public health law, in relation  to  the  health
   care  facility  transformation  program  (Part Q); to amend the public
   health law, the executive law, and the real property law, in  relation
   to lead abatement and enforcement (Part R); to amend the public health
   law  and  the social services law, in relation to the establishment of
   community paramedicine collaboratives (Subpart A); to amend the public
   health law and the mental  hygiene  law,  in  relation  to  integrated
   services  (Subpart B); and to amend the public health law, in relation
   to the definitions of telehealth provider, originating site and remote
   patient monitoring (Subpart C)(Part S); to amend  chapter  59  of  the
   laws of 2016, amending the social services law and other laws relating
   to  authorizing  the  commissioner of health to apply federally estab-
   lished consumer price index penalties for generic drugs, and authoriz-
   ing the commissioner of health to impose  penalties  on  managed  care
   plans  for  reporting late or incorrect encounter data, in relation to
   the effectiveness of certain provisions  of  such  chapter;  to  amend
   chapter  58  of the laws of 2007, amending the social services law and
   other laws relating to adjustments of rates, in relation to the effec-
   tiveness of certain provisions of such chapter; to amend chapter 54 of
   the laws of 2016, amending part C of chapter 58 of the laws  of  2005,
   authorizing  reimbursements  for  expenditures made by or on behalf of
   social services districts for medical assistance for needy persons and
   administration thereof, in relation to the effectiveness  thereof;  to
   amend  chapter  906  of the laws of 1984, amending the social services
   law relating to expanding medical assistance eligibility and the scope
   of  services  available  to  certain  persons  with  disabilities,  in
   relation  to the effectiveness thereof; and to amend chapter 56 of the

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   laws of 2013, amending chapter 59 of the laws  of  2011  amending  the
   public  health  law  and  other  laws  relating  to  general  hospital
   reimbursement for annual rates relating to the cap on  local  Medicaid
   expenditures, in relation to rates of payments (Part T); to amend part
   NN  of  chapter 58 of the laws of 2015 amending the mental hygiene law
   relating to clarifying the  authority  of  the  commissioners  in  the
   department  of  mental  hygiene  to  design and implement time-limited
   demonstration programs, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part
   U); to amend chapter 62 of the  laws  of  2003,  amending  the  mental
   hygiene law and the state finance law relating to the community mental
   health  support  and workforce reinvestment program, the membership of
   subcommittees for mental health of community services boards  and  the
   duties  of such subcommittees and creating the community mental health
   and workforce reinvestment account,  in  relation  to  extending  such
   provisions  relating thereto (Part V); to amend the criminal procedure
   law, in relation to amending the definition  of  appropriate  institu-
   tion;  and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
   thereof (Part W); to amend chapter 111 of the laws  of  2010  amending
   the  mental  hygiene  law relating to the receipt of federal and state
   benefits received by individuals receiving care in facilities operated
   by an office of the department of mental hygiene, in relation  to  the
   effectiveness  thereof  (Part  X);  to  amend  the  education  law, in
   relation  to  persons  practicing  in  certain  licensed  programs  or
   services  who  are  exempt from practice requirements of professionals
   licensed by the department of education; to amend chapter 420  of  the
   laws of 2002, amending the education law relating to the profession of
   social  work,  in  relation  to  extending  the  expiration of certain
   provisions thereof; to amend chapter 676 of the laws of 2002, amending
   the education law relating to the practice of psychology, in  relation
   to  extending the expiration of certain provisions; and to amend chap-
   ter 130 of the laws of 2010, amending the education law and other laws
   relating to the registration of  entities  providing  certain  profes-
   sional  services  and licensure of certain professions, in relation to
   extending certain provisions thereof (Part Y);  to  amend  the  social
   services  law,  in relation to adding demonstration waivers to waivers
   allowable for home and community-based services; to amend  the  social
   services law, in relation to adding successor federal waivers to waiv-
   ers granted under subsection (c) of section 1915 of the federal social
   security  law,  in relation to nursing facility services; to amend the
   social services law, in relation to waivers for high quality and inte-
   grated care; to amend part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2007, amend-
   ing the social services law and other laws relating  to  enacting  the
   major  components of legislation necessary to implement the health and
   mental hygiene budget for the 2007-2008 fiscal year,  in  relation  to
   the  effectiveness  thereof;  to  amend  the  mental  hygiene  law, in
   relation to adding new and successor federal  waivers  to  waivers  in
   relation  to  home  and  community-based  services; to amend part A of
   chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, amending the social services  law  and
   other  laws  relating  to enacting the major components of legislation
   necessary to implement the health and mental hygiene  budget  for  the
   2013-2014  state  fiscal  year,  in  relation  to the effectiveness of
   certain provisions  thereof;  to  amend  the  public  health  law,  in
   relation to expansion of comprehensive health services plans; to amend
   chapter  659  of  the laws of 1997, amending the public health law and
   other laws relating to creation of continuing care retirement communi-
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   health law, in relation to managed long term care  plans,  health  and
   long  term  care  services  and  developmental  disability  individual
   support and care coordination organizations; to amend chapter  165  of
   the laws of 1991, amending the public health law and other laws relat-
   ing  to  establishing  payments for medical assistance, in relation to
   extending the provisions thereof; to amend the mental hygiene law,  in
   relation  to reimbursement rates; and to amend chapter 710 of the laws
   of 1988, amending the social services law and the education law relat-
   ing to medical assistance eligibility of certain persons and providing
   for managed  medical  care  demonstration  programs,  in  relation  to
   extending  the  provisions  thereof  (Part  Z); and to amend part C of
   chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, relating to  establishing  a  cost  of
   living  adjustment for designated human services programs, in relation
   to the inclusion and development of certain cost of living adjustments
   (Part AA)
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act enacts into law major components of legislation
 which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2018-2019
 state fiscal year. Each component is  wholly  contained  within  a  Part
 identified as Parts A through AA. The effective date for each particular
 provision contained within such Part is set forth in the last section of
 such Part. Any provision in any section contained within a Part, includ-
 ing the effective date of the Part, which makes a reference to a section
 "of  this  act", when used in connection with that particular component,
 shall be deemed to mean and refer to the corresponding  section  of  the
 Part  in  which  it  is  found. Section three of this act sets forth the
 general effective date of this act.
 
                                  PART A
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 2827 to read as follows:
   §  2827.  TEMPORARY  WORKGROUP  ON CAPITAL RATE METHODOLOGY.   (A) THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL CONVENE A TEMPORARY WORKGROUP COMPRISED OF  REPRESEN-
 TATIVES  OF  HOSPITALS  AND  RESIDENTIAL  NURSING FACILITIES, AS WELL AS
 REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE  DEPARTMENT,  TO  DEVELOP  RECOMMENDATIONS  FOR
 STREAMLINING  THE  CAPITAL  REIMBURSEMENT  METHODOLOGY  TO ACHIEVE A ONE
 PERCENT REDUCTION IN CAPITAL EXPENDITURES TO HOSPITALS  AND  RESIDENTIAL
 NURSING  FACILITIES, INCLUDING ASSOCIATED SPECIALTY AND ADULT DAY HEALTH
 CARE UNITS. PENDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE  WORKGROUP'S  RECOMMENDATIONS
 AND  THE  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  ANY  SUCH  RECOMMENDATIONS ACCEPTED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO REDUCE THE OVERALL
 AMOUNT OF CAPITAL REIMBURSEMENT AS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE  A  ONE  PERCENT
 REDUCTION  IN  CAPITAL EXPENDITURES BEGINNING WITH STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO
 THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN.
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER MAY  PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS  TO  EFFECTUATE  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  Subdivision  5-d of section 2807-k of the public health law, as
 amended by section 1 of part E of chapter 57 of the  laws  of  2015,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   5-d.  (a)  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section,
 section twenty-eight hundred  seven-w  of  this  article  or  any  other

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 contrary  provision  of  law, and subject to the availability of federal
 financial participation, for periods on and  after  January  first,  two
 thousand  thirteen,  through  December thirty-first, two thousand [eigh-
 teen]  NINETEEN,  all  funds available for distribution pursuant to this
 section, except for funds distributed pursuant to  subparagraph  (v)  of
 paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  five-b  of  this section, and all funds
 available for distribution  pursuant  to  section  twenty-eight  hundred
 seven-w of this article, shall be reserved and set aside and distributed
 in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision.
   (b)  The commissioner shall promulgate regulations, and may promulgate
 emergency regulations, establishing methodologies for  the  distribution
 of  funds  as  described  in  paragraph (a) of this subdivision and such
 regulations shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
   (i) Such regulations shall  establish  methodologies  for  determining
 each  facility's  relative uncompensated care need amount based on unin-
 sured inpatient and outpatient units of service from the cost  reporting
 year  two years prior to the distribution year, multiplied by the appli-
 cable medicaid rates in effect January first of the  distribution  year,
 as summed and adjusted by a statewide cost adjustment factor and reduced
 by  the  sum  of  all  payment  amounts  collected  from  such uninsured
 patients, and as further adjusted  by  application  of  a  nominal  need
 computation  that shall take into account each facility's medicaid inpa-
 tient share.
   (ii) Annual distributions pursuant to such  regulations  for  the  two
 thousand  thirteen  through  two  thousand  [eighteen] NINETEEN calendar
 years shall be in accord with the following:
   (A) one hundred thirty-nine  million  four  hundred  thousand  dollars
 shall be distributed as Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital ("DSH")
 payments to major public general hospitals; and
   (B)  nine hundred ninety-four million nine hundred thousand dollars as
 Medicaid DSH payments to eligible general hospitals,  other  than  major
 public general hospitals.
   (iii)(A)  Such  regulations  shall establish transition adjustments to
 the distributions made pursuant to clauses (A) and (B)  of  subparagraph
 (ii)  of this paragraph such that no facility experiences a reduction in
 indigent care pool payments pursuant to this subdivision that is greater
 than the percentages, as specified in clause (C) of this subparagraph as
 compared to the average distribution that each  such  facility  received
 for  the three calendar years prior to two thousand thirteen pursuant to
 this section and section twenty-eight hundred seven-w of this article.
   (B) Such regulations shall also  establish  adjustments  limiting  the
 increases  in  indigent  care  pool  payments  experienced by facilities
 pursuant to this subdivision by an amount that will be, as determined by
 the commissioner and in conjunction with such other funding  as  may  be
 available  for  this  purpose, sufficient to ensure full funding for the
 transition adjustment payments authorized by clause (A) of this subpara-
 graph.
   (C) No facility shall experience a reduction  in  indigent  care  pool
 payments pursuant to this subdivision that: for the calendar year begin-
 ning  January first, two thousand thirteen, is greater than two and one-
 half percent; for the calendar year beginning January first,  two  thou-
 sand  fourteen, is greater than five percent; and, for the calendar year
 beginning on January first, two thousand  fifteen[,];  is  greater  than
 seven and one-half percent, and for the calendar year beginning on Janu-
 ary  first,  two  thousand sixteen, is greater than ten percent; and for
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 greater than twelve and one-half percent;  and  for  the  calendar  year
 beginning  on  January  first,  two  thousand  eighteen, is greater than
 fifteen percent; AND FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR BEGINNING ON  JANUARY  FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, IS GREATER THAN SEVENTEEN AND ONE-HALF PERCENT.
   (iv) Such regulations shall reserve one percent of the funds available
 for  distribution  in the two thousand fourteen and two thousand fifteen
 calendar years, and for calendar  years  thereafter,  pursuant  to  this
 subdivision,  subdivision  fourteen-f  of  section  twenty-eight hundred
 seven-c of this article, and sections two hundred eleven and two hundred
 twelve of chapter four hundred seventy-four  of  the  laws  of  nineteen
 hundred  ninety-six,  in  a  "financial  assistance compliance pool" and
 shall establish methodologies for the distribution of such pool funds to
 facilities based on their level of  compliance,  as  determined  by  the
 commissioner, with the provisions of subdivision nine-a of this section.
   (c)  The  commissioner  shall  annually report to the governor and the
 legislature on the distribution of funds under this subdivision  includ-
 ing, but not limited to:
   (i) the impact on safety net providers, including community providers,
 rural general hospitals and major public general hospitals;
   (ii)  the  provision  of  indigent care by units of services and funds
 distributed by general hospitals; and
   (iii) the extent to which access to care has been enhanced.
   § 3. Subdivision 14-a of section 2807 of the  public  health  law,  as
 added  by  section  11  of  part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
   14-a. (A) Notwithstanding any provision of law to  the  contrary,  and
 subject  to federal financial participation, the commissioner is author-
 ized to establish, pursuant to regulations, a statewide general hospital
 quality pool for the purpose of incentivizing and  facilitating  quality
 improvements in general hospitals.
   (B) SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE PROVISIONS:
   (I)  TO  CREATE A PERFORMANCE TARGET TO REDUCE POTENTIALLY PREVENTABLE
 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS;
   (II) TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE PAYMENT OF THE RATES, PUBLISHED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT ON THE HOSPITAL INPATIENT PUBLICATION SCHEDULES AND  HOSPITAL
 AMBULATORY  PATIENT  GROUP  SCHEDULES,  WHICH ARE PAID BY CONTRACTORS TO
 HOSPITALS, BASED ON THE QUALITY AND  SAFETY  SCORES  OF  A  HOSPITAL  AS
 DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT; AND
   (III)  TO  FACILITATE  NECESSARY QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS IN HOSPITALS, AS
 DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   (C) Awards from such pool shall be subject to approval by the director
 of budget. If federal financial participation is unavailable,  then  the
 non-federal  share  of  awards  made pursuant to this subdivision may be
 made as state grants.
   [(a)] (D) Thirty days prior to adopting or applying a  methodology  or
 procedure for making an allocation or modification to an allocation made
 pursuant  to  this  subdivision,  the commissioner shall provide written
 notice to the chairs of the senate finance committee, the assembly  ways
 and  means committee, and the senate and assembly health committees with
 regard to the intent to adopt or apply  the  methodology  or  procedure,
 including a detailed explanation of the methodology or procedure.
   [(b)] (E) Thirty days prior to executing an allocation or modification
 to  an  allocation  made  pursuant to this subdivision, the commissioner
 shall provide written notice to the chairs of the senate finance commit-
 tee, the assembly ways and means committee, and the senate and  assembly
 health  committees  with  regard to the intent to distribute such funds.

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 Such notice shall include, but not be limited  to,  information  on  the
 methodology  used  to  distribute the funds, the facility specific allo-
 cations of the funds, any  facility  specific  project  descriptions  or
 requirements  for  receiving such funds, the multi-year impacts of these
 allocations, and the availability of federal matching funds. The commis-
 sioner shall provide quarterly  reports  to  the  chair  of  the  senate
 finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee
 on the distribution and disbursement of such funds.
   (F) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW OR REGULATION TO
 THE  CONTRARY,  THE  HOSPITAL  QUALITY  POOL  SHALL ALLOCATE TEN MILLION
 DOLLARS ANNUALLY TO EXPAND PREVENTATIVE SERVICES AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY
 DETERMINE IN REGULATION. SUCH PREVENTATIVE SERVICES MAY INCLUDE BUT  NOT
 BE  LIMITED  TO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING PROVIDED BY A LICENSED CLINICAL
 SOCIAL WORKER OR A LICENSED  MASTER  SOCIAL  WORKER,  PHYSICAL  THERAPY,
 DIABETES PREVENTION, OR TREATMENT BY AN APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYST.
   §  4. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (f) of subdivision 2-a of section
 2807 of the public health law, as amended by section 43  of  part  B  of
 chapter 58 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii)  notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
 subdivision, for periods on and after January first, two thousand  nine,
 the  following  services provided by general hospital outpatient depart-
 ments and diagnostic and treatment  centers  shall  be  reimbursed  with
 rates  of payment based entirely upon the ambulatory patient group meth-
 odology as described in paragraph (e)  of  this  subdivision,  provided,
 however,  that  the  commissioner may utilize existing payment methodol-
 ogies or may promulgate  regulations  establishing  alternative  payment
 methodologies for one or more of the services specified in this subpara-
 graph,  effective  for  periods  on  and after March first, two thousand
 nine:
   (A) services provided in accordance with the provisions of  paragraphs
 (q)  and (r) of subdivision two of section three hundred sixty-five-a of
 the social services law; and
   (B) all services, but only with regard to additional payment  amounts,
 as  determined  in accordance with regulations issued in accordance with
 paragraph (e) of this subdivision, for the provision  of  such  services
 during times outside the facility's normal hours of operation, as deter-
 mined in accordance with criteria set forth in such regulations; and
   (C)  individual  psychotherapy  services  provided  by licensed social
 workers, in accordance with licensing criteria set forth  in  applicable
 regulations[,  to  persons  under  the  age of twenty-one and to persons
 requiring such services as a result of or related to pregnancy or giving
 birth]; and
   (D) individual psychotherapy  services  provided  by  licensed  social
 workers,  in  accordance with licensing criteria set forth in applicable
 regulations, at diagnostic and treatment centers that  provided,  billed
 for,  and received payment for these services between January first, two
 thousand seven and December thirty-first, two thousand seven;
   (E) services provided to pregnant women pursuant to paragraph  (s)  of
 subdivision  two  of  section  three  hundred sixty-five-a of the social
 services law and, for periods on and after January first,  two  thousand
 ten,  all  other  services  provided  pursuant to such paragraph (s) and
 services provided pursuant  to  paragraph  (t)  of  subdivision  two  of
 section three hundred sixty-five-a of the social services law;
   (F)  wheelchair  evaluation services and eyeglass dispensing services;
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   (G) immunization services, effective  for  services  rendered  on  and
 after June tenth, two thousand nine.
   §  5.  Paragraph  (h)  of subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social
 services law, as amended by chapter 220 of the laws of 2011, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (h)  speech therapy, and when provided at the direction of a physician
 or nurse practitioner, physical therapy including related rehabilitative
 services and occupational therapy; provided, however, that speech thera-
 py[, physical therapy] and occupational therapy [each] shall be  limited
 to coverage of twenty visits per year; PHYSICAL THERAPY SHALL BE LIMITED
 TO COVERAGE OF FORTY VISITS PER YEAR; such limitation shall not apply to
 persons  with  developmental  disabilities or, notwithstanding any other
 provision of law to the contrary, to persons with traumatic brain  inju-
 ry;
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART B
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2-c of section 2808 of the public health law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
   (G)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL REDUCE MEDICAID REVENUE TO A RESIDENTIAL
 HEALTH CARE FACILITY IN A PAYMENT YEAR BY TWO PERCENT IF IN EACH OF  THE
 TWO  MOST  RECENT  PAYMENT  YEARS  FOR WHICH NEW YORK STATE NURSING HOME
 QUALITY INITIATIVE DATA IS AVAILABLE, THE FACILITY  WAS  RANKED  IN  THE
 LOWEST  TWO  QUINTILES  OF  FACILITIES BASED ON ITS NURSING HOME QUALITY
 INITIATIVE PERFORMANCE, AND WAS RANKED IN THE  LOWEST  QUINTILE  IN  THE
 MOST  RECENT PAYMENT YEAR. THE COMMISSIONER MAY WAIVE THE APPLICATION OF
 THIS PARAGRAPH TO A FACILITY IF THE  COMMISSIONER  DETERMINES  THAT  THE
 FACILITY IS IN EXTREME FINANCIAL DISTRESS.
   §  2.  Subdivision  3  of  section 461-l of the social services law is
 amended by adding four new paragraphs (k), (l), (m) and (n) to  read  as
 follows:
   (K)(I)  EXISTING  ASSISTED  LIVING  PROGRAM  PROVIDERS  LICENSED ON OR
 BEFORE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN MAY APPLY  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT
 FOR UP TO NINE ADDITIONAL ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAM BEDS, BY A DEADLINE TO
 BE DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE DEPARTMENT MAY UTILIZE AN EXPEDITED
 REVIEW PROCESS TO ALLOW ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS IN GOOD STANDING THE ABILITY
 TO BE LICENSED FOR THE ADDITIONAL BEDS WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE DEPART-
 MENT'S  RECEIPT  OF  A SATISFACTORY APPLICATION. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS ARE
 THOSE THAT: DO NOT REQUIRE MAJOR RENOVATION OR CONSTRUCTION; SERVE  ONLY
 PUBLIC PAY INDIVIDUALS; AND ARE IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH APPROPRI-
 ATE STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   (II)  EXISTING ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAM PROVIDERS LICENSED ON OR BEFORE
 APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY MAY SUBMIT ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS  FOR
 UP  TO  NINE  ADDITIONAL ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAM BEDS ON JUNE THIRTIETH,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AND BY A DEADLINE TO BE DETERMINED BY  THE  DEPART-
 MENT.  EVERY  TWO  YEARS  THEREAFTER,  EXISTING PROVIDERS LICENSED ON OR
 BEFORE APRIL FIRST OF SUCH YEAR MAY SUBMIT  SUCH  APPLICATIONS  ON  JUNE
 THIRTIETH  OF  SUCH  YEAR,  AND  BY  A  DEADLINE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT. THE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAM BEDS  SHALL
 BE BASED ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PREVIOUSLY AWARDED BEDS EITHER WITHDRAWN
 BY THE APPLICANT OR DENIED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   (L)  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH  IS AUTHORIZED TO SOLICIT AND AWARD
 APPLICATIONS FOR UP TO A TOTAL  OF  FIVE  HUNDRED  NEW  ASSISTED  LIVING
 PROGRAM  BEDS IN THOSE COUNTIES WHERE THERE IS ONE OR NO ASSISTED LIVING

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 PROGRAM PROVIDERS, PURSUANT TO CRITERIA TO BE DETERMINED BY THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER.
   (M)  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH  IS AUTHORIZED TO SOLICIT AND AWARD
 APPLICATIONS FOR UP TO FIVE HUNDRED NEW ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAM BEDS  IN
 COUNTIES  WHERE  UTILIZATION  OF  EXISTING  ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAM BEDS
 EXCEEDS EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT. ALL APPLICANTS SHALL  COMPLY  WITH  FEDERAL
 HOME  AND  COMMUNITY-BASED SETTINGS REQUIREMENTS, AS SET FORTH IN 42 CFR
 PART 441 SUBPART G. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD, AN APPLICANT MUST AGREE
 TO:
   (I) SERVE ONLY PUBLIC PAY INDIVIDUALS;
   (II) DEVELOP AND EXECUTE COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENTS  WITHIN  TWENTY-FOUR
 MONTHS  OF  AN  APPLICATION  BEING MADE TO THE DEPARTMENT, IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH GUIDANCE TO BE PUBLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT, BETWEEN AT LEAST ONE OF
 EACH OF THE FOLLOWING ENTITIES: AN ADULT CARE  FACILITY;  A  RESIDENTIAL
 HEALTH CARE FACILITY; AND A GENERAL HOSPITAL;
   (III)  ENTER  INTO  AN AGREEMENT WITH AN EXISTING MANAGED CARE ENTITY;
 AND
   (IV) PARTICIPATE IN VALUE BASED PAYMENT MODELS, WHERE SUCH MODELS  ARE
 AVAILABLE FOR PARTICIPATION.
   (N)  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF HEALTH IS AUTHORIZED TO CREATE A PROGRAM TO
 SUBSIDIZE THE COST OF ASSISTED LIVING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS LIVING  WITH
 ALZHEIMER'S  DISEASE  AND  DEMENTIA  WHO  ARE  NOT  ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAL
 ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO TITLE ELEVEN OF ARTICLE FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER. THE
 PROGRAM SHALL AUTHORIZE  UP  TO  TWO  HUNDRED  VOUCHERS  TO  INDIVIDUALS
 THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS AND PAY FOR UP TO SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF
 THE  AVERAGE PRIVATE PAY RATE IN THE RESPECTIVE REGION. THE COMMISSIONER
 MAY PROPOSE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO EFFECTUATE THIS PROVISION.
   § 3. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of  subdivision  7  of  section
 4403-f of the public health law, as amended by section 41-b of part H of
 chapter 59 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) The commissioner shall, to the extent necessary, submit the appro-
 priate waivers, including, but not limited to, those authorized pursuant
 to  sections  eleven hundred fifteen and nineteen hundred fifteen of the
 federal social security act, or  successor  provisions,  and  any  other
 waivers  necessary  to achieve the purposes of high quality, integrated,
 and cost effective care and integrated  financial  eligibility  policies
 under  the  medical assistance program or pursuant to title XVIII of the
 federal social security act. In addition, the commissioner is authorized
 to submit the appropriate waivers, including but not  limited  to  those
 authorized  pursuant  to  sections  eleven  hundred fifteen and nineteen
 hundred  fifteen  of  the  federal  social  security  act  or  successor
 provisions, and any other waivers necessary to require on or after April
 first,  two thousand twelve, medical assistance recipients who are twen-
 ty-one years of age or older and who require community-based  long  term
 care  services,  as  specified  by  the  commissioner, for more than one
 hundred and twenty days, to receive such services through  an  available
 plan  certified  pursuant  to  this  section or other program model that
 meets guidelines specified by the commissioner that support coordination
 and integration of services. Such guidelines shall address the  require-
 ments  of  paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i) of
 subdivision three of this section as well as payment methods that ensure
 provider accountability for cost effective quality outcomes. Such  other
 program  models  may  include  long  term home health care programs that
 comply with such guidelines. Copies of such original waiver applications
 and amendments thereto shall be provided to the  chairs  of  the  senate
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 and assembly health committees simultaneously with their  submission  to
 the federal government.
   ON  OR  AFTER  OCTOBER  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, THE COMMISSIONER
 MAY, THROUGH SUCH AN APPROVED WAIVER, LIMIT ENROLLMENT IN A PLAN  CERTI-
 FIED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ACHIEVE A SCORE OF NINE OR
 ABOVE WHEN ASSESSED USING THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT  SYSTEM  FOR  NEW  YORK
 ASSESSMENT  TOOL AND WHO REQUIRE COMMUNITY-BASED LONG TERM CARE SERVICES
 FOR A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY  DAYS  FROM  THE
 DATE  OF  ENROLLMENT  AND  FROM  THE DATES WHEN CONTINUING ENROLLMENT IS
 REAUTHORIZED; HOWEVER,  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  RECIPIENTS  ENROLLED  IN  A
 MANAGED  LONG TERM CARE PLAN ON OCTOBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN MAY
 CONTINUE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH  PLANS,  IRRESPECTIVE  OF  WHETHER  THE
 ENROLLEE MEETS THESE LEVEL OF CARE REQUIREMENTS, PROVIDED THAT ONCE SUCH
 RECIPIENTS  ARE  DISENROLLED FROM THEIR MANAGED LONG TERM CARE PLAN, ANY
 APPLICABLE LEVEL OF CARE REQUIREMENTS WOULD APPLY TO FUTURE  ELIGIBILITY
 DETERMINATIONS.
   §  4. Subparagraphs (vii) and (viii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 7
 of section 4403-f of the public health law are redesignated as  subpara-
 graphs  (viii) and (ix) and a new subparagraph (vii) is added to read as
 follows:
   (VII) IF ANOTHER MANAGED LONG TERM  CARE  PLAN  CERTIFIED  UNDER  THIS
 SECTION  IS  AVAILABLE, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS REQUIRED TO ENROLL
 IN SUCH PLANS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION MAY CHANGE  PLANS  WITHOUT  CAUSE
 WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS OF NOTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT OR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
 OF ENROLLMENT INTO A PLAN, WHICHEVER IS LATER, BY MAKING  A  REQUEST  OF
 THE  LOCAL  SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT OR ENTITY DESIGNATED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT, EXCEPT THAT SUCH PERIOD SHALL BE FORTY-FIVE  DAYS  FOR  RECIPIENTS
 WHO HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO A PROVIDER BY THE COMMISSIONER. HOWEVER, AFTER
 SUCH THIRTY OR FORTY-FIVE DAY PERIOD, WHICHEVER IS APPLICABLE, A RECIPI-
 ENT  MAY  BE  PROHIBITED  FROM  CHANGING PLANS MORE FREQUENTLY THAN ONCE
 EVERY TWELVE MONTHS, AS PERMITTED BY FEDERAL LAW, EXCEPT FOR GOOD  CAUSE
 AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   §  5. Clauses 11 and 12 of subparagraph (v) of paragraph (b) of subdi-
 vision 7 of section 4403-f of the  public  health  law,  as  amended  by
 section  48  of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, are amended to
 read as follows:
   (11) a person who is eligible for medical assistance pursuant to para-
 graph (b) of subdivision four of section three hundred sixty-six of  the
 social services law; [and]
   (12) Native Americans; AND
   (13)  A  PERSON  WHO  IS  PERMANENTLY  PLACED  IN A NURSING HOME FOR A
 CONSECUTIVE PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS OR MORE.
   § 6. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3  of  section  366  of  the  social
 services  law  is  REPEALED  and a new paragraph (a) is added to read as
 follows:
   (A) MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SHALL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF THE
 INCOME AND RESOURCES OF AN APPLICANT'S LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE  RELATIVE  IF
 THE  APPLICANT'S  ELIGIBILITY  WOULD NORMALLY BE DETERMINED BY COMPARING
 THE AMOUNT OF  AVAILABLE  INCOME  AND/OR  RESOURCES  OF  THE  APPLICANT,
 INCLUDING AMOUNTS DEEMED AVAILABLE TO THE APPLICANT FROM LEGALLY RESPON-
 SIBLE RELATIVES, TO AN APPLICABLE ELIGIBILITY STANDARD, AND:
   (1)  (I)  THE  LEGALLY  RESPONSIBLE RELATIVE IS A COMMUNITY SPOUSE, AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX-C OF THIS TITLE;
   (II) SUCH RELATIVE IS REFUSING  TO  MAKE  HIS  OR  HER  INCOME  AND/OR
 RESOURCES  AVAILABLE  TO  MEET  THE  COST  OF  NECESSARY  MEDICAL  CARE,
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   (III) THE APPLICANT EXECUTES AN ASSIGNMENT OF SUPPORT FROM THE  COMMU-
 NITY SPOUSE IN FAVOR OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT AND THE DEPARTMENT,
 UNLESS  THE  APPLICANT IS UNABLE TO EXECUTE SUCH ASSIGNMENT DUE TO PHYS-
 ICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT OR TO DENY ASSISTANCE WOULD  CREATE  AN  UNDUE
 HARDSHIP, AS DEFINED BY THE COMMISSIONER; OR
   (2)  THE  LEGALLY  RESPONSIBLE RELATIVE IS ABSENT FROM THE APPLICANT'S
 HOUSEHOLD, AND FAILS OR  REFUSES  TO  MAKE  HIS  OR  HER  INCOME  AND/OR
 RESOURCES  AVAILABLE  TO  MEET  THE  COST  OF  NECESSARY  MEDICAL  CARE,
 SERVICES, AND SUPPLIES.
   IN SUCH CASES, HOWEVER, THE FURNISHING OF SUCH ASSISTANCE SHALL CREATE
 AN IMPLIED CONTRACT WITH SUCH RELATIVE, AND  THE  COST  THEREOF  MAY  BE
 RECOVERED  FROM  SUCH  RELATIVE  IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE SIX OF ARTICLE
 THREE OF THIS CHAPTER AND OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF LAW.
   § 7. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (d) of  subdivision  2  of  section
 366-c  of  the social services law is amended by adding a new clause (C)
 to read as follows:
   (C) ON AND AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, TWENTY-FOUR  THOU-
 SAND  ONE  HUNDRED  EIGHTY  DOLLARS  OR  SUCH  GREATER  AMOUNT AS MAY BE
 REQUIRED UNDER FEDERAL LAW;
   § 8. Subdivision 1 of section 367-a of  the  social  services  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
   (H)  AMOUNTS  PAYABLE  UNDER  THIS TITLE FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE
 FORM OF FREESTANDING CLINIC SERVICES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF
 THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW PROVIDED TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN  THE
 NEW  YORK  TRAUMATIC  BRAIN INJURY WAIVER PROGRAM WHO ARE ALSO BENEFICI-
 ARIES UNDER PART B OF TITLE XVIII OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT  OR
 WHO  ARE QUALIFIED MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES UNDER PART B OF TITLE XVIII OF
 SUCH ACT SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN THE APPROVED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE  PAYMENT
 LEVEL LESS THE AMOUNT PAYABLE UNDER PART B.
   §  9.  The  commissioner  of  health shall conduct a study of home and
 community based services available to recipients of the Medicaid program
 in rural areas of the state. Such study shall include a review and anal-
 ysis of factors affecting such availability, including but  not  limited
 to  transportation  costs, costs of direct care personnel including home
 health aides, personal care attendants and other direct service  person-
 nel,  opportunities  for telehealth services, and technological advances
 to improve efficiencies. Consistent with the results of the  study,  the
 commissioner of health is authorized to provide a targeted Medicaid rate
 enhancement to fee-for-service personal care rates and rates under Medi-
 caid  waiver  programs such as the nursing home transition and diversion
 waiver and the traumatic brain injury program waiver,  in  an  aggregate
 amount  of three million dollars minus the cost of conducting the study;
 provided further, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect
 payment for the costs  of  the  study  and  any  related  Medicaid  rate
 enhancement if federal participation is not available for such costs.
   §  10. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments made to paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section  4403-f
 of  the  public health law made by sections three, four and five of this
 act shall not affect the expiration of such paragraph pursuant to subdi-
 vision (i) of section 111 of part H of chapter 59 of the laws  of  2011,
 as  amended, and shall be deemed to expire therewith; provided, further,
 that the amendments to paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section  4403-f
 of  the  public health law made by sections three, four and five of this
 act shall not affect the repeal of such section pursuant to chapter  659
 of the laws of 1997, as amended, and shall be deemed repealed therewith;

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 provided,  further,  that  section four of this act shall take effect on
 October 1, 2018.
 
                                  PART C
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 365-l of the social services law,
 as amended by section 1 of part S of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   2.  In  addition to payments made for health home services pursuant to
 subdivision one of this section, the commissioner is authorized  to  pay
 additional  amounts:  (A) to providers of health home services that meet
 process or outcome standards specified by the commissioner; AND  (B)  TO
 MEDICAID  MANAGED  CARE ENROLLEES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF HEALTH HOMES IN THE
 FORM OF INCENTIVE PAYMENTS TO REWARD SUCH ENROLLEES FOR PARTICIPATING IN
 WELLNESS ACTIVITIES AND FOR AVOIDING  UNNECESSARY  HOSPITALIZATIONS  AND
 UNNECESSARY  UTILIZATION OF HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SERVICES. Such
 additional amounts may be paid with state funds only if  federal  finan-
 cial participation for such payments is unavailable.
   §  2.  Section 365-l of the social services law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 2-d to read as follows:
   2-D. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH TARGETS FOR HEALTH HOME  PARTIC-
 IPATION  BY  ENROLLEES  OF  SPECIAL  NEEDS MANAGED CARE PLANS DESIGNATED
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-FIVE-M  OF
 THIS  TITLE  AND  BY  HIGH-RISK ENROLLEES OF OTHER MEDICAID MANAGED CARE
 PLANS OPERATING PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR-J  OF  THIS
 TITLE,  AND  SHALL REQUIRE THE MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS TO WORK COLLABORA-
 TIVELY WITH HEALTH HOMES TO ACHIEVE SUCH TARGETS. THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY
 ASSESS  PENALTIES  UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION AGAINST MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS
 THAT FAIL TO MEET THE PARTICIPATION TARGETS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS
 SUBDIVISION, EXCEPT THAT MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS SHALL NOT  BE  PENALIZED
 FOR  THE FAILURE OF A HEALTH HOME TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOWARD MEETING
 THE PARTICIPATION TARGETS.
   § 3. Subdivision 6 of section  2899  of  the  public  health  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  471  of  the  laws  of 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
   6. "Provider" shall mean (A)  any  residential  health  care  facility
 licensed  under  article  twenty-eight of this chapter; or any certified
 home health agency, licensed home care services agency or long term home
 health care program certified under article thirty-six of this  chapter;
 any hospice program certified pursuant to article forty of this chapter;
 or  any  adult  home,  enriched  housing program or residence for adults
 licensed under article seven of the social services law; OR (B) A HEALTH
 HOME, OR ANY SUBCONTRACTOR OF SUCH HEALTH HOME, WHO CONTRACTS WITH OR IS
 APPROVED OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY THE  DEPARTMENT  TO  PROVIDE  HEALTH
 HOME  SERVICES TO ALL THOSE ENROLLED PURSUANT TO A DIAGNOSIS OF A DEVEL-
 OPMENTAL DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03
 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND ENROLLEES WHO ARE UNDER  TWENTY-ONE  YEARS
 OF  AGE  UNDER SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES
 LAW, OR ANY ENTITY THAT PROVIDES HOME AND COMMUNITY  BASED  SERVICES  TO
 ENROLLEES  WHO  ARE  UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE UNDER A DEMONSTRATION
 PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL
 SECURITY ACT.
   § 4. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 9 of section 2899-a  of  the  public
 health  law,  as added by chapter 331 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
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   (b) Residential health care facilities licensed  pursuant  to  article
 twenty-eight of this chapter and certified home health care agencies and
 long-term  home  health  care programs certified or approved pursuant to
 article thirty-six of this chapter OR A HEALTH HOME, OR ANY  SUBCONTRAC-
 TOR  OF SUCH HEALTH HOME, WHO CONTRACTS WITH OR IS APPROVED OR OTHERWISE
 AUTHORIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE  HEALTH  HOME  SERVICES  TO  ALL
 THOSE  ENROLLED PURSUANT TO A DIAGNOSIS OF A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL  HYGIENE
 LAW  AND  ENROLLEES  WHO ARE UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE UNDER SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES  LAW,  OR  ANY  ENTITY
 THAT  PROVIDES  HOME  AND  COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES TO ENROLLEES WHO ARE
 UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE UNDER A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION  ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, may,
 subject to the availability of federal financial participation, claim as
 reimbursable costs under the medical assistance program, costs  reflect-
 ing  the  fee  established  pursuant  to law by the division of criminal
 justice services for processing a criminal  history  information  check,
 the  fee  imposed  by the federal bureau of investigation for a national
 criminal history check, and costs associated with obtaining the  finger-
 prints, provided, however, that for the purposes of determining rates of
 payment pursuant to article twenty-eight of this chapter for residential
 health  care  facilities,  such  reimbursable  fees  and  costs shall be
 reflected as timely as practicable in such rates within  the  applicable
 rate period.
   §  5.  Subdivision  10  of section 2899-a of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 206 of the laws  of  2017,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   10.  Notwithstanding  subdivision  eleven  of  section  eight  hundred
 forty-five-b of the executive  law,  a  certified  home  health  agency,
 licensed home care services agency or long term home health care program
 certified, licensed or approved under article thirty-six of this chapter
 or  a  home  care services agency exempt from certification or licensure
 under article thirty-six of this chapter, a hospice program under  arti-
 cle forty of this chapter, or an adult home, enriched housing program or
 residence for adults licensed under article seven of the social services
 law,  OR  A  HEALTH  HOME, OR ANY SUBCONTRACTOR OF SUCH HEALTH HOME, WHO
 CONTRACTS WITH OR IS APPROVED OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY THE  DEPARTMENT
 TO  PROVIDE HEALTH HOME SERVICES TO ALL ENROLLEES ENROLLED PURSUANT TO A
 DIAGNOSIS OF A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION  TWEN-
 TY-TWO  OF  SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND ENROLLEES WHO ARE
 UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE UNDER SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-FIVE-L
 OF  THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, OR ANY ENTITY THAT PROVIDES HOME AND COMMU-
 NITY BASED SERVICES TO ENROLLEES WHO ARE UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS  OF  AGE
 UNDER A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN
 OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT may temporarily approve a prospective
 employee while the results of the criminal history information check and
 the  determination  are  pending,  upon  the condition that the provider
 conducts appropriate direct observation and evaluation of the  temporary
 employee,  while he or she is temporarily employed, and the care recipi-
 ent. The results of such observations shall be documented in the  tempo-
 rary  employee's personnel file and shall be maintained. For purposes of
 providing  such  appropriate  direct  observation  and  evaluation,  the
 provider  shall  utilize  an individual employed by such provider with a
 minimum of  one  year's  experience  working  in  an  agency  certified,
 licensed  or  approved  under  article  thirty-six of this chapter or an
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 under  article  seven  of the social services law, A HEALTH HOME, OR ANY
 SUBCONTRACTOR OF SUCH HEALTH HOME, WHO CONTRACTS WITH OR IS APPROVED  OR
 OTHERWISE  AUTHORIZED  BY THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE HEALTH HOME SERVICES
 TO  THOSE ENROLLED PURSUANT TO A DIAGNOSIS OF A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY
 AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO  OF  SECTION  1.03  OF  THE  MENTAL
 HYGIENE  LAW  AND  ENROLLEES WHO ARE UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE UNDER
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES  LAW,  OR  ANY
 ENTITY  THAT PROVIDES HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES TO ENROLLEES WHO
 ARE UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE UNDER A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PURSUANT
 TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT. If
 the temporary employee is working under contract with  another  provider
 certified,  licensed  or approved under article thirty-six of this chap-
 ter, such contract provider's appropriate direct observation and  evalu-
 ation  of the temporary employee, shall be considered sufficient for the
 purposes of complying with this subdivision.
   § 6. Subdivision 3 of section 424-a of the  social  services  law,  as
 amended  by  section  3  of part Q of chapter 56 of the laws of 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
   3. For purposes of this section,  the  term  "provider"  or  "provider
 agency"  shall  mean:  an  authorized agency; the office of children and
 family services; juvenile detention facilities subject  to  the  certif-
 ication  of  the office of children and family services; programs estab-
 lished pursuant to article nineteen-H of the executive law; non-residen-
 tial or residential programs or facilities licensed or operated  by  the
 office  of  mental  health  or  the office for people with developmental
 disabilities except family care homes; licensed child day care  centers,
 including  head  start  programs which are funded pursuant to title V of
 the federal economic opportunity act of nineteen hundred sixty-four,  as
 amended;  early  intervention  service  established  pursuant to section
 twenty-five hundred forty of the public health law;  preschool  services
 established  pursuant to section forty-four hundred ten of the education
 law; school-age child care programs; special  act  school  districts  as
 enumerated  in  chapter  five  hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen
 hundred sixty-seven, as amended; programs and facilities licensed by the
 office of alcoholism and substance abuse services;  residential  schools
 which  are operated, supervised or approved by the education department;
 HEALTH HOMES, OR ANY SUBCONTRACT OR OF SUCH HEALTH HOMES, WHO  CONTRACTS
 WITH  OR IS APPROVED OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 TO PROVIDE HEALTH HOME SERVICES TO ALL  THOSE  ENROLLED  PURSUANT  TO  A
 DIAGNOSIS  OF A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWEN-
 TY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND ENROLLEES  WHO  ARE
 UNDER  TWENTY-ONE  YEARS OF AGE UNDER SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L
 OF THIS CHAPTER, OR ANY ENTITY THAT PROVIDES HOME  AND  COMMUNITY  BASED
 SERVICES  TO  ENROLLEES  WHO  ARE  UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE UNDER A
 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF  THE
 FEDERAL  SOCIAL  SECURITY  ACT;  publicly-funded  emergency shelters for
 families with children, provided, however, for purposes of this section,
 when the provider or provider  agency  is  a  publicly-funded  emergency
 shelter  for families with children, then all references in this section
 to the "potential for regular and substantial contact  with  individuals
 who  are  cared  for by the agency" shall mean the potential for regular
 and substantial contact with children who are served  by  such  shelter;
 and  any  other  facility  or provider agency, as defined in subdivision
 four of section four hundred eighty-eight of this chapter, in regard  to
 the  employment  of staff, or use of providers of goods and services and
 staff of such providers, consultants, interns and volunteers.

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   § 7. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1  of  section  413  of  the  social
 services  law,  as  amended  by section 2 of part Q of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  The  following  persons  and  officials are required to report or
 cause a report to be made in accordance with this title when  they  have
 reasonable  cause  to  suspect  that a child coming before them in their
 professional or official capacity is an abused or maltreated  child,  or
 when  they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child is an abused or
 maltreated child where the parent, guardian, custodian or  other  person
 legally  responsible  for  such child comes before them in their profes-
 sional or official capacity and states from  personal  knowledge  facts,
 conditions or circumstances which, if correct, would render the child an
 abused  or maltreated child: any physician; registered physician assist-
 ant; surgeon; medical  examiner;  coroner;  dentist;  dental  hygienist;
 osteopath;  optometrist;  chiropractor;  podiatrist;  resident;  intern;
 psychologist; registered nurse; social worker; emergency medical techni-
 cian; licensed creative arts therapist;  licensed  marriage  and  family
 therapist;  licensed  mental  health  counselor; licensed psychoanalyst;
 licensed behavior analyst; certified behavior analyst assistant;  hospi-
 tal  personnel  engaged in the admission, examination, care or treatment
 of persons; a Christian Science  practitioner;  school  official,  which
 includes  but  is not limited to school teacher, school guidance counse-
 lor, school psychologist, school social  worker,  school  nurse,  school
 administrator  or  other school personnel required to hold a teaching or
 administrative license or certificate;  full  or  part-time  compensated
 school employee required to hold a temporary coaching license or profes-
 sional coaching certificate; social services worker; employee of a publ-
 icly-funded  emergency shelter for families with children; director of a
 children's overnight camp, summer day camp or traveling summer day camp,
 as such camps are defined in section thirteen hundred ninety-two of  the
 public health law; day care center worker; school-age child care worker;
 provider  of family or group family day care; employee or volunteer in a
 residential care facility for children that is  licensed,  certified  or
 operated  by  the  office  of children and family services; or any other
 child care or foster care worker; mental health professional;  substance
 abuse  counselor;  alcoholism counselor; all persons credentialed by the
 office of alcoholism and substance abuse services; EMPLOYEES OF A HEALTH
 HOME OR HEALTH HOME CARE MANAGEMENT AGENCY  CONTRACTING  WITH  A  HEALTH
 HOME  AS  DESIGNATED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AUTHORIZED UNDER
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L OF THIS CHAPTER OR SUCH EMPLOYEES WHO
 PROVIDE HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES UNDER A DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAM
 PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURI-
 TY  ACT;  peace  officer; police officer; district attorney or assistant
 district attorney; investigator employed in the  office  of  a  district
 attorney; or other law enforcement official.
   §  8.  Section 364-j of the social services law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 34 to read as follows:
   34. (A) THE COMMISSIONER MAY, IN HIS OR HER DISCRETION,  APPLY  PENAL-
 TIES  TO MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS THAT DO NOT SUBMIT A PERFORMING PROVIDER
 SYSTEM PARTNERSHIP PLAN BY JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH ANY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT PRIOR THER-
 ETO. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "PERFORMING PROVIDER SYSTEM PART-
 NERSHIP PLAN" SHALL MEAN A PLAN SUBMITTED BY SUCH MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS
 TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT INCLUDES BOTH SHORT AND LONG TERM APPROACHES  FOR
 EFFECTIVE  COLLABORATION WITH EACH PERFORMING PROVIDER SYSTEM WITHIN ITS
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   (B) SUCH PENALTIES SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:  FOR  MANAGED  CARE  PROVIDERS
 THAT  DO  NOT  SUBMIT  A  PERFORMING PROVIDER SYSTEM PARTNERSHIP PLAN IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION, MEDICAID PREMIUMS SHALL BE REDUCED  BY
 EIGHTY-FIVE ONE-HUNDREDTHS OF ONE PERCENT FOR THE RATE PERIOD FROM APRIL
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN THROUGH MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 NINETEEN.
   § 9. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 the  amendments  made  to  subdivision  6  of section 2899 of the public
 health law made by section three of this act shall take  effect  on  the
 same date and in the same manner as section 8 of chapter 471 of the laws
 of 2016, as amended, takes effect and shall not affect the expiration of
 such  subdivision  and  shall  be  deemed  expired  therewith;  provided
 further, however, that the amendments  made  to  section  364-j  of  the
 social  services  law made by section eight of this act shall not affect
 the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART D
 
   Section 1.  Paragraph (d) of subdivision 9 of  section  367-a  of  the
 social  services law, as amended by section 7 of part D of chapter 57 of
 the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (d) In addition to the amounts paid pursuant to paragraph (b) of  this
 subdivision, the department shall pay a professional pharmacy dispensing
 fee  for each such drug dispensed in the amount of ten dollars AND EIGHT
 CENTS per prescription or written order  of  a  practitioner;  provided,
 however  that  this  professional dispensing fee will not apply to drugs
 that are available without a prescription as required by section  sixty-
 eight hundred ten of the education law but do not meet the definition of
 a  covered outpatient drug pursuant to Section 1927K of the Social Secu-
 rity Act.
   § 2.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 365-a  of  the  social
 services  law, as amended by chapter 493 of the laws of 2010, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (a) drugs which may be dispensed without a prescription as required by
 section sixty-eight hundred ten of the education law; provided, however,
 that the state commissioner of health may by regulation specify  certain
 of  such  drugs which may be reimbursed as an item of medical assistance
 in accordance with the price schedule established by such  commissioner.
 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, [additions] MODIFICATIONS to
 the  list  of  drugs  reimbursable  under this paragraph may be filed as
 regulations by the commissioner  of  health  without  prior  notice  and
 comment;
   §  3.  Paragraph  (c)  of subdivision 6 of section 367-a of the social
 services law is amended by adding a new  subparagraph  (v)  to  read  as
 follows:
   (V) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS PARAGRAPH, CO-PAYMENTS
 CHARGED  FOR  DRUGS  DISPENSED  WITHOUT  A  PRESCRIPTION  AS REQUIRED BY
 SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED TEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW BUT WHICH ARE REIM-
 BURSED AS AN ITEM OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF
 SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  SECTION  THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-A OF THIS TITLE
 SHALL BE ONE DOLLAR.
   § 4.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of  section  273  of  the  public
 health  law,  as added by section 10 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws
 of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) In the event that the patient does not meet the criteria in  para-
 graph  (a)  of  this  subdivision, the prescriber may provide additional

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 information to the program to justify the use  of  a  prescription  drug
 that  is  not  on  the  preferred drug list. The program shall provide a
 reasonable opportunity for a prescriber to reasonably present his or her
 justification  of  prior authorization. [If, after consultation with the
 program, the prescriber, in his or her reasonable professional judgment,
 determines that the use of a  prescription  drug  that  is  not  on  the
 preferred  drug  list is warranted, the prescriber's determination shall
 be final.] THE PROGRAM WILL CONSIDER THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND  THE
 JUSTIFICATION  PRESENTED  TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE USE OF A PRESCRIPTION
 DRUG THAT IS NOT ON THE PREFERRED DRUG LIST IS WARRANTED.
   § 5. Subdivisions 25 and 25-a of section 364-j of the social  services
 law are REPEALED.
   § 6. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 280-c to
 read as follows:
   §  280-C.  COMPREHENSIVE  MEDICATION  MANAGEMENT.  1. DEFINITIONS. FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) QUALIFIED PHARMACIST. THE TERM "QUALIFIED PHARMACIST" SHALL MEAN A
 PHARMACIST WHO MAINTAINS A  CURRENT  UNRESTRICTED  LICENSE  PURSUANT  TO
 ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW, WHO HAS A MINIMUM
 OF  TWO  YEARS  OF EXPERIENCE IN PATIENT CARE AS A PRACTICING PHARMACIST
 WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND WHO HAS DEMONSTRATED COMPETENCY  IN  THE
 MEDICATION  MANAGEMENT  OF  PATIENTS WITH A CHRONIC DISEASE OR DISEASES,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE COMPLETION OF  ONE  OR  MORE  PROGRAMS
 WHICH  ARE  ACCREDITED  BY THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR PHARMACY EDUCA-
 TION, RECOGNIZED BY THE  EDUCATION  DEPARTMENT  AND  ACCEPTABLE  TO  THE
 PATIENT'S  TREATING PHYSICIAN.
   (B) COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT. THE TERM "COMPREHENSIVE MEDI-
 CATION MANAGEMENT" SHALL MEAN A PROGRAM CONDUCTED BY A QUALIFIED PHARMA-
 CIST  THAT  ENSURES  A  PATIENT'S  MEDICATIONS,  WHETHER PRESCRIPTION OR
 NONPRESCRIPTION, ARE INDIVIDUALLY ASSESSED TO DETERMINE THAT EACH  MEDI-
 CATION  IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PATIENT, EFFECTIVE FOR THE MEDICAL CONDI-
 TION, SAFE GIVEN COMORBIDITIES AND OTHER MEDICATIONS  BEING  TAKEN,  AND
 ABLE  TO  BE  TAKEN BY THE PATIENT AS INTENDED. COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION
 MANAGEMENT CONDUCTED BY A QUALIFIED PHARMACIST SHALL INCLUDE SHARING  OF
 APPLICABLE  PATIENT  CLINICAL INFORMATION WITH THE TREATING PHYSICIAN AS
 SPECIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL.
   (C) COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL. THE TERM "COMPREHEN-
 SIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL" MEANS A WRITTEN  DOCUMENT  PURSUANT
 TO  AND  CONSISTENT  WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS,
 THAT IS ENTERED INTO VOLUNTARILY BY EITHER A PHYSICIAN LICENSED PURSUANT
 TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED  THIRTY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW OR A NURSE PRAC-
 TITIONER CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-NINE  HUNDRED  TEN  OF  THE
 EDUCATION  LAW,  AND  A  QUALIFIED  PHARMACIST WHICH ADDRESSES A CHRONIC
 DISEASE OR DISEASES AS DETERMINED BY THE  TREATING  PHYSICIAN  OR  NURSE
 PRACTITIONER  AND  THAT DESCRIBES THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF THE COMPREHEN-
 SIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO BE  PERFORMED  BY  THE  QUALIFIED
 PHARMACIST,  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.  COMPRE-
 HENSIVE  MEDICATION MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS BETWEEN LICENSED PHYSICIANS  OR
 NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND QUALIFIED PHARMACISTS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO
 THE    DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW AND TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE,
 UPON REQUEST.
   2. AUTHORIZATION  TO  ESTABLISH  COMPREHENSIVE  MEDICATION  MANAGEMENT
 PROTOCOLS.  A PHYSICIAN LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-
 ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW OR A NURSE PRACTITIONER CERTIFIED  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION  SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED TEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE AUTHORIZED
 TO VOLUNTARILY ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT  PROTOCOL

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 WITH  A QUALIFIED PHARMACIST TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION MANAGE-
 MENT SERVICES FOR A PATIENT WHO HAS NOT MET CLINICAL GOALS  OF  THERAPY,
 IS AT RISK FOR HOSPITALIZATION, OR FOR WHOM THE PHYSICIAN OR NURSE PRAC-
 TITIONER  DEEMS  IT  IS  NECESSARY  TO  RECEIVE COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION
 MANAGEMENT SERVICES. PARTICIPATION BY THE PATIENT IN COMPREHENSIVE MEDI-
 CATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES SHALL BE VOLUNTARY.
   3. SCOPE OF COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS. (A) UNDER A
 COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT  PROTOCOL,  A  QUALIFIED  PHARMACIST
 SHALL BE PERMITTED TO:
   (I)  ADJUST  OR MANAGE A DRUG REGIMEN FOR THE PATIENT, PURSUANT TO THE
 PATIENT SPECIFIC ORDER OR PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED BY THE PATIENT'S TREATING
 PHYSICIAN OR  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  WHICH  MAY  INCLUDE  ADJUSTING  DRUG
 STRENGTH,  FREQUENCY  OF  ADMINISTRATION  OR  ROUTE  OF  ADMINISTRATION.
 ADJUSTING THE DRUG REGIMEN SHALL NOT INCLUDE SUBSTITUTING OR SELECTING A
 DIFFERENT DRUG WHICH DIFFERS  FROM  THAT  INITIALLY  PRESCRIBED  BY  THE
 PATIENT'S  TREATING  PHYSICIAN OR NURSE PRACTITIONER UNLESS SUCH SUBSTI-
 TUTION IS EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED IN THE WRITTEN ORDER OR  PROTOCOL.    THE
 QUALIFIED  PHARMACIST  SHALL  BE REQUIRED TO IMMEDIATELY DOCUMENT IN THE
 PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORD CHANGES MADE TO THE DRUG THERAPY. THE PATIENT'S
 TREATING PHYSICIAN  OR  NURSE  PRACTITIONER  MAY  PROHIBIT,  BY  WRITTEN
 INSTRUCTION,  ANY  ADJUSTMENT OR CHANGE IN THE PATIENT'S DRUG REGIMEN BY
 THE QUALIFIED PHARMACIST;
   (II) EVALUATE AND ONLY IF SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY THE PROTOCOL, AND
 ONLY TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO DISCHARGE THE RESPONSIBILITY  SET  FORTH
 IN  THIS  SECTION, ORDER OR PERFORM ROUTINE PATIENT MONITORING FUNCTIONS
 OR DISEASE STATE LABORATORY TESTS RELATED TO THE DRUG THERAPY COMPREHEN-
 SIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT FOR THE SPECIFIC CHRONIC DISEASE OR  DISEASES
 SPECIFIED  WITHIN  THE  WRITTEN  AGREEMENT  OR  COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION
 MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL;
   (III) ONLY IF SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY THE WRITTEN ORDER OR PROTOCOL
 AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO DISCHARGE THE  RESPONSIBILITIES  SET
 FORTH IN THIS SECTION, ORDER OR PERFORM ROUTINE PATIENT MONITORING FUNC-
 TIONS  AS MAY BE NECESSARY IN THE DRUG THERAPY MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING THE
 COLLECTING AND REVIEWING OF PATIENT HISTORIES, AND ORDERING OR  CHECKING
 PATIENT  VITAL  SIGNS,  INCLUDING  PULSE,  TEMPERATURE,  BLOOD PRESSURE,
 WEIGHT AND RESPIRATION; AND
   (IV) ACCESS THE COMPLETE PATIENT  MEDICAL  RECORD  MAINTAINED  BY  THE
 TREATING PHYSICIAN OR NURSE PRACTITIONER WITH WHOM THE QUALIFIED PHARMA-
 CIST  HAS  THE  COMPREHENSIVE  MEDICATION  MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL AND SHALL
 DOCUMENT ANY ADJUSTMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO THE PROTOCOL IN THE  PATIENT'S
 MEDICAL  RECORD  AND  SHALL  NOTIFY  THE PATIENT'S TREATING PHYSICIAN OR
 NURSE PRACTITIONER OF ANY ADJUSTMENTS IN A TIMELY MANNER  ELECTRONICALLY
 OR BY OTHER MEANS.
   (B) UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE QUALIFIED PHARMACIST BE PERMITTED
 TO  DELEGATE  COMPREHENSIVE  MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO ANY OTHER
 LICENSED PHARMACIST OR OTHER PHARMACY PERSONNEL.
   4. MEDICATION ADJUSTMENTS. ANY  MEDICATION  ADJUSTMENTS  MADE  BY  THE
 QUALIFIED PHARMACIST PURSUANT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT
 PROTOCOL,  INCLUDING ADJUSTMENTS IN DRUG STRENGTH, FREQUENCY OR ROUTE OF
 ADMINISTRATION, OR INITIATION OF A DRUG WHICH DIFFERS FROM THAT INITIAL-
 LY PRESCRIBED AND AS DOCUMENTED IN THE PATIENT MEDICAL RECORD, SHALL  BE
 DEEMED  AN  ORAL  PRESCRIPTION  AUTHORIZED  BY AN AGENT OF THE PATIENT'S
 TREATING PHYSICIAN OR NURSE PRACTITIONER AND SHALL BE DISPENSED CONSIST-
 ENT WITH SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED TEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW.  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  A PHARMACIST WHO IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE

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 PHYSICIAN OR NURSE PRACTITIONER MAY BE AUTHORIZED TO SERVE AS  AN  AGENT
 OF THE PHYSICIAN OR NURSE PRACTITIONER.
   5.  REFERRALS.  A  PHYSICIAN  LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED
 THIRTY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW OR A NURSE PRACTITIONER CERTIFIED PURSU-
 ANT TO SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED TEN OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW,  WHO  HAS
 RESPONSIBILITY  FOR  THE  TREATMENT  AND CARE OF A PATIENT FOR A CHRONIC
 DISEASE OR DISEASES AS DETERMINED BY THE PHYSICIAN OR NURSE PRACTITIONER
 MAY REFER THE PATIENT TO A QUALIFIED PHARMACIST FOR COMPREHENSIVE  MEDI-
 CATION  MANAGEMENT  SERVICES,  PURSUANT  TO THE COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION
 MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL THAT THE PHYSICIAN OR NURSE PRACTITIONER HAS  ESTAB-
 LISHED  WITH  THE  QUALIFIED  PHARMACIST.  THE  PROTOCOL AGREEMENT SHALL
 AUTHORIZE THE PHARMACIST TO SERVE AS AN AGENT OF THE PHYSICIAN OR  NURSE
 PRACTITIONER  AS  DEFINED  BY THE PROTOCOL. SUCH REFERRAL SHALL BE DOCU-
 MENTED IN THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORD.
   6. PATIENT PARTICIPATION. PARTICIPATION  IN  COMPREHENSIVE  MEDICATION
 MANAGEMENT SERVICES SHALL BE VOLUNTARY, AND NO PATIENT, PHYSICIAN, NURSE
 PRACTITIONER  OR PHARMACIST SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE. THE REFER-
 RAL OF A PATIENT FOR COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION  MANAGEMENT  SERVICES  AND
 THE  PATIENT'S  RIGHT TO CHOOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE SHALL BE DISCLOSED TO
 THE PATIENT. COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES SHALL  NOT  BE
 UTILIZED  UNLESS  THE PATIENT OR THE PATIENT'S AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
 CONSENTS, IN WRITING, TO SUCH SERVICES. SUCH CONSENT SHALL BE  NOTED  IN
 THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORD. IF THE PATIENT OR THE PATIENT'S AUTHORIZED
 REPRESENTATIVE  WHO  CONSENTED CHOOSES TO  NO LONGER PARTICIPATE IN SUCH
 SERVICES, AT ANY TIME, THE SERVICES SHALL BE DISCONTINUED AND  IT  SHALL
 BE NOTED IN THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORD.
   §  7.  Subdivision  4  of  section 365-a of the social services law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
   (H) OPIOIDS PRESCRIBED TO A PATIENT INITIATING OR BEING MAINTAINED  ON
 OPIOID  TREATMENT  FOR  PAIN  WHICH HAS LASTED MORE THAN THREE MONTHS OR
 PAST THE TIME OF  NORMAL  TISSUE  HEALING,  UNLESS  THE  MEDICAL  RECORD
 CONTAINS  A WRITTEN TREATMENT PLAN THAT INCLUDES: GOALS FOR PAIN MANAGE-
 MENT AND FUNCTIONAL  IMPROVEMENT  BASED  ON  DIAGNOSIS;  INFORMATION  ON
 WHETHER  NON-OPIOID  THERAPIES  HAVE  BEEN  TRIED  AND  OPTIMIZED OR ARE
 CONTRAINDICATED; A STATEMENT THAT THE PRESCRIBER HAS  EXPLAINED  TO  THE
 PATIENT THE RISKS OF AND ALTERNATIVES TO OPIOID TREATMENT; AN EVALUATION
 OF  THE  PATIENT  FOR  RISK  FACTORS  OF  HARM AND MISUSE OF OPIOIDS; AN
 ASSESSMENT OF THE PATIENT'S ADHERENCE TO TREATMENT WITH RESPECT TO OTHER
 CONDITIONS TREATED BY THE SAME PROVIDER; THE SIGNATURE  OF  THE  PATIENT
 AND/OR AN ATTESTATION BY THE PRESCRIBER THAT THE PATIENT VERBALLY AGREED
 TO THE TREATMENT PLAN; AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT.   SUCH TREATMENT PLAN SHALL BE UPDATED TWICE WITHIN THE YEAR IMME-
 DIATELY FOLLOWING ITS INITIATION AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER.  THE  REQUIRE-
 MENTS  OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPLY IN THE CASE OF PATIENTS WHO ARE
 BEING TREATED FOR CANCER THAT IS NOT IN REMISSION, WHO ARE IN HOSPICE OR
 OTHER END-OF-LIFE CARE, OR WHOSE PAIN IS BEING TREATED AS PART OF PALLI-
 ATIVE CARE PRACTICES.
   § 8. Subdivision 2 of section 280 of the public health law, as amended
 by section 1 of part D of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is amended  to
 read as follows:
   2.  The  commissioner  shall  establish  a  year to year department of
 health state-funds Medicaid drug spending growth target as follows:
   (a) for state fiscal year two thousand seventeen--two  thousand  eigh-
 teen,  be  limited to the ten-year rolling average of the medical compo-
 nent of the consumer price index plus five percent and minus a  pharmacy
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   (b)  for  state  fiscal year two thousand eighteen--two thousand nine-
 teen, be limited to the ten-year rolling average of the  medical  compo-
 nent  of the consumer price index plus four percent and minus a pharmacy
 savings target of eighty-five million dollars[.]; AND
   (C)  FOR STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY,
 BE LIMITED TO THE TEN-YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE OF THE MEDICAL  COMPONENT  OF
 THE  CONSUMER PRICE INDEX PLUS FOUR PERCENT AND MINUS A PHARMACY SAVINGS
 TARGET OF EIGHTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
   § 9. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2018; provided,
 however,  that sections two and three of this act shall take effect July
 1, 2018; and provided further, however, that the amendments to paragraph
 (d) of subdivision 9 and paragraph (c) of  subdivision  6    of  section
 367-a of the social services law made by sections one and three, respec-
 tively,  of  this  act shall not affect the expiration or repeal of such
 provisions and shall expire or be deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART E
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 365-h of the social services  law,
 as  separately  amended by section 50 of part B and section 24 of part D
 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   4. The commissioner of health is authorized to  assume  responsibility
 from  a  local social services official for the provision and reimburse-
 ment of transportation costs under this  section.  If  the  commissioner
 elects  to assume such responsibility, the commissioner shall notify the
 local social services official in writing as to the election,  the  date
 upon  which  the  election shall be effective and such information as to
 transition of responsibilities as the commissioner  deems  prudent.  The
 commissioner  is authorized to contract with a transportation manager or
 managers to manage transportation services in any local social  services
 district,  other  than  transportation services provided or arranged for
 enrollees of [managed  long  term  care  plans  issued  certificates  of
 authority  under section forty-four hundred three-f of the public health
 law] A PROGRAM DESIGNATED AS A PROGRAM OF  ALL-INCLUSIVE  CARE  FOR  THE
 ELDERLY  (PACE)  AS AUTHORIZED BY FEDERAL PUBLIC LAW 1053-33, SUBTITLE 1
 OF TITLE IV OF THE BALANCED BUDGET ACT  OF  1997.    Any  transportation
 manager  or  managers selected by the commissioner to manage transporta-
 tion services shall have proven experience in  coordinating  transporta-
 tion  services  in a geographic and demographic area similar to the area
 in New York state within which the contractor would manage the provision
 of services under this section. Such a contract or contracts may include
 responsibility for: review, approval and  processing  of  transportation
 orders;  management  of the appropriate level of transportation based on
 documented patient medical need; and  development  of  new  technologies
 leading to efficient transportation services. If the commissioner elects
 to assume such responsibility from a local social services district, the
 commissioner  shall examine and, if appropriate, adopt quality assurance
 measures that may include, but are not limited  to,  global  positioning
 tracking  system  reporting  requirements and service verification mech-
 anisms. Any and all  reimbursement  rates  developed  by  transportation
 managers  under  this  subdivision  shall  be  subject to the review and
 approval of the commissioner.
   § 2. The opening paragraph of  subdivision  1  and  subdivision  3  of
 section  367-s  of  the social services law, as amended by section 53 of

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 part B of chapter 57 of the  laws  of  2015,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   Notwithstanding  any  provision of law to the contrary, a supplemental
 medical assistance payment shall be made on an annual basis to providers
 of emergency medical transportation services in an aggregate amount  not
 to exceed four million dollars for two thousand six, six million dollars
 for  two thousand seven, six million dollars for two thousand eight, six
 million dollars for the period May first, two thousand fourteen  through
 March thirty-first, two thousand fifteen, and six million dollars [annu-
 ally  beginning with] ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR the period April first, two
 thousand fifteen through  March  thirty-first,  two  thousand  [sixteen]
 EIGHTEEN pursuant to the following methodology:
   3. If all necessary approvals under federal law and regulation are not
 obtained  to  receive  federal  financial  participation in the payments
 authorized by this section, payments under this section shall be made in
 an aggregate amount not to exceed two million dollars for  two  thousand
 six, three million dollars for two thousand seven, three million dollars
 for  two thousand eight, three million dollars for the period May first,
 two thousand fourteen through March thirty-first, two thousand  fifteen,
 and  three  million dollars [annually beginning with] ON AN ANNUAL BASIS
 FOR the period April first, two thousand fifteen through  March  thirty-
 first,  two  thousand [sixteen] EIGHTEEN.   In such case, the multiplier
 set forth in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section  shall  be
 deemed  to be two million dollars or three million dollars as applicable
 to the annual period.
   § 3. Subdivision 5 of section 365-h of  the  social  services  law  is
 REPEALED.
   §  4.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2018; provided,
 however, that section one of this act shall take effect October 1, 2018;
 provided, further that the amendments to subdivision 4 of section  365-h
 of  the  social  services  law made by section one of this act shall not
 affect the repeal of  such  section  and  shall  expire  and  be  deemed
 repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART F
 
   Section  1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, rule or
 regulation to the contrary, if a Medicaid managed care plan  or  managed
 long  term  care  plan  that  has been issued a certificate of authority
 pursuant to article 44 of the public health law and that  satisfies  the
 definition  of corporation in subparagraph 5 of paragraph (a) of section
 102 of the not-for-profit corporation law or  is  exempt  from  taxation
 under  section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 has an aggregate
 accumulated contingent reserve, across all  of  its  Medicaid  lines  of
 business,  in  an  amount  that  exceeds  the minimum contingent reserve
 amount required by regulations of the department of health, the  commis-
 sioner  of health shall be authorized to make prospective adjustments to
 the Medicaid capitation rates of such plan and shall apply any  relevant
 criteria  as  determined necessary in his or her discretion, in order to
 achieve a reduction in Medicaid reimbursement to the plan equal  to  the
 amount of the excess, or such lesser amount as determined by the commis-
 sioner of health.
   § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2018.
 
                                  PART G

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   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new article
 29-J to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 29-J
                HEALTH SERVICES OFFERED BY RETAIL PRACTICES
 SECTION 2999-HH. DEFINITIONS.
         2999-II. RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSORS.
         2999-JJ. RETAIL PRACTICES.
         2999-KK. ACCREDITATION.
         2999-LL. OTHER LAWS.
   § 2999-HH. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE:
   1. "REPORTABLE EVENT" SHALL MEAN:
   (A)  THE  TRANSFER  OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO VISITS A RETAIL PRACTICE TO A
 HOSPITAL OR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DURING SUCH VISIT; OR
   (B) THE DEATH OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO VISITS  A  RETAIL  PRACTICE  DURING
 SUCH VISIT.
   2.  "COLLABORATIVE  RELATIONSHIP"  SHALL MEAN AN ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN A
 RETAIL PRACTICE AND ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ENTITIES LOCATED WITHIN
 THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC REGION AS THE RETAIL PRACTICE, DESIGNED  TO  FACILI-
 TATE  DEVELOPMENT  AND  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  STRATEGIES  THAT SUPPORT THE
 PROVISION OF COORDINATED  CARE  WITHIN  THE  POPULATION  SERVED  BY  THE
 PARTIES TO SUCH RELATIONSHIP:
   (A) A HOSPITAL LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAP-
 TER;
   (B) A PHYSICIAN PRACTICE;
   (C)  AN  ACCOUNTABLE  CARE  ORGANIZATION CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 TWENTY-NINE-E OF THIS CHAPTER; OR
   (D) A PERFORMING PROVIDER SYSTEM  UNDER  THE  DELIVERY  SYSTEM  REFORM
 INCENTIVE PAYMENT PROGRAM.
   3.  "RETAIL  HEALTH  SERVICES"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  SERVICES OFFERED AND
 PROVIDED BY A RETAIL PRACTICE.
   (A) RETAIL HEALTH SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE:
   (I) THE PROVISION OF TREATMENT AND  SERVICES  TO  PATIENTS  FOR  MINOR
 ACUTE EPISODIC ILLNESSES OR CONDITIONS;
   (II)  EPISODIC PREVENTIVE AND WELLNESS TREATMENTS AND SERVICES SUCH AS
 IMMUNIZATIONS, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION;
   (III) TREATMENT AND SERVICES FOR MINOR TRAUMAS THAT ARE NOT REASONABLY
 LIKELY  TO  BE  LIFE  THREATENING OR POTENTIALLY DISABLING IF AMBULATORY
 CARE WITHIN THE CAPACITY OF THE RETAIL PRACTICE IS PROVIDED;
   (IV) ADMINISTRATION OF AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST IN THE EVENT OF  AN  EMER-
 GENCY; AND
   (V) LIMITED SCREENING AND REFERRAL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.
   (B)  RETAIL HEALTH SERVICES MAY INCLUDE LABORATORY TESTS AT THE OPTION
 OF THE RETAIL PRACTICE, PROVIDED THAT:
   (I) SUCH TESTS ARE ADMINISTERED SOLELY AS AN ADJUNCT TO  TREATMENT  OF
 PATIENTS  VISITING THE RETAIL PRACTICE, WITH ALL SPECIMENS COLLECTED AND
 TESTING PERFORMED ON-SITE;
   (II) SUCH TESTS ARE "WAIVED TESTS", MEANING A CLINICAL LABORATORY TEST
 THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A WAIVED TEST OR  IS  OTHERWISE  SUBJECT  TO
 CERTIFICATE  OF  WAIVER  REQUIREMENTS  PURSUANT  TO THE FEDERAL CLINICAL
 LABORATORY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT, AS AMENDED;
 AND
   (III) THE RETAIL PRACTICE OBTAINS APPROVAL FROM THE DEPARTMENT  PURSU-
 ANT TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (C) RETAIL HEALTH SERVICES SHALL NOT INCLUDE:

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   (I)  THE PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES INVOLVING THE PROVISION OF SEDATION
 OR ANESTHESIA;
   (II)  THE  PROVISION OF SERVICES TO PATIENTS TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS OF AGE
 OR YOUNGER;
   (III) THE PROVISION OF IMMUNIZATIONS TO PATIENTS  BETWEEN  TWENTY-FOUR
 MONTHS  AND  EIGHTEEN  YEARS  OF  AGE,  OTHER THAN IMMUNIZATIONS AGAINST
 INFLUENZA;
   (IV) SERVICES PROVIDED BY PHARMACISTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE  HUNDRED
 THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW;
   (V)  HEALTH  SERVICES PROVIDED ON-SITE BY AN EMPLOYER TO ITS EMPLOYEES
 IN A RETAIL BUSINESS OPERATION;
   (V) HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED ON A TIME-LIMITED BASIS SUCH AS FLU CLIN-
 ICS OR HEALTH FAIRS; OR
   (VI) EDUCATIONAL COURSES OFFERED  TO  INDIVIDUALS  ON  HEALTH  TOPICS,
 INCLUDING INSTRUCTION IN SELF-MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
   4. "RETAIL PRACTICE" SHALL MEAN AN ENTITY WHICH:
   (A) IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SPACE OF A RETAIL BUSINESS OPERATION OPEN TO
 THE  GENERAL  PUBLIC,  SUCH  THAT CUSTOMER ACCESS TO THE RETAIL PRACTICE
 LOCATION IS AVAILABLE WITHIN THE MAIN PREMISES OF THE RETAIL OPERATION;
   (B) PROVIDES RETAIL HEALTH SERVICES, AS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION  THREE
 OF THIS SECTION;
   (C)  IS  ESTABLISHED  AND  OVERSEEN  BY  A RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSOR, AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION;
   (D) IS STAFFED AT ALL TIMES BY, AT A  MINIMUM,  ONE  OR  MORE  OF  THE
 FOLLOWING:    A PHYSICIAN LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIR-
 TY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LICENSED PURSUANT  TO
 ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-ONE-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW, AND/OR A NURSE
 PRACTITIONER LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE OF THE
 EDUCATION LAW; PROVIDED THAT NO  MORE  THAN  FOUR  PHYSICIAN  ASSISTANTS
 EMPLOYED  BY  A  RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSOR SHALL BE SUPERVISED BY A SINGLE
 PHYSICIAN; AND
   (E) IS ACCREDITED AS SET FORTH IN SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED  NINETY-
 NINE-KK OF THIS ARTICLE.
   5.  "RETAIL  PRACTICE  SPONSOR"  SHALL MEAN AN ENTITY FORMED UNDER THE
 LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WHICH MAY INCLUDE STOCKHOLDERS OR MEMBERS
 WHICH ARE NOT NATURAL PERSONS, AND WHICH OPERATES  ONE  OR  MORE  RETAIL
 PRACTICES.   RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSORS MAY INCLUDE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS,
 AND GENERAL HOSPITALS,  NURSING  HOMES,  AND  DIAGNOSTIC  AND  TREATMENT
 CENTERS LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2999-II. RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSORS. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE
 CONTRARY, A RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSOR MAY OPERATE ONE OR MORE RETAIL PRAC-
 TICES TO PROVIDE RETAIL HEALTH SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE.
   2. A RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSOR SHALL:
   (A)  EMPLOY OR OTHERWISE RETAIN THE SERVICES OF A MEDICAL DIRECTOR WHO
 IS LICENSED AND CURRENTLY REGISTERED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN  THE  STATE
 OF NEW YORK TO OVERSEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AND ADHERENCE TO MEDICAL POLI-
 CIES  AND PROCEDURES USED IN THE RETAIL PRACTICES OPERATED BY THE RETAIL
 PRACTICE SPONSOR;
   (B) ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN POLICIES AND  PROCEDURES  REQUIRING  RETAIL
 PRACTICES  TO  COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED
 NINETY-NINE-JJ OF THIS ARTICLE;
   (C) NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT WHEN IT IS PREPARED TO COMMENCE OPERATION OF
 A RETAIL PRACTICE BY:
   (I) IDENTIFYING THE CORPORATE NAME OF  THE  RETAIL  PRACTICE  SPONSOR,
 PROVIDING  DOCUMENTATION OF ITS ORGANIZATION UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE

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 OF NEW YORK, AND IDENTIFYING THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WILL SERVE AS THE  POINT
 OF CONTACT BETWEEN THE RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSOR AND THE DEPARTMENT;
   (II)  IDENTIFYING THE LOCATION OF THE RETAIL PRACTICE, THE SERVICES TO
 BE OFFERED BY THE RETAIL PRACTICE, THE NAME OF THE  INDIVIDUAL  EMPLOYED
 WITH THE OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ON-SITE MANAGEMENT OF THE RETAIL
 PRACTICE, AND THE STAFFING PLAN FOR THE RETAIL PRACTICE;
   (III)  IDENTIFYING  THE  ENTITIES  WITH WHICH THE RETAIL PRACTICE WILL
 COLLABORATE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION  TWENTY-NINE  HUNDRED
 NINETY-NINE-HH OF THIS ARTICLE; AND
   (IV)  IDENTIFYING  THE  DATE  ON  WHICH IT ANTICIPATES THAT THE RETAIL
 PRACTICE WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS;
   (D) PROMPTLY UPDATE THE DEPARTMENT AS TO ANY CHANGES IN  THE  INFORMA-
 TION REQUIRED UNDER SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION; AND
   (E)  PROVIDE  INFORMATION  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT AT A FREQUENCY AND IN A
 MANNER DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH AT A MINIMUM SHALL INCLUDE AN
 ANNUAL REPORT THAT PROVIDES DATA, FOR EACH RETAIL PRACTICE  OPERATED  BY
 THE RETAIL PRACTICE, ON:
   (I) THE NUMBER OF VISITS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE TIMEFRAME IDENTIFIED
 BY THE DEPARTMENT;
   (II) THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO PATIENTS;
   (III) THE SOURCE OF PAYMENT FOR SERVICES PROVIDED;
   (IV) THE NUMBER OF REFERRALS TO PRIMARY CARE PRACTITIONERS MADE; AND
   (V) THE NUMBER OF REPORTABLE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED.
   3.  (A)  IN  DISCHARGING THE DUTIES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS, THE
 BOARD OF DIRECTORS, COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD,  AND  INDIVIDUAL  DIRECTORS
 AND  OFFICERS  OF  A RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSOR THAT OPERATES THREE OR MORE
 RETAIL PRACTICES SHALL CONSIDER THE EFFECTS OF ANY ACTION UPON:
   (I) THE ABILITY OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION TO ACCOMPLISH ITS PURPOSE;
   (II) THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION;
   (III) THE INTERESTS OF PATIENTS OF THE RETAIL PRACTICES;
   (IV) COMMUNITY AND SOCIETAL CONSIDERATIONS,  INCLUDING  THOSE  OF  THE
 COMMUNITIES IN WHICH RETAIL PRACTICES ARE LOCATED.
   (B)  THE CONSIDERATION OF INTERESTS AND FACTORS IN THE MANNER REQUIRED
 IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION:
   (I) SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION  OF  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION
 SEVEN  HUNDRED FIFTEEN OR SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTEEN OF THE BUSINESS CORPO-
 RATION LAW; AND
   (II) IS IN ADDITION TO THE ABILITY OF DIRECTORS TO CONSIDER  INTERESTS
 AND  FACTORS AS PROVIDED IN SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTEEN OF THE BUSI-
 NESS CORPORATION LAW.
   (C) A RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSOR THAT OPERATES THREE OR MORE RETAIL PRAC-
 TICES SHALL PUBLISH ON A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WEBSITE A DESCRIPTION OF HOW
 ITS OPERATION OF EXISTING AND PLANNED RETAIL PRACTICES:
   (I) WILL IMPROVE ACCESS TO SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY  ARE
 LOCATED;
   (II)  SUPPORTS  A COMMITMENT TO OFFER ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO DO
 NOT HAVE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE;
   (III) SUPPORTS AN OVERALL COMMITMENT BY THE RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSOR TO
 OPERATE SOME OF ITS RETAIL PRACTICES IN MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED  AREAS  OF
 THE STATE AS DEFINED BY THE COMMISSIONER; AND
   (IV) WILL OTHERWISE BENEFIT THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED.
   §  2999-JJ.  RETAIL  PRACTICES. 1. RETAIL HEALTH SERVICES SHALL NOT BE
 PROVIDED IN A RETAIL BUSINESS OPERATION OPEN TO  THE  PUBLIC  EXCEPT  IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A RETAIL PRACTICE SHALL:
   (A) PROVIDE RETAIL HEALTH SERVICES AND ONLY RETAIL HEALTH SERVICES;

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   (B) PROVIDE TREATMENT WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION AS TO SOURCE OF PAYMENT;
   (C)  MAINTAIN  A  POLICY  OFFERING  A  SLIDING  SCALE  FOR PAYMENT FOR
 PATIENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE AND PUBLISH SUCH POLICY ON
 A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WEBSITE;
   (D) PROVIDE TO PATIENTS WHO INDICATE THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE HEALTH CARE
 COVERAGE INFORMATION ON THE STATE HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE, INCLUDING THE
 WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR THE EXCHANGE AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR LOCAL NAVI-
 GATORS OFFERING IN-PERSON ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE;
   (E) ACCEPT WALK-IN PATIENTS WITHOUT PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS;
   (F) OFFER BUSINESS HOURS FOR A MINIMUM OF TWELVE HOURS PER DAY AND SIX
 DAYS PER WEEK OR, IF THE RETAIL BUSINESS IN WHICH THE RETAIL PRACTICE IS
 LOCATED IS OPEN FOR LESS THAN TWELVE HOURS PER  DAY  AND  SIX  DAYS  PER
 WEEK,  THEN  THE  RETAIL PRACTICE SHALL OFFER THE SAME BUSINESS HOURS AS
 THE RETAIL BUSINESS;
   (G) PUBLISH A LIST OF THE  RETAIL  HEALTH  SERVICES  IT  OFFERS  ON  A
 PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WEBSITE TOGETHER WITH THE PRICES OF SUCH SERVICES;
   (H)  POST  SIGNS  IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION IN LARGE TYPE STATING THAT
 PRESCRIPTIONS AND  OVER-THE-COUNTER  SUPPLIES  MAY  BE  PURCHASED  BY  A
 PATIENT FROM ANY BUSINESS AND DO NOT NEED TO BE PURCHASED ON-SITE;
   (I) ENTER INTO AND MAINTAIN AT LEAST ONE COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-HH
 OF THIS ARTICLE;
   (J)  INQUIRE  OF  EACH  PATIENT  WHETHER  HE OR SHE HAS A PRIMARY CARE
 PROVIDER;
   (K) MAINTAIN AND REGULARLY UPDATE A LIST OF LOCAL PRIMARY CARE PROVID-
 ERS AND PROVIDE SUCH LIST TO EACH PATIENT WHO INDICATES THAT HE  OR  SHE
 DOES NOT HAVE A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER;
   (L)  REFER  PATIENTS  TO  THEIR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS OR OTHER HEALTH
 CARE PROVIDERS AS APPROPRIATE;
   (M) TRANSMIT,  BY  ELECTRONIC  MEANS  WHENEVER  POSSIBLE,  RECORDS  OF
 SERVICES  TO  PATIENTS'  PRIMARY  CARE PROVIDERS AND MAINTAIN RECORDS OF
 SERVICES FOR A MINIMUM OF SIX YEARS;
   (N) EXECUTE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS WITH HEALTH INFORMATION ORGANIZA-
 TIONS, ALSO KNOWN AS QUALIFIED ENTITIES, PURSUANT TO  WHICH  THE  RETAIL
 PRACTICE  SHALL AGREE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STATEWIDE HEALTH INFORMATION
 NETWORK FOR NEW YORK (SHIN-NY);
   (O) ATTAIN AND MAINTAIN ACCREDITATION PURSUANT TO SECTION  TWENTY-NINE
 HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-KK OF THIS SECTION; AND
   (P)  REPORT  REPORTABLE  EVENTS TO THE ACCREDITING ENTITY WITHIN THREE
 BUSINESS DAYS OF THE OCCURRENCE OF SUCH REPORTABLE EVENT.
   3. ENTITIES MEETING THE DEFINITION OF A RETAIL PRACTICE AS  SET  FORTH
 IN  THIS  ARTICLE AND PROVIDING SERVICES ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE
 OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL HAVE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS AFTER SUCH  EFFECTIVE
 DATE TO NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPLIANCE THEREWITH.
   §  2999-KK. ACCREDITATION.   1. A RETAIL PRACTICE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO
 ATTAIN AND MAINTAIN ACCREDITATION BY A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ACCREDITING
 ENTITY AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   2. THE ACCREDITING ENTITY SHALL BE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY  THE  DEPARTMENT
 PROMPTLY IF A RETAIL PRACTICE LOSES ITS ACCREDITATION.
   3.  THE  ACCREDITING  ENTITY  SHALL  BE REQUIRED TO REPORT DATA ON ALL
 RETAIL PRACTICES ACCREDITED BY SUCH ENTITY TO THE COMMISSIONER.
   § 2999-LL. OTHER LAWS.  1. NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE DEEMED  TO
 ALTER  THE  SCOPE  OF PRACTICE OF ANY PRACTITIONER LICENSED OR CERTIFIED
 UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   2. NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE DEEMED TO MITIGATE  THE  RESPONSI-
 BILITY  OF ANY INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONER LICENSED OR CERTIFIED UNDER TITLE

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 EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW FROM ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HIS  OR  HER  ACTIONS
 UNDER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF LAW.
   3.  A  RETAIL  PRACTICE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A "HEALTH CARE PROVIDER"
 FOR THE PURPOSES OF TITLE TWO-D OF ARTICLE TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
   4. A PRESCRIBER PRACTICING IN A RETAIL PRACTICE SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO
 BE IN THE EMPLOY OF A PHARMACY OR PRACTICING IN A HOSPITAL FOR  PURPOSES
 OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED SEVEN OF THE EDUCATION
 LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART H

   Section  1.  Section  6902 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. (A) THE PRACTICE OF REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSING BY A  CERTIFIED
 REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST, CERTIFIED UNDER SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED
 TWELVE OF THIS ARTICLE MAY INCLUDE THE PRACTICE OF NURSE ANESTHESIA.
   (I)  SUBJECT  TO  THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 NURSE ANESTHESIA INCLUDES: THE ADMINISTRATION OF  ANESTHESIA  AND  ANES-
 THESIA  RELATED CARE TO PATIENTS; PRE-ANESTHESIA EVALUATION AND PREPARA-
 TION; ANESTHETIC INDUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCE;  POST  ANESTHESIA
 CARE;  PERIANESTHESIA  NURSING  AND CLINICAL SUPPORT FUNCTIONS; AND PAIN
 MANAGEMENT.
   (II) NURSE  ANESTHESIA  MUST  BE  PROVIDED  IN  COLLABORATION  WITH  A
 LICENSED  PHYSICIAN  QUALIFIED  TO  DETERMINE  THE  NEED  FOR ANESTHESIA
 SERVICES, PROVIDED SUCH SERVICES ARE  PERFORMED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  A
 WRITTEN  PRACTICE  AGREEMENT AND WRITTEN PRACTICE PROTOCOLS AS SET FORTH
 IN PARAGRAPH (B)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  OR  PURSUANT  TO  COLLABORATIVE
 RELATIONSHIPS  AS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WHICH-
 EVER IS APPLICABLE.
   (III) PRESCRIPTIONS FOR DRUGS, DEVICES, AND ANESTHETIC  AGENTS,  ANES-
 THESIA  RELATED  AGENTS,  AND  PAIN MANAGEMENT AGENTS MAY BE ISSUED BY A
 CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST, IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THE  WRITTEN
 PRACTICE AGREEMENT AND WRITTEN PRACTICE PROTOCOLS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH
 (B)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION IF APPLICABLE. THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE
 ANESTHETIST SHALL OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE FROM THE DEPARTMENT UPON SUCCESS-
 FULLY COMPLETING A PROGRAM INCLUDING AN APPROPRIATE PHARMACOLOGY  COMPO-
 NENT,  OR  ITS  EQUIVALENT,  AS  ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S REGU-
 LATIONS, PRIOR TO PRESCRIBING UNDER THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.  THE  CERTIFICATE
 ISSUED  UNDER  SECTION  SIXTY-NINE  HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL
 STATE WHETHER THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST HAS SUCCESSFUL-
 LY COMPLETED SUCH A PROGRAM OR EQUIVALENT AND IS AUTHORIZED TO PRESCRIBE
 UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B) A CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST CERTIFIED  UNDER  SECTION
 SIXTY-NINE  HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS ARTICLE AND PRACTICING FOR THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED HOURS OR LESS SHALL DO SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH A WRITTEN  PRACTICE
 AGREEMENT  AND  WRITTEN  PRACTICE  PROTOCOLS  AGREED  UPON BY A LICENSED
 PHYSICIAN QUALIFIED BY EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE TO  DETERMINE  THE  NEED
 FOR ANESTHESIA.
   (I)  THE  WRITTEN PRACTICE AGREEMENT SHALL INCLUDE EXPLICIT PROVISIONS
 FOR THE RESOLUTION OF ANY DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COLLABORATING  PHYSI-
 CIAN  AND  THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST REGARDING A MATTER
 OF ANESTHESIA OR PAIN MANAGEMENT TREATMENT THAT IS WITHIN THE  SCOPE  OF
 PRACTICE  OF  BOTH.  TO  THE  EXTENT  THE PRACTICE AGREEMENT DOES NOT SO
 PROVIDE, THEN THE COLLABORATING PHYSICIAN'S TREATMENT SHALL PREVAIL.

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   (II) EACH PRACTICE AGREEMENT SHALL PROVIDE FOR PATIENT RECORDS  REVIEW
 BY  THE COLLABORATING PHYSICIAN IN A TIMELY FASHION BUT IN NO EVENT LESS
 OFTEN THAN EVERY THREE MONTHS.  THE NAMES OF  THE  CERTIFIED  REGISTERED
 NURSE ANESTHETIST AND THE COLLABORATING PHYSICIAN SHALL BE CLEARLY POST-
 ED  IN  THE  PRACTICE SETTING OF THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHE-
 TIST.
   (III) THE PRACTICE PROTOCOL SHALL REFLECT CURRENT ACCEPTED MEDICAL AND
 NURSING PRACTICE.   THE PROTOCOLS SHALL BE  FILED  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT
 WITHIN  NINETY  DAYS  OF  THE  COMMENCEMENT  OF  THE PRACTICE AND MAY BE
 UPDATED PERIODICALLY. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE REGULATIONS ESTABLISH-
 ING THE PROCEDURE FOR THE REVIEW OF PROTOCOLS AND THE DISPOSITION OF ANY
 ISSUES ARISING FROM SUCH REVIEW.
   (C) A CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST CERTIFIED  UNDER  SECTION
 SIXTY-NINE  HUNDRED  TWELVE OF THIS ARTICLE AND PRACTICING FOR MORE THAN
 THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED HOURS SHALL HAVE COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH ONE
 OR MORE LICENSED PHYSICIANS QUALIFIED TO DETERMINE THE  NEED  FOR  ANES-
 THESIA  SERVICES  OR  A HOSPITAL, LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF
 THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, THAT PROVIDES SERVICES  THROUGH  LICENSED  PHYSI-
 CIANS QUALIFIED TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR ANESTHESIA SERVICES AND HAVING
 PRIVILEGES AT SUCH INSTITUTION.
   (I)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH, "COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS"
 SHALL MEAN THAT THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST SHALL  COMMU-
 NICATE,  WHETHER  IN  PERSON, BY TELEPHONE OR THROUGH WRITTEN (INCLUDING
 ELECTRONIC) MEANS, WITH A LICENSED PHYSICIAN QUALIFIED TO DETERMINE  THE
 NEED  FOR ANESTHESIA SERVICES OR, IN THE CASE OF A HOSPITAL, COMMUNICATE
 WITH A LICENSED PHYSICIAN QUALIFIED TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR ANESTHESIA
 SERVICES AND HAVING PRIVILEGES AT SUCH HOSPITAL,  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF
 EXCHANGING  INFORMATION,  AS  NEEDED,  IN ORDER TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE
 PATIENT CARE AND TO MAKE REFERRALS AS NECESSARY.
   (II) AS EVIDENCE THAT THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST MAIN-
 TAINS  COLLABORATIVE  RELATIONSHIPS,  THE  CERTIFIED  REGISTERED   NURSE
 ANESTHETIST  SHALL  COMPLETE AND MAINTAIN A FORM, CREATED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT, TO WHICH THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST SHALL  ATTEST,
 THAT  DESCRIBES  SUCH  COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS. SUCH FORM SHALL ALSO
 REFLECT THE CERTIFIED  REGISTERED  NURSE  ANESTHETIST'S  ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
 THAT  IF  REASONABLE  EFFORTS TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE THAT MAY ARISE WITH
 THE COLLABORATING PHYSICIAN OR, IN THE CASE OF A  COLLABORATION  WITH  A
 HOSPITAL,  WITH A LICENSED PHYSICIAN QUALIFIED TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR
 ANESTHESIA SERVICES AND HAVING PRIVILEGES  AT  SUCH  HOSPITAL,  ABOUT  A
 PATIENT'S  CARE  ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL, THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PHYSICIAN
 SHALL PREVAIL. SUCH FORM SHALL BE UPDATED AS NEEDED AND MAY  BE  SUBJECT
 TO  REVIEW BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST
 SHALL MAINTAIN DOCUMENTATION THAT SUPPORTS SUCH COLLABORATIVE  RELATION-
 SHIPS.
   (D)  NOTHING  IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT OR DIMINISH
 THE PRACTICE OF THE PROFESSION OF NURSING AS A  REGISTERED  PROFESSIONAL
 NURSE  UNDER  THIS ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER LAW, RULE, REGULATION OR CERTIF-
 ICATION, NOR TO DENY ANY REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE THE RIGHT  TO  DO
 ANY  ACT  OR  ENGAGE  IN  ANY PRACTICE AUTHORIZED BY THIS ARTICLE OR ANY
 OTHER LAW, RULE, REGULATION OR CERTIFICATION.
   (E)(I) ANESTHESIA SERVICES MAY BE  PROVIDED  BY  CERTIFIED  REGISTERED
 NURSE ANESTHETISTS ONLY IN THE FOLLOWING SETTINGS:
   (A)  GENERAL  HOSPITALS, HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT SURGICAL DEPARTMENTS, AND
 DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTERS LICENSED BY THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH
 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND AUTHORIZED

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 TO   PROVIDE  SEDATION,  ANESTHESIA  SERVICES,  AND/OR  PAIN  MANAGEMENT
 SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH LICENSURE;
   (B)  PRACTICES  WHERE  OFFICE-BASED SURGERY, AS DEFINED BY SECTION TWO
 HUNDRED-THIRTY-D OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH  LAW,  IS  PERFORMED  AND/OR  PAIN
 MANAGEMENT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED; AND
   (C)  DENTISTS'  AND PERIODONTISTS' OFFICES WHERE SEDATION AND/OR ANES-
 THESIA SERVICES ARE PROVIDED.
   (II) ANESTHESIA SERVICES OFFERED IN SUCH SETTINGS, INCLUDING  SERVICES
 PROVIDED  BY  CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS, SHALL BE DIRECTED
 BY A PHYSICIAN, DENTIST, OR PERIODONTIST, AS APPLICABLE, WHO IS  RESPON-
 SIBLE FOR THE CLINICAL ASPECTS OF ALL ANESTHESIA SERVICES OFFERED BY THE
 PROVIDER AND IS QUALIFIED TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR AND ADMINISTER ANES-
 THESIA. SUCH PHYSICIAN SHALL HAVE THE DISCRETION TO ESTABLISH PARAMETERS
 FOR  SUPERVISION  OF CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS WHERE HE OR
 SHE MAKES A REASONABLE DETERMINATION THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF A PARTIC-
 ULAR CASE OR TYPE OF CASES, ALTHOUGH WITHIN THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE  OF  A
 CERTIFIED  REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST AS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, ARE OF SUCH COMPLEXITY THAT THEY SHOULD  BE  CONDUCTED
 UNDER  SUPERVISION. IN SUCH CASES, SUCH SUPERVISION SHALL BE PROVIDED BY
 AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST WHO IS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE AS  NEEDED  OR  BY  THE
 OPERATING  PHYSICIAN  WHO  IS  QUALIFIED TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR ANES-
 THESIA SERVICES AND SUPERVISE THE ADMINISTRATION OF ANESTHESIA.
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6912 to read
 as follows:
   § 6912. CERTIFICATES FOR NURSE ANESTHESIA PRACTICE.   1. FOR  ISSUANCE
 OF A CERTIFICATE TO PRACTICE AS A CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST
 UNDER  SUBDIVISION  FOUR OF SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE, THE APPLICANT SHALL FULFILL THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
   (A) APPLICATION: FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT;
   (B) LICENSE: BE LICENSED AS A REGISTERED  PROFESSIONAL  NURSE  IN  THE
 STATE;
   (C)  EDUCATION: (I) HAVE SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED EDUCATIONAL PREPARA-
 TION FOR PROVISION OF THESE SERVICES IN  A  PROGRAM  REGISTERED  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OR  IN A PROGRAM ACCREDITED BY A NATIONAL BODY RECOGNIZED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT OR DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO BE THE EQUIVALENT; AND
 (II) SUBMIT EVIDENCE OF CURRENT CERTIFICATION OR  RECERTIFICATION  BY  A
 NATIONAL CERTIFYING BODY, RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT;
   (D)  FEES: PAY A FEE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FIFTY DOLLARS FOR AN INITIAL
 CERTIFICATE AUTHORIZING NURSE ANESTHESIA PRACTICE AND A TRIENNIAL REGIS-
 TRATION FEE OF THIRTY DOLLARS; AND
   (E) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND  THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  THE  LOCATION
 AND  TYPE  OF SETTING WHEREIN THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST
 PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS  RELEVANT.  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  IN
 CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT,  SHALL  MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN
 AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  WEBSITE.  ADDI-
 TIONALLY,  IN  CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPART-
 MENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  SHALL  PROVIDE
 INFORMATION  ON  REGISTERING  IN  THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND
 TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.

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   AFTER A CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST'S INITIAL REGISTRATION,
 REGISTRATION UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE COTERMINOUS WITH THE  CERTIFIED
 REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST'S REGISTRATION AS A PROFESSIONAL NURSE.
   2.  ONLY  A  PERSON  CERTIFIED  UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL USE THE TITLE
 "CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST," EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN  SUBDI-
 VISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
   3.  NOTHING  IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED FROM PREVENTING ANY OTHER
 PROFESSIONAL LICENSED OR CERTIFIED UNDER  THIS  CHAPTER  OR  THE  PUBLIC
 HEALTH  LAW  FROM CARRYING OUT ANY RESPONSIBILITIES ESTABLISHED BY RELE-
 VANT SECTIONS OF SUCH CHAPTERS.
   4. AN INDIVIDUAL WHO MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS  FOR  CERTIFICATION  AS  A
 CERTIFIED  REGISTERED  NURSE ANESTHETIST AND WHO HAS BEEN PERFORMING THE
 DUTIES OF A CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST FOR TWO OF  THE  FIVE
 YEARS PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE MAY BE CERTIFIED WITH-
 OUT  MEETING  ADDITIONAL  REQUIREMENTS,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH INDIVIDUAL
 SUBMITS AN APPLICATION, INCLUDING AN ATTESTATION  FROM  THE  APPLICANT'S
 SUPERVISING  PHYSICIAN  AS TO THE APPLICANT'S EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCE,
 TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN  TWO  YEARS  OF  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS
 SECTION.  SUCH  INDIVIDUAL MAY USE THE TITLE "CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE
 ANESTHETIST" IN CONNECTION WITH THAT PRACTICE WHILE SUCH APPLICATION  IS
 PENDING.
   5.  (A)  A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE LICENSED UNDER SECTION SIXTY-
 NINE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE WHO  HAS  SATISFACTORILY  COMPLETED  A
 PROGRAM  OF  EDUCATIONAL  PREPARATION  AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 THIS SECTION MAY, FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED  TWENTY-FOUR  MONTHS  IMME-
 DIATELY  FOLLOWING  THE COMPLETION OF SUCH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, PRACTICE
 NURSE ANESTHESIA UNDER SUBDIVISION FOUR OF  SECTION  SIXTY-NINE  HUNDRED
 TWO  OF  THIS ARTICLE AS A GRADUATE NURSE ANESTHETIST IN THE SAME MANNER
 AS A CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST UNDER THAT SUBDIVISION.
   (B) A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE LICENSED UNDER SECTION  SIXTY-NINE
 HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE WHO IS DULY ENROLLED IN A PROGRAM OF EDUCA-
 TIONAL  PREPARATION  MAY  PRACTICE  NURSE  ANESTHESIA AS A STUDENT NURSE
 ANESTHETIST UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST OR A  CERTIFIED
 REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST, WHO IS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE AS NEEDED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART I

   Section  1.  Section  364-j  of  the social services law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 34 to read as follows:
   34. MONIES PAID BY THE DEPARTMENT TO MANAGED  CARE  ORGANIZATIONS  ARE
 PUBLIC  FUNDS  AND RETAIN THEIR STATUS AS PUBLIC FUNDS REGARDLESS OF ANY
 PAYMENTS MADE BY THE MANAGED  CARE  ORGANIZATION  TO  SUBCONTRACTORS  OR
 PROVIDERS.
   §  2.  Section 364-j of the social services law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 35 to read as follows:
   35. RECOVERY OF OVERPAYMENTS FROM NETWORK  PROVIDERS.  (A)  WHERE  THE
 MEDICAID  INSPECTOR  GENERAL,  DURING THE COURSE OF AN AUDIT OR INVESTI-
 GATION, IDENTIFIES  IMPROPER  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  PAYMENTS  MADE  BY  A
 MANAGED  CARE  ORGANIZATION  TO  ITS  SUBCONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTORS OR
 PROVIDER OR PROVIDERS, THE STATE SHALL HAVE THE  RIGHT  TO  RECOVER  THE
 IMPROPER  PAYMENT  FROM THE SUBCONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTORS, PROVIDER OR
 PROVIDERS, OR THE MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION.
   (B) WHERE THE STATE IS UNSUCCESSFUL IN RECOVERING THE IMPROPER PAYMENT
 FROM THE SUBCONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTORS OR PROVIDER OR  PROVIDERS,  THE
 MEDICAID  INSPECTOR GENERAL MAY REQUIRE THE MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION TO

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 RECOVER THE IMPROPER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS IDENTIFIED IN PARAGRAPH
 (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.  THE MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION SHALL  REMIT  TO
 THE  STATE  THE  FULL AMOUNT OF THE IDENTIFIED IMPROPER PAYMENT NO LATER
 THAN SIX MONTHS AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE OF THE OVERPAYMENT.
   (C)  THE  MANAGED  CARE  ORGANIZATION  MAY CHARGE ITS SUBCONTRACTOR OR
 SUBCONTRACTORS OR PROVIDER OR PROVIDERS A COLLECTION FEE TO ACCOUNT  FOR
 THE  REASONABLE  COSTS  INCURRED  BY  THE  MANAGED  CARE ORGANIZATION TO
 COLLECT THE DEBT. ANY COLLECTION  FEE  IMPOSED  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED  FIVE
 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OWED.
   §  3.  Section 364-j of the social services law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 36 to read as follows:
   36. REPORTING ACTS OF FRAUD. (A) ALL MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS  SHALL
 PROMPTLY REFER TO THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAID INSPECTOR GENERAL ALL CASES
 OF POTENTIAL FRAUD, WASTE, OR ABUSE.
   (B)  ANY  MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION MAKING A COMPLAINT OR FURNISHING A
 REPORT, REFERRAL, INFORMATION OR RECORDS IN GOOD FAITH PURSUANT TO  THIS
 SECTION  SHALL BE IMMUNE FROM CIVIL LIABILITY FOR MAKING SUCH COMPLAINT,
 REFERRAL, OR REPORT TO THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAID INSPECTOR GENERAL.
   (C) A MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION THAT WILLFULLY FAILS TO PROMPTLY  MAKE
 A  REFERRAL TO THE MEDICAID INSPECTOR GENERAL WHEN THERE IS ACTUAL KNOW-
 LEDGE THAT AN ACT OF FRAUD IS BEING OR HAS BEEN COMMITTED MAY  BE  FINED
 IN  AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH DETER-
 MINATION.
   § 4. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  37  to
 read as follows:
   §  37.  VIOLATIONS  OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM LAWS, REGULATIONS OR
 DIRECTIVES; FINES. 1. (A) ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY PARTICIPATING IN  THE
 MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  THAT  FAILS TO COMPLY WITH OR VIOLATES ANY
 STATUTE, RULE,  REGULATION,  OR  DIRECTIVE  OF  THE  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE
 PROGRAM,  MAY  BE FINED IN AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING THE SUM OF FIVE THOU-
 SAND DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
   (B) EVERY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH OR VIOLATION OF  ANY  STATUTE,  RULE,
 REGULATION,  OR  DIRECTIVE  OF THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SHALL BE A
 SEPARATE  AND  DISTINCT  OFFENSE  AND,  IN  THE  CASE  OF  A  CONTINUING
 VIOLATION,  EVERY  DAY'S  CONTINUANCE  THEREOF  SHALL  BE A SEPARATE AND
 DISTINCT OFFENSE.
   2. (A) ANY ENTITY AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE UNDER  ARTICLE  FORTY-FOUR  OF
 THIS  CHAPTER OR ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OF THE INSURANCE LAW, INCLUDING ANY
 SUBCONTRACTOR OR PROVIDER THEREOF,  AND  PARTICIPATING  IN  THE  MEDICAL
 ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  THAT  FAILS TO COMPLY WITH OR VIOLATES ANY STATUTE,
 RULE, REGULATION, OR DIRECTIVE OF THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, OR ANY
 TERM OF ITS CONTRACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT, MAY BE FINED IN AN AMOUNT  NOT
 EXCEEDING THE SUM OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
   (B)  EVERY  FAILURE  TO COMPLY WITH OR VIOLATION OF ANY STATUTE, RULE,
 REGULATION, OR DIRECTIVE OF THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, OR  TERM  OF
 THE  ENTITY'S  CONTRACT  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  BE A SEPARATE AND
 DISTINCT OFFENSE AND, IN THE CASE OF A CONTINUING VIOLATION, EVERY DAY'S
 CONTINUANCE THEREOF SHALL BE A SEPARATE AND DISTINCT OFFENSE.
   3. ANY ENTITY PARTICIPATING IN  THE  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  AND
 AUTHORIZED  TO OPERATE UNDER ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER OR ARTI-
 CLE FORTY-THREE OF THE INSURANCE LAW THAT SUBMITS A COST REPORT  TO  THE
 MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT CONTAINS DATA WHICH IS INTENTIONALLY OR
 SYSTEMATICALLY INACCURATE OR IMPROPER, MAY BE FINED  IN  AN  AMOUNT  NOT
 EXCEEDING ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH DETERMINATION.
   4.  ANY  ENTITY AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE UNDER ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR OF THIS
 CHAPTER OR ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OF THE INSURANCE LAW,  AND  PARTICIPATING

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 IN  THE  MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT INTENTIONALLY OR SYSTEMATICALLY
 SUBMITS INACCURATE ENCOUNTER DATA TO THE STATE MAY BE FINED IN AN AMOUNT
 NOT EXCEEDING ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH DETERMINATION.
   5.  THE  MEDICAID  INSPECTOR  GENERAL  SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER, CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING PRIOR TO ASSESSING A  FINE  AGAINST
 AN  INDIVIDUAL  OR  ENTITY UNDER THIS SECTION AND HAVE THE DISCRETION TO
 REDUCE OR ELIMINATE A FINE UNDER THIS SECTION:
   (A) THE EFFECT, IF ANY, ON THE QUALITY OF MEDICAL CARE PROVIDED TO  OR
 ARRANGED FOR RECIPIENTS OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AS A RESULT OF THE ACTS OF
 THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY;
   (B) THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGES TO THE PROGRAM;
   (C)  THE  DEGREE OF CULPABILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY IN COMMIT-
 TING THE PROSCRIBED ACTIONS AND ANY MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES;
   (D) ANY PRIOR VIOLATIONS COMMITTED BY THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY  RELAT-
 ING  TO  THE  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM, MEDICARE OR ANY OTHER SOCIAL
 SERVICES PROGRAMS WHICH RESULTED IN EITHER  CRIMINAL  OR  ADMINISTRATIVE
 SANCTION, PENALTY, OR FINE;
   (E)  THE DEGREE TO WHICH FACTORS GIVING RISE TO THE PROSCRIBED ACTIONS
 WERE OUT OF THE CONTROL OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY;
   (F) THE NUMBER AND NATURE OF THE VIOLATIONS OR OTHER RELATED OFFENSES;
   (G) ANY OTHER FACTS RELATING TO THE  NATURE  AND  SERIOUSNESS  OF  THE
 VIOLATIONS INCLUDING ANY EXCULPATORY FACTS; AND/OR
   (H) ANY OTHER RELEVANT FACTORS.
   6.  THE  MEDICAID  INSPECTOR  GENERAL  SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER, PROMULGATE REGULATIONS ENUMERATING THOSE VIOLATIONS  WHICH
 MAY  RESULT  IN  A  FINE  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF THIS
 SECTION, THE AMOUNTS OF ANY FINES  WHICH  MAY  BE  ASSESSED  UNDER  THIS
 SECTION,  AND  THE  APPEAL  RIGHTS  AFFORDED  TO INDIVIDUALS OR ENTITIES
 SUBJECT TO A FINE.
   § 5. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 32 of section 364-j  of  the  social
 services law, as added by section 15 of part B of chapter 59 of the laws
 of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   (d) (I) Penalties under this subdivision may be applied to any and all
 circumstances  described  in paragraph (b) of this subdivision until the
 managed care organization complies with the requirements for  submission
 of  encounter data. (II) No penalties for late, incomplete or inaccurate
 encounter data shall be assessed against managed care  organizations  in
 addition  to  those provided for in this subdivision, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL PROHIBIT THE IMPOSITION  OF  PENAL-
 TIES, IN CASES OF FRAUD OR ABUSE, OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
   §  6.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided, however, that  the  amendments  to  section
 364-j  of  the  social services law made by sections one, two, three and
 five of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section  and  shall
 be deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART J
 
   Section  1. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 1 of section 189 of the state
 finance law, as amended by section 8 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (h) knowingly conceals or knowingly and improperly avoids or decreases
 an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to  the  state  or  a
 local  government,  or  conspires to do the same; shall be liable to the
 state or a local government, as applicable, for a civil penalty  of  not
 less  than  six  thousand  dollars  and  not  more  than twelve thousand

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 dollars, AS ADJUSTED TO BE EQUAL TO THE CIVIL PENALTY ALLOWED UNDER  THE
 FEDERAL  FALSE  CLAIMS ACT, 31 U.S.C. SEC. 3729, ET SEQ., AS AMENDED, AS
 ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION BY THE FEDERAL CIVIL PENALTIES INFLATION  ADJUST-
 MENT ACT OF 1990, AS AMENDED (28 U.S.C. 2461 NOTE; PUB. L. NO. 101-410),
 plus  three  times  the  amount  of all damages, including consequential
 damages, which the state or local government sustains because of the act
 of that person.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART K
 
   Section 1.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the depart-
 ment of health is authorized to require any Medicaid-enrolled  provider,
 and any health care provider that is part of a network of providers of a
 managed  care  organization  operating  pursuant to section 364-j of the
 social services law or section 4403-f  of  the  public  health  law,  to
 report  on  costs  incurred  by  the  provider  in rendering health care
 services to Medicaid beneficiaries. The department of health may specify
 the frequency and format of such reports, determine the type and  amount
 of information to be submitted, and require the submission of supporting
 documentation.  In the case of a provider in a managed care network, the
 department of health may require the managed care organization to obtain
 the required information from the network  provider  on  behalf  of  the
 department.
   §  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 92 of part H of chapter 59 of the laws
 of 2011, amending the public health law and other laws relating to known
 and projected department of health state fund medicaid expenditures,  as
 amended  by  section  1  of part G of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. For state fiscal  years  2011-12  through  [2018-19]  2019-20,  the
 director  of the budget, in consultation with the commissioner of health
 referenced as "commissioner" for purposes of this section, shall  assess
 on a monthly basis, as reflected in monthly reports pursuant to subdivi-
 sion five of this section known and projected department of health state
 funds  medicaid  expenditures  by  category of service and by geographic
 regions, as defined by the commissioner, and  if  the  director  of  the
 budget  determines that such expenditures are expected to cause medicaid
 disbursements for such period to  exceed  the  projected  department  of
 health  medicaid  state funds disbursements in the enacted budget finan-
 cial plan pursuant to subdivision 3 of section 23 of the  state  finance
 law,  the  commissioner  of health, in consultation with the director of
 the budget, shall develop a medicaid savings allocation  plan  to  limit
 such  spending  to  the  aggregate  limit level specified in the enacted
 budget financial  plan,  provided,  however,  such  projections  may  be
 adjusted by the director of the budget to account for any changes in the
 New  York state federal medical assistance percentage amount established
 pursuant to the federal social security act, changes in provider  reven-
 ues,  reductions  to  local  social services district medical assistance
 administration, minimum wage increases, and beginning April 1, 2012  the
 operational costs of the New York state medical indemnity fund and state
 costs  or  savings  from the basic health plan.  Such projections may be
 adjusted by the director of the budget to account for increased or expe-
 dited department of health state funds medicaid expenditures as a result
 of a natural or other type of disaster, including a governmental  decla-
 ration of emergency.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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                                  PART L
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 369 of the social services law, as
 amended  by  section  7  of part F of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012, is
 amended to read as follows:
   7. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,  the  depart-
 ment  shall, when it determines necessary program features are in place,
 assume sole responsibility for  commencing  actions  or  proceedings  in
 accordance  with  the  provisions  of this section, sections one hundred
 one, one hundred four, one hundred four-b, paragraph (a) of  subdivision
 three  of section three hundred sixty-six, subparagraph one of paragraph
 (h) of subdivision four of section three hundred  sixty-six,  and  para-
 graph  (b)  of subdivision two of section three hundred sixty-seven-a of
 this chapter, to recover the cost of medical assistance furnished pursu-
 ant to this title and title eleven-D of this article. The department  is
 authorized  to  contract with an entity that shall conduct activities on
 behalf of the department pursuant to this subdivision, AND MAY  CONTRACT
 WITH  AN  ENTITY  TO  CONDUCT  SIMILAR ACTIVITIES ON BEHALF OF THE CHILD
 HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO TITLE ONE-A OF  ARTICLE
 TWENTY-FIVE  OF  THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW  TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW.
 Prior to assuming such responsibility from a social  services  district,
 the  department  of  health  shall,  in  consultation with the district,
 define the scope of the  services  the  district  will  be  required  to
 perform  on behalf of the department of health pursuant to this subdivi-
 sion.
   § 2. Section 2511 of the public health law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, SECTION TWENTY-
 FIVE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS TITLE, AND ANY OTHER INCONSISTENT PROVISION  OF
 LAW,  IN  THE EVENT FEDERAL FUNDING PURSUANT TO TITLE XXI OF THE FEDERAL
 SOCIAL SECURITY ACT IS REDUCED OR ELIMINATED ON AND AFTER OCTOBER FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN:
   (A) THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH
 THE  COMMISSIONER, SHALL IDENTIFY THE AMOUNT OF SUCH REDUCTION OR ELIMI-
 NATION AND NOTIFY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE  SPEAKER
 OF THE ASSEMBLY IN WRITING THAT THE FEDERAL ACTIONS WILL REDUCE OR ELIM-
 INATE EXPECTED FUNDING TO NEW YORK STATE BY SUCH AMOUNT.
   (B)  THE  DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET, IN CONSULTATION WITH
 THE COMMISSIONER, SHALL DETERMINE IF PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES ARE  NECESSARY
 TO CONTINUE COVERING ELIGIBLE CHILDREN WITHIN STATE-ONLY FUNDING LEVELS,
 IDENTIFY AVAILABLE RESOURCES OR ACTIONS, IDENTIFY SPECIFIC CHANGES NEED-
 ED  TO  ALIGN  THE  PROGRAM WITH CURRENT FUNDING LEVELS, AND ESTABLISH A
 PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTING SUCH CHANGES WHICH  MAY  INCLUDE  EMERGENCY  REGU-
 LATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER. SUCH PLAN SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO
 THE LEGISLATURE PRIOR TO ITS IMPLEMENTATION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

                                  PART M
 
   Section  1.    Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 18 of chapter
 266 of the laws of 1986, amending the civil practice law and  rules  and
 other  laws relating to malpractice and professional medical conduct, as
 amended by section 15 of part H of chapter 57 of the laws  of  2017,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a)  The  superintendent of financial services and the commissioner of
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 excess liability pool created pursuant to subdivision 5 of this section,
 purchase  a policy or policies for excess insurance coverage, as author-
 ized by paragraph 1 of subsection (e) of section 5502 of  the  insurance
 law; or from an insurer, other than an insurer described in section 5502
 of the insurance law, duly authorized to write such coverage and actual-
 ly  writing  medical  malpractice  insurance  in  this  state;  or shall
 purchase equivalent excess coverage in a form previously approved by the
 superintendent of financial services for purposes  of  providing  equiv-
 alent  excess  coverage  in accordance with section 19 of chapter 294 of
 the laws of 1985, for medical or dental malpractice occurrences  between
 July  1, 1986 and June 30, 1987, between July 1, 1987 and June 30, 1988,
 between July 1, 1988 and June 30, 1989, between July 1,  1989  and  June
 30,  1990,  between July 1, 1990 and June 30, 1991, between July 1, 1991
 and June 30, 1992, between July 1, 1992 and June 30, 1993, between  July
 1,  1993  and  June  30,  1994,  between July 1, 1994 and June 30, 1995,
 between July 1, 1995 and June 30, 1996, between July 1,  1996  and  June
 30,  1997,  between July 1, 1997 and June 30, 1998, between July 1, 1998
 and June 30, 1999, between July 1, 1999 and June 30, 2000, between  July
 1,  2000  and  June  30,  2001,  between July 1, 2001 and June 30, 2002,
 between July 1, 2002 and June 30, 2003, between July 1,  2003  and  June
 30,  2004,  between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005, between July 1, 2005
 and June 30, 2006, between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007, between  July
 1,  2007  and  June  30,  2008,  between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009,
 between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010, between July 1,  2010  and  June
 30,  2011,  between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, between July 1, 2012
 and June 30, 2013, between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014, between  July
 1,  2014  and  June  30,  2015,  between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016,
 between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017, [and] between July 1,  2017  and
 June  30,  2018, AND BETWEEN JULY 1, 2018 AND JUNE 30, 2019 or reimburse
 the hospital where the hospital purchases equivalent excess coverage  as
 defined  in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1-a of this
 section for medical or dental malpractice occurrences  between  July  1,
 1987  and June 30, 1988, between July 1, 1988 and June 30, 1989, between
 July 1, 1989 and June 30, 1990, between July 1, 1990 and June 30,  1991,
 between  July  1,  1991 and June 30, 1992, between July 1, 1992 and June
 30, 1993, between July 1, 1993 and June 30, 1994, between July  1,  1994
 and  June 30, 1995, between July 1, 1995 and June 30, 1996, between July
 1, 1996 and June 30, 1997, between July  1,  1997  and  June  30,  1998,
 between  July  1,  1998 and June 30, 1999, between July 1, 1999 and June
 30, 2000, between July 1, 2000 and June 30, 2001, between July  1,  2001
 and  June 30, 2002, between July 1, 2002 and June 30, 2003, between July
 1, 2003 and June 30, 2004, between July  1,  2004  and  June  30,  2005,
 between  July  1,  2005 and June 30, 2006, between July 1, 2006 and June
 30, 2007, between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008, between July  1,  2008
 and  June 30, 2009, between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010, between July
 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011, between July  1,  2011  and  June  30,  2012,
 between  July  1,  2012 and June 30, 2013, between July 1, 2013 and June
 30, 2014, between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015, between July  1,  2015
 and June 30, 2016, between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017, [and] between
 July  1,  2017  and June 30, 2018, AND BETWEEN JULY 1, 2018 AND JUNE 30,
 2019 for physicians or dentists certified  as  eligible  for  each  such
 period or periods pursuant to subdivision 2 of this section by a general
 hospital  licensed  pursuant  to  article  28  of the public health law;
 provided that no single insurer shall write more than fifty  percent  of
 the total excess premium for a given policy year; and provided, however,
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 ual  policy,  from an insurer licensed in this state of primary malprac-
 tice insurance coverage in amounts of no less  than  one  million  three
 hundred  thousand  dollars  for  each  claimant  and  three million nine
 hundred  thousand dollars for all claimants under that policy during the
 period of such excess coverage for such occurrences or  be  endorsed  as
 additional insureds under a hospital professional liability policy which
 is  offered  through  a  voluntary  attending  physician  ("channeling")
 program previously permitted by the superintendent of financial services
 during the period of such excess coverage for such  occurrences.  During
 such  period,  such policy for excess coverage or such equivalent excess
 coverage shall, when combined with the physician's or dentist's  primary
 malpractice  insurance coverage or coverage provided through a voluntary
 attending physician ("channeling") program, total an aggregate level  of
 two  million  three  hundred  thousand dollars for each claimant and six
 million nine hundred thousand dollars for all claimants  from  all  such
 policies  with  respect  to  occurrences in each of such years provided,
 however, if the cost of primary malpractice insurance coverage in excess
 of one million dollars, but below the excess medical malpractice  insur-
 ance  coverage  provided  pursuant to this act, exceeds the rate of nine
 percent per annum, then the required level of primary malpractice insur-
 ance coverage in excess of one million dollars for each  claimant  shall
 be  in  an  amount  of  not less than the dollar amount of such coverage
 available at nine percent per annum; the required level of such coverage
 for all claimants under that policy shall be in an amount not less  than
 three  times the dollar amount of coverage for each claimant; and excess
 coverage, when combined with such primary malpractice  insurance  cover-
 age, shall increase the aggregate level for each claimant by one million
 dollars  and  three  million  dollars  for  all  claimants; and provided
 further, that, with respect to policies of primary  medical  malpractice
 coverage  that  include  occurrences  between April 1, 2002 and June 30,
 2002, such requirement that coverage be in  amounts  no  less  than  one
 million  three  hundred  thousand  dollars  for  each claimant and three
 million nine hundred thousand dollars for all claimants for such  occur-
 rences shall be effective April 1, 2002.
   §  2.  Subdivision 3 of section 18 of chapter 266 of the laws of 1986,
 amending the civil practice law and rules and  other  laws  relating  to
 malpractice  and  professional medical conduct, as amended by section 16
 of part H of chapter 57 of the laws of  2017,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (3)(a)  The  superintendent  of financial services shall determine and
 certify to each general hospital and to the commissioner of  health  the
 cost  of  excess malpractice insurance for medical or dental malpractice
 occurrences between July 1, 1986 and June 30, 1987, between July 1, 1988
 and June 30, 1989, between July 1, 1989 and June 30, 1990, between  July
 1,  1990  and  June  30,  1991,  between July 1, 1991 and June 30, 1992,
 between July 1, 1992 and June 30, 1993, between July 1,  1993  and  June
 30,  1994,  between July 1, 1994 and June 30, 1995, between July 1, 1995
 and June 30, 1996, between July 1, 1996 and June 30, 1997, between  July
 1,  1997  and  June  30,  1998,  between July 1, 1998 and June 30, 1999,
 between July 1, 1999 and June 30, 2000, between July 1,  2000  and  June
 30,  2001,  between July 1, 2001 and June 30, 2002, between July 1, 2002
 and June 30, 2003, between July 1, 2003 and June 30, 2004, between  July
 1,  2004  and  June  30,  2005,  between July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006,
 between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007, between July 1,  2007  and  June
 30,  2008,  between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009, between July 1, 2009
 and June 30, 2010, between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011, between  July

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 1,  2011  and June 30, 2012, between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013, and
 between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014, between July 1,  2014  and  June
 30,  2015,  between  July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016, and between July 1,
 2016  and  June  30, 2017, [and] between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018,
 AND BETWEEN JULY 1, 2018 AND JUNE 30, 2019  allocable  to  each  general
 hospital  for  physicians or dentists certified as eligible for purchase
 of a policy for excess insurance coverage by such  general  hospital  in
 accordance with subdivision 2 of this section, and may amend such deter-
 mination and certification as necessary.
   (b)  The  superintendent  of  financial  services  shall determine and
 certify to each general hospital and to the commissioner of  health  the
 cost  of  excess malpractice insurance or equivalent excess coverage for
 medical or dental malpractice occurrences between July 1, 1987 and  June
 30,  1988,  between July 1, 1988 and June 30, 1989, between July 1, 1989
 and June 30, 1990, between July 1, 1990 and June 30, 1991, between  July
 1,  1991  and  June  30,  1992,  between July 1, 1992 and June 30, 1993,
 between July 1, 1993 and June 30, 1994, between July 1,  1994  and  June
 30,  1995,  between July 1, 1995 and June 30, 1996, between July 1, 1996
 and June 30, 1997, between July 1, 1997 and June 30, 1998, between  July
 1,  1998  and  June  30,  1999,  between July 1, 1999 and June 30, 2000,
 between July 1, 2000 and June 30, 2001, between July 1,  2001  and  June
 30,  2002,  between July 1, 2002 and June 30, 2003, between July 1, 2003
 and June 30, 2004, between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005, between  July
 1,  2005  and  June  30,  2006,  between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007,
 between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008, between July 1,  2008  and  June
 30,  2009,  between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010, between July 1, 2010
 and June 30, 2011, between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, between  July
 1,  2012  and  June  30,  2013,  between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014,
 between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015, between July 1,  2015  and  June
 30,  2016,  [and]  between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017, [and] between
 July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018, AND BETWEEN JULY 1, 2018  AND  JUNE  30,
 2019  allocable  to  each  general  hospital  for physicians or dentists
 certified as eligible for purchase of  a  policy  for  excess  insurance
 coverage  or  equivalent  excess  coverage  by  such general hospital in
 accordance with subdivision 2 of this section, and may amend such deter-
 mination and certification as necessary. The superintendent of financial
 services shall determine and certify to each general hospital and to the
 commissioner of health the ratable share of such cost allocable  to  the
 period  July 1, 1987 to December 31, 1987, to the period January 1, 1988
 to June 30, 1988, to the period July 1, 1988 to December  31,  1988,  to
 the  period January 1, 1989 to June 30, 1989, to the period July 1, 1989
 to December 31, 1989, to the period January 1, 1990 to June 30, 1990, to
 the period July 1, 1990 to December 31, 1990, to the period  January  1,
 1991  to June 30, 1991, to the period July 1, 1991 to December 31, 1991,
 to the period January 1, 1992 to June 30, 1992, to the  period  July  1,
 1992  to  December  31,  1992, to the period January 1, 1993 to June 30,
 1993, to the period July 1, 1993 to December 31,  1993,  to  the  period
 January 1, 1994 to June 30, 1994, to the period July 1, 1994 to December
 31,  1994, to the period January 1, 1995 to June 30, 1995, to the period
 July 1, 1995 to December 31, 1995, to the period January 1, 1996 to June
 30, 1996, to the period July 1, 1996 to December 31, 1996, to the period
 January 1, 1997 to June 30, 1997, to the period July 1, 1997 to December
 31, 1997, to the period January 1, 1998 to June 30, 1998, to the  period
 July 1, 1998 to December 31, 1998, to the period January 1, 1999 to June
 30, 1999, to the period July 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999, to the period
 January 1, 2000 to June 30, 2000, to the period July 1, 2000 to December

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 31,  2000, to the period January 1, 2001 to June 30, 2001, to the period
 July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002, to the period July 1, 2002  to  June  30,
 2003, to the period July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004, to the period July 1,
 2004  to June 30, 2005, to the period July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006, to
 the period July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007, to the period  July  1,  2007
 and  June 30, 2008, to the period July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009, to the
 period July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010, to the period July  1,  2010  and
 June  30,  2011,  to  the  period July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, to the
 period July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013, to the period July  1,  2013  and
 June  30,  2014,  to  the  period July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015, to the
 period July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016, and between July 1, 2016 and June
 30, 2017, and to the period July 1, 2017 [and] TO June 30, 2018, AND  TO
 THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019.
   § 3. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of subdivision 8 of section
 18  of  chapter 266 of the laws of 1986, amending the civil practice law
 and rules and  other  laws  relating  to  malpractice  and  professional
 medical conduct, as amended by section 17 of part H of chapter 57 of the
 laws of 2017, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  To  the  extent  funds available to the hospital excess liability
 pool pursuant to subdivision 5 of this section as amended, and  pursuant
 to  section  6  of part J of chapter 63 of the laws of 2001, as may from
 time to time be amended, which amended this  subdivision,  are  insuffi-
 cient  to  meet  the  costs  of  excess insurance coverage or equivalent
 excess coverage for coverage periods during the period July 1,  1992  to
 June  30,  1993, during the period July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994, during
 the period July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1995, during the period July 1, 1995
 to June 30, 1996, during the period July  1,  1996  to  June  30,  1997,
 during  the period July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998, during the period July
 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999, during the period July 1,  1999  to  June  30,
 2000, during the period July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001, during the period
 July  1,  2001  to  October 29, 2001, during the period April 1, 2002 to
 June 30, 2002, during the period July 1, 2002 to June 30,  2003,  during
 the period July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004, during the period July 1, 2004
 to  June  30,  2005,  during  the  period July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006,
 during the period July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007, during the period  July
 1,  2007  to  June  30, 2008, during the period July 1, 2008 to June 30,
 2009, during the period July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, during the period
 July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, during the period July 1,  2011  to  June
 30,  2012,  during  the period July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, during the
 period July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, during the period July 1, 2014  to
 June  30,  2015,  during the period July 1, 2015 [and] TO June 30, 2016,
 during the period July 1, 2016 [and] TO June 30, 2017, [and] during  the
 period  July  1, 2017 [and] TO June 30, 2018, AND DURING THE PERIOD JULY
 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019 allocated or  reallocated  in  accordance  with
 paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  4-a of this section to rates of payment
 applicable to state governmental agencies, each physician or dentist for
 whom a policy for excess insurance coverage or equivalent excess  cover-
 age is purchased for such period shall be responsible for payment to the
 provider  of  excess insurance coverage or equivalent excess coverage of
 an allocable share of such insufficiency, based  on  the  ratio  of  the
 total  cost  of such coverage for such physician to the sum of the total
 cost of such coverage for all physicians applied to such insufficiency.
   (b) Each provider of excess insurance coverage  or  equivalent  excess
 coverage  covering the period July 1, 1992 to June 30, 1993, or covering
 the period July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994, or covering the period July 1,
 1994 to June 30, 1995, or covering the period July 1, 1995 to  June  30,

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 1996,  or covering the period July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997, or covering
 the period July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998, or covering the period July 1,
 1998 to June 30, 1999, or covering the period July 1, 1999 to  June  30,
 2000,  or covering the period July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001, or covering
 the period July 1, 2001 to October 29,  2001,  or  covering  the  period
 April  1,  2002 to June 30, 2002, or covering the period July 1, 2002 to
 June 30, 2003, or covering the period July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004,  or
 covering the period July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006, or covering the period July 1, 2006 to
 June  30, 2007, or covering the period July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008, or
 covering the period July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, or covering the period July 1, 2010 to
 June 30, 2011, or covering the period July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012,  or
 covering the period July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, or covering the period July 1, 2014 to
 June  30, 2015, or covering the period July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016, or
 covering the period July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, OR COVERING THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2018 TO
 JUNE 30, 2019 shall notify a  covered  physician  or  dentist  by  mail,
 mailed to the address shown on the last application for excess insurance
 coverage  or  equivalent  excess  coverage,  of  the  amount due to such
 provider from such physician or dentist for such coverage period  deter-
 mined  in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subdivision. Such amount
 shall be due from such physician or dentist to such provider  of  excess
 insurance  coverage  or  equivalent excess coverage in a time and manner
 determined by the superintendent of financial services.
   (c) If a physician or dentist liable for payment of a portion  of  the
 costs  of excess insurance coverage or equivalent excess coverage cover-
 ing the period July 1, 1992 to June 30, 1993,  or  covering  the  period
 July  1,  1993  to June 30, 1994, or covering the period July 1, 1994 to
 June 30, 1995, or covering the period July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1996,  or
 covering the period July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998, or covering the period July 1, 1998 to
 June  30, 1999, or covering the period July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000, or
 covering the period July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2001 to October 29, 2001, or covering  the  period  April  1,
 2002  to  June 30, 2002, or covering the period July 1, 2002 to June 30,
 2003, or covering the period July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004, or  covering
 the period July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005, or covering the period July 1,
 2005  to  June 30, 2006, or covering the period July 1, 2006 to June 30,
 2007, or covering the period July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008, or  covering
 the period July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, or covering the period July 1,
 2009  to  June 30, 2010, or covering the period July 1, 2010 to June 30,
 2011, or covering the period July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012, or  covering
 the period July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, or covering the period July 1,
 2013  to  June 30, 2014, or covering the period July 1, 2014 to June 30,
 2015, or covering the period July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016, or  covering
 the period July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, or covering the period July 1,
 2017  to  June 30, 2018, OR COVERING THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30,
 2019 determined in accordance with paragraph  (a)  of  this  subdivision
 fails,  refuses  or  neglects  to make payment to the provider of excess
 insurance coverage or equivalent excess coverage in such time and manner
 as determined by the superintendent of financial  services  pursuant  to
 paragraph  (b)  of this subdivision, excess insurance coverage or equiv-
 alent excess coverage purchased for such physician or dentist in accord-
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 shall  be null and void as of the first day on or after the commencement
 of a policy period where the liability  for  payment  pursuant  to  this
 subdivision has not been met.
   (d)  Each  provider  of excess insurance coverage or equivalent excess
 coverage shall notify the superintendent of financial services  and  the
 commissioner  of  health or their designee of each physician and dentist
 eligible for purchase of a  policy  for  excess  insurance  coverage  or
 equivalent  excess coverage covering the period July 1, 1992 to June 30,
 1993, or covering the period July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994, or  covering
 the period July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1995, or covering the period July 1,
 1995  to  June 30, 1996, or covering the period July 1, 1996 to June 30,
 1997, or covering the period July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998, or  covering
 the period July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999, or covering the period July 1,
 1999  to  June 30, 2000, or covering the period July 1, 2000 to June 30,
 2001, or covering the period July 1, 2001 to October 29, 2001, or cover-
 ing the period April 1, 2002 to June 30, 2002, or  covering  the  period
 July  1,  2002  to June 30, 2003, or covering the period July 1, 2003 to
 June 30, 2004, or covering the period July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005,  or
 covering the period July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007, or covering the period July 1, 2007 to
 June  30, 2008, or covering the period July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, or
 covering the period July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, or covering the period July 1, 2011 to
 June 30, 2012, or covering the period July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013,  or
 covering the period July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015, or covering the period July 1, 2015 to
 June  30, 2016, or covering the period July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, or
 covering the period July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, OR COVERING THE PERI-
 OD JULY 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019 that has made payment to such  provider
 of excess insurance coverage or equivalent excess coverage in accordance
 with paragraph (b) of this subdivision and of each physician and dentist
 who has failed, refused or neglected to make such payment.
   (e)  A  provider  of  excess  insurance  coverage or equivalent excess
 coverage shall refund to the hospital excess liability pool  any  amount
 allocable to the period July 1, 1992 to June 30, 1993, and to the period
 July  1,  1993  to June 30, 1994, and to the period July 1, 1994 to June
 30, 1995, and to the period July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1996,  and  to  the
 period  July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997, and to the period July 1, 1997 to
 June 30, 1998, and to the period July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999,  and  to
 the period July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000, and to the period July 1, 2000
 to  June  30,  2001, and to the period July 1, 2001 to October 29, 2001,
 and to the period April 1, 2002 to June 30, 2002, and to the period July
 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003, and to the period July 1,  2003  to  June  30,
 2004, and to the period July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005, and to the period
 July  1,  2005  to June 30, 2006, and to the period July 1, 2006 to June
 30, 2007, and to the period July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008,  and  to  the
 period  July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, and to the period July 1, 2009 to
 June 30, 2010, and to the period July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011,  and  to
 the period July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012, and to the period July 1, 2012
 to  June  30, 2013, and to the period July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, and
 to the period July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015, and to the period  July  1,
 2015  to June 30, 2016, to the period July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, and
 to the period July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, AND TO THE PERIOD  JULY  1,
 2018  TO  JUNE 30, 2019 received from the hospital excess liability pool
 for purchase of excess insurance coverage or equivalent excess  coverage
 covering  the  period  July  1,  1992 to June 30, 1993, and covering the

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 period July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994, and covering the  period  July  1,
 1994  to June 30, 1995, and covering the period July 1, 1995 to June 30,
 1996, and covering the period July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997, and  cover-
 ing  the  period  July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998, and covering the period
 July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999, and covering the period July 1,  1999  to
 June  30,  2000,  and covering the period July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001,
 and covering the period July 1, 2001 to October 29, 2001,  and  covering
 the  period April 1, 2002 to June 30, 2002, and covering the period July
 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003, and covering the period July 1, 2003  to  June
 30,  2004,  and  covering  the period July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005, and
 covering the period July 1, 2005 to June  30,  2006,  and  covering  the
 period  July  1,  2006 to June 30, 2007, and covering the period July 1,
 2007 to June 30, 2008, and covering the period July 1, 2008 to June  30,
 2009,  and covering the period July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, and cover-
 ing the period July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, and  covering  the  period
 July  1,  2011 to June 30, 2012, and covering the period July 1, 2012 to
 June 30, 2013, and covering the period July 1, 2013 to  June  30,  2014,
 and  covering the period July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015, and covering the
 period July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016, and covering the  period  July  1,
 2016  to June 30, 2017, and covering the period July 1, 2017 to June 30,
 2018, AND COVERING THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019 for a physi-
 cian or dentist where  such  excess  insurance  coverage  or  equivalent
 excess  coverage  is  cancelled in accordance with paragraph (c) of this
 subdivision.
   § 4. Section 40 of chapter 266 of the laws of 1986, amending the civil
 practice law and rules  and  other  laws  relating  to  malpractice  and
 professional  medical  conduct,  as  amended  by section 18 of part H of
 chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   § 40. The superintendent of financial services shall  establish  rates
 for  policies  providing  coverage  for  physicians and surgeons medical
 malpractice for the periods commencing July 1, 1985 and ending June  30,
 [2018] 2019; provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision
 of  law,  the superintendent shall not establish or approve any increase
 in rates for the period commencing July 1,  2009  and  ending  June  30,
 2010.  The  superintendent shall direct insurers to establish segregated
 accounts for premiums, payments, reserves and investment income  attrib-
 utable to such premium periods and shall require periodic reports by the
 insurers  regarding  claims and expenses attributable to such periods to
 monitor whether such accounts will be sufficient to meet incurred claims
 and expenses. On or after July 1, 1989, the superintendent shall  impose
 a  surcharge  on  premiums  to  satisfy  a  projected deficiency that is
 attributable to the premium levels established pursuant to this  section
 for  such  periods;  provided, however, that such annual surcharge shall
 not exceed eight percent of the established rate until  July  1,  [2018]
 2019, at which time and thereafter such surcharge shall not exceed twen-
 ty-five  percent  of  the  approved  adequate rate, and that such annual
 surcharges shall continue for such period of time as shall be sufficient
 to satisfy such deficiency. The superintendent  shall  not  impose  such
 surcharge  during the period commencing July 1, 2009 and ending June 30,
 2010. On and after July  1,  1989,  the  surcharge  prescribed  by  this
 section  shall  be  retained by insurers to the extent that they insured
 physicians and surgeons during the July 1, 1985 through June 30,  [2018]
 2019  policy  periods;  in  the  event  and to the extent physicians and
 surgeons were insured by another insurer during such periods, all  or  a
 pro  rata  share of the surcharge, as the case may be, shall be remitted
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 promulgated by the superintendent.  Surcharges collected from physicians
 and  surgeons  who  were not insured during such policy periods shall be
 apportioned among all insurers in proportion to the premium  written  by
 each  insurer  during such policy periods; if a physician or surgeon was
 insured by an insurer subject to rates established by the superintendent
 during such policy periods, and  at  any  time  thereafter  a  hospital,
 health  maintenance organization, employer or institution is responsible
 for responding in damages for liability arising out of such  physician's
 or  surgeon's  practice  of medicine, such responsible entity shall also
 remit to such prior insurer the equivalent amount  that  would  then  be
 collected  as  a  surcharge if the physician or surgeon had continued to
 remain insured by such prior insurer. In  the  event  any  insurer  that
 provided  coverage  during  such  policy  periods is in liquidation, the
 property/casualty insurance security fund shall receive the  portion  of
 surcharges to which the insurer in liquidation would have been entitled.
 The surcharges authorized herein shall be deemed to be income earned for
 the  purposes of section 2303 of the insurance law.  The superintendent,
 in establishing adequate rates and in determining  any  projected  defi-
 ciency  pursuant  to  the requirements of this section and the insurance
 law, shall give substantial weight, determined  in  his  discretion  and
 judgment,  to  the  prospective  anticipated  effect  of any regulations
 promulgated and laws enacted and the  public  benefit  of    stabilizing
 malpractice rates and minimizing rate level fluctuation during the peri-
 od  of  time  necessary for the development of more reliable statistical
 experience as to the efficacy of such  laws  and  regulations  affecting
 medical, dental or podiatric malpractice enacted or promulgated in 1985,
 1986,  by this act and at any other time.  Notwithstanding any provision
 of the insurance law, rates already established and to be established by
 the superintendent pursuant to this section are deemed adequate if  such
 rates  would be adequate when taken together with the maximum authorized
 annual surcharges to be imposed for a reasonable period of time  whether
 or  not  any  such  annual surcharge has been actually imposed as of the
 establishment of such rates.
   § 5.  Section 5 and subdivisions (a) and (e) of section 6 of part J of
 chapter 63 of the laws of 2001, amending chapter  266  of  the  laws  of
 1986,  amending the civil practice law and rules and other laws relating
 to malpractice and professional medical conduct, relating to the  effec-
 tiveness of certain provisions of such chapter, as amended by section 19
 of  part  H  of  chapter  57 of the laws of 2017, are amended to read as
 follows:
   § 5. The superintendent of financial services and the commissioner  of
 health shall determine, no later than June 15, 2002, June 15, 2003, June
 15,  2004,  June  15, 2005, June 15, 2006, June 15, 2007, June 15, 2008,
 June 15, 2009, June 15, 2010, June 15, 2011, June  15,  2012,  June  15,
 2013,  June 15, 2014, June 15, 2015, June 15, 2016, June 15, 2017, [and]
 June 15, 2018, AND JUNE 15, 2019 the amount of funds  available  in  the
 hospital  excess liability pool, created pursuant to section 18 of chap-
 ter 266 of the laws of 1986, and whether such funds are  sufficient  for
 purposes  of  purchasing  excess insurance coverage for eligible partic-
 ipating physicians and dentists during the period July 1, 2001  to  June
 30,  2002, or July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003, or July 1, 2003 to June 30,
 2004, or July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005, or July  1,  2005  to  June  30,
 2006,  or  July  1,  2006  to June 30, 2007, or July 1, 2007 to June 30,
 2008, or July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, or July  1,  2009  to  June  30,
 2010,  or  July  1,  2010  to June 30, 2011, or July 1, 2011 to June 30,
 2012, or July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, or July  1,  2013  to  June  30,

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 2014,  or  July  1,  2014  to June 30, 2015, or July 1, 2015 to June 30,
 2016, or July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, or [to] July 1, 2017 to June 30,
 2018, OR JULY 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019 as applicable.
   (a)  This section shall be effective only upon a determination, pursu-
 ant to section five of this act,  by  the  superintendent  of  financial
 services  and  the  commissioner  of health, and a certification of such
 determination to the state director of the  budget,  the  chair  of  the
 senate  committee  on finance and the chair of the assembly committee on
 ways and means, that the amount of funds in the hospital excess  liabil-
 ity  pool,  created pursuant to section 18 of chapter 266 of the laws of
 1986, is insufficient for purposes of purchasing excess insurance cover-
 age for eligible participating physicians and dentists during the period
 July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002, or July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003, or July
 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004, or July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005, or  July  1,
 2005 to June 30, 2006, or July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007, or July 1, 2007
 to  June  30, 2008, or July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, or July 1, 2009 to
 June 30, 2010, or July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, or July 1, 2011 to June
 30, 2012, or July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, or July 1, 2013 to June  30,
 2014,  or  July  1,  2014  to June 30, 2015, or July 1, 2015 to June 30,
 2016, or July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, or July  1,  2017  to  June  30,
 2018, OR JULY 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019 as applicable.
   (e)  The  commissioner  of  health  shall  transfer for deposit to the
 hospital excess liability pool created pursuant to section 18 of chapter
 266 of the laws of 1986 such amounts as directed by  the  superintendent
 of  financial  services  for  the purchase of excess liability insurance
 coverage for eligible participating  physicians  and  dentists  for  the
 policy  year  July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002, or July 1, 2002 to June 30,
 2003, or July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004, or July  1,  2004  to  June  30,
 2005,  or  July  1,  2005  to June 30, 2006, or July 1, 2006 to June 30,
 2007, as applicable, and the cost of administering the  hospital  excess
 liability pool for such applicable policy year,  pursuant to the program
 established  in  chapter  266  of the laws of 1986, as amended, no later
 than June 15, 2002, June 15, 2003, June 15, 2004, June  15,  2005,  June
 15,  2006,  June  15, 2007, June 15, 2008, June 15, 2009, June 15, 2010,
 June 15, 2011, June 15, 2012, June 15, 2013, June  15,  2014,  June  15,
 2015,  June  15,  2016, June 15, 2017, [and] June 15, 2018, AND JUNE 15,
 2019 as applicable.
   § 6. Section 20 of part H of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017,  amending
 the  New  York Health Care Reform Act of 1996 and other laws relating to
 extending certain provisions thereto, is amended to read as follows:
   § 20. Notwithstanding any law, rule or  regulation  to  the  contrary,
 only  physicians  or dentists who were eligible, and for whom the super-
 intendent of financial services and the commissioner of health, or their
 designee, purchased, with funds available in the hospital excess liabil-
 ity pool, a full or partial policy for  excess  coverage  or  equivalent
 excess  coverage  for  the coverage period ending the thirtieth of June,
 two thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN, shall be eligible to apply  for  such
 coverage  for the coverage period beginning the first of July, two thou-
 sand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN; provided, however, if  the  total  number  of
 physicians  or  dentists  for  whom  such  excess coverage or equivalent
 excess coverage was purchased for the policy year ending  the  thirtieth
 of  June,  two thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN exceeds the total number of
 physicians or dentists certified as eligible  for  the  coverage  period
 beginning the first of July, two thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN, then the
 general hospitals may certify additional eligible physicians or dentists
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 total number of physicians or  dentists  for  whom  excess  coverage  or
 equivalent  excess  coverage  was  purchased with funds available in the
 hospital excess liability pool as of the thirtieth of June, two thousand
 [seventeen] EIGHTEEN, as applied to the difference between the number of
 eligible physicians or dentists for whom a policy for excess coverage or
 equivalent  excess coverage was purchased for the coverage period ending
 the thirtieth of June, two thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN and the  number
 of  such  eligible  physicians  or  dentists who have applied for excess
 coverage or equivalent excess coverage for the coverage period beginning
 the first of July, two thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART N
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 1 of part
 C of chapter 57 of the laws of  2006,  establishing  a  cost  of  living
 adjustment for designated human services, is amended to read as follows:
   Subject  to  available appropriations, the commissioners of the office
 of mental health, office of mental retardation and  developmental  disa-
 bilities, office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, [department
 of  health,] office of children and family services and the state office
 for the aging shall  establish  an  annual  cost  of  living  adjustment
 (COLA), subject to the approval of the director of the budget, effective
 April  first of each state fiscal year, provided, however, that in state
 fiscal year 2006-07, the cost of living  adjustment  will  be  effective
 October  first,  to  project  for the effects of inflation, for rates of
 payments, contracts or any other form of reimbursement for the  programs
 listed  in  paragraphs  (i),  (ii), (iii), (iv)[,] AND (v) [and (vi)] of
 subdivision four of this section. The  COLA  shall  be  applied  to  the
 appropriate portion of reimbursable costs or contract amounts.
   § 2. Paragraph (iv) of subdivision 4 of section 1 of part C of chapter
 57  of  the  laws  of 2006, establishing a cost of living adjustment for
 designated human services, is REPEALED and paragraphs (v) and  (vi)  are
 renumbered paragraphs (iv) and (v).
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART O
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 9 and 10 of section 2541 of the public health
 law, as added by chapter 428 of the laws of 1992, are amended to read as
 follows:
   9. "Evaluation"  means  a  multidisciplinary  professional,  objective
 [assessment]  EXAMINATION conducted by appropriately qualified personnel
 and conducted pursuant to section twenty-five hundred forty-four of this
 title to determine a child's eligibility under this title.
   10. "Evaluator" means a [team of two or  more  professionals  approved
 pursuant to section twenty-five hundred fifty-one of this title] PROVID-
 ER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT to conduct screenings and evaluations.
   §  2. Section 2541 of the public health law is amended by adding three
 new subdivisions 12-a, 14-a and 15-a to read as follows:
   12-A. "MULTIDISCIPLINARY" MEANS THE INVOLVEMENT OF TWO OR  MORE  SEPA-
 RATE  DISCIPLINES  OR PROFESSIONS, WHICH MAY MEAN THE INVOLVEMENT OF ONE
 INDIVIDUAL WHO MEETS THE DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED PERSONNEL AS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION FIFTEEN OF THIS SECTION AND WHO IS QUALIFIED, IN  ACCORDANCE
 WITH  STATE  LICENSURE,  CERTIFICATION OR OTHER COMPARABLE STANDARDS, TO
 EVALUATE ALL FIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DOMAINS.

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   14-A. A "PARTIAL EVALUATION" SHALL MEAN  AN  EVALUATION  IN  A  SINGLE
 DEVELOPMENTAL AREA FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY, AND MAY ALSO
 MEAN  AN  EXAMINATION OF THE CHILD TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR A MODIFICA-
 TION TO THE CHILD'S INDIVIDUALIZED FAMILY SERVICE PLAN.
   15-A. "SCREENING" MEANS THE PROCEDURES USED BY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL, AS
 DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION FIFTEEN OF THIS SECTION, TO DETERMINE WHETHER A
 CHILD IS SUSPECTED OF HAVING A DISABILITY AND IN NEED  OF  EARLY  INTER-
 VENTION SERVICES, AND SHALL INCLUDE, WHERE AVAILABLE AND APPROPRIATE FOR
 THE  CHILD,  THE  ADMINISTRATION OF A STANDARDIZED INSTRUMENT OR INSTRU-
 MENTS APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH  SUBDIVISION  THREE
 OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE.
   §  3.  Subdivision  3  of  section  2542  of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 231 of the laws  of  1993,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  [The] (A) UNLESS AN INFANT OR TODDLER HAS ALREADY BEEN REFERRED TO
 THE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM OR  THE  HEALTH  OFFICER  OF  THE  PUBLIC
 HEALTH DISTRICT IN WHICH THE INFANT OR TODDLER RESIDES, AS DESIGNATED BY
 THE MUNICIPALITY, THE following persons and entities, within two working
 days of identifying an infant or toddler suspected of having a disabili-
 ty or at risk of having a disability, shall refer such infant or toddler
 to  the early intervention official or the health officer [of the public
 health district in which the infant or toddler resides, as designated by
 the municipality], AS APPLICABLE, but in no event over the objection  of
 the parent made in accordance with procedures established by the depart-
 ment  for  use  by  such primary referral sources[, unless the child has
 already been referred]:   hospitals, child health  care  providers,  day
 care  programs,  local school districts, public health facilities, early
 childhood direction centers and such other  social  service  and  health
 care  agencies  and providers as the commissioner shall specify in regu-
 lation; provided, however, that the department  shall  establish  proce-
 dures,  including regulations if required, to ensure that primary refer-
 ral sources adequately inform the parent or  guardian  about  the  early
 intervention  program, including through brochures and written materials
 created or approved by the department.
   (B) THE PRIMARY REFERRAL SOURCES IDENTIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (A)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION  SHALL,  WITH PARENTAL CONSENT, COMPLETE AND TRANSMIT AT THE
 TIME OF REFERRAL, A REFERRAL FORM  DEVELOPED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  WHICH
 CONTAINS   INFORMATION  SUFFICIENT  TO  DOCUMENT  THE  PRIMARY  REFERRAL
 SOURCE'S CONCERN OR BASIS FOR SUSPECTING THE CHILD HAS A  DISABILITY  OR
 IS  AT  RISK OF HAVING A DISABILITY, AND WHERE APPLICABLE, SPECIFIES THE
 CHILD'S DIAGNOSED CONDITION THAT ESTABLISHES THE CHILD'S ELIGIBILITY FOR
 THE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM. THE PRIMARY REFERRAL SOURCE SHALL INFORM
 THE PARENT OF A CHILD WITH A DIAGNOSED CONDITION THAT HAS A HIGH  PROBA-
 BILITY OF RESULTING IN DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY, THAT (I) ELIGIBILITY FOR THE
 PROGRAM  MAY  BE ESTABLISHED BY MEDICAL OR OTHER RECORDS AND (II) OF THE
 IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING CONSENT FOR THE PRIMARY REFERRAL SOURCE TO TRAN-
 SMIT RECORDS OR REPORTS NECESSARY TO  SUPPORT  THE  DIAGNOSIS,  OR,  FOR
 PARENTS  OR GUARDIANS OF CHILDREN WHO DO NOT HAVE A DIAGNOSED CONDITION,
 RECORDS OR REPORTS THAT WOULD ASSIST IN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR  THE
 PROGRAM.
   § 4. Section 2544 of the public health law, as added by chapter 428 of
 the  laws  of 1992, paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 as added by section 1
 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012 and subdivision 11 as  added
 by section 3 of part B3 of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, is amended to
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   §  2544.  Screening  and  evaluations.  1. Each child thought to be an
 eligible child  is  entitled  to  [a  multidisciplinary]  AN  evaluation
 CONDUCTED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH THIS SECTION, and the early intervention
 official shall ensure such evaluation, with parental consent.
   2.  (a)  [The] SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE, THE parent may
 select an evaluator from the list of approved evaluators as described in
 section twenty-five hundred forty-two  of  this  title  to  conduct  the
 APPLICABLE  SCREENING AND/OR evaluation IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
 The parent or evaluator shall immediately notify the early  intervention
 official  of  such selection. THE EVALUATOR SHALL REVIEW THE INFORMATION
 AND DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED WITH THE REFERRAL TO DETERMINE THE  APPROPRI-
 ATE  SCREENING  OR  EVALUATION PROCESS TO FOLLOW IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
 SECTION. The evaluator may begin the SCREENING OR evaluation  no  sooner
 than  four  working  days  after  such  notification,  unless  otherwise
 approved by the initial service coordinator.
   (b) [the evaluator shall designate  an  individual  as  the  principal
 contact  for  the  multidisciplinary  team] INITIAL SERVICE COORDINATORS
 SHALL INFORM THE PARENT OF THE APPLICABLE SCREENING OR EVALUATION PROCE-
 DURES THAT MAY BE PERFORMED. FOR A CHILD REFERRED TO  THE  EARLY  INTER-
 VENTION  OFFICIAL  WHO HAS A DIAGNOSED PHYSICAL OR MENTAL CONDITION THAT
 HAS A HIGH PROBABILITY OF RESULTING IN DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY, THE  INITIAL
 SERVICE  COORDINATOR  SHALL INFORM THE PARENT THAT THE EVALUATION OF THE
 CHILD SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH  IN
 SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION.
   (c)  If,  in  consultation with the evaluator, the service coordinator
 identifies a child that is potentially eligible for programs or services
 offered by or under the auspices of the office for people with  develop-
 mental disabilities, the service coordinator shall, with parent consent,
 notify  the  office for people with developmental disabilities' regional
 developmental disabilities services office of the potential  eligibility
 of such child for said programs or services.
   3.  [(a)  To  determine eligibility, an evaluator shall, with parental
 consent, either (i) screen a child to determine what type of evaluation,
 if any, is warranted, or (ii) provide a multidisciplinary evaluation. In
 making the determination whether to provide an evaluation, the evaluator
 may rely on a recommendation from a physician or other qualified  person
 as designated by the commissioner.
   (b)]  SCREENINGS  FOR  CHILDREN  REFERRED  TO  THE  EARLY INTERVENTION
 PROGRAM TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY ARE SUSPECTED OF HAVING A  DISABILITY.
 (A)  FOR  A CHILD REFERRED TO THE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM, THE EVALU-
 ATOR SHALL FIRST  PERFORM  A  SCREENING  OF  THE  CHILD,  WITH  PARENTAL
 CONSENT,  TO  DETERMINE WHETHER THE CHILD IS SUSPECTED OF HAVING A DISA-
 BILITY.
   (B) THE EVALUATOR SHALL UTILIZE A STANDARDIZED INSTRUMENT  OR  INSTRU-
 MENTS APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT THE SCREENING. IF THE EVALU-
 ATOR  DOES NOT UTILIZE A STANDARDIZED INSTRUMENT OR INSTRUMENTS APPROVED
 BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE SCREENING, THE  EVALUATOR  SHALL  DOCUMENT  IN
 WRITING  WHY SUCH STANDARDIZED INSTRUMENT OR INSTRUMENTS ARE UNAVAILABLE
 OR INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE CHILD.
   (C) THE EVALUATOR SHALL EXPLAIN THE RESULTS OF THE  SCREENING  TO  THE
 PARENT AND SHALL FULLY DOCUMENT THE RESULTS IN WRITING.
   (D) If, based upon the screening, a child is [believed to be eligible,
 or if otherwise elected by the parent] SUSPECTED OF HAVING A DISABILITY,
 the  child  shall,  with  [the  consent  of  a parent] PARENTAL CONSENT,
 receive  [a  multidisciplinary  evaluation.  All  evaluations  shall  be
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 ANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS  SECTION,
 the coordinated standards and procedures, and [with] regulations promul-
 gated by the commissioner.
   (E) IF, BASED UPON THE SCREENING, A CHILD IS NOT SUSPECTED OF HAVING A
 DISABILITY, AN EVALUATION SHALL NOT BE PROVIDED, UNLESS REQUESTED BY THE
 PARENT.  THE  EARLY  INTERVENTION OFFICIAL SHALL PROVIDE THE PARENT WITH
 WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE SCREENING RESULTS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION
 ON THE PARENT'S RIGHT TO REQUEST AN EVALUATION.
   (F) A SCREENING SHALL NOT BE PROVIDED TO CHILDREN WHO ARE REFERRED  TO
 THE  EARLY  INTERVENTION PROGRAM WHO HAVE A DIAGNOSED PHYSICAL OR MENTAL
 CONDITION WITH A HIGH PROBABILITY OF RESULTING  IN  DEVELOPMENTAL  DELAY
 THAT  ESTABLISHES  ELIGIBILITY  FOR THE PROGRAM OR FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE
 PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED AN EVALUATION UNDER THE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM.
   4. The evaluation of [each] A child shall:
   (a) INCLUDE THE ADMINISTRATION OF AN EVALUATION INSTRUMENT OR  INSTRU-
 MENTS  APPROVED  BY THE DEPARTMENT. IF THE EVALUATOR DOES NOT UTILIZE AN
 INSTRUMENT OR INSTRUMENTS APPROVED BY THE  DEPARTMENT  AS  PART  OF  THE
 EVALUATION  OF  THE  CHILD,  THE EVALUATOR SHALL DOCUMENT IN WRITING WHY
 SUCH INSTRUMENT OR INSTRUMENTS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE OR AVAILABLE FOR  THE
 CHILD;
   (B)  be  conducted by personnel trained to utilize appropriate methods
 and procedures;
   [(b)] (C) be based on informed clinical opinion;
   [(c)] (D) be made without regard to the availability  of  services  in
 the municipality or who might provide such services; [and
   (d)] (E) with parental consent, include the following:
   (i)  a  review  of  pertinent  records  related to the child's current
 health status and medical history; AND
   (ii) an evaluation of the child's level of functioning in each of  the
 developmental  areas  set forth in paragraph (c) of subdivision seven of
 section twenty-five hundred forty-one  of  this  title[;]  TO  DETERMINE
 WHETHER  THE CHILD HAS A DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN THIS TITLE THAT ESTAB-
 LISHES THE CHILD'S ELIGIBILITY FOR THE PROGRAM; AND
   (F) IF THE CHILD HAS BEEN DETERMINED ELIGIBLE BY THE  EVALUATOR  AFTER
 CONDUCTING  THE  PROCEDURES  SET  FORTH IN PARAGRAPHS (A) THROUGH (E) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, THE EVALUATION SHALL ALSO INCLUDE:
   [(iii)] (I) an assessment [of the unique needs of the child  in  terms
 of]  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF IDENTIFYING THE CHILD'S UNIQUE STRENGTHS AND
 NEEDS IN each of the developmental areas [set forth in paragraph (c)  of
 subdivision  seven  of  section  twenty-five  hundred  forty-one of this
 title, including the  identification  of]  AND  THE  EARLY  INTERVENTION
 services appropriate to meet those needs;
   [(iv)] (II) A FAMILY-DIRECTED ASSESSMENT, IF CONSENTED TO BY THE FAMI-
 LY,  IN  ORDER  TO  IDENTIFY  THE  FAMILY'S  RESOURCES,  PRIORITIES, AND
 CONCERNS AND THE SUPPORTS NECESSARY TO ENHANCE THE FAMILY'S CAPACITY  TO
 MEET  THE  DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS OF THE CHILD. THE FAMILY ASSESSMENT SHALL
 BE VOLUNTARY ON THE PART OF EACH  FAMILY  MEMBER  PARTICIPATING  IN  THE
 ASSESSMENT;
   (III)  an  [evaluation]  ASSESSMENT of the transportation needs of the
 child, if any; and
   [(v)] (IV) such other matters as the  commissioner  may  prescribe  in
 regulation.
   5. EVALUATIONS FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE REFERRED TO THE EARLY INTERVENTION
 OFFICIAL  WITH  DIAGNOSED PHYSICAL OR MENTAL CONDITIONS THAT HAVE A HIGH
 PROBABILITY OF RESULTING IN DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY. (A) IF A  CHILD  HAS  A
 DIAGNOSED  PHYSICAL  OR  MENTAL CONDITION THAT HAS A HIGH PROBABILITY OF

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 RESULTING IN DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY, THE CHILD'S MEDICAL OR  OTHER  RECORDS
 SHALL  BE USED, WHEN AVAILABLE, TO ESTABLISH THE CHILD'S ELIGIBILITY FOR
 THE PROGRAM.
   (B)  THE EVALUATOR SHALL, UPON REVIEW OF THE REFERRAL FORM PROVIDED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO OF THIS  TITLE  OR
 ANY MEDICAL OR OTHER RECORDS, OR AT THE TIME OF INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE
 CHILD'S  FAMILY,  DETERMINE  WHETHER THE CHILD HAS A DIAGNOSED CONDITION
 THAT ESTABLISHES THE CHILD'S ELIGIBILITY FOR THE PROGRAM. IF THE  EVALU-
 ATOR HAS REASON TO BELIEVE, AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE CHILD'S FAMILY, THAT
 THE  CHILD  MAY  HAVE A DIAGNOSED CONDITION THAT ESTABLISHES THE CHILD'S
 ELIGIBILITY BUT THE EVALUATOR HAS NOT  BEEN  PROVIDED  WITH  MEDICAL  OR
 OTHER  DOCUMENTATION  OF  SUCH  DIAGNOSIS,  THE  EVALUATOR  SHALL,  WITH
 PARENTAL CONSENT, OBTAIN SUCH DOCUMENTATION, WHEN  AVAILABLE,  PRIOR  TO
 PROCEEDING WITH THE EVALUATION OF THE CHILD.
   (C)  THE  EVALUATOR SHALL REVIEW ALL RECORDS RECEIVED TO DOCUMENT THAT
 THE CHILD'S DIAGNOSIS AS SET  FORTH  IN  SUCH  RECORDS  ESTABLISHES  THE
 CHILD'S ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM.
   (D)  NOTWITHSTANDING  SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, IF THE CHILD'S
 ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION,  THE  EVALUATION  OF  THE  CHILD  SHALL  (I)
 CONSIST  OF A REVIEW OF THE RESULTS OF THE MEDICAL OR OTHER RECORDS THAT
 ESTABLISHED THE CHILD'S ELIGIBILITY, AND ANY OTHER PERTINENT EVALUATIONS
 OR RECORDS AVAILABLE AND (II) COMPLY WITH THE PROCEDURES  SET  FORTH  IN
 PARAGRAPH (F) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION. THE EVALUATION PROCE-
 DURES  SET  FORTH  IN  PARAGRAPHS (A) THROUGH (E) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF
 THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED OR CONDUCTED.
   6. An evaluation shall not include a reference to any specific provid-
 er of early intervention services.
   [6.] 7. Nothing in this  section  shall  restrict  an  evaluator  from
 utilizing, in addition to findings from his or her personal examination,
 other examinations, evaluations or assessments conducted for such child,
 including those conducted prior to the evaluation under this section, if
 such  examinations,  evaluations  or assessments are consistent with the
 coordinated standards and procedures.
   [7.] 8. Following completion of the evaluation,  the  evaluator  shall
 provide  the  parent and service coordinator with a copy of a summary of
 the full evaluation. To the extent practicable,  the  summary  shall  be
 provided  in  the  native  language  of  the parent. Upon request of the
 parent, early intervention official or service coordinator,  the  evalu-
 ator  shall  provide a copy of the full evaluation to such parent, early
 intervention official or service coordinator.
   [8.] 9. A parent who disagrees with the results of an  evaluation  may
 obtain  an additional evaluation or partial evaluation at public expense
 to the extent authorized by federal law or regulation.
   [9.] 10. Upon receipt of the results of an evaluation, a service coor-
 dinator may, with parental consent, require additional diagnostic infor-
 mation regarding the condition of the  child,  provided,  however,  that
 such  evaluation or assessment is not unnecessarily duplicative or inva-
 sive to the child, and provided further, that:
   (a) where the evaluation has established the child's eligibility, such
 additional diagnostic information shall be used solely to provide  addi-
 tional  information  to the parent and service coordinator regarding the
 child's need for services and cannot be a basis for  refuting  eligibil-
 ity;
   (b)  the service coordinator provides the parent with a written expla-
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   (c) the additional diagnostic procedures are  at  no  expense  to  the
 parent; and
   (d)  the  evaluation  is completed and a meeting to develop an IFSP is
 held within the time prescribed in subdivision one  of  section  twenty-
 five hundred forty-five of this title.
   [10.] 11. (a) If the screening indicates that the infant or toddler is
 not  an  eligible child and the parent elects not to have an evaluation,
 or if the evaluation indicates that the infant  or  toddler  is  not  an
 eligible child, the service coordinator shall inform the parent of other
 programs or services that may benefit such child, and the child's family
 and,  with  parental  consent,  refer  such  child  to  such programs or
 services.
   (b) A parent may appeal a determination that  a  child  is  ineligible
 pursuant  to the provisions of section twenty-five hundred forty-nine of
 this title, provided, however, that  a  parent  may  not  initiate  such
 appeal  until  all  evaluations are completed.  IN ADDITION, FOR A CHILD
 REFERRED TO THE EARLY INTERVENTION OFFICIAL WHO HAS A DIAGNOSED PHYSICAL
 OR MENTAL CONDITION THAT ESTABLISHES THE  CHILD'S  ELIGIBILITY  FOR  THE
 PROGRAM  IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION, THE PARENT
 MAY APPEAL THE DENIAL OF A REQUEST TO HAVE  THE  EVALUATOR  CONDUCT  THE
 EVALUATION  PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPHS (A) THROUGH (E) OF SUBDI-
 VISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PARENT MAY  NOT
 INITIATE  THE  APPEAL  UNTIL THE EVALUATION CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION IS COMPLETED.
   [11.] 12. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the  contrary,
 where  a  request has been made to review an IFSP prior to the six-month
 interval provided in subdivision seven of  section  twenty-five  hundred
 forty-five  of  this title for purposes of increasing frequency or dura-
 tion of an approved service, including service coordination,  the  early
 intervention  official  may  require an additional evaluation or partial
 evaluation at public expense by an approved  evaluator  other  than  the
 current provider of service, with parent consent.
   §  5.  Section  3235-a  of the insurance law, as added by section 3 of
 part C of chapter 1 of the laws of 2002, subsection (c)  as  amended  by
 section  17  of  part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012, is amended to
 read as follows:
   § 3235-a. Payment for early intervention services. (a)  No  policy  of
 accident  and  health  insurance, including contracts issued pursuant to
 article forty-three of this chapter, shall exclude coverage  for  other-
 wise  covered  services solely on the basis that the services constitute
 early intervention program services under title two-A of  article  twen-
 ty-five  of  the  public  health  law;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THE INSURER,
 INCLUDING A HEALTH MAINTENANCE  ORGANIZATION  ISSUED  A  CERTIFICATE  OF
 AUTHORITY UNDER ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND A CORPO-
 RATION ORGANIZED UNDER ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL PAY FOR
 SUCH  SERVICES  TO  THE  EXTENT  THAT THE SERVICES ARE A COVERED BENEFIT
 UNDER THE POLICY.
   (b) Where a policy of  accident  and  health  insurance,  including  a
 contract  issued  pursuant  to  article  forty-three  of  this  chapter,
 provides coverage for an early intervention program service, such cover-
 age shall not be applied against any maximum annual or lifetime monetary
 limits set forth in such policy or contract.  ANY DOCUMENTATION OBTAINED
 PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF
 SECTION  TWENTY-FIVE  HUNDRED  FIFTY-NINE  OF  THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND
 SUBMITTED TO THE INSURER SHALL  BE  CONSIDERED  AS  PART  OF  PRECERTIF-
 ICATION,  PREAUTHORIZATION AND/OR MEDICAL NECESSITY REVIEW IMPOSED UNDER

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 SUCH POLICY OF ACCIDENT  AND  HEALTH  INSURANCE,  INCLUDING  A  CONTRACT
 ISSUED  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER. Visit limita-
 tions and other terms and conditions of  the  policy  will  continue  to
 apply to early intervention services. However, any visits used for early
 intervention  program  services  shall  not  reduce the number of visits
 otherwise available under the policy or contract for such services.
   (c) Any right of subrogation  to  benefits  which  a  municipality  or
 provider  is  entitled  in  accordance with paragraph (d) of subdivision
 three of section twenty-five hundred fifty-nine of the public health law
 shall be valid and enforceable to  the  extent  benefits  are  available
 under any accident and health insurance policy. The right of subrogation
 does  not  attach to insurance benefits paid or provided under any acci-
 dent and health insurance policy prior to  receipt  by  the  insurer  of
 written  notice  from  the municipality or provider, as applicable.  The
 insurer shall provide [the] SUCH municipality  and  service  coordinator
 with  information  on  the  extent  of benefits available to the covered
 person under such policy within fifteen days of the insurer's receipt of
 written request and notice authorizing such release. The service coordi-
 nator shall provide such information to the rendering provider  assigned
 to provide services to the child.
   (d)  No  insurer, including a health maintenance organization issued a
 certificate of authority under article forty-four of the  public  health
 law  and a corporation organized under article forty-three of this chap-
 ter, shall refuse to issue an accident and health  insurance  policy  or
 contract  or  refuse to renew an accident and health insurance policy or
 contract solely because the applicant or insured is  receiving  services
 under the early intervention program.
   §  6.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 3 of section 2559 of the public
 health law, as amended by section 11 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Providers of evaluations and early intervention services,  herein-
 after  collectively  referred  to  in  this subdivision as "provider" or
 "providers", shall in the first  instance  and  where  applicable,  seek
 payment  from  all  third  party  payors including governmental agencies
 prior to claiming payment from  a  given  municipality  for  evaluations
 conducted  under the program and for services rendered to eligible chil-
 dren, provided that, the obligation to seek payment shall not apply to a
 payment from a third party payor who is  not  prohibited  from  applying
 such  payment,  and  will  apply  such payment, to an annual or lifetime
 limit specified in the insured's policy.  IF SUCH A CLAIM IS DENIED BY A
 THIRD PARTY PAYOR, THE PROVIDER SHALL REQUEST AN APPEAL OF SUCH  DENIAL,
 IN  A  MANNER  PRESCRIBED  BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE
 FORTY-NINE OF THIS CHAPTER AND ARTICLE FORTY-NINE OF THE INSURANCE  LAW,
 AND  SHALL  RECEIVE A DETERMINATION OF SUCH APPEAL PRIOR TO SUBMITTING A
 CLAIM FOR PAYMENT FROM ANOTHER THIRD PARTY PAYOR  OR  FROM  THE  MUNICI-
 PALITY.  A  PROVIDER SHALL NOT DELAY OR DISCONTINUE SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE
 CHILDREN PENDING PAYMENT OF THE CLAIM OR PENDING A DETERMINATION OF  ANY
 DENIAL FOR PAYMENT THAT HAS BEEN APPEALED.
   (i)  [Parents]  IN  A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE DEPARTMENT, PARENTS shall
 provide the municipality [and], service coordinator AND PROVIDER  infor-
 mation on any insurance policy, plan or contract under which an eligible
 child has coverage.
   (ii)  [Parents]  IN A TIMELINE AND FORMAT AS PRESCRIBED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT, THE MUNICIPALITY SHALL REQUEST FROM THE  PARENT,  AND  THE  PARENT
 shall  provide the municipality [and the service coordinator], WHO SHALL
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 with:  (A)  a  written  ORDER, referral [from a primary care provider as
 documentation, for eligible children, of] OR RECOMMENDATION, SIGNED BY A
 PHYSICIAN, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT OR NURSE PRACTITIONER,  FOR  THE  MEDICAL
 NECESSITY OF EARLY INTERVENTION EVALUATION SERVICES TO DETERMINE PROGRAM
 ELIGIBILITY FOR EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES;
   (B) A COPY OF AN INDIVIDUALIZED FAMILY SERVICE PLAN AGREED UPON PURSU-
 ANT  TO  SECTION  TWENTY-FIVE  HUNDRED  FORTY-FIVE  OF  THIS  TITLE THAT
 CONTAINS DOCUMENTATION, SIGNED BY A PHYSICIAN,  PHYSICIAN  ASSISTANT  OR
 NURSE  PRACTITIONER  ON  the  medical  necessity  of  early intervention
 services INCLUDED IN THE INDIVIDUALIZED FAMILY SERVICE PLAN;
   (C) WRITTEN  CONSENT  TO  CONTACT  THE  CHILD'S  PHYSICIAN,  PHYSICIAN
 ASSISTANT OR NURSE PRACTITIONER FOR PURPOSES OF OBTAINING A SIGNED WRIT-
 TEN  ORDER, REFERRAL, OR RECOMMENDATION AS DOCUMENTATION FOR THE MEDICAL
 NECESSITY OF EARLY INTERVENTION EVALUATION SERVICES TO DETERMINE PROGRAM
 ELIGIBILITY FOR EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES; OR
   (D) WRITTEN  CONSENT  TO  CONTACT  THE  CHILD'S  PHYSICIAN,  PHYSICIAN
 ASSISTANT  OR  NURSE  PRACTITIONER  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  OBTAINING  SIGNED
 DOCUMENTATION OF THE MEDICAL NECESSITY OF  EARLY  INTERVENTION  SERVICES
 CONTAINED  WITHIN  THE  INDIVIDUALIZED  FAMILY  SERVICE PLAN AGREED UPON
 PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE OF THIS TITLE.
   (iii) [providers] PROVIDERS  shall  utilize  the  department's  fiscal
 agent and data system for claiming payment AND FOR REQUESTING APPEALS OF
 CLAIMS  DENIED  BY  THIRD  PARTY  PAYORS,  for  evaluations and services
 rendered under the early intervention program.
   § 7. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 of  section  2559  of  the  public
 health law, as amended by section 11 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (d) A municipality, or its designee, and a provider shall be subrogat-
 ed,  to the extent of the expenditures by such municipality or for early
 intervention services furnished to persons eligible for  benefits  under
 this  title,  to  any rights such person may have or be entitled to from
 third party reimbursement. The provider SHALL SUBMIT  ANY  DOCUMENTATION
 OBTAINED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION AND shall submit notice to the insurer or plan administrator of his
 or her exercise of such right of subrogation upon the provider's assign-
 ment as the early intervention service provider for the child. The right
 of  subrogation  does  not attach to benefits paid or provided under any
 health insurance policy or health benefits  plan  prior  to  receipt  of
 written  notice  of the exercise of subrogation rights by the insurer or
 plan administrator providing such benefits.
   § 8. Subdivision 7 of section  4900  of  the  public  health  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  558  of  the  laws  of 1999, is amended to read as
 follows:
   7. "Health care provider" means a health care professional or a facil-
 ity licensed pursuant to articles twenty-eight,  thirty-six,  forty-four
 or  forty-seven  of  this  chapter [or], a facility licensed pursuant to
 article nineteen, twenty-three, thirty-one or thirty-two of  the  mental
 hygiene  law,  QUALIFIED  PERSONNEL  PURSUANT  TO TITLE TWO-A OF ARTICLE
 TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER OR AN AGENCY AS DEFINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH IN REGULATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO  TITLE  TWO-A  OF  ARTICLE
 TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  9. Subdivision 1 of section 4904 of the public health law, as added
 by chapter 705 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   1. An enrollee, the enrollee's designee and, in connection with retro-
 spective adverse determinations OR ADVERSE DETERMINATIONS  FOR  SERVICES
 RENDERED  IN ACCORDANCE TITLE TWO-A OF ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAP-

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 TER, an enrollee's health care provider, may appeal an adverse  determi-
 nation rendered by a utilization review agent.
   §  10.  The  opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 4910 of the
 public health law, as amended by chapter 237 of the  laws  of  2009,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   An  enrollee,  the enrollee's designee and, in connection with concur-
 rent and retrospective adverse determinations OR ADVERSE  DETERMINATIONS
 FOR  SERVICES RENDERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE TWO-A OF ARTICLE TWENTY-
 FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, an enrollee's health care provider, shall have the
 right to request an external appeal when:
   § 11. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section  4914  of  the  public
 health law, as amended by chapter 237 of the laws of 2009, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (a)  Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subdivision,
 payment for  an  external  appeal,  INCLUDING  AN  APPEAL  FOR  SERVICES
 RENDERED  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE TWO-A OF ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS
 CHAPTER, shall be the responsibility of the health care plan. The health
 care plan shall make payment to the external appeal agent within  forty-
 five  days  from  the  date  the appeal determination is received by the
 health care plan, and the health care plan shall  be  obligated  to  pay
 such amount together with interest thereon calculated at a rate which is
 the  greater of the rate set by the commissioner of taxation and finance
 for corporate taxes pursuant to  paragraph  one  of  subsection  (e)  of
 section  one  thousand  ninety-six  of the tax law or twelve percent per
 annum, to be computed from the date the bill was required to be paid, in
 the event that payment is not made within such forty-five days.
   § 12. Subsection (g) of section 4900 of the insurance law, as  amended
 by chapter 558 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
   (g)  "Health  care  provider"  means  a  health care professional or a
 facility licensed pursuant to article twenty-eight,  thirty-six,  forty-
 four  or  forty-seven of the public health law [or], a facility licensed
 pursuant to article nineteen, twenty-three, thirty-one or thirty-two  of
 the  mental  hygiene law, QUALIFIED PERSONNEL PURSUANT TO TITLE TWO-A OF
 ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, OR AN AGENCY AS DEFINED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN REGULATIONS PROMULGATED  PURSUANT  TO  TITLE
 TWO-A OF ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   § 13. Subsection (a) of section 4904 of the insurance law, as added by
 chapter 705 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  An insured, the insured's designee and, in connection with retro-
 spective adverse determinations OR ADVERSE DETERMINATIONS  FOR  SERVICES
 RENDERED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH TITLE TWO-A OF ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE OF THE
 PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, an insured's health  care  provider,  may  appeal  an
 adverse determination rendered by a utilization review agent.
   §  14.  The opening paragraph of subsection (b) of section 4910 of the
 insurance law, as amended by chapter 237 of the laws of 2009, is amended
 to read as follows:
   An insured, the insured's designee and, in connection with  concurrent
 and  retrospective  adverse determinations OR ADVERSE DETERMINATIONS FOR
 SERVICES RENDERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE TWO-A OF ARTICLE  TWENTY-FIVE
 OF  THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, an insured's health care provider, shall have
 the right to request an external appeal when:
   § 15. Paragraph 1 of subsection (d) of section 4914 of  the  insurance
 law,  as  amended by chapter 237 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (1) Except as provided in paragraphs two and three of this subsection,
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 RENDERED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH TITLE TWO-A OF ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE OF THE
 PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, shall be the responsibility of the health care  plan.
 The  health  care  plan  shall make payment to the external appeal agent
 within  forty-five  days,  from  the  date  the  appeal determination is
 received by the health care plan, and the  health  care  plan  shall  be
 obligated  to  pay such amount together with interest thereon calculated
 at a rate which is the greater of the rate set by  the  commissioner  of
 taxation  and  finance  for corporate taxes pursuant to paragraph one of
 subsection (e) of section one thousand ninety-six  of  the  tax  law  or
 twelve  percent  per  annum,  to  be computed from the date the bill was
 required to be paid, in the event that payment is not made  within  such
 forty-five days.
   §  16.  Paragraph  1 of subsection (c) of section 109 of the insurance
 law, as amended by section 55 of part A of chapter 62  of  the  laws  of
 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  If  the  superintendent  finds  after notice and hearing that any
 [authorized] insurer, representative of the insurer,  [licensed]  insur-
 ance  agent,  [licensed]  insurance  broker, [licensed] adjuster, or any
 other person or entity [licensed, certified, registered,  or  authorized
 pursuant]  SUBJECT to this chapter, has wilfully violated the provisions
 of this chapter or  any  regulation  promulgated  thereunder,  then  the
 superintendent  may  order  the person or entity to pay to the people of
 this state a penalty in a sum not exceeding  THE  GREATER  OF:  (I)  one
 thousand  dollars  for each offense; OR (II) WHERE THE VIOLATION RELATES
 TO EITHER THE FAILURE TO PAY A CLAIM OR MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT TO  THE
 SUPERINTENDENT  OR  THE  DEPARTMENT,  THE  GREATER  OF  (A) TEN THOUSAND
 DOLLARS FOR EACH OFFENSE, OR (B) A MULTIPLE OF TWO TIMES  THE  AGGREGATE
 DAMAGES  ATTRIBUTABLE  TO  THE VIOLATION, OR (C) A MULTIPLE OF TWO TIMES
 THE AGGREGATE ECONOMIC GAIN ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE VIOLATION.
   § 17. Upon enactment of the amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision
 3 of section 2559 of the public health law made by section six  of  this
 act,  providers  of  early  intervention  services  shall  receive a two
 percent increase  in  rates  of  reimbursement  for  early  intervention
 services provided that for payments made for early intervention services
 to  persons  eligible for medical assistance pursuant to title eleven of
 article five of the social services law, the two percent increase  shall
 be subject to the availability of federal financial participation.
   §  18.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on or after April 1,  2018;  provided
 that  the  amendments  to  section  3235-a  of the insurance law made by
 section five of this act shall apply  only  to  policies  and  contracts
 issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended on or after such date.
 
                                  PART P
 
   Section  1.  The opening paragraph of paragraph (b) of subdivision 5-a
 of section 2807-m of the public health law, as amended by section  6  of
 part H of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   Nine  million  one  hundred  twenty  thousand dollars annually for the
 period January first, two thousand nine through  December  thirty-first,
 two  thousand  ten,  and two million two hundred eighty thousand dollars
 for the period January first, two thousand eleven, through  March  thir-
 ty-first,  two thousand eleven, nine million one hundred twenty thousand
 dollars each state fiscal year for the period April first, two  thousand
 eleven  through  March  thirty-first, two thousand fourteen, up to eight
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 the  period  April  first,  two  thousand fourteen through March thirty-
 first, two thousand seventeen, and  up  to  eight  million  six  hundred
 twelve  thousand  dollars  each  state  fiscal year for the period April
 first,  two  thousand seventeen through March thirty-first, two thousand
 [twenty] EIGHTEEN, shall be set aside and reserved by  the  commissioner
 from  the regional pools established pursuant to subdivision two of this
 section to be allocated regionally  with  two-thirds  of  the  available
 funding  going  to  New York city and one-third of the available funding
 going to the rest of the state and shall be available  for  distribution
 as follows:
   §  2. Subparagraph (xiii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section
 2807-s of the public health law, as amended by section 4 of  part  H  of
 chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (xiii)  twenty-three million eight hundred thirty-six thousand dollars
 each state fiscal year for the period April first, two  thousand  twelve
 through  March  thirty-first, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, AND FIFTEEN MILLION
 TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH STATE FISCAL YEAR  FOR
 THE  PERIOD  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND EIGHTEEN THROUGH MARCH THIRTY-
 FIRST, two thousand twenty;
   § 3. Subdivision 9 of  section  2803  of  the  public  health  law  is
 REPEALED.
   §  4.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to subparagraph (xiii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision  7
 of  section  2807-s of the public health law made by section two of this
 act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be  deemed
 to expire therewith.
 
                                  PART Q
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2825-f to read as follows:
   § 2825-F. HEALTH CARE FACILITY TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM:  STATEWIDE III.
 1. A STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE FACILITY  TRANSFORMATION  PROGRAM  IS  HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED  UNDER  THE JOINT ADMINISTRATION OF THE COMMISSIONER AND THE
 PRESIDENT OF THE DORMITORY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW  YORK  FOR  THE
 PURPOSE  OF STRENGTHENING AND PROTECTING CONTINUED ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
 SERVICES IN COMMUNITIES. THE PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE FUNDING IN SUPPORT OF
 CAPITAL PROJECTS, DEBT RETIREMENT, WORKING CAPITAL OR OTHER  NON-CAPITAL
 PROJECTS  THAT  FACILITATE HEALTH CARE TRANSFORMATION ACTIVITIES INCLUD-
 ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MERGER,  CONSOLIDATION,  ACQUISITION  OR  OTHER
 ACTIVITIES  INTENDED  TO:  (A) CREATE FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS OF
 CARE; (B) PRESERVE OR EXPAND ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES; (C) MODERN-
 IZE OBSOLETE FACILITY PHYSICAL PLANTS  AND  INFRASTRUCTURE;  (D)  FOSTER
 PARTICIPATION  IN  VALUE  BASED PAYMENTS ARRANGEMENTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, CONTRACTS WITH  MANAGED  CARE  PLANS  AND  ACCOUNTABLE  CARE
 ORGANIZATIONS;  (E) FOR RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, INCREASE THE
 QUALITY OF RESIDENT CARE OR EXPERIENCE; OR (F) IMPROVE  HEALTH  INFORMA-
 TION  TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING TELEHEALTH, TO STRENGTHEN THE
 ACUTE, POST-ACUTE AND LONG-TERM CARE  CONTINUUM.  GRANTS  SHALL  NOT  BE
 AVAILABLE  TO  SUPPORT  GENERAL  OPERATING EXPENSES. THE ISSUANCE OF ANY
 BONDS OR NOTES HEREUNDER SHALL BE SUBJECT  TO  SECTION  SIXTEEN  HUNDRED
 EIGHTY-R  OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW AND THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR
 OF THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET, AND ANY PROJECTS FUNDED THROUGH THE ISSU-
 ANCE OF BONDS OR NOTES HEREUNDER SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE NEW YORK STATE
 PUBLIC AUTHORITIES CONTROL BOARD, AS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION FIFTY-ONE OF
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   2. THE COMMISSIONER AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE DORMITORY AUTHORITY SHALL
 ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL  BY  THE  DIRECTOR  OF  THE
 BUDGET,  AND  SUBJECT  TO SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-R OF THE PUBLIC
 AUTHORITIES LAW, FOR THE PURPOSES OF AWARDING, DISTRIBUTING, AND  ADMIN-
 ISTERING  THE  FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. SUCH FUNDS
 MAY BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR GRANTS TO GENERAL  HOSPITALS,
 RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTERS AND
 CLINICS LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER OR THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, AND
 COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF
 THIS  SECTION  FOR  GRANTS  IN SUPPORT OF THE PURPOSES SET FORTH IN THIS
 SECTION. A COPY OF SUCH AGREEMENT, AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO, SHALL  BE
 PROVIDED  TO THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR OF THE
 ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE  DIVISION  OF
 THE  BUDGET  NO LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF A REQUEST
 FOR APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING UNDER THIS PROGRAM.  PROJECTS  AWARDED,  IN
 WHOLE  OR  PART,  UNDER  SECTIONS TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE-A AND
 TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE-B OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE
 FOR GRANTS OR AWARDS MADE AVAILABLE UNDER THIS SECTION.
   3. NOTWITHSTANDING  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-THREE  OF  THE  STATE
 FINANCE  LAW OR ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UP TO
 FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS OF THE  FUNDS  APPROPRIATED
 FOR  THIS  PROGRAM SHALL BE AWARDED WITHOUT A COMPETITIVE BID OR REQUEST
 FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS FOR GRANTS  TO  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDERS  (HEREAFTER
 "APPLICANTS").  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT A MINIMUM OF: (A) SIXTY MILLION
 DOLLARS OF TOTAL AWARDED FUNDS SHALL BE MADE TO  COMMUNITY-BASED  HEALTH
 CARE PROVIDERS, WHICH FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEFINED AS A
 DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTER LICENSED OR GRANTED AN OPERATING CERTIF-
 ICATE  UNDER THIS ARTICLE; A MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC LICENSED OR GRANTED AN
 OPERATING CERTIFICATE UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE  OF  THE  MENTAL  HYGIENE
 LAW;  A  SUBSTANCE  USE DISORDER TREATMENT CLINIC LICENSED OR GRANTED AN
 OPERATING CERTIFICATE UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO  OF  THE  MENTAL  HYGIENE
 LAW; A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER; A HOME CARE PROVIDER CERTIFIED OR LICENSED
 PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  THIRTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER; OR AN ASSISTED LIVING
 PROGRAM APPROVED BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
 SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED  SIXTY  ONE-1 OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW; AND (B)
 FORTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS OF THE TOTAL AWARDED FUNDS SHALL BE  MADE  TO
 RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.
   4. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT SUBDIVISION OF THIS SECTION OR ANY
 OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY, THE COMMISSIONER, WITH THE
 APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, MAY EXPEND UP TO TWENTY  MILLION
 DOLLARS  OF  THE  FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR THIS PROGRAM AND DESIGNATED FOR
 COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF
 THIS  SECTION  FOR  AWARDS MADE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (L) OF SUBDIVISION
 THREE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE-L OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
   5. IN DETERMINING AWARDS FOR ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS UNDER  THIS  SECTION,
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSIDER CRITERIA INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (A)  THE  EXTENT  TO WHICH THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE
 INTEGRATION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES OR THE LONG TERM  SUSTAINABILITY  OF
 THE APPLICANT OR PRESERVATION OF ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE COMMU-
 NITY OR COMMUNITIES SERVED BY THE APPLICANT;
   (B)  THE  EXTENT  TO  WHICH THE PROPOSED PROJECT OR PURPOSE IS ALIGNED
 WITH DELIVERY SYSTEM REFORM INCENTIVE PAYMENT  ("DSRIP")  PROGRAM  GOALS
 AND OBJECTIVES;
   (C) THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS;
   (D)  THE  RELATIONSHIP  BETWEEN  THE  PROPOSED  PROJECT AND IDENTIFIED
 COMMUNITY NEED;

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   (E) THE EXTENT TO  WHICH  THE  APPLICANT  HAS  ACCESS  TO  ALTERNATIVE
 FINANCING;
   (F)  THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROPOSED PROJECT FURTHERS THE DEVELOPMENT
 OF PRIMARY CARE AND OTHER OUTPATIENT SERVICES;
   (G) THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROPOSED PROJECT BENEFITS MEDICAID  ENROL-
 LEES AND UNINSURED INDIVIDUALS;
   (H)  THE  EXTENT  TO  WHICH  THE  APPLICANT  HAS ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY
 AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED PROJECT  AND  THE  MANNER  IN  WHICH  COMMUNITY
 ENGAGEMENT HAS SHAPED SUCH PROJECT; AND
   (I)  THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROPOSED PROJECT ADDRESSES POTENTIAL RISK
 TO PATIENT SAFETY AND WELFARE.
   6. DISBURSEMENT OF AWARDS MADE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE
 CONDITIONED  ON  THE  AWARDEE  ACHIEVING CERTAIN PROCESS AND PERFORMANCE
 METRICS AND MILESTONES AS DETERMINED  IN  THE  SOLE  DISCRETION  OF  THE
 COMMISSIONER.  SUCH METRICS AND MILESTONES SHALL BE STRUCTURED TO ENSURE
 THAT  THE  GOALS OF THE PROJECT ARE ACHIEVED, AND SUCH METRICS AND MILE-
 STONES SHALL BE INCLUDED  IN  GRANT  DISBURSEMENT  AGREEMENTS  OR  OTHER
 CONTRACTUAL DOCUMENTS AS REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   7.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE A REPORT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TO THE
 CHAIRS OF THE SENATE FINANCE, ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS,  AND  SENATE  AND
 ASSEMBLY HEALTH COMMITTEES, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINES
 THAT  THE  PROJECTS  THAT  RECEIVE  FUNDING PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION ARE
 SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE. SUCH REPORTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED  NO  LATER  THAN
 SIXTY  DAYS  AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE QUARTER, AND SHALL INCLUDE, FOR EACH
 AWARD, THE NAME OF THE  APPLICANT,  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  PROJECT  OR
 PURPOSE,  THE  AMOUNT  OF  THE  AWARD,  DISBURSEMENT DATE, AND STATUS OF
 ACHIEVEMENT OF PROCESS AND PERFORMANCE METRICS AND  MILESTONES  PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2018.
 
                                  PART R
 
   Section 1. Section 1373 of the public health law is amended by  adding
 two new subdivisions 1-a and 1-b to read as follows:
   1-A.  EVERY  MUNICIPALITY  THAT ADMINISTERS THE NEW YORK STATE UNIFORM
 FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE, AND THAT CONTAINS AN AREA  DESIGNATED
 AS  HIGH  RISK  BY  THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
 SECTION, SHALL SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT  AGGREGATE  REPORTS  SUMMARIZING
 THE OUTCOMES OF INSPECTIONS AND REMEDIATION CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
 VISION  SEVEN  OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,
 IN A FORMAT TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH
 THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
   1-B. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MONITOR EACH MUNICI-
 PALITY'S  COMPLIANCE  WITH  SUBDIVISION  SEVEN  OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 EIGHTY-ONE  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  INCLUDING  AUTHORITY  TO   PERFORM
 INSPECTIONS  OF RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND TO ENSURE
 IMPLEMENTATION OF LEAD REMEDIATION MEASURES.
   § 2. Section 378 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 17 to read as follows:
   17. FOR ANY AREA DESIGNATED AS HIGH RISK BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE OF
 THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW:
   A.  A  PRESUMPTION THAT ALL PAINT ON ANY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ON WHICH
 THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN
 HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT, AND THE EXTERIOR OF ANY NONRESIDENTIAL  STRUCTURE

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 ON WHICH THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST,
 NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT, IS LEAD-BASED.
   B.  A  REQUIREMENT  THAT  THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF ANY RESIDENTIAL
 BUILDING ON WHICH THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED PRIOR TO JANU-
 ARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED  SEVENTY-EIGHT,  AND  THE  EXTERIOR  OF  ANY
 NONRESIDENTIAL   STRUCTURE   ON  WHICH  THE  ORIGINAL  CONSTRUCTION  WAS
 COMPLETED PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST,  NINETEEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-EIGHT,  BE
 MAINTAINED  IN  A  CONDITION SUCH THAT THE PAINT THEREON DOES NOT BECOME
 DETERIORATED PAINT, UNLESS THE DETERIORATED PAINT  SURFACES  COMPRISE  A
 MINIMAL SURFACE AREA.
   §  3.  Section  381  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF  LAW,  THE  SECRETARY  SHALL
 PROMULGATE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  WITH RESPECT TO AREAS DESIGNATED AS
 HIGH RISK BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
 SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW:
   A.  REQUIRING THAT LOCAL CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CONDUCT INSPECTIONS
 OF RESIDENTIAL RENTAL  PROPERTY  PERIODICALLY  AND  AT  SPECIFIED  TIMES
 INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, AS PART OF AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIF-
 ICATE OF OCCUPANCY, A RENEWAL OF A CERTIFICATE OF  OCCUPANCY,  OR  BASED
 UPON  THE  FILING  OF  A  COMPLAINT. SUCH INSPECTIONS SHALL INCLUDE AT A
 MINIMUM A VISUAL ASSESSMENT FOR DETERIORATED PAINT AND BARE SOIL PRESENT
 WITHIN THE DRIPLINE OF THE BUILDING.
   B. ESTABLISHING REMEDIES FOR VIOLATIONS  OF  UNIFORM  CODE  PROVISIONS
 ADOPTED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  SEVENTEEN  OF  SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE AS APPROPRIATE:
   (I) CERTIFICATION BY A LEAD-BASED PAINT  INSPECTOR  OR  RISK  ASSESSOR
 THAT  THE  PROPERTY  HAS  BEEN  DETERMINED  THROUGH  A  LEAD-BASED PAINT
 INSPECTION CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROPRIATE FEDERAL  REGULATIONS
 NOT TO CONTAIN LEAD-BASED PAINT.
   (II)  CERTIFICATION  BY  A LEAD-BASED PAINT INSPECTOR OR RISK ASSESSOR
 THAT ALL CITED VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN ABATED, OR INTERIM  CONTROLS  IMPLE-
 MENTED,  AND  CLEARANCE HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNIFORM
 CODE.
   (III) WHERE EXTERIOR DETERIORATED PAINT VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING  DETERI-
 ORATED  PAINT  VIOLATIONS  ON AN OPEN PORCH, AND/OR BARE SOIL VIOLATIONS
 ARE CITED, OR WHERE INTERIOR DETERIORATED PAINT VIOLATIONS ARE CITED  IN
 A  COMMON AREA, CLEARANCE MAY BE ESTABLISHED THROUGH A VISUAL ASSESSMENT
 BY A LOCAL CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AFTER REDUCTION MEASURES  HAVE  BEEN
 IMPLEMENTED.
   C. ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR A CLEARANCE EXAMINATION AND REPORT.
   §  4. Paragraphs b and c of subdivision 1 of section 223-b of the real
 property law, as amended by chapter 584 of the laws of 1991, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   b.  Actions  taken  in  good  faith, by or in behalf of the tenant, to
 secure or enforce any rights under the lease or rental agreement,  under
 section  two  hundred  thirty-five-b of this chapter, or under any other
 law of the state of New York, or of its governmental subdivisions, or of
 the United States which has as its objective the regulation of  premises
 used  for  dwelling  purposes  or  which pertains to the offense of rent
 gouging in the third, second or first degree; [or]
   c. The tenant's participation in the activities of a  tenant's  organ-
 ization; OR
   D.  THE  TENANT'S  REPORTING OF A SUSPECTED LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD TO
 THE OWNER OR TO ANY STATE OR LOCAL AGENCY.

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   § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART S
 
   Section  1.  This Part enacts into law major components of legislation
 which are necessary to effectuate recommendations made as  part  of  the
 Regulatory  Modernization  Initiative  undertaken  by  the Department of
 Health. Each component is wholly contained within a  Subpart  identified
 as  Subparts  A  through  C.  The  effective  date  for  each particular
 provision contained within such Subpart is set forth in the last section
 of such Subpart.  Any  provision  in  any  section  contained  within  a
 Subpart,  including  the  effective  date  of the Subpart, which makes a
 reference to a section "of this act," when used in connection with  that
 particular  component,  shall  be deemed to mean and refer to the corre-
 sponding section of the Subpart in which it is found. Section  three  of
 this Part sets forth the general effective date of this Part.
 
                                 SUBPART A
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2805-z to read as follows:
   § 2805-Z. COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE COLLABORATIVES. 1.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS SECTION:
   (A)  A "COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE COLLABORATIVE" SHALL MEAN AN INITIATIVE
 COMPRISED OF THE PARTICIPANTS SET  FORTH  IN  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS
 SECTION  AND  ORGANIZED TO CARRY OUT A COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM AS
 DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B) A "COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN  A  PROGRAM  CARRIED
 OUT BY A COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE COLLABORATIVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACHIEV-
 ING  OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED BY THE COLLABORATIVE, PURSUANT TO WHICH INDI-
 VIDUALS WHO ARE CERTIFIED UNDER REGULATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 THREE  THOUSAND TWO OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL PERFORM COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE
 SERVICES IN  RESIDENTIAL  SETTINGS  OTHER  THAN  THE  INITIAL  EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL  CARE  AND  TRANSPORTATION OF SICK AND INJURED PERSONS, PROVIDED
 THAT SUCH INDIVIDUALS ARE:
   (I) CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER;
   (II) EMPLOYEES OR VOLUNTEERS OF AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDER
 THAT PARTICIPATES IN THE COLLABORATIVE;
   (III) PROVIDING SERVICES THAT ARE WITHIN THEIR EDUCATION OR  TRAINING;
 AND
   (IV)  WORKING  UNDER MEDICAL CONTROL AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION FIFTEEN
 OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND ONE OF THIS TITLE.
   (C) "COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE SERVICES" SHALL MEAN SERVICES PROVIDED  IN
 RESIDENTIAL  SETTINGS BY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CERTIFIED UNDER REGULATIONS
 ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION  THREE  THOUSAND  TWO  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  AND
 EMPLOYEES OR VOLUNTEERS OF AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDER, OTHER
 THAN  THE  INITIAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND TRANSPORTATION OF SICK AND
 INJURED PERSONS.
   (D) AN "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDER" SHALL MEAN  AN  AMBULANCE
 SERVICE  OR  AN  ADVANCED  LIFE  SUPPORT  FIRST RESPONSE SERVICE THAT IS
 CERTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER TO PROVIDE  AMBULANCE  OR
 ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT FIRST RESPONSE SERVICES AND STAFFED BY INDIVIDUALS
 WHO  ARE  CERTIFIED  UNDER  REGULATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE
 THOUSAND TWO OF THIS CHAPTER TO PROVIDE BASIC OR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT.

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   2. (A) AT A MINIMUM,  A  COMMUNITY  PARAMEDICINE  COLLABORATIVE  SHALL
 INCLUDE  THE  PARTICIPATION OF AT LEAST ONE HOSPITAL LICENSED UNDER THIS
 ARTICLE, AT LEAST ONE PHYSICIAN WHO MAY BUT  NEED  NOT  BE  EMPLOYED  OR
 OTHERWISE  AFFILIATED  WITH  A HOSPITAL PARTICIPATING IN SUCH COLLABORA-
 TIVE,  AT  LEAST  ONE  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  SERVICES PROVIDER AND, IF THE
 COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE SERVICES ARE TO BE PROVIDED IN  A  PRIVATE  RESI-
 DENCE,  AT  LEAST  ONE  HOME  CARE SERVICES AGENCY LICENSED OR CERTIFIED
 UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (B) WHERE THE COLLABORATIVE'S OBJECTIVES INCLUDE A  FOCUS  ON  SERVING
 INDIVIDUALS  WITH  BEHAVIORAL  HEALTH CONDITIONS AND/OR INDIVIDUALS WITH
 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, THE COLLABORATIVE SHALL INCLUDE THE  PARTIC-
 IPATION  OF  PROVIDERS OPERATED, LICENSED, OR CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF
 MENTAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  SERVICES,
 AND/OR  THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AS APPRO-
 PRIATE.
   (C) SUCH COLLABORATIVE MAY ALSO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL  PARTICIPANTS  SUCH
 AS PAYORS AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.
   3.  A  COMMUNITY  PARAMEDICINE COLLABORATIVE MAY ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY
 PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE SERVICES TO INDI-
 VIDUALS LIVING IN RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  ACHIEVING
 OBJECTIVES  IDENTIFIED BY THE COLLABORATIVE SUCH AS: PREVENTING EMERGEN-
 CIES, AVOIDABLE EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS, AVOIDABLE MEDICAL TRANSPORT,  AND
 POTENTIALLY  AVOIDABLE  HOSPITAL  ADMISSIONS AND READMISSIONS; IMPROVING
 OUTCOMES FOLLOWING DISCHARGE FROM A GENERAL HOSPITAL OR OTHER  INPATIENT
 ADMISSION;  AND/OR  PROMOTING  SELF-MANAGEMENT  OF  HEALTH OR BEHAVIORAL
 HEALTH CARE CONDITIONS.
   4. A COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE COLLABORATIVE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
 OR ARRANGE FOR APPROPRIATE ORIENTATION AND TRAINING  FOR  STAFF  PARTIC-
 IPATING IN THE COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM. IN ALL CASES, SUCH ORIEN-
 TATION  AND  TRAINING SHALL ADDRESS THE ASSESSMENT OF THE NEEDS OF INDI-
 VIDUALS  WITH  BEHAVIORAL  HEALTH  CONDITIONS   AND   INDIVIDUALS   WITH
 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
   5. AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDER PARTICIPATING IN A COMMUNITY
 PARAMEDICINE  COLLABORATIVE  SHALL:  (A)  ENSURE  THAT  THE PROVISION OF
 COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE SERVICES OCCURS  WITHIN  THE  PROVIDER'S  PRIMARY
 OPERATING  TERRITORY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER; AND (B)
 MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT IT HAS SUFFICIENTLY  STAFFED  THE
 PROVISION  OF  INITIAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND TRANSPORTATION OF SICK
 AND INJURED PERSONS BEFORE MAKING STAFF AVAILABLE TO  PROVIDE  COMMUNITY
 PARAMEDICINE SERVICES.
   6.  (A)  NO COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE COLLABORATIVE SHALL BEGIN PROVIDING
 SERVICES UNDER A COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM UNTIL  IT  HAS  NOTIFIED
 THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INITIATION OF SUCH COLLABORATIVE BY:
   (I) IDENTIFYING THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE COLLABORATIVE AND THE INDIVID-
 UAL WHO WILL SERVE AS THE POINT OF CONTACT;
   (II)  DESCRIBING  THE  GOALS  OF  THE  COLLABORATIVE IN CARRYING OUT A
 COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM;
   (III) DESCRIBING THE POPULATION TO BE SERVED BY THE COMMUNITY PARAMED-
 ICINE PROGRAM AND THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA IN WHICH THE PROGRAM WILL FOCUS;
   (IV) IDENTIFYING THE SERVICES TO BE OFFERED UNDER THE COMMUNITY PARAM-
 EDICINE PROGRAM AND THE COLLABORATIVE  PARTICIPANTS  THAT  WILL  PROVIDE
 SUCH SERVICES;
   (V)  DESCRIBING  THE  COLLABORATIVE'S  PLAN  TO  ASSURE, TO THE EXTENT
 POSSIBLE, THAT CARE PROVIDED UNDER THE COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM IS
 COORDINATED WITH OTHER PROVIDERS OF THE INDIVIDUALS SERVED;

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   (VI) DESCRIBING THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AND IMPROVEMENT PROCEDURES  THAT
 WILL BE USED BY THE COLLABORATIVE IN CARRYING OUT THE COMMUNITY PARAMED-
 ICINE PROGRAM; AND
   (VII) IDENTIFYING THE DATE OF THE ANTICIPATED START OF ACTIVITIES.
   (B) A COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE COLLABORATIVE SHALL:
   (I)  PROMPTLY  UPDATE THE DEPARTMENT AS TO ANY CHANGES IN THE INFORMA-
 TION REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION; AND
   (II) PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT  THE  COLLABORATIVE'S
 ACTIVITIES AND OUTCOMES AT A FREQUENCY AND IN A MANNER DETERMINED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT, WHICH AT A MINIMUM SHALL INCLUDE AN ANNUAL REPORT.
   7. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT THE PERFORMANCE
 OF  ANY  TASKS  OR  RESPONSIBILITIES BY ANY PERSON LICENSED OR CERTIFIED
 UNDER THIS CHAPTER OR UNDER TITLE VIII OF THE EDUCATION LAW  OR  BY  ANY
 ENTITY  LICENSED  OR  CERTIFIED  UNDER  THIS ARTICLE OR UNDER THE MENTAL
 HYGIENE LAW, PROVIDED  SUCH  TASKS  OR  RESPONSIBILITIES  ARE  PERMITTED
 PURSUANT TO SUCH STATUTORY PROVISIONS.
   §  2.  Subdivision  15  of  section  3001 of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 445 of the laws  of  1993,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   15.  "Medical  control"  means: (a) advice and direction provided by a
 physician or under the direction  of  a  physician  to  certified  first
 responders,  emergency medical technicians or advanced emergency medical
 technicians who are providing medical care at the scene of an  emergency
 or  en  route  to  a  health  care  facility; [and] (b) indirect medical
 control including the written policies, procedures,  and  protocols  for
 prehospital  emergency  medical care and transportation developed by the
 state emergency medical advisory committee, approved by the state  emer-
 gency  medical services council and the commissioner, and implemented by
 regional medical advisory committees; AND (C) IN A  COMMUNITY  PARAMEDI-
 CINE  PROGRAM  ESTABLISHED  BY  A  COMMUNITY  PARAMEDICINE COLLABORATIVE
 PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-Z OF THIS CHAPTER,  ADVICE
 AND DIRECTION PROVIDED AND POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND PROTOCOLS ISSUED BY
 A  PHYSICIAN WITHIN THE COLLABORATIVE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERALL
 CLINICAL SUPERVISION OF THE COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM.
   § 3. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  3001-a
 to read as follows:
   §  3001-A. COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE SERVICES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCON-
 SISTENT PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS CERTIFIED  UNDER
 REGULATIONS  ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE THOUSAND TWO OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE TO PROVIDE BASIC OR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT MAY, IN THE COURSE OF  HIS
 OR  HER  WORK  AS AN EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER OF AN AMBULANCE SERVICE OR AN
 ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT FIRST RESPONSE SERVICE CERTIFIED UNDER THIS  ARTI-
 CLE,  ALSO  PARTICIPATE AS AN EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER OF SUCH SERVICE IN A
 COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY A  COMMUNITY  PARAMEDICINE
 COLLABORATIVE  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-Z OF THIS
 CHAPTER.
   § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of  the  social  services  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (ff) to read as follows:
   (FF)  SUBJECT  TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION,
 COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE SERVICES PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIRE-
 MENTS OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-Z OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                 SUBPART B

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   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2801 of the public health law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  397  of  the  laws  of 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1.  "Hospital"  means a facility or institution engaged principally in
 providing services by or under the supervision of a physician or, in the
 case of a dental clinic or dental dispensary, of a dentist, or,  in  the
 case  of  a  midwifery  birth  center, of a midwife, for the prevention,
 diagnosis or treatment of human  disease,  pain,  injury,  deformity  or
 physical  condition,  including, but not limited to, a general hospital,
 public health center, diagnostic center, treatment center, dental  clin-
 ic,  dental dispensary, rehabilitation center other than a facility used
 solely for vocational rehabilitation, nursing home, tuberculosis  hospi-
 tal,  chronic  disease  hospital,  maternity  hospital,  midwifery birth
 center,  lying-in-asylum,  out-patient  department,  out-patient  lodge,
 dispensary  and  a laboratory or central service facility serving one or
 more such institutions, but the  term  hospital  shall  not  include  an
 institution, sanitarium or other facility engaged principally in provid-
 ing  services for the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of mental disa-
 bility and which is subject to the powers  of  visitation,  examination,
 inspection  and investigation of the department of mental hygiene except
 for those distinct parts of  such  a  facility  which  provide  hospital
 service. The provisions of this article shall not apply to a facility or
 institution  engaged  principally  in providing services by or under the
 supervision of the bona fide members and adherents of a recognized reli-
 gious organization whose teachings include reliance on  spiritual  means
 through prayer alone for healing in the practice of the religion of such
 organization  and  where  services are provided in accordance with those
 teachings. NO PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW
 SHALL  BE  CONSTRUED  TO:  (A)  LIMIT  THE  VOLUME  OF  MENTAL HEALTH OR
 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES THAT CAN BE PROVIDED BY  A  PROVIDER  OF
 PRIMARY  CARE  SERVICES  LICENSED  UNDER  THIS ARTICLE AND AUTHORIZED TO
 PROVIDE INTEGRATED SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS ISSUED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF
 MENTAL  HEALTH  AND  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE  SERVICES,  INCLUDING  REGULATIONS  ISSUED  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  SEVEN  OF  SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L OF THE SOCIAL
 SERVICES LAW OR PART L OF CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF TWO  THOUSAND
 TWELVE;  (B)  REQUIRE A PROVIDER LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE
 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW OR CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO OF
 THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW TO  OBTAIN  AN  OPERATING  CERTIFICATE  FROM  THE
 DEPARTMENT  IF  SUCH  PROVIDER HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE INTEGRATED
 SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS ISSUED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  IN
 CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND
 THE COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF  ALCOHOLISM  AND  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE
 SERVICES,  INCLUDING REGULATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW OR PART  L
 OF CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE.
   §  2.  Section  31.02 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
   (F) NO PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF  LAW  SHALL
 BE  CONSTRUED TO REQUIRE A PROVIDER LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-
 EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW OR CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE  THIRTY-
 TWO  OF  THIS CHAPTER TO OBTAIN AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE FROM THE OFFICE
 OF MENTAL HEALTH IF SUCH PROVIDER HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO  PROVIDE  INTE-
 GRATED SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS ISSUED BY THE COMMISSION-
 ER  OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER

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 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF  ALCO-
 HOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, INCLUDING REGULATIONS ISSUED PURSU-
 ANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  SEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L OF THE
 SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW  OR PART L OF CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF TWO
 THOUSAND TWELVE.
   § 3. Subdivision (b) of section 32.05 of the mental  hygiene  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  204  of  the  laws  of 2007, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (b) (I) Methadone, or such other controlled  substance  designated  by
 the  commissioner of health as appropriate for such use, may be adminis-
 tered to an addict, as defined in section thirty-three  hundred  two  of
 the  public  health  law, by individual physicians, groups of physicians
 and public or private medical facilities certified pursuant  to  article
 twenty-eight or thirty-three of the public health law as part of a chem-
 ical  dependence  program which has been issued an operating certificate
 by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision (b) of section 32.09 of this
 article, provided, however, that such administration  must  be  done  in
 accordance  with  all applicable federal and state laws and regulations.
 Individual physicians or groups of physicians who have obtained authori-
 zation from  the  federal  government  to  administer  buprenorphine  to
 addicts  may  do  so without obtaining an operating certificate from the
 commissioner. (II) NO PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR ANY  OTHER  PROVISION
 OF  LAW  SHALL  BE  CONSTRUED TO REQUIRE A PROVIDER LICENSED PURSUANT TO
 ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW OR ARTICLE  THIRTY-ONE  OF
 THIS CHAPTER TO OBTAIN AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE FROM THE OFFICE OF ALCO-
 HOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES IF SUCH PROVIDER HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED
 TO  PROVIDE INTEGRATED SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS ISSUED BY
 THE COMMISSIONER OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES IN CONSULTA-
 TION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF  MENTAL HEALTH, INCLUDING REGULATIONS ISSUED
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED  SIXTY-FIVE-L  OF
 THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW OR PART L OF CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF
 TWO THOUSAND TWELVE.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that the commissioner  of
 the  department  of  health,  the  commissioner  of the office of mental
 health, and the commissioner of the office of alcoholism  and  substance
 abuse  services are authorized to issue any rule or regulation necessary
 for the implementation of this act on or before its effective date.
 
                                 SUBPART C
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (s) and (t) of subdivision 2 of section  2999-cc
 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 454 of the laws of 2015,
 are amended and a new paragraph (u) is added to read as follows:
   (s) a hospice as defined in article forty of this chapter; [and]
   (t)  CREDENTIALED  ALCOHOLISM  AND  SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELORS CREDEN-
 TIALED BY THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES OR BY  A
 CREDENTIALING  ENTITY  APPROVED BY SUCH OFFICE PURSUANT TO SECTION 19.07
 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW;
   (U) PROVIDERS AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND SERVICE  COORDINATION
 UNDER  THE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE OF
 THIS CHAPTER; AND
   (V) any other provider as determined by the commissioner  pursuant  to
 regulation OR, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER, BY THE COMMISSION-
 ER  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF

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 ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES,  OR  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE
 OFFICE   FOR   PEOPLE   WITH   DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES  PURSUANT  TO
 REGULATION.
   §  2.  Subdivision  3  of section 2999-cc of the public health law, as
 separately amended by chapters 238 and 285  of  the  laws  of  2017,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   3.  "Originating  site"  means a site at which a patient is located at
 the time health care services are delivered to him or her  by  means  of
 telehealth.  Originating  sites  shall  be  limited  to  (A)  facilities
 licensed under articles twenty-eight and forty of this  chapter[,];  (B)
 facilities  as  defined in subdivision six of section 1.03 of the mental
 hygiene law[,]; (C) private physician's  or  dentist's  offices  located
 within  the  state  of  New York[,]; (D) any type of adult care facility
 licensed under title two of article seven of the social services law[,];
 (E) public, private and charter elementary and secondary schools, school
 age child care programs, and child day care centers within the state  of
 New  York;  and[,  when  a  patient is receiving health care services by
 means of remote patient monitoring,] (F) the patient's  place  of  resi-
 dence  located  within the state of New York or other temporary location
 located within or outside the state of New York; SUBJECT  TO  REGULATION
 ISSUED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, AND THE
 COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
   § 3. Subdivision 7 of section 2999-cc of the  public  health  law,  as
 added by chapter 6 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  "Remote  patient monitoring" means the use of synchronous or asyn-
 chronous  electronic  information  and  communication  technologies   to
 collect  personal  health information and medical data from a patient at
 an originating site that is transmitted to a telehealth  provider  at  a
 distant  site  for use in the treatment and management of medical condi-
 tions that require frequent monitoring.  SUCH TECHNOLOGIES  MAY  INCLUDE
 ADDITIONAL  INTERACTION  TRIGGERED  BY  PREVIOUS  TRANSMISSIONS, SUCH AS
 INTERACTIVE QUERIES CONDUCTED THROUGH COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES  OR  BY
 TELEPHONE. Such conditions shall include, but not be limited to, conges-
 tive  heart  failure,  diabetes,  chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,
 wound care, polypharmacy, mental or behavioral problems,  and  technolo-
 gy-dependent  care  such  as  continuous  oxygen, ventilator care, total
 parenteral nutrition or enteral  feeding.    Remote  patient  monitoring
 shall be ordered by a physician licensed pursuant to article one hundred
 thirty-one  of the education law, a nurse practitioner licensed pursuant
 to article one hundred thirty-nine of the education law,  or  a  midwife
 licensed  pursuant  to  article  one hundred forty of the education law,
 with which the patient has a substantial and ongoing relationship.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law;  provided,  however,  that the commissioner of the
 department of health, the commissioner of the office of  mental  health,
 the  commissioner  of  the  office  of  alcoholism  and  substance abuse
 services, and the commissioner of the office for  people  with  develop-
 mental  disabilities  are  authorized  to  issue  any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on or before its  effective
 date.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion,  section  or subpart of this act shall be adjudged by any court of
 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment  shall  not  affect,
 impair,  or  invalidate  the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,  subdivision,  section

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 or  subpart  thereof  directly involved in the controversy in which such
 judgment shall have been rendered. It  is  hereby  declared  to  be  the
 intent  of the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if
 such invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the applicable effective date of Subparts A through C of this act  shall
 be as specifically set forth in the last section of such Subparts.
 
                                  PART T
 
   Section  1.   Subdivision (a) of section 31 of part B of chapter 59 of
 the laws of 2016, amending the social services law relating to authoriz-
 ing the commissioner of health to apply federally  established  consumer
 price index penalties for generic drugs, and authorizing the commission-
 er  of  health  to  impose penalties on managed care plans for reporting
 late or incorrect encounter data, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) section eleven of this act shall expire  and  be  deemed  repealed
 March 31, [2018] 2023;
   § 2. Subdivision 6-a of section 93 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws
 of  2007,  amending  the  social services law and other laws relating to
 adjustments of rates, as amended by section 20 of part B of  chapter  56
 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   6-a.  section  fifty-seven  of  this  act  shall  expire and be deemed
 repealed on [December 31, 2018] MARCH 31, 2023; provided that the amend-
 ments made by such section to subdivision 4  of  section  366-c  of  the
 social  services law shall apply with respect to determining initial and
 continuing eligibility for medical assistance, including  the  continued
 eligibility  of  recipients  originally determined eligible prior to the
 effective date of this act, and provided further  that  such  amendments
 shall  not apply to any person or group of persons if it is subsequently
 determined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid  services  or  by  a
 court  of  competent  jurisdiction  that medical assistance with federal
 financial participation is available for the costs of services  provided
 to  such  person  or  persons  under  the provisions of subdivision 4 of
 section 366-c of the social services law in effect immediately prior  to
 the effective date of this act.
   §  3. Section 2 of part II of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, amending
 part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2005 authorizing reimbursements  for
 expenditures  made  by  or  on  behalf  of social services districts for
 medical assistance for needy  persons  and  administration  thereof,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed [two years after it shall have become a law]  MARCH  31,
 2023.
   § 4. Section 3 of chapter 906 of the laws of 1984, amending the social
 services  law  relating  to expanding medical assistance eligibility and
 the scope of services available to certain persons with disabilities, as
 amended by section 25-a of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law and shall be of no  further  force  and  effect  after
 [December 31, 2018] MARCH 31, 2023, at which time the provisions of this
 act shall be deemed to be repealed.
   § 5. Section 4-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, amending
 chapter  59 of the laws of 2011 amending the public health law and other
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 ing  to  the cap on local Medicaid expenditures, as amended by section 9
 of part I of chapter 57 of the laws of  2017,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  4-a.  Notwithstanding  paragraph  (c)  of subdivision 10 of section
 2807-c of the public health law, section 21 of chapter 1 of the laws  of
 1999,  or  any  other contrary provision of law, in determining rates of
 payments by state governmental agencies effective for services  provided
 on  and  after  January 1, [2019] 2017 through March 31, 2019, for inpa-
 tient and outpatient services provided by general hospitals,  for  inpa-
 tient services and adult day health care outpatient services provided by
 residential  health care facilities pursuant to article 28 of the public
 health law, except for residential health care facilities  or  units  of
 such  facilities  providing services primarily to children under twenty-
 one years of age, for home health care  services  provided  pursuant  to
 article  36  of the public health law by certified home health agencies,
 long term home health care programs and AIDS home care programs, and for
 personal care services provided pursuant to section 365-a of the  social
 services  law,  the  commissioner  of health shall apply no greater than
 zero trend factors attributable to the 2017,  2018,  AND  2019  calendar
 [year]  YEARS  in  accordance  with  paragraph  (c) of subdivision 10 of
 section 2807-c of the public health law, provided, however, that such no
 greater than zero trend factors attributable to  such  2017,  2018,  AND
 2019  calendar  [year]  YEARS  shall also be applied to rates of payment
 provided on and after January 1, [2019] 2017 through March 31, 2019  for
 personal   care   services  provided  in  those  local  social  services
 districts, including New York city, whose  rates  of  payment  for  such
 services  are established by such local social services districts pursu-
 ant to a rate-setting exemption issued by the commissioner of health  to
 such local social services districts in accordance with applicable regu-
 lations[,]; and provided further, however, that for rates of payment for
 assisted living program services provided on and after January 1, [2019]
 2017  through  March  31,  2019,  such trend factors attributable to the
 2017, 2018, AND 2019 calendar [year] YEARS shall be  established  at  no
 greater than zero percent.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART U
 
   Section  1.  Section  2  of part NN of chapter 58 of the laws of 2015,
 amending the mental hygiene law relating to clarifying the authority  of
 the  commissioners  in  the  department  of mental hygiene to design and
 implement time-limited demonstration programs, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed March 31, [2018] 2021.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART V

   Section 1. Section 7 of part R2 of chapter 62 of  the  laws  of  2003,
 amending  the  mental  hygiene law and the state finance law relating to
 the community mental health support and workforce reinvestment  program,
 the  membership of subcommittees for mental health of community services
 boards and the duties of such subcommittees and creating  the  community
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 3 of part G of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire March 31,
 [2018]  2021  when  upon  such  date the provisions of this act shall be
 deemed repealed.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

                                  PART W
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 730.10 of the  criminal  procedure
 law,  as added by section 1 of part Q of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012,
 is amended to read as follows:
   9. "Appropriate institution" means: (a) a  hospital  operated  by  the
 office of mental health or a developmental center operated by the office
 for people with developmental disabilities; [or] (b) a hospital licensed
 by  the  department of health which operates a psychiatric unit licensed
 by the office of  mental  health,  as  determined  by  the  commissioner
 provided,  however,  that  any such hospital that is not operated by the
 state shall qualify as an "appropriate institution" only pursuant to the
 terms of an agreement between the commissioner and the hospital ; OR (C)
 A MENTAL HEALTH UNIT OPERATING WITHIN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY  OR  LOCAL
 CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY;  PROVIDED  HOWEVER,  THAT ANY SUCH MENTAL HEALTH
 UNIT OPERATING WITHIN A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SHALL QUALIFY AS  AN
 "APPROPRIATE  INSTITUTION"  ONLY  PURSUANT  TO THE TERMS OF AN AGREEMENT
 BETWEEN  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  MENTAL  HEALTH,  DIRECTOR  OF  COMMUNITY
 SERVICES  AND  THE  SHERIFF  FOR  THE  RESPECTIVE LOCALITY, AND ANY SUCH
 MENTAL HEALTH UNIT OPERATING WITHIN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SHALL QUALI-
 FY AS AN "APPROPRIATE INSTITUTION" ONLY PURSUANT  TO  THE  TERMS  OF  AN
 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE COMMISSIONER
 OF  CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. Nothing in this article shall
 be construed as requiring a hospital,  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  OR  LOCAL
 CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  to consent to providing care and treatment to an
 incapacitated person at such hospital, CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  OR  LOCAL
 CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY.  IN  A  CITY  WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN ONE
 MILLION, ANY SUCH UNIT SHALL BE LIMITED TO TWENTY-FIVE BEDS. THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS  FOR  DEMONSTRATION
 PROGRAMS  TO  IMPLEMENT  RESTORATION TO COMPETENCY WITHIN A CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITY OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.  SUBJECT  TO  ANNUAL  APPROPRI-
 ATION,  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  MENTAL HEALTH MAY, AT SUCH COMMISSIONER'S
 DISCRETION, MAKE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR STATE AID GRANTS TO ANY COUNTY THAT
 DEVELOPS AND OPERATES A MENTAL HEALTH UNIT WITHIN A  LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITY  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION.  NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE
 CONSTRUED AS  REQUIRING  A  HOSPITAL,  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  OR  LOCAL
 CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  TO CONSENT TO PROVIDING CARE AND TREATMENT TO AN
 INCAPACITATED PERSON AT SUCH HOSPITAL, CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  OR  LOCAL
 CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2018; provided,
 however, this act shall expire and be deemed repealed March 31, 2023.
 
                                  PART X
 
   Section 1. Section 3 of part A of chapter 111  of  the  laws  of  2010
 amending  the  mental hygiene law relating to the receipt of federal and
 state benefits received by  individuals  receiving  care  in  facilities
 operated by an office of the department of mental hygiene, as amended by

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 section  1  of  part LL of chapter 58 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
 read as follows:
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed June 30, [2018] 2021.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART Y
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 7605 of  the  education  law,  as
 added  by  section  4  of  part AA of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is
 amended and a new subdivision 12 is added to read as follows:
   10. (A) A person without a license from: performing  assessments  such
 as  basic  information  collection,  gathering  of demographic data, and
 informal observations, screening and referral used for general eligibil-
 ity for a program or service and determining the functional status of an
 individual for the purpose of determining need for  services  [unrelated
 to  a  behavioral  health  diagnosis or treatment plan.   Such licensure
 shall not be required to create, develop or  implement  a  service  plan
 unrelated  to  a  behavioral  health diagnosis or treatment plan]; COUN-
 SELING INDIVIDUALS REGARDING THE APPROPRIATENESS OF  BENEFITS  THEY  ARE
 ELIGIBLE FOR; PROVIDING GENERAL COUNSELING THAT IS NOT PSYCHOTHERAPY AND
 ASSISTING  INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS WITH DIFFICULT DAY TO DAY PROBLEMS SUCH
 AS FINDING EMPLOYMENT, LOCATING SOURCES OF  ASSISTANCE,  AND  ORGANIZING
 COMMUNITY GROUPS TO WORK ON A SPECIFIC PROBLEM; PROVIDING PEER SERVICES;
 OR  TO  SELECT  FOR  SUITABILITY  AND  PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
 SERVICES OR GROUP RE-ENTRY SERVICES TO INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IN STATE
 CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
   (B) A PERSON WITHOUT A LICENSE FROM CREATING, DEVELOPING OR IMPLEMENT-
 ING A SERVICE PLAN OR RECOVERY PLAN THAT  IS  NOT  A  BEHAVIORAL  HEALTH
 DIAGNOSIS  OR  TREATMENT  PLAN.  Such  service  OR  RECOVERY plans shall
 include, but are not limited to, COORDINATING, EVALUATING OR DETERMINING
 THE NEED FOR, OR THE PROVISION OF THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:  job  training
 and  employability[,];  housing[,];  HOMELESS  SERVICES AND SHELTERS FOR
 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES; REFUGEE SERVICES; RESIDENTIAL, DAY OR
 COMMUNITY HABILITATION SERVICES; general public assistance[,];  in  home
 services and supports or home-delivered meals[, investigations conducted
 or  assessments  made  by]; RECOVERY SUPPORTS; adult or child protective
 services INCLUDING INVESTIGATIONS; DETENTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION  FIVE
 HUNDRED  TWO  OF  THE EXECUTIVE LAW; PREVENTION AND RESIDENTIAL SERVICES
 FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE;  SERVICES  FOR  RUNAWAY  AND  HOMELESS
 YOUTH; FOSTER CARE, ADOPTION, PREVENTIVE SERVICES OR SERVICES IN ACCORD-
 ANCE  WITH AN APPROVED PLAN PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF THE
 SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, INCLUDING, adoption AND  FOSTER  home  studies  and
 assessments,  family  service  plans, transition plans [and], permanency
 planning activities, AND CASE PLANNING OR CASE MANAGEMENT AS SUCH  TERMS
 ARE  DEFINED  IN PART FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT OF TITLE EIGHTEEN OF THE
 NEW YORK CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS; RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION;  HOME
 AND   COMMUNITY  BASED  SERVICES;  AND  de-escalation  techniques,  peer
 services or skill development. [A license under this article  shall  not
 be required for persons to participate]
   (C)(I)  A PERSON WITHOUT A LICENSE FROM PARTICIPATING as a member of a
 multi-disciplinary team to DEVELOP OR  implement  a  [behavioral  health
 services  or]  treatment  plan; provided [however,] that such team shall
 include one or more professionals licensed under this article  or  arti-
 cles  one  hundred  thirty-one,  ONE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-NINE,  one hundred
 fifty-four or one hundred sixty-three of this chapter WHO MUST  DIRECTLY

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 OBSERVE  EACH  PATIENT EITHER IN PERSON OR BY ELECTRONIC MEANS, PRIOR TO
 THE RENDERING OF A DIAGNOSIS; and provided, further, that the activities
 performed by members of the team shall be consistent with the  scope  of
 practice for each team member licensed or authorized under title VIII of
 this  chapter, and those who are not so authorized may not INDEPENDENTLY
 engage in the following restricted practices, BUT  MAY  ASSIST  LICENSED
 PROFESSIONALS  OR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM MEMBERS WITH: the diagnosis of
 mental, emotional, behavioral, addictive and developmental disorders and
 disabilities;  patient  assessment  and  evaluating;  the  provision  of
 psychotherapeutic  treatment;  the  provision  of  treatment  other than
 psychotherapeutic treatment; [and/or] OR the development and implementa-
 tion of assessment-based treatment plans as defined in section  seventy-
 seven hundred one of this [chapter] TITLE.
   (II) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, A TREATMENT PLAN SHALL BE LIMITED TO
 PLANS  FOR  TREATMENT  WITHIN  THE  FOLLOWING  SETTINGS:   FACILITIES OR
 PROGRAMS OPERATING PURSUANT TO ARTICLE NINETEEN-G OF THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW
 OR PURSUANT TO ARTICLES SEVEN, SIXTEEN, THIRTY-ONE AND THIRTY-TWO OF THE
 MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
   (III) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "ASSIST" SHALL INCLUDE THE
 PROVISION  OF  SERVICES  WITHIN  THE  PRACTICE  OF PSYCHOLOGY, UNDER THE
 SUPERVISION OF A PERSON LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   (D) Provided, further, that  nothing  in  this  subdivision  shall  be
 construed as requiring a license for any particular activity or function
 based  solely on the fact that the activity or function is not listed in
 this subdivision.
   12. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  NOTH-
 ING  IN  THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT OR LIMIT THE ACTIV-
 ITIES OR SERVICES  PROVIDED  BY  ANY  PERSON  WHO  IS  EMPLOYED  OR  WHO
 COMMENCES  EMPLOYMENT IN A PROGRAM OR SERVICE OPERATED, REGULATED, FUND-
 ED, OR APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE, THE OFFICE OF CHIL-
 DREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT OF  CORRECTIONS  AND  COMMUNITY
 SUPERVISION,  THE  OFFICE  OF  TEMPORARY  AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE, THE
 STATE OFFICE FOR THE AGING AND THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  OR  A  LOCAL
 GOVERNMENTAL UNIT AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 41.03 OF THE MENTAL
 HYGIENE  LAW  OR A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN SECTION SIXTY-
 ONE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW ON OR BEFORE  JULY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY.  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT ANY PERSON WHO COMMENCES EMPLOYMENT IN
 SUCH PROGRAM OR SERVICE  AFTER  JULY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY  AND
 PERFORMS SERVICES THAT ARE RESTRICTED UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE APPRO-
 PRIATELY LICENSED OR AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   §  2.  Paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of section 7702 of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 230 of the laws of 2004, is amended and a new
 paragraph (m) is added to read as follows:
   (f) [Assist] GENERAL COUNSELING THAT IS NOT PSYCHOTHERAPY, AND ASSIST-
 ING individuals or groups with difficult day to  day  problems  such  as
 finding  employment,  locating  sources  of  assistance,  and organizing
 community groups to work on a specific problem.
   (M) PROVIDE PEER SERVICES.
   § 3. Subdivision 7 of section 7706 of the education law, as  added  by
 section 5 of part AA of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended and a
 new subdivision 8 is added to read as follows:
   7. (A) Prevent a person without a license from: performing assessments
 such as basic information collection, gathering of demographic data, and
 informal observations, screening and referral used for general eligibil-
 ity for a program or service and determining the functional status of an
 individual  for  the purpose of determining need for services [unrelated

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 to a behavioral health diagnosis or treatment plan. Such licensure shall
 not be required to create, develop or implement a service plan unrelated
 to a behavioral health diagnosis or treatment plan]; COUNSELING INDIVID-
 UALS  REGARDING  THE  APPROPRIATENESS OF BENEFITS THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR;
 PROVIDING GENERAL COUNSELING THAT IS  NOT  PSYCHOTHERAPY  AND  ASSISTING
 INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS WITH DIFFICULT DAY TO DAY PROBLEMS SUCH AS FINDING
 EMPLOYMENT,  LOCATING  SOURCES  OF  ASSISTANCE, AND ORGANIZING COMMUNITY
 GROUPS TO WORK ON A SPECIFIC PROBLEM; PROVIDING  PEER  SERVICES;  OR  TO
 SELECT FOR SUITABILITY AND PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT SERVICES OR
 GROUP RE-ENTRY SERVICES TO INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IN STATE CORRECTION-
 AL FACILITIES.
   (B)  PREVENT  A  PERSON WITHOUT A LICENSE FROM CREATING, DEVELOPING OR
 IMPLEMENTING A SERVICE PLAN OR RECOVERY PLAN THAT IS  NOT  A  BEHAVIORAL
 HEALTH DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT PLAN. Such service OR RECOVERY plans shall
 include, but are not limited to, COORDINATING, EVALUATING OR DETERMINING
 THE  NEED  FOR, OR THE PROVISION OF THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: job training
 and employability[,]; housing[,]; HOMELESS  SERVICES  AND  SHELTERS  FOR
 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES; REFUGEE SERVICES; RESIDENTIAL, DAY OR
 COMMUNITY  HABILITATION  SERVICES; general public assistance[,]; in home
 services and supports or home-delivered meals[, investigations conducted
 or assessments made by]; RECOVERY SUPPORTS; adult  or  child  protective
 services  INCLUDING INVESTIGATIONS; DETENTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION FIVE
 HUNDRED TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW; PREVENTION  AND  RESIDENTIAL  SERVICES
 FOR  VICTIMS  OF  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE;  SERVICES FOR RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS
 YOUTH; FOSTER CARE, ADOPTION, PREVENTIVE SERVICES OR SERVICES IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH AN APPROVED PLAN PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF  THE
 SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW,  INCLUDING,  adoption AND FOSTER home studies and
 assessments, family service plans, transition  plans  [and],  permanency
 planning  activities, AND CASE PLANNING OR CASE MANAGEMENT AS SUCH TERMS
 ARE DEFINED IN PART FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT OF TITLE EIGHTEEN  OF  THE
 NEW  YORK CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS; RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION; HOME
 AND  COMMUNITY  BASED  SERVICES;  AND  de-escalation  techniques,   peer
 services  or  skill development. [A license under this article shall not
 be required for persons to participate]
   (C)(I) PREVENT A PERSON WITHOUT A  LICENSE  FROM  PARTICIPATING  as  a
 member  of  a  multi-disciplinary team to DEVELOP OR implement a [behav-
 ioral health services or] treatment plan; provided [however,] that  such
 team shall include one or more professionals licensed under this article
 or articles one hundred thirty-one, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE, one hundred
 fifty-three or one hundred sixty-three of this chapter WHO MUST DIRECTLY
 OBSERVE  EACH  PATIENT EITHER IN PERSON OR BY ELECTRONIC MEANS, PRIOR TO
 THE RENDERING OF A DIAGNOSIS; and provided, further, that the activities
 performed by members of the team shall be consistent with the  scope  of
 practice for each team member licensed or authorized under title VIII of
 this  chapter, and those who are not so authorized may not INDEPENDENTLY
 engage in the following restricted practices, BUT  MAY  ASSIST  LICENSED
 PROFESSIONALS OR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM MEMBERS WITH:  the diagnosis of
 mental, emotional, behavioral, addictive and developmental disorders and
 disabilities;  patient  assessment  and  evaluating;  the  provision  of
 psychotherapeutic treatment;  the  provision  of  treatment  other  than
 psychotherapeutic treatment; [and/or] OR the development and implementa-
 tion  of assessment-based treatment plans as defined in section seventy-
 seven hundred one of this article.
   (II) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, A TREATMENT PLAN SHALL BE LIMITED TO
 PLANS  FOR  TREATMENT  WITHIN  THE  FOLLOWING  SETTINGS:  FACILITIES  OR
 PROGRAMS  OPERATING  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE NINETEEN-G OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW

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 OR PURSUANT TO ARTICLES SEVEN, SIXTEEN, THIRTY-ONE AND THIRTY-TWO OF THE
 MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
   (III) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "ASSIST" SHALL INCLUDE THE
 PROVISION OF SERVICES WITHIN THE PRACTICE OF MASTER SOCIAL WORK OR CLIN-
 ICAL  SOCIAL WORK, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A PERSON LICENSED UNDER THIS
 ARTICLE.
   (D) Provided, further, that  nothing  in  this  subdivision  shall  be
 construed as requiring a license for any particular activity or function
 based  solely on the fact that the activity or function is not listed in
 this subdivision.
   8. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NOTHING
 IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT OR LIMIT  THE  ACTIVITIES
 OR  SERVICES  PROVIDED  BY  ANY  PERSON WHO IS EMPLOYED OR WHO COMMENCES
 EMPLOYMENT IN A PROGRAM  OR  SERVICE  OPERATED,  REGULATED,  FUNDED,  OR
 APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE, THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
 FAMILY  SERVICES,  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPER-
 VISION, THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND  DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE,  THE  STATE
 OFFICE  FOR  THE  AGING  AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OR A LOCAL GOVERN-
 MENTAL UNIT AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  41.03  OF  THE  MENTAL
 HYGIENE  LAW  OR A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN SECTION SIXTY-
 ONE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW ON OR BEFORE  JULY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY.  PROVIDED  HOWEVER,  THAT ANY PERSON WHO COMMENCES EMPLOYMENT IN
 SUCH PROGRAM OR SERVICE  AFTER  JULY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY  AND
 PERFORMS SERVICES THAT ARE RESTRICTED UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE APPRO-
 PRIATELY LICENSED OR AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   §  4.  Subdivision 8 of section 8410 of the education law, as added by
 section 6 of part AA of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended and a
 new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
   8. (A) Prevent a person without a license from: performing assessments
 such as basic information collection, gathering of demographic data, and
 informal observations, screening and referral used for general eligibil-
 ity for a program or service and determining the functional status of an
 individual for the purpose of determining need for  services  [unrelated
 to  a  behavioral  health  diagnosis or treatment plan.   Such licensure
 shall not be required to create, develop or  implement  a  service  plan
 unrelated  to  a  behavioral  health diagnosis or treatment plan]; COUN-
 SELING INDIVIDUALS REGARDING THE APPROPRIATENESS OF  BENEFITS  THEY  ARE
 ELIGIBLE FOR; PROVIDING GENERAL COUNSELING THAT IS NOT PSYCHOTHERAPY AND
 ASSISTING  INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS WITH DIFFICULT DAY TO DAY PROBLEMS SUCH
 AS FINDING EMPLOYMENT, LOCATING SOURCES OF  ASSISTANCE,  AND  ORGANIZING
 COMMUNITY GROUPS TO WORK ON A SPECIFIC PROBLEM; PROVIDING PEER SERVICES;
 OR  TO  SELECT  FOR  SUITABILITY  AND  PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
 SERVICES OR GROUP RE-ENTRY SERVICES TO INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IN STATE
 CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
   (B) PREVENT A PERSON WITHOUT A LICENSE FROM  CREATING,  DEVELOPING  OR
 IMPLEMENTING  A  SERVICE  PLAN OR RECOVERY PLAN THAT IS NOT A BEHAVIORAL
 HEALTH DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT PLAN. Such service OR RECOVERY plans shall
 include, but are not limited to, COORDINATING, EVALUATING OR DETERMINING
 THE NEED FOR, OR THE PROVISION OF THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:  job  training
 and  employability[,];  housing[,];  HOMELESS  SERVICES AND SHELTERS FOR
 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES; REFUGEE SERVICES; RESIDENTIAL, DAY OR
 COMMUNITY HABILITATION SERVICES; general public assistance[,];  in  home
 services and supports or home-delivered meals[, investigations conducted
 or  assessments  made  by]; RECOVERY SUPPORTS; adult or child protective
 services INCLUDING INVESTIGATIONS; DETENTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION  FIVE
 HUNDRED  TWO  OF  THE EXECUTIVE LAW; PREVENTION AND RESIDENTIAL SERVICES

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 FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE;  SERVICES  FOR  RUNAWAY  AND  HOMELESS
 YOUTH; FOSTER CARE, ADOPTION, PREVENTIVE SERVICES OR SERVICES IN ACCORD-
 ANCE  WITH AN APPROVED PLAN PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF THE
 SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW,  INCLUDING,  adoption AND FOSTER home studies and
 assessments, family service plans, transition  plans  [and],  permanency
 planning  activities, AND CASE PLANNING OR CASE MANAGEMENT AS SUCH TERMS
 ARE DEFINED IN PART FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT OF TITLE EIGHTEEN  OF  THE
 NEW  YORK CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS; RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION; HOME
 AND  COMMUNITY  BASED  SERVICES;  AND  de-escalation  techniques,   peer
 services  or  skill development. [A license under this article shall not
 be required for persons to participate]
   (C)(I) PREVENT A PERSON WITHOUT A  LICENSE  FROM  PARTICIPATING  as  a
 member  of  a  multi-disciplinary team to DEVELOP OR implement a [behav-
 ioral health services or] treatment plan; provided [however,] that  such
 team shall include one or more professionals licensed under this article
 or articles one hundred thirty-one, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE, one hundred
 fifty-three  or one hundred fifty-four of this chapter WHO MUST DIRECTLY
 OBSERVE EACH PATIENT EITHER IN PERSON OR BY ELECTRONIC MEANS,  PRIOR  TO
 THE RENDERING OF A DIAGNOSIS; and provided, further, that the activities
 performed  by  members of the team shall be consistent with the scope of
 practice for each team member licensed or authorized under title VIII of
 this chapter, and those who are not so authorized may not  INDEPENDENTLY
 engage  in  the  following restricted practices, BUT MAY ASSIST LICENSED
 PROFESSIONALS OR MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM MEMBERS WITH: the  diagnosis  of
 mental, emotional, behavioral, addictive and developmental disorders and
 disabilities;  patient  assessment  and  evaluating;  the  provision  of
 psychotherapeutic treatment;  the  provision  of  treatment  other  than
 psychotherapeutic treatment; [and/or] OR the development and implementa-
 tion  of assessment-based treatment plans as defined in section seventy-
 seven hundred one of this chapter.
   (II) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, A TREATMENT PLAN SHALL BE LIMITED TO
 PLANS  FOR  TREATMENT  WITHIN  THE  FOLLOWING  SETTINGS:  FACILITIES  OR
 PROGRAMS  OPERATING  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE NINETEEN-G OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW
 OR PURSUANT TO ARTICLES SEVEN, SIXTEEN, THIRTY-ONE AND THIRTY-TWO OF THE
 MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
   (III) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "ASSIST" SHALL INCLUDE THE
 PROVISION OF SERVICES WITHIN THE PRACTICE OF MENTAL  HEALTH  COUNSELING,
 MARRIAGE  AND  FAMILY  THERAPY, CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY OR PSYCHOANALYSIS,
 UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A PERSON LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   (D) Provided, further, that  nothing  in  this  subdivision  shall  be
 construed as requiring a license for any particular activity or function
 based  solely on the fact that the activity or function is not listed in
 this subdivision.
   9. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NOTHING
 IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT OR LIMIT  THE  ACTIVITIES
 OR  SERVICES  PROVIDED  BY  ANY  PERSON WHO IS EMPLOYED OR WHO COMMENCES
 EMPLOYMENT IN A PROGRAM  OR  SERVICE  OPERATED,  REGULATED,  FUNDED,  OR
 APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE, THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
 FAMILY  SERVICES,  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPER-
 VISION, THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND  DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE,  THE  STATE
 OFFICE  FOR  THE  AGING  AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OR A LOCAL GOVERN-
 MENTAL UNIT AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  41.03  OF  THE  MENTAL
 HYGIENE  LAW  OR A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN SECTION SIXTY-
 ONE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW ON OR BEFORE  JULY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY.  PROVIDED  HOWEVER,  THAT ANY PERSON WHO COMMENCES EMPLOYMENT IN
 SUCH PROGRAM OR SERVICE  AFTER  JULY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY  AND

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 PERFORMS SERVICES THAT ARE RESTRICTED UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE APPRO-
 PRIATELY LICENSED OR AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   § 5. Not later than July 1, 2019 the department of mental hygiene, the
 office  of  children  and  family  services, the office of temporary and
 disability assistance,  the  department  of  corrections  and  community
 supervision, the state office for the aging, or the department of health
 (hereinafter  referred  to  as "agencies") shall individually or collec-
 tively consult with the state education department (hereinafter referred
 to as "department") to develop formal  guidance  for  service  providers
 authorized  to  operate  under  the  respective agencies to identify the
 tasks and functions performed by each agency's  service  provider  work-
 force  categorized as tasks and functions restricted to licensed person-
 nel including tasks and functions that do not require  a  license  under
 articles  153,  154  and  163  of  the education law. Subsequent to such
 consultation, and not later than December 31, 2019, the department shall
 issue guidance to each such agency with respect to each agency's service
 provider workforce. Each agency may issue additional guidance from  time
 to  time,  subject to consultation with the department.  Notwithstanding
 any provision of law to the contrary, no person shall be held liable for
 unauthorized practice of a profession subject to licensure  under  arti-
 cles  153,  154  and  163  of  the  education law if such person acts in
 accordance with such agency  guidance  until  July  1,  2020,  to  allow
 further  consultation  on  guidance  as necessary. Upon issuance by such
 state agency of guidance, the department shall have 180  days  from  the
 date  of the issuance of such guidance to issue a statement of disagree-
 ment with the agency's guidance. If the department has issued  a  state-
 ment  of disagreement, the department and state agency shall engage in a
 collaborative process to gather input from stakeholders to  resolve  the
 issues.
   § 6. Programs and services operated, regulated, funded, or approved by
 the  department  of  mental  hygiene,  the office of children and family
 services, the department of corrections and community  supervision,  the
 office  of temporary and disability assistance, the state office for the
 aging and the department of health or a local governmental unit  as  the
 term  is  defined in section 41.03 of the mental hygiene law or a social
 services district as defined in section 61 of the  social  services  law
 shall  not be required to receive a waiver pursuant to section 6503-a of
 the education law and, further, such programs and services shall also be
 considered to be approved settings for the receipt of supervised experi-
 ence for the professions governed by articles 153, 154 and  163  of  the
 education law.
   §  7.  Subdivision  a  of section 9 of chapter 420 of the laws of 2002
 amending the education law relating to the profession of social work, as
 amended by section 1 of part J of chapter 59 of the  laws  of  2016,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   a.  Nothing  in  this  act  shall  prohibit or limit the activities or
 services on the part of any person in the employ of a program or service
 operated, regulated, funded, or approved by  the  department  of  mental
 hygiene,  the  office  of  children  and  family services, the office of
 temporary and disability assistance, the department of  corrections  and
 community supervision, the state office for the aging, the department of
 health,  or a local governmental unit as that term is defined in article
 41 of the mental hygiene law or a social services district as defined in
 section 61 of the social services law, provided, however,  this  section
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 154 of the education law, except  that  this  section  shall  be  deemed
 repealed on July 1, [2018] 2020.
   § 8. Subdivision a of section 17-a of chapter 676 of the laws of 2002,
 amending  the  education  law relating to the practice of psychology, as
 amended by section 2 of part J of chapter 59 of the  laws  of  2016,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   a.  In  relation to activities and services provided under article 153
 of the education law, nothing in this act shall prohibit or  limit  such
 activities  or  services  on  the  part of any person in the employ of a
 program or service operated,  regulated,  funded,  or  approved  by  the
 department  of  mental  hygiene  or  the  office  of children and family
 services, or a local governmental unit as that term is defined in  arti-
 cle  41  of  the  mental  hygiene  law  or a social services district as
 defined in section 61 of the social services law.  In relation to activ-
 ities and services provided under article  163  of  the  education  law,
 nothing  in this act shall prohibit or limit such activities or services
 on the part of any person in the employ of a program  or  service  oper-
 ated,  regulated,  funded,  or  approved  by  the  department  of mental
 hygiene, the office of children and family services, the  department  of
 corrections and community supervision, the office of temporary and disa-
 bility  assistance, the state office for the aging and the department of
 health or a local governmental unit as that term is defined  in  article
 41 of the mental hygiene law or a social services district as defined in
 section  61 of the social services law, pursuant to authority granted by
 law. This section shall not authorize the use of  any  title  authorized
 pursuant to article 153 or 163 of the education law by any such employed
 person,  except  as  otherwise  provided  by such articles respectively.
 This section shall be deemed repealed July 1, [2018] 2020.
   § 9. Section 16 of chapter 130 of  the  laws  of  2010,  amending  the
 education  law  and  other laws relating to the registration of entities
 providing certain professional services and  the  licensure  of  certain
 professions, as amended by section 3 of part J of chapter 59 of the laws
 of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   §  16.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided that sections
 thirteen, fourteen and fifteen of this act shall take effect immediately
 and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on  and  after
 June  1, 2010 and such sections shall be deemed repealed July 1, [2018]
 2020; provided further that the amendments to section 9 of  chapter  420
 of  the  laws of 2002 amending the education law relating to the profes-
 sion of social work made by section thirteen of this act shall repeal on
 the same date as such section repeals; provided further that the  amend-
 ments  to  section  17-a of chapter 676 of the laws of 2002 amending the
 education law relating to the practice of  psychology  made  by  section
 fourteen  of  this  act  shall  repeal  on the same date as such section
 repeals.
   § 10. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART Z
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (vii) of  paragraph  e  of  subdivision  3  of
 section  364-j  of  the social services law, as amended by section 38 of
 part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (vii) a  person  with  a  developmental  or  physical  disability  who
 receives  home  and  community-based  services  or care-at-home services
 through A DEMONSTRATION WAIVER UNDER SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED  FIFTEEN  OF
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 hundred fifteen (c) of the federal social security act, or who has char-
 acteristics and needs similar to such persons;
   § 2. Clause (x) of subparagraph 1 of paragraph (e) of subdivision 5 of
 section 366 of the social services law, as added by section 26-a of part
 C of chapter 109 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
   (x)  "nursing facility services" means nursing care and health related
 services provided in a nursing facility; a level of care provided  in  a
 hospital  which is equivalent to the care which is provided in a nursing
 facility; and care, services or supplies provided pursuant to  a  waiver
 granted pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1915 of the federal social
 security act OR SUCCESSOR FEDERAL WAIVER.
   § 3. Section 366 of the social services law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 7-c to read as follows:
   7-C.  THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER
 OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IS AUTHORIZED TO  SUBMIT  THE  APPROPRIATE
 WAIVERS,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO, THOSE AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL  SECURITY  ACT,  IN
 ORDER  TO  ACHIEVE  THE PURPOSES OF HIGH-QUALITY AND INTEGRATED CARE AND
 SERVICES FOR A POPULATION OF PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AS
 SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
   § 4. Subdivision 6-a of section 93 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws
 of 2007, amending the social services law and  other  laws  relating  to
 enacting  the major components of legislation necessary to implement the
 health and mental hygiene budget for the 2007-2008 state fiscal year, as
 amended by section 20 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws  of  2013,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   6-a.  section  fifty-seven  of  this  act  shall  expire and be deemed
 repealed on December 31, [2018] 2024; provided that the amendments  made
 by such section to subdivision 4 of section 366-c of the social services
 law  shall  apply  with  respect  to  determining initial and continuing
 eligibility for medical assistance, including the continued  eligibility
 of recipients originally determined eligible prior to the effective date
 of  this  act, and provided further that such amendments shall not apply
 to any person or group of persons if it is  subsequently  determined  by
 the  Centers  for Medicare and Medicaid services or by a court of compe-
 tent jurisdiction that medical assistance with federal financial partic-
 ipation is available for the costs of services provided to  such  person
 or persons under the provisions of subdivision 4 of section 366-c of the
 social services law in effect immediately prior to the effective date of
 this act.
   §  5.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 2 of section 366-c of the social
 services law, as amended by section 68 of part A of chapter  56  of  the
 laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  For  purposes  of this section an "institutionalized spouse" is a
 person (i) who is in a  medical  institution  or  nursing  facility  and
 expected  to  remain in such facility or institution for at least thirty
 consecutive days; or (ii) who is receiving care, services  and  supplies
 pursuant  to  a  waiver  pursuant  to subsection (c) of section nineteen
 hundred fifteen of the federal social security act, OR SUCCESSOR TO SUCH
 WAIVER, or is receiving care, services and supplies in a  managed  long-
 term  care plan pursuant to section eleven hundred fifteen of the social
 security act; and (iii) who is married to a  person  who  is  not  in  a
 medical  institution  or  nursing  facility  or  is not receiving waiver
 services described in subparagraph (ii)  of  this  paragraph;  provided,
 however,  that  medical  assistance  shall be furnished pursuant to this
 paragraph only if, for so long as, and to the extent that federal finan-

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 cial participation is available therefor.   The commissioner  of  health
 shall  make  any amendments to the state plan for medical assistance, or
 apply for any waiver or approval under the federal social  security  act
 that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this paragraph.
   §  6.  The  closing paragraph of subdivision 4 of section 366-c of the
 social services law, as amended by section 42 of part D of chapter 58 of
 the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
 provided, however, that, to the extent  required  by  federal  law,  the
 terms  of  this subdivision shall not apply to persons who are receiving
 care, services and supplies pursuant  to  the  following  waivers  under
 section 1915(c) of the federal social security act: the nursing facility
 transition and diversion waiver authorized pursuant to subdivision six-a
 of  section  three  hundred sixty-six of this title; the traumatic brain
 injury waiver authorized pursuant to section twenty-seven hundred  forty
 of  the public health law, the long term home health care program waiver
 authorized pursuant to  section  three  hundred  sixty-seven-c  of  this
 title, and the home and community based services waiver for persons with
 developmental disabilities, OR SUCCESSOR TO SUCH WAIVER, administered by
 the  office  [of  mental  retardation and] FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental
 disabilities pursuant to an agreement with the federal centers for medi-
 care and Medicaid services.
   § 7. Paragraph 4 of subdivision (a) of section  16.03  of  the  mental
 hygiene  law, as added by section 6 of part MM of chapter 58 of the laws
 of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (4) The provision of home and community based services approved  under
 a  waiver  program authorized pursuant to SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN
 OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OR subdivision (c) of  section  nine-
 teen hundred fifteen of the federal social security act and subdivisions
 seven  and  seven-a  of  section  three  hundred sixty-six of the social
 services law, provided that an operating certificate issued pursuant  to
 this  paragraph  shall  only  authorize  services in a home or community
 setting.
   § 8. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) of section  16.11  of  the  mental
 hygiene law, as added by section 10 of part MM of chapter 58 of the laws
 of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  The review of providers of services, as defined in paragraph four
 of subdivision (a) of section 16.03 of this article, shall  ensure  that
 the  provider  of  services  complies  with  all the requirements of the
 applicable federal home and community based services waiver program,  OR
 OTHER  SUCCESSOR  MEDICAID  WAIVER PROGRAM, and applicable federal regu-
 lation, subdivisions seven and seven-a of section three  hundred  sixty-
 six  of the social services law and rules and regulations adopted by the
 commissioner.
   § 9. Subdivision (b) of section 80.03 of the mental  hygiene  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  37  of  the  laws  of  2011, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (b) "A patient in need of surrogate decision-making" means  a  patient
 as  defined  in subdivision twenty-three of section 1.03 of this chapter
 who is: a resident of a mental hygiene facility including a resident  of
 housing  programs funded by an office of the department or whose federal
 funding application was approved by an office of the department  or  for
 whom  such  facility  maintains  legal  admission  status  therefor; or,
 receiving home and community-based  services  for  persons  with  mental
 disabilities  provided  pursuant  to section 1915 OR 1115 of the federal
 social security act; or receiving individualized support  services;  or,
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 the  office  for  people  with developmental disabilities; and, for whom
 major medical treatment is proposed, and who is determined by the surro-
 gate decision-making committee to lack the  ability  to  consent  to  or
 refuse  such  treatment,  but  shall  not include minors with parents or
 persons with legal guardians, committees or conservators who are legally
 authorized, available and willing to make such  health  care  decisions.
 Once a person is eligible for surrogate decision-making, such person may
 continue  to  receive  surrogate  decision-making  as authorized by this
 section regardless of a change in residential status.
   § 10. Subdivision 1-a of section 84 of part A of  chapter  56  of  the
 laws  of  2013, amending the social services law and other laws relating
 to enacting the major components of legislation necessary  to  implement
 the  health  and  mental  hygiene  budget for the 2013-2014 state fiscal
 year, is amended to read as follows:
   [1-a. sections seventy-three through  eighty-a  shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed September 30, 2019]
   §  11.  Paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 8 of section 4403 of the public
 health law, as amended by chapter 474 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (a-1) If the commissioner and  the  commissioner  of  the  office  for
 people  with developmental disabilities determine that such organization
 lacks the experience required in paragraph (a) of this subdivision,  the
 organization  shall  have  an  affiliation arrangement with an entity or
 entities that are CONTROLLED BY non-profit ORGANIZATIONS with experience
 serving persons with  developmental  disabilities,  AS  DEMONSTRATED  BY
 CRITERIA  TO  BE  DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF
 THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, WITH SUCH  CRITE-
 RIA  including,  but  not  limited  to, residential, day, and employment
 services such that  the  affiliated  entity  will  coordinate  and  plan
 services  operated,  certified,  funded,  authorized  or approved by the
 office for people with developmental disabilities or  will  oversee  and
 approve such coordination and planning;
   §  12.  Section  97  of  chapter 659 of the laws of 1997, amending the
 public health law and other laws relating to creation of continuing care
 retirement communities, as amended by section 20 of part D of chapter 57
 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   § 97. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however,  that
 the  amendments to subdivision 4 of section 854 of the general municipal
 law made by section seventy of this act shall not affect the  expiration
 of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith and provided
 further  that  sections  sixty-seven  and  sixty-eight of this act shall
 apply to taxable years  beginning  on  or  after  January  1,  1998  and
 provided  further  that sections eighty-one through eighty-seven of this
 act shall expire and be deemed repealed on December 31, [2019] 2024  and
 provided further, however, that the amendments to section ninety of this
 act  shall  take effect January 1, 1998 and shall apply to all policies,
 contracts, certificates, riders or other evidences of coverage  of  long
 term  care  insurance  issued,  renewed, altered or modified pursuant to
 section 3229 of the insurance law on or after such date.
   § 13. Paragraph (a-1) of subdivision  12  of  section  4403-f  of  the
 public  health  law,  as  amended by chapter 474 of the laws of 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a-1) If the commissioner and  the  commissioner  of  the  office  for
 people  with  developmental  disabilities determine that such plan lacks
 the experience required in paragraph (a) of this subdivision,  the  plan
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 are CONTROLLED  BY  non-profit  ORGANIZATIONS  with  experience  serving
 persons  with developmental disabilities, AS DEMONSTRATED BY CRITERIA TO
 BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR
 PEOPLE  WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES, WITH SUCH CRITERIA including,
 but not limited to, residential, day and employment services, such  that
 the affiliated entity will coordinate and plan services operated, certi-
 fied,  funded,  authorized  or  approved  by  the office for people with
 developmental disabilities or will oversee and approve such coordination
 and planning;
   § 14. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 4403-g of  the  public
 health  law,  as added by section 73 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (d) "Health and long term care services"  means  COMPREHENSIVE  HEALTH
 services  AND  OTHER  SERVICES AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND THE
 COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES,
 whether  provided by state-operated programs or not-for-profit entities,
 including, but not limited to, habilitation services, home and  communi-
 ty-based  and  institution-based  long term care services, and ancillary
 services, that shall include medical supplies  and  nutritional  supple-
 ments,  that are necessary to meet the needs of persons whom the plan is
 authorized to enroll[, and may include primary care and  acute  care  if
 the  DISCO is authorized to provide or arrange for such services].  Each
 person enrolled in a DISCO shall  receive  health  and  long  term  care
 services  designed  to  achieve person-centered outcomes, to enable that
 person to live in  the  most  integrated  setting  appropriate  to  that
 person's  needs,  and to enable that person to interact with nondisabled
 persons to the fullest extent possible in social,  workplace  and  other
 community  settings, provided that all such services are consistent with
 such person's wishes to the extent that such wishes  are  known  and  in
 accordance with such person's needs.
   §  15.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 4403-g of the public
 health law, as added by section 73 of part A of chapter 56 of  the  laws
 of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (b)  A  description of the services to be covered by such DISCO, WHICH
 MUST INCLUDE ALL HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE SERVICES, AS DEFINED IN PARA-
 GRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS  SECTION,  AND  OTHER  SERVICES  AS
 DETERMINED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR
 PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES;
   § 16. Paragraph (j) of subdivision 4 of section 4403-g of  the  public
 health  law,  as added by section 73 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (j) Readiness and capability [to arrange and manage covered  services]
 OF ORGANIZING, MARKETING, MANAGING, PROMOTING AND OPERATING A HEALTH AND
 LONG  TERM  CARE  SERVICES PLAN, OR HAS AN AFFILIATION AGREEMENT WITH AN
 ENTITY THAT HAS SUCH READINESS AND CAPABILITY;
   § 17. Subdivision (c) of section 62 of chapter  165  of  the  laws  of
 1991,  amending  the public health law and other laws relating to estab-
 lishing payments for medical assistance, as amended  by  section  17  of
 part D of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (c)  section  364-j  of the social services law, as amended by section
 eight of this act and subdivision 6  of  section  367-a  of  the  social
 services  law as added by section twelve of this act shall expire and be
 deemed repealed on March 31, [2019] 2024 and provided further, that  the
 amendments to the provisions of section 364-j of the social services law
 made  by  section  eight  of  this  act shall only apply to managed care
 programs approved on or after the effective date of this act;

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   § 18. Subdivision (c) of section 13.40 of the mental hygiene  law,  as
 added  by  section  72-b of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c)  No  person  with  a  developmental disability who is receiving or
 applying for medical assistance and who is  receiving,  or  eligible  to
 receive, services operated, funded, certified, authorized or approved by
 the office, shall be required to enroll in a DISCO, HMO or MLTC in order
 to  receive such services until program features and reimbursement rates
 are approved by the commissioner and the  commissioner  of  health,  and
 until  such  commissioners  determine  that a sufficient number of plans
 that are authorized to coordinate care for individuals pursuant to  this
 section  or  that  are  authorized  to operate and to exclusively enroll
 persons with developmental disabilities pursuant to subdivision  twenty-
 seven  of  section three hundred sixty-four-j of the social services law
 are operating in such person's county of residence to meet the needs  of
 persons with developmental disabilities, and that such entities meet the
 standards  of  this  section. No person shall be required to enroll in a
 DISCO, HMO or MLTC in order to receive services operated, funded, certi-
 fied, authorized or approved by the office until there are at least  two
 entities  operating  under this section in such person's county of resi-
 dence, unless federal approval is secured  to  require  enrollment  when
 there are less than two such entities operating in such county. NOTWITH-
 STANDING THE FOREGOING OR ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY HEALTH CARE
 PROVIDER: (I) ENROLLED IN THE MEDICAID PROGRAM AND (II) RENDERING HOSPI-
 TAL  SERVICES,  AS  SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED
 ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, TO  AN  INDIVIDUAL  WITH  A  DEVELOPMENTAL
 DISABILITY  WHO IS ENROLLED IN A DISCO, HMO OR MLTC, OR A PREPAID HEALTH
 SERVICES PLAN OPERATING PURSUANT TO SECTION FORTY-FOUR  HUNDRED  THREE-A
 OF  THE  PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AN INDIVIDUAL
 WHO IS ENROLLED IN A PLAN AUTHORIZED BY  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-
 FOUR-J  OR  THE  SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, SHALL ACCEPT AS FULL REIMBURSEMENT
 THE NEGOTIATED RATE OR, IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS NO  NEGOTIATED  RATE,
 THE  RATE  OF PAYMENT THAT THE APPLICABLE GOVERNMENT AGENCY WOULD OTHER-
 WISE PAY FOR SUCH RENDERED HOSPITAL SERVICES.
   § 19. Section 11 of chapter 710 of the  laws  of  1988,  amending  the
 social services law and the education law relating to medical assistance
 eligibility  of  certain  persons and providing for managed medical care
 demonstration programs, as amended by section 1 of part F of chapter  73
 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   §  11.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately;  except  that the
 provisions of sections one, two, three, four, eight and ten of this  act
 shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law;
 and  except  that the provisions of sections five, six and seven of this
 act shall take effect January 1, 1989; and except that  effective  imme-
 diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
 effective  date; provided, however, that the provisions of section 364-j
 of the social services law, as added by section one of  this  act  shall
 expire  and  be  deemed repealed on and after March 31, [2019] 2024, the
 provisions of section 364-k of the social  services  law,  as  added  by
 section  two  of  this act, except subdivision 10 of such section, shall
 expire and be deemed repealed on and after  January  1,  1994,  and  the
 provisions  of  subdivision  10  of section 364-k of the social services
 law, as added by section two of this act, shall  expire  and  be  deemed
 repealed on January 1, 1995.

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   §  20. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to subparagraph (vii) of paragraph e of subdivision 3  of
 section 364-j of the social services law made by section one of this act
 shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed
 therewith; provided further, however, that the amendments to subdivision
 4  of  section  366-c  of the social services law made by section six of
 this act shall not affect the expiration of such subdivision  and  shall
 be  deemed  to  expire  therewith;  provided  further, however, that the
 amendments to paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 12 of section 4403-f of the
 public health law made by section thirteen of this act shall not  affect
 the repeal of such section and shall be deemed to be repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART AA
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 3-b and 3-c of section 1 of part C of chapter
 57 of the laws of 2006,  relating  to  establishing  a  cost  of  living
 adjustment for designated human services programs, as amended by section
 1  of  part  Q of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, are amended to read as
 follows:
   3-b. Notwithstanding any  inconsistent  provision  of  law,  beginning
 April  1, 2009 and ending March 31, 2016 and beginning April 1, 2017 and
 ending March 31, [2018] 2019, the commissioners shall not include a COLA
 for the purpose of establishing rates  of  payments,  contracts  or  any
 other  form  of  reimbursement,  provided  that the commissioners of the
 office for people with developmental disabilities, the office of  mental
 health,  and the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services shall
 not include a COLA beginning April 1, 2017 and ending March 31, 2019.
   3-c. Notwithstanding any  inconsistent  provision  of  law,  beginning
 April 1, [2018] 2019 and ending March 31, [2021] 2022, the commissioners
 shall develop the COLA under this section using the actual U.S. consumer
 price  index  for  all  urban  consumers (CPI-U) published by the United
 States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics  for  the  twelve
 month  period  ending  in  July  of  the budget year prior to such state
 fiscal  year,  for  the  purpose  of  establishing  rates  of  payments,
 contracts or any other form of reimbursement.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2018; provided,
 however, that the amendments to section 1 of part C of chapter 57 of the
 laws of 2006 made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal
 of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion, section or part of this act shall be  adjudged  by  any  court  of
 competent  jurisdiction  to  be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall  be  confined  in
 its  operation  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
 the legislature that this act would  have  been  enacted  even  if  such
 invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
 the applicable effective date of Parts A through AA of this act shall be
 as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2018
                                ___________
 
 IN  SENATE -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to arti-
   cle seven of the Constitution -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and
   when  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 IN ASSEMBLY -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted  by  the  Governor  pursuant  to
   article  seven  of  the  Constitution -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to establishing a
   temporary workgroup on capital rate methodology for  capital  expendi-
   tures  to  hospitals  and residential nursing facilities; and to amend
   the social services law, in relation to standard coverage for physical
   therapy services under medical assistance for needy  persons  programs
   (Part  A);  to amend the public health law, in relation to payments to
   residential health care facilities; to amend the social  services  law
   and  the  public  health  law,  in relation to assisted living program
   providers licensed in the state; to amend the social services law,  in
   relation to payments for certain medical assistance provided to eligi-
   ble persons participating in the New York traumatic brain injury waiv-
   er  program;  and  to  repeal certain provisions of section 366 of the
   social services law relating to furnishing  medical  assistance  (Part
   B);  to  amend  the  social services law and the public health law, in
   relation to health homes and  penalties  for  managed  care  providers
   (Part  C); to amend the social services law and the public health law,
   in relation to drug coverage,  updating  the  professional  dispensing
   fee,  copayments, pharmacist physician collaboration and comprehensive
   medication management; and to repeal certain provisions of the  social
   services  law  relating thereto (Part D); to amend the social services
   law, in relation to reimbursement of transportation costs,  reimburse-
   ment of emergency transportation services and supplemental transporta-
   tion  payments;  and repealing certain provisions of such law relating
   thereto (Part E); providing for not-for-profit and tax  exempt  corpo-
   rations'  Medicaid  capitation  rates  (Part  F);  to amend the public
   health law, in relation to authorizing  certain  retail  practices  to
   offer  health  services  (Part  G);  to  amend  the  education law, in
 
              

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   relation to the practice of  nursing  by  certified  registered  nurse
   anesthetists (Part H); to amend the social services law and the public
   health  law,  in  relation  to managed care organizations (Part I); to
   amend the state finance law, in relation to the false claims act (Part
   J);  authorizing  the  department  of health to require certain health
   care providers to report on costs incurred; and to amend chapter 59 of
   the laws of 2011 amending the public health law and other laws  relat-
   ing  to  known  and projected department of health state fund medicaid
   expenditures, in relation to extending the medicaid global  cap  (Part
   K);  to  amend  the  social services law and the public health law, in
   relation to the child health insurance  program  (Part  L);  to  amend
   chapter  266  of the laws of 1986, amending the civil practice law and
   rules and other laws relating to malpractice and professional  medical
   conduct,  in relation to apportioning premium for certain policies; to
   amend part J of chapter 63 of the laws of 2001 amending chapter 266 of
   the laws of 1986, amending the civil practice law and rules and  other
   laws  relating to malpractice and professional medical conduct, relat-
   ing to the effectiveness of certain provisions  of  such  chapter,  in
   relation  to  extending  certain  provisions  concerning  the hospital
   excess liability pool; and to amend part H of chapter 57 of  the  laws
   of  2017,  amending  the  New  York Health Care Reform Act of 1996 and
   other laws relating to extending certain provisions relating  thereto,
   in  relation to extending provisions relating to excess coverage (Part
   M); to amend part C of chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, establishing  a
   cost  of  living adjustment for designated human services, in relation
   to the determination thereof; and to repeal certain provisions thereof
   relating to eligible programs (Part N); to amend the public health law
   and the insurance law, in relation to the early  intervention  program
   for  infants  and  toddlers with disabilities and their families (Part
   O); to amend the public health law, in relation to the empire clinical
   research investigator program and hospital resident hour  audits;  and
   to repeal certain provisions of the public health law relating thereto
   (Part  P);  to  amend the public health law, in relation to the health
   care facility transformation program (Part Q);  to  amend  the  public
   health  law, the executive law, and the real property law, in relation
   to areas at a high risk for lead paint (Part R); to amend  the  public
   health  law and the social services law, in relation to the establish-
   ment of community paramedicine collaboratives (Subpart  A);  to  amend
   the public health law and the mental hygiene law, in relation to inte-
   grated  services  (Subpart  B); and to amend the public health law, in
   relation to the definitions of telehealth provider,  originating  site
   and remote patient monitoring (Subpart C)(Part S); to amend chapter 59
   of  the  laws of 2016, amending the social services law and other laws
   relating to authorizing the commissioner of health to apply  federally
   established  consumer  price  index  penalties  for generic drugs, and
   authorizing the commissioner of health to impose penalties on  managed
   care plans for reporting late or incorrect encounter data, in relation
   to  the  effectiveness of certain provisions of such chapter; to amend
   chapter 58 of the laws of 2007, amending the social services  law  and
   other laws relating to adjustments of rates, in relation to the effec-
   tiveness of certain provisions of such chapter; to amend chapter 54 of
   the  laws  of 2016, amending part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2005,
   authorizing reimbursements for expenditures made by or  on  behalf  of
   social services districts for medical assistance for needy persons and
   administration  thereof,  in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to
   amend chapter 906 of the laws of 1984, amending  the  social  services

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   law relating to expanding medical assistance eligibility and the scope
   of  services  available  to  certain  persons  with  disabilities,  in
   relation to the effectiveness thereof; and to amend chapter 56 of  the
   laws  of  2013,  amending  chapter 59 of the laws of 2011 amending the
   public  health  law  and  other  laws  relating  to  general  hospital
   reimbursement  for  annual rates relating to the cap on local Medicaid
   expenditures, in relation to rates of payments (Part T); to amend part
   NN of chapter 58 of the laws of 2015 amending the mental  hygiene  law
   relating  to  clarifying  the  authority  of  the commissioners in the
   department of mental hygiene  to  design  and  implement  time-limited
   demonstration programs, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part
   U);  to  amend  chapter  62  of  the laws of 2003, amending the mental
   hygiene law and the state finance law relating to the community mental
   health support and workforce reinvestment program, the  membership  of
   subcommittees  for  mental health of community services boards and the
   duties of such subcommittees and creating the community mental  health
   and  workforce  reinvestment  account,  in  relation to extending such
   provisions relating thereto (Part V); to amend the criminal  procedure
   law,  in  relation  to amending the definition of appropriate institu-
   tion; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon  expiration
   thereof  (Part  W);  to amend chapter 111 of the laws of 2010 amending
   the mental hygiene law relating to the receipt of  federal  and  state
   benefits received by individuals receiving care in facilities operated
   by  an  office of the department of mental hygiene, in relation to the
   effectiveness thereof  (Part  X);  to  amend  the  education  law,  in
   relation  to  persons  practicing  in  certain  licensed  programs  or
   services who are exempt from practice  requirements  of  professionals
   licensed  by  the department of education; to amend chapter 420 of the
   laws of 2002, amending the education law relating to the profession of
   social work, in  relation  to  extending  the  expiration  of  certain
   provisions thereof; to amend chapter 676 of the laws of 2002, amending
   the  education law relating to the practice of psychology, in relation
   to extending the expiration of certain provisions; and to amend  chap-
   ter 130 of the laws of 2010, amending the education law and other laws
   relating  to  the  registration  of entities providing certain profes-
   sional services and licensure of certain professions, in  relation  to
   extending  certain  provisions  thereof  (Part Y); to amend the social
   services law, in relation to adding demonstration waivers  to  waivers
   allowable  for  home and community-based services; to amend the social
   services law, in relation to adding successor federal waivers to waiv-
   ers granted under subsection (c) of section 1915 of the federal social
   security law, in relation to nursing facility services; to  amend  the
   social services law, in relation to waivers for high quality and inte-
   grated  care;  to  amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to adding
   new and successor federal waivers to waivers in relation to  home  and
   community-based services; to amend part A of chapter 56 of the laws of
   2013,  amending  the  social  services  law and other laws relating to
   enacting the major components of legislation  necessary  to  implement
   the  health  and  mental hygiene budget for the 2013-2014 state fiscal
   year, in relation to the effectiveness of certain provisions  thereof;
   to amend the public health law, in relation to expansion of comprehen-
   sive  health services plans; to amend chapter 659 of the laws of 1997,
   amending the public health law and other laws relating to creation  of
   continuing  care  retirement  communities,  in  relation  to extending
   provisions thereof; to amend the public health  law,  in  relation  to
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   developmental disability  individual  support  and  care  coordination
   organizations;  to amend chapter 165 of the laws of 1991, amending the
   public health law and other laws relating to establishing payments for
   medical  assistance,  in relation to extending the provisions thereof;
   to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to  reimbursement  rates;
   and  to  amend  chapter  710  of the laws of 1988, amending the social
   services law and the education  law  relating  to  medical  assistance
   eligibility  of certain persons and providing for managed medical care
   demonstration programs, in relation to extending the provisions there-
   of (Part Z); to amend part C of chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, relat-
   ing to establishing a cost of living adjustment for  designated  human
   services  programs,  in  relation  to the inclusion and development of
   certain cost of living adjustments (Part  AA);  to  amend  the  public
   health  law  and  the  penal law, in relation to expanding the list of
   controlled substances (Part BB); to amend the education  law  and  the
   public  health  law, in relation to inquiries or complaints of profes-
   sional misconduct (Part CC);  and  to  amend  the  education  law,  in
   relation  to authorizing a licensed pharmacist to administer influenza
   vaccine to children between two and eighteen years of age pursuant  to
   a  non-patient  specific  regimen; to amend chapter 563 of the laws of
   2008, amending the education law and the public health law relating to
   immunizing agents to be administered  to  adults  by  pharmacists,  in
   relation  to  making the provisions permanent; to amend chapter 116 of
   the laws of 2012, amending the education law relating to authorizing a
   licensed pharmacist and certified  nurse  practitioner  to  administer
   certain  immunizing  agents,  in relation to making certain provisions
   permanent; and to amend chapter 21 of the laws of 2011,  amending  the
   education  law relating to authorizing pharmacists to perform collabo-
   rative drug therapy management with physicians in certain settings, in
   relation to making certain provisions permanent (Part DD)
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act enacts into law major components of legislation
 which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2018-2019
 state fiscal year. Each component is  wholly  contained  within  a  Part
 identified as Parts A through DD. The effective date for each particular
 provision contained within such Part is set forth in the last section of
 such Part. Any provision in any section contained within a Part, includ-
 ing the effective date of the Part, which makes a reference to a section
 "of  this  act", when used in connection with that particular component,
 shall be deemed to mean and refer to the corresponding  section  of  the
 Part  in  which  it  is  found. Section three of this act sets forth the
 general effective date of this act.
 
                                  PART A
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 2827 to read as follows:
   §  2827.  TEMPORARY  WORKGROUP  ON CAPITAL RATE METHODOLOGY.   (A) THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL CONVENE A TEMPORARY WORKGROUP COMPRISED OF  REPRESEN-
 TATIVES  OF  HOSPITALS  AND  RESIDENTIAL  NURSING FACILITIES, AS WELL AS
 REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE  DEPARTMENT,  TO  DEVELOP  RECOMMENDATIONS  FOR
 STREAMLINING  THE  CAPITAL  REIMBURSEMENT  METHODOLOGY  TO ACHIEVE A ONE

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 PERCENT REDUCTION IN CAPITAL EXPENDITURES TO HOSPITALS  AND  RESIDENTIAL
 NURSING  FACILITIES, INCLUDING ASSOCIATED SPECIALTY AND ADULT DAY HEALTH
 CARE UNITS. PENDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE  WORKGROUP'S  RECOMMENDATIONS
 AND  THE  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  ANY  SUCH  RECOMMENDATIONS ACCEPTED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO REDUCE THE OVERALL
 AMOUNT OF CAPITAL REIMBURSEMENT AS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE  A  ONE  PERCENT
 REDUCTION  IN  CAPITAL EXPENDITURES BEGINNING WITH STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO
 THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN.
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER MAY  PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS  TO  EFFECTUATE  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  Subdivision  5-d of section 2807-k of the public health law, as
 amended by section 1 of part E of chapter 57 of the  laws  of  2015,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   5-d.  (a)  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section,
 section twenty-eight hundred  seven-w  of  this  article  or  any  other
 contrary  provision  of  law, and subject to the availability of federal
 financial participation, for periods on and  after  January  first,  two
 thousand  thirteen,  through  December thirty-first, two thousand [eigh-
 teen] NINETEEN, all funds available for distribution  pursuant  to  this
 section,  except  for  funds distributed pursuant to subparagraph (v) of
 paragraph (b) of subdivision five-b  of  this  section,  and  all  funds
 available  for  distribution  pursuant  to  section twenty-eight hundred
 seven-w of this article, shall be reserved and set aside and distributed
 in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision.
   (b) The commissioner shall promulgate regulations, and may  promulgate
 emergency  regulations,  establishing methodologies for the distribution
 of funds as described in paragraph (a)  of  this  subdivision  and  such
 regulations shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
   (i)  Such  regulations  shall  establish methodologies for determining
 each facility's relative uncompensated care need amount based  on  unin-
 sured  inpatient and outpatient units of service from the cost reporting
 year two years prior to the distribution year, multiplied by the  appli-
 cable  medicaid  rates in effect January first of the distribution year,
 as summed and adjusted by a statewide cost adjustment factor and reduced
 by the  sum  of  all  payment  amounts  collected  from  such  uninsured
 patients,  and  as  further  adjusted  by  application of a nominal need
 computation that shall take into account each facility's medicaid  inpa-
 tient share.
   (ii)  Annual  distributions  pursuant  to such regulations for the two
 thousand thirteen through  two  thousand  [eighteen]  NINETEEN  calendar
 years shall be in accord with the following:
   (A)  one  hundred  thirty-nine  million  four hundred thousand dollars
 shall be distributed as Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital ("DSH")
 payments to major public general hospitals; and
   (B) nine hundred ninety-four million nine hundred thousand dollars  as
 Medicaid  DSH  payments  to eligible general hospitals, other than major
 public general hospitals.
   (iii)(A) Such regulations shall establish  transition  adjustments  to
 the  distributions  made pursuant to clauses (A) and (B) of subparagraph
 (ii) of this paragraph such that no facility experiences a reduction  in
 indigent care pool payments pursuant to this subdivision that is greater
 than the percentages, as specified in clause (C) of this subparagraph as
 compared  to  the  average distribution that each such facility received
 for the three calendar years prior to two thousand thirteen pursuant  to
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   (B)  Such  regulations  shall  also establish adjustments limiting the
 increases in indigent  care  pool  payments  experienced  by  facilities
 pursuant to this subdivision by an amount that will be, as determined by
 the  commissioner  and  in conjunction with such other funding as may be
 available  for  this  purpose, sufficient to ensure full funding for the
 transition adjustment payments authorized by clause (A) of this subpara-
 graph.
   (C) No facility shall experience a reduction  in  indigent  care  pool
 payments pursuant to this subdivision that: for the calendar year begin-
 ning  January first, two thousand thirteen, is greater than two and one-
 half percent; for the calendar year beginning January first,  two  thou-
 sand  fourteen, is greater than five percent; and, for the calendar year
 beginning on January first, two thousand  fifteen[,];  is  greater  than
 seven and one-half percent, and for the calendar year beginning on Janu-
 ary  first,  two  thousand sixteen, is greater than ten percent; and for
 the calendar year beginning on January first, two thousand seventeen, is
 greater than twelve and one-half percent;  and  for  the  calendar  year
 beginning  on  January  first,  two  thousand  eighteen, is greater than
 fifteen percent; AND FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR BEGINNING ON  JANUARY  FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, IS GREATER THAN SEVENTEEN AND ONE-HALF PERCENT.
   (iv) Such regulations shall reserve one percent of the funds available
 for  distribution  in the two thousand fourteen and two thousand fifteen
 calendar years, and for calendar  years  thereafter,  pursuant  to  this
 subdivision,  subdivision  fourteen-f  of  section  twenty-eight hundred
 seven-c of this article, and sections two hundred eleven and two hundred
 twelve of chapter four hundred seventy-four  of  the  laws  of  nineteen
 hundred  ninety-six,  in  a  "financial  assistance compliance pool" and
 shall establish methodologies for the distribution of such pool funds to
 facilities based on their level of  compliance,  as  determined  by  the
 commissioner, with the provisions of subdivision nine-a of this section.
   (c)  The  commissioner  shall  annually report to the governor and the
 legislature on the distribution of funds under this subdivision  includ-
 ing, but not limited to:
   (i) the impact on safety net providers, including community providers,
 rural general hospitals and major public general hospitals;
   (ii)  the  provision  of  indigent care by units of services and funds
 distributed by general hospitals; and
   (iii) the extent to which access to care has been enhanced.
   § 3. Subdivision 14-a of section 2807 of the  public  health  law,  as
 added  by  section  11  of  part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
   14-a. (A) Notwithstanding any provision of law to  the  contrary,  and
 subject  to federal financial participation, the commissioner is author-
 ized to establish, pursuant to regulations, a statewide general hospital
 quality pool for the purpose of incentivizing and  facilitating  quality
 improvements in general hospitals.
   (B) SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE PROVISIONS:
   (I)  TO  CREATE A PERFORMANCE TARGET TO REDUCE POTENTIALLY PREVENTABLE
 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS;
   (II) TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE PAYMENT OF THE RATES, PUBLISHED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT ON THE HOSPITAL INPATIENT PUBLICATION SCHEDULES AND  HOSPITAL
 AMBULATORY  PATIENT  GROUP  SCHEDULES,  WHICH ARE PAID BY CONTRACTORS TO
 HOSPITALS, BASED ON THE QUALITY AND  SAFETY  SCORES  OF  A  HOSPITAL  AS
 DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT; AND
   (III)  TO  FACILITATE  NECESSARY QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS IN HOSPITALS, AS
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   (C) Awards from such pool shall be subject to approval by the director
 of budget. If federal financial participation is unavailable,  then  the
 non-federal  share  of  awards  made pursuant to this subdivision may be
 made as state grants.
   [(a)]  (D)  Thirty days prior to adopting or applying a methodology or
 procedure for making an allocation or modification to an allocation made
 pursuant to this subdivision, the  commissioner  shall  provide  written
 notice  to the chairs of the senate finance committee, the assembly ways
 and means committee, and the senate and assembly health committees  with
 regard  to  the  intent  to adopt or apply the methodology or procedure,
 including a detailed explanation of the methodology or procedure.
   [(b)] (E) Thirty days prior to executing an allocation or modification
 to an allocation made pursuant to  this  subdivision,  the  commissioner
 shall provide written notice to the chairs of the senate finance commit-
 tee,  the assembly ways and means committee, and the senate and assembly
 health committees with regard to the intent to  distribute  such  funds.
 Such  notice  shall  include,  but not be limited to, information on the
 methodology used to distribute the funds, the  facility  specific  allo-
 cations  of  the  funds,  any  facility specific project descriptions or
 requirements for receiving such funds, the multi-year impacts  of  these
 allocations, and the availability of federal matching funds. The commis-
 sioner  shall  provide  quarterly  reports  to  the  chair of the senate
 finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee
 on the distribution and disbursement of such funds.
   (F) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW OR REGULATION TO
 THE CONTRARY, THE HOSPITAL  QUALITY  POOL  SHALL  ALLOCATE  TEN  MILLION
 DOLLARS ANNUALLY TO EXPAND PREVENTATIVE SERVICES AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY
 DETERMINE  IN REGULATION. SUCH PREVENTATIVE SERVICES MAY INCLUDE BUT NOT
 BE LIMITED TO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING PROVIDED BY A  LICENSED  CLINICAL
 SOCIAL  WORKER  OR  A  LICENSED  MASTER SOCIAL WORKER, PHYSICAL THERAPY,
 DIABETES PREVENTION, OR TREATMENT BY AN APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYST.
   § 4. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (f) of subdivision 2-a of  section
 2807  of  the  public  health law, as amended by section 43 of part B of
 chapter 58 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii) notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of  this
 subdivision,  for periods on and after January first, two thousand nine,
 the following services provided by general hospital  outpatient  depart-
 ments  and  diagnostic  and  treatment  centers shall be reimbursed with
 rates of payment based entirely upon the ambulatory patient group  meth-
 odology  as  described  in  paragraph (e) of this subdivision, provided,
 however, that the commissioner may utilize  existing  payment  methodol-
 ogies  or  may  promulgate  regulations establishing alternative payment
 methodologies for one or more of the services specified in this subpara-
 graph, effective for periods on and  after  March  first,  two  thousand
 nine:
   (A)  services provided in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs
 (q) and (r) of subdivision two of section three hundred sixty-five-a  of
 the social services law; and
   (B)  all services, but only with regard to additional payment amounts,
 as determined in accordance with regulations issued in  accordance  with
 paragraph  (e)  of  this subdivision, for the provision of such services
 during times outside the facility's normal hours of operation, as deter-
 mined in accordance with criteria set forth in such regulations; and
   (C) individual psychotherapy  services  provided  by  licensed  social
 workers,  in  accordance with licensing criteria set forth in applicable
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 requiring such services as a result of or related to pregnancy or giving
 birth]; and
   (D)  individual  psychotherapy  services  provided  by licensed social
 workers, in accordance with licensing criteria set forth  in  applicable
 regulations,  at  diagnostic and treatment centers that provided, billed
 for, and received payment for these services between January first,  two
 thousand seven and December thirty-first, two thousand seven;
   (E)  services  provided to pregnant women pursuant to paragraph (s) of
 subdivision two of section three  hundred  sixty-five-a  of  the  social
 services  law  and, for periods on and after January first, two thousand
 ten, all other services provided pursuant  to  such  paragraph  (s)  and
 services  provided  pursuant  to  paragraph  (t)  of  subdivision two of
 section three hundred sixty-five-a of the social services law;
   (F) wheelchair evaluation services and eyeglass  dispensing  services;
 and
   (G)  immunization  services,  effective  for  services rendered on and
 after June tenth, two thousand nine.
   § 5. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 2 of section  365-a  of  the  social
 services  law, as amended by chapter 220 of the laws of 2011, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (h) speech therapy, and when provided at the direction of a  physician
 or nurse practitioner, physical therapy including related rehabilitative
 services and occupational therapy; provided, however, that speech thera-
 py[,  physical therapy] and occupational therapy [each] shall be limited
 to coverage of twenty visits per year; PHYSICAL THERAPY SHALL BE LIMITED
 TO COVERAGE OF FORTY VISITS PER YEAR; such limitation shall not apply to
 persons with developmental disabilities or,  notwithstanding  any  other
 provision  of law to the contrary, to persons with traumatic brain inju-
 ry;
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART B
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2-c of section 2808 of the public health law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
   (G) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REDUCE MEDICAID REVENUE  TO  A  RESIDENTIAL
 HEALTH  CARE FACILITY IN A PAYMENT YEAR BY TWO PERCENT IF IN EACH OF THE
 TWO MOST RECENT PAYMENT YEARS FOR WHICH  NEW  YORK  STATE  NURSING  HOME
 QUALITY  INITIATIVE  DATA  IS  AVAILABLE, THE FACILITY WAS RANKED IN THE
 LOWEST TWO QUINTILES OF FACILITIES BASED ON  ITS  NURSING  HOME  QUALITY
 INITIATIVE  PERFORMANCE,  AND  WAS  RANKED IN THE LOWEST QUINTILE IN THE
 MOST RECENT PAYMENT YEAR. THE COMMISSIONER MAY WAIVE THE APPLICATION  OF
 THIS  PARAGRAPH  TO  A  FACILITY IF THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINES THAT THE
 FACILITY IS IN EXTREME FINANCIAL DISTRESS.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 461-l of  the  social  services  law  is
 amended  by  adding four new paragraphs (k), (l), (m) and (n) to read as
 follows:
   (K)(I) EXISTING ASSISTED  LIVING  PROGRAM  PROVIDERS  LICENSED  ON  OR
 BEFORE  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN MAY APPLY TO THE DEPARTMENT
 FOR UP TO NINE ADDITIONAL ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAM BEDS, BY A DEADLINE TO
 BE DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE DEPARTMENT MAY UTILIZE AN EXPEDITED
 REVIEW PROCESS TO ALLOW ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS IN GOOD STANDING THE ABILITY
 TO BE LICENSED FOR THE ADDITIONAL BEDS WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE DEPART-
 MENT'S RECEIPT OF A SATISFACTORY APPLICATION.  ELIGIBLE  APPLICANTS  ARE
 THOSE  THAT: DO NOT REQUIRE MAJOR RENOVATION OR CONSTRUCTION; SERVE ONLY

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 PUBLIC PAY INDIVIDUALS; AND ARE IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH APPROPRI-
 ATE STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   (II)  EXISTING ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAM PROVIDERS LICENSED ON OR BEFORE
 APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY MAY SUBMIT ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS  FOR
 UP  TO  NINE  ADDITIONAL ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAM BEDS ON JUNE THIRTIETH,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AND BY A DEADLINE TO BE DETERMINED BY  THE  DEPART-
 MENT.  EVERY  TWO  YEARS  THEREAFTER,  EXISTING PROVIDERS LICENSED ON OR
 BEFORE APRIL FIRST OF SUCH YEAR MAY SUBMIT  SUCH  APPLICATIONS  ON  JUNE
 THIRTIETH  OF  SUCH  YEAR,  AND  BY  A  DEADLINE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT. THE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAM BEDS  SHALL
 BE BASED ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PREVIOUSLY AWARDED BEDS EITHER WITHDRAWN
 BY THE APPLICANT OR DENIED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   (L)  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH  IS AUTHORIZED TO SOLICIT AND AWARD
 APPLICATIONS FOR UP TO A TOTAL  OF  FIVE  HUNDRED  NEW  ASSISTED  LIVING
 PROGRAM  BEDS IN THOSE COUNTIES WHERE THERE IS ONE OR NO ASSISTED LIVING
 PROGRAM PROVIDERS, PURSUANT TO CRITERIA TO BE DETERMINED BY THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER.
   (M)  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH  IS AUTHORIZED TO SOLICIT AND AWARD
 APPLICATIONS FOR UP TO FIVE HUNDRED NEW ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAM BEDS  IN
 COUNTIES  WHERE  UTILIZATION  OF  EXISTING  ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAM BEDS
 EXCEEDS EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT. ALL APPLICANTS SHALL  COMPLY  WITH  FEDERAL
 HOME  AND  COMMUNITY-BASED SETTINGS REQUIREMENTS, AS SET FORTH IN 42 CFR
 PART 441 SUBPART G. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD, AN APPLICANT MUST AGREE
 TO:
   (I) SERVE ONLY PUBLIC PAY INDIVIDUALS;
   (II) DEVELOP AND EXECUTE COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENTS  WITHIN  TWENTY-FOUR
 MONTHS  OF  AN  APPLICATION  BEING MADE TO THE DEPARTMENT, IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH GUIDANCE TO BE PUBLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT, BETWEEN AT LEAST ONE OF
 EACH OF THE FOLLOWING ENTITIES: AN ADULT CARE  FACILITY;  A  RESIDENTIAL
 HEALTH CARE FACILITY; AND A GENERAL HOSPITAL;
   (III)  ENTER  INTO  AN AGREEMENT WITH AN EXISTING MANAGED CARE ENTITY;
 AND
   (IV) PARTICIPATE IN VALUE BASED PAYMENT MODELS, WHERE SUCH MODELS  ARE
 AVAILABLE FOR PARTICIPATION.
   (N)  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF HEALTH IS AUTHORIZED TO CREATE A PROGRAM TO
 SUBSIDIZE THE COST OF ASSISTED LIVING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS LIVING  WITH
 ALZHEIMER'S  DISEASE  AND  DEMENTIA  WHO  ARE  NOT  ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAL
 ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO TITLE ELEVEN OF ARTICLE FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER. THE
 PROGRAM SHALL AUTHORIZE  UP  TO  TWO  HUNDRED  VOUCHERS  TO  INDIVIDUALS
 THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS AND PAY FOR UP TO SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF
 THE  AVERAGE PRIVATE PAY RATE IN THE RESPECTIVE REGION. THE COMMISSIONER
 MAY PROPOSE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO EFFECTUATE THIS PROVISION.
   § 3. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of  subdivision  7  of  section
 4403-f of the public health law, as amended by section 41-b of part H of
 chapter 59 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) The commissioner shall, to the extent necessary, submit the appro-
 priate waivers, including, but not limited to, those authorized pursuant
 to  sections  eleven hundred fifteen and nineteen hundred fifteen of the
 federal social security act, or  successor  provisions,  and  any  other
 waivers  necessary  to achieve the purposes of high quality, integrated,
 and cost effective care and integrated  financial  eligibility  policies
 under  the  medical assistance program or pursuant to title XVIII of the
 federal social security act. In addition, the commissioner is authorized
 to submit the appropriate waivers, including but not  limited  to  those
 authorized  pursuant  to  sections  eleven  hundred fifteen and nineteen
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 provisions, and any other waivers necessary to require on or after April
 first,  two thousand twelve, medical assistance recipients who are twen-
 ty-one years of age or older and who require community-based  long  term
 care  services,  as  specified  by  the  commissioner, for more than one
 hundred and twenty days, to receive such services through  an  available
 plan  certified  pursuant  to  this  section or other program model that
 meets guidelines specified by the commissioner that support coordination
 and integration of services. Such guidelines shall address the  require-
 ments  of  paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i) of
 subdivision three of this section as well as payment methods that ensure
 provider accountability for cost effective quality outcomes. Such  other
 program  models  may  include  long  term home health care programs that
 comply with such guidelines. Copies of such original waiver applications
 and amendments thereto shall be provided to the  chairs  of  the  senate
 finance  committee, the assembly ways and means committee and the senate
 and assembly health committees simultaneously with their  submission  to
 the federal government.
   ON  OR  AFTER  OCTOBER  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, THE COMMISSIONER
 MAY, THROUGH SUCH AN APPROVED WAIVER, LIMIT ENROLLMENT IN A PLAN  CERTI-
 FIED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ACHIEVE A SCORE OF NINE OR
 ABOVE WHEN ASSESSED USING THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT  SYSTEM  FOR  NEW  YORK
 ASSESSMENT  TOOL AND WHO REQUIRE COMMUNITY-BASED LONG TERM CARE SERVICES
 FOR A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY  DAYS  FROM  THE
 DATE  OF  ENROLLMENT  AND  FROM  THE DATES WHEN CONTINUING ENROLLMENT IS
 REAUTHORIZED; HOWEVER,  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  RECIPIENTS  ENROLLED  IN  A
 MANAGED  LONG TERM CARE PLAN ON OCTOBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN MAY
 CONTINUE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH  PLANS,  IRRESPECTIVE  OF  WHETHER  THE
 ENROLLEE MEETS THESE LEVEL OF CARE REQUIREMENTS, PROVIDED THAT ONCE SUCH
 RECIPIENTS  ARE  DISENROLLED FROM THEIR MANAGED LONG TERM CARE PLAN, ANY
 APPLICABLE LEVEL OF CARE REQUIREMENTS WOULD APPLY TO FUTURE  ELIGIBILITY
 DETERMINATIONS.
   §  4. Subparagraphs (vii) and (viii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 7
 of section 4403-f of the public health law are redesignated as  subpara-
 graphs  (viii) and (ix) and a new subparagraph (vii) is added to read as
 follows:
   (VII) IF ANOTHER MANAGED LONG TERM  CARE  PLAN  CERTIFIED  UNDER  THIS
 SECTION  IS  AVAILABLE, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS REQUIRED TO ENROLL
 IN SUCH PLANS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION MAY CHANGE  PLANS  WITHOUT  CAUSE
 WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS OF NOTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT OR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
 OF ENROLLMENT INTO A PLAN, WHICHEVER IS LATER, BY MAKING  A  REQUEST  OF
 THE  LOCAL  SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT OR ENTITY DESIGNATED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT, EXCEPT THAT SUCH PERIOD SHALL BE FORTY-FIVE  DAYS  FOR  RECIPIENTS
 WHO HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO A PROVIDER BY THE COMMISSIONER. HOWEVER, AFTER
 SUCH THIRTY OR FORTY-FIVE DAY PERIOD, WHICHEVER IS APPLICABLE, A RECIPI-
 ENT  MAY  BE  PROHIBITED  FROM  CHANGING PLANS MORE FREQUENTLY THAN ONCE
 EVERY TWELVE MONTHS, AS PERMITTED BY FEDERAL LAW, EXCEPT FOR GOOD  CAUSE
 AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   §  5. Clauses 11 and 12 of subparagraph (v) of paragraph (b) of subdi-
 vision 7 of section 4403-f of the  public  health  law,  as  amended  by
 section  48  of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, are amended to
 read as follows:
   (11) a person who is eligible for medical assistance pursuant to para-
 graph (b) of subdivision four of section three hundred sixty-six of  the
 social services law; [and]
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   (13)  A  PERSON  WHO  IS  PERMANENTLY  PLACED  IN A NURSING HOME FOR A
 CONSECUTIVE PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS OR MORE.
   §  6.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  3 of section 366 of the social
 services law is REPEALED and a new paragraph (a) is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   (A) MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SHALL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF THE
 INCOME  AND  RESOURCES OF AN APPLICANT'S LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE RELATIVE IF
 THE APPLICANT'S ELIGIBILITY WOULD NORMALLY BE  DETERMINED  BY  COMPARING
 THE  AMOUNT  OF  AVAILABLE  INCOME  AND/OR  RESOURCES  OF THE APPLICANT,
 INCLUDING AMOUNTS DEEMED AVAILABLE TO THE APPLICANT FROM LEGALLY RESPON-
 SIBLE RELATIVES, TO AN APPLICABLE ELIGIBILITY STANDARD, AND:
   (1) (I) THE LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE RELATIVE IS  A  COMMUNITY  SPOUSE,  AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX-C OF THIS TITLE;
   (II)  SUCH  RELATIVE  IS  REFUSING  TO  MAKE  HIS OR HER INCOME AND/OR
 RESOURCES  AVAILABLE  TO  MEET  THE  COST  OF  NECESSARY  MEDICAL  CARE,
 SERVICES, AND SUPPLIES; AND
   (III)  THE APPLICANT EXECUTES AN ASSIGNMENT OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMU-
 NITY SPOUSE IN FAVOR OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT AND THE DEPARTMENT,
 UNLESS THE APPLICANT IS UNABLE TO EXECUTE SUCH ASSIGNMENT DUE  TO  PHYS-
 ICAL  OR  MENTAL  IMPAIRMENT OR TO DENY ASSISTANCE WOULD CREATE AN UNDUE
 HARDSHIP, AS DEFINED BY THE COMMISSIONER; OR
   (2) THE LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE RELATIVE IS ABSENT  FROM  THE  APPLICANT'S
 HOUSEHOLD,  AND  FAILS  OR  REFUSES  TO  MAKE  HIS  OR HER INCOME AND/OR
 RESOURCES  AVAILABLE  TO  MEET  THE  COST  OF  NECESSARY  MEDICAL  CARE,
 SERVICES, AND SUPPLIES.
   IN SUCH CASES, HOWEVER, THE FURNISHING OF SUCH ASSISTANCE SHALL CREATE
 AN  IMPLIED  CONTRACT  WITH  SUCH  RELATIVE, AND THE COST THEREOF MAY BE
 RECOVERED FROM SUCH RELATIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH  TITLE  SIX  OF  ARTICLE
 THREE OF THIS CHAPTER AND OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF LAW.
   §  7.  Subparagraph  (i)  of paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section
 366-c of the social services law is amended by adding a new  clause  (C)
 to read as follows:
   (C)  ON AND AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, TWENTY-FOUR THOU-
 SAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY  DOLLARS  OR  SUCH  GREATER  AMOUNT  AS  MAY  BE
 REQUIRED UNDER FEDERAL LAW;
   §  8.  Subdivision  1  of  section 367-a of the social services law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
   (H) AMOUNTS PAYABLE UNDER THIS TITLE FOR  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  IN  THE
 FORM OF FREESTANDING CLINIC SERVICES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF
 THE  PUBLIC HEALTH LAW PROVIDED TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN THE
 NEW YORK TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY WAIVER PROGRAM WHO  ARE  ALSO  BENEFICI-
 ARIES  UNDER PART B OF TITLE XVIII OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OR
 WHO ARE QUALIFIED MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES UNDER PART B OF TITLE XVIII  OF
 SUCH  ACT SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN THE APPROVED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENT
 LEVEL LESS THE AMOUNT PAYABLE UNDER PART B.
   § 9. The commissioner of health shall conduct  a  study  of  home  and
 community based services available to recipients of the Medicaid program
 in rural areas of the state. Such study shall include a review and anal-
 ysis  of  factors affecting such availability, including but not limited
 to transportation costs, costs of direct care personnel  including  home
 health  aides, personal care attendants and other direct service person-
 nel, opportunities for telehealth services, and  technological  advances
 to  improve  efficiencies. Consistent with the results of the study, the
 commissioner of health is authorized to provide a targeted Medicaid rate
 enhancement to fee-for-service personal care rates and rates under Medi-
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 waiver  and  the  traumatic brain injury program waiver, in an aggregate
 amount of three million dollars minus the cost of conducting the  study;
 provided further, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect
 payment  for  the  costs  of  the  study  and  any related Medicaid rate
 enhancement if federal participation is not available for such costs.
   § 10. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however,  that
 the  amendments made to paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 4403-f
 of the public health law made by sections three, four and five  of  this
 act shall not affect the expiration of such paragraph pursuant to subdi-
 vision  (i)  of section 111 of part H of chapter 59 of the laws of 2011,
 as amended, and shall be deemed to expire therewith; provided,  further,
 that  the amendments to paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 4403-f
 of the public health law made by sections three, four and five  of  this
 act  shall not affect the repeal of such section pursuant to chapter 659
 of the laws of 1997, as amended, and shall be deemed repealed therewith;
 provided, further, that section four of this act shall  take  effect  on
 October 1, 2018.
 
                                  PART C
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 365-l of the social services law,
 as amended by section 1 of part S of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   2.  In  addition to payments made for health home services pursuant to
 subdivision one of this section, the commissioner is authorized  to  pay
 additional  amounts:  (A) to providers of health home services that meet
 process or outcome standards specified by the commissioner; AND  (B)  TO
 MEDICAID  MANAGED  CARE ENROLLEES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF HEALTH HOMES IN THE
 FORM OF INCENTIVE PAYMENTS TO REWARD SUCH ENROLLEES FOR PARTICIPATING IN
 WELLNESS ACTIVITIES AND FOR AVOIDING  UNNECESSARY  HOSPITALIZATIONS  AND
 UNNECESSARY  UTILIZATION OF HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SERVICES. Such
 additional amounts may be paid with state funds only if  federal  finan-
 cial participation for such payments is unavailable.
   §  2.  Section 365-l of the social services law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 2-d to read as follows:
   2-D. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH TARGETS FOR HEALTH HOME  PARTIC-
 IPATION  BY  ENROLLEES  OF  SPECIAL  NEEDS MANAGED CARE PLANS DESIGNATED
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-FIVE-M  OF
 THIS  TITLE  AND  BY  HIGH-RISK ENROLLEES OF OTHER MEDICAID MANAGED CARE
 PLANS OPERATING PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR-J  OF  THIS
 TITLE,  AND  SHALL REQUIRE THE MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS TO WORK COLLABORA-
 TIVELY WITH HEALTH HOMES TO ACHIEVE SUCH TARGETS. THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY
 ASSESS  PENALTIES  UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION AGAINST MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS
 THAT FAIL TO MEET THE PARTICIPATION TARGETS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS
 SUBDIVISION, EXCEPT THAT MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS SHALL NOT  BE  PENALIZED
 FOR  THE FAILURE OF A HEALTH HOME TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOWARD MEETING
 THE PARTICIPATION TARGETS.
   § 3. Subdivision 6 of section  2899  of  the  public  health  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  471  of  the  laws  of 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
   6. "Provider" shall mean (A)  any  residential  health  care  facility
 licensed  under  article  twenty-eight of this chapter; or any certified
 home health agency, licensed home care services agency or long term home
 health care program certified under article thirty-six of this  chapter;
 any hospice program certified pursuant to article forty of this chapter;
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 licensed under article seven of the social services law; OR (B) A HEALTH
 HOME, OR ANY SUBCONTRACTOR OF SUCH HEALTH HOME, WHO CONTRACTS WITH OR IS
 APPROVED OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY THE  DEPARTMENT  TO  PROVIDE  HEALTH
 HOME  SERVICES TO ALL THOSE ENROLLED PURSUANT TO A DIAGNOSIS OF A DEVEL-
 OPMENTAL DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03
 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND ENROLLEES WHO ARE UNDER  TWENTY-ONE  YEARS
 OF  AGE  UNDER SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES
 LAW, OR ANY ENTITY THAT PROVIDES HOME AND COMMUNITY  BASED  SERVICES  TO
 ENROLLEES  WHO  ARE  UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE UNDER A DEMONSTRATION
 PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL
 SECURITY ACT.
   § 4. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 9 of section 2899-a  of  the  public
 health  law,  as added by chapter 331 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (b) Residential health care facilities licensed  pursuant  to  article
 twenty-eight of this chapter and certified home health care agencies and
 long-term  home  health  care programs certified or approved pursuant to
 article thirty-six of this chapter OR A HEALTH HOME, OR ANY  SUBCONTRAC-
 TOR  OF SUCH HEALTH HOME, WHO CONTRACTS WITH OR IS APPROVED OR OTHERWISE
 AUTHORIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE  HEALTH  HOME  SERVICES  TO  ALL
 THOSE  ENROLLED PURSUANT TO A DIAGNOSIS OF A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL  HYGIENE
 LAW  AND  ENROLLEES  WHO ARE UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE UNDER SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES  LAW,  OR  ANY  ENTITY
 THAT  PROVIDES  HOME  AND  COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES TO ENROLLEES WHO ARE
 UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE UNDER A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION  ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, may,
 subject to the availability of federal financial participation, claim as
 reimbursable costs under the medical assistance program, costs  reflect-
 ing  the  fee  established  pursuant  to law by the division of criminal
 justice services for processing a criminal  history  information  check,
 the  fee  imposed  by the federal bureau of investigation for a national
 criminal history check, and costs associated with obtaining the  finger-
 prints, provided, however, that for the purposes of determining rates of
 payment pursuant to article twenty-eight of this chapter for residential
 health  care  facilities,  such  reimbursable  fees  and  costs shall be
 reflected as timely as practicable in such rates within  the  applicable
 rate period.
   §  5.  Subdivision  10  of section 2899-a of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 206 of the laws  of  2017,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   10.  Notwithstanding  subdivision  eleven  of  section  eight  hundred
 forty-five-b of the executive  law,  a  certified  home  health  agency,
 licensed home care services agency or long term home health care program
 certified, licensed or approved under article thirty-six of this chapter
 or  a  home  care services agency exempt from certification or licensure
 under article thirty-six of this chapter, a hospice program under  arti-
 cle forty of this chapter, or an adult home, enriched housing program or
 residence for adults licensed under article seven of the social services
 law,  OR  A  HEALTH  HOME, OR ANY SUBCONTRACTOR OF SUCH HEALTH HOME, WHO
 CONTRACTS WITH OR IS APPROVED OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY THE  DEPARTMENT
 TO  PROVIDE HEALTH HOME SERVICES TO ALL ENROLLEES ENROLLED PURSUANT TO A
 DIAGNOSIS OF A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION  TWEN-
 TY-TWO  OF  SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND ENROLLEES WHO ARE
 UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE UNDER SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-FIVE-L
 OF  THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, OR ANY ENTITY THAT PROVIDES HOME AND COMMU-

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 NITY BASED SERVICES TO ENROLLEES WHO ARE UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS  OF  AGE
 UNDER A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN
 OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT may temporarily approve a prospective
 employee while the results of the criminal history information check and
 the  determination  are  pending,  upon  the condition that the provider
 conducts appropriate direct observation and evaluation of the  temporary
 employee,  while he or she is temporarily employed, and the care recipi-
 ent. The results of such observations shall be documented in the  tempo-
 rary  employee's personnel file and shall be maintained. For purposes of
 providing  such  appropriate  direct  observation  and  evaluation,  the
 provider  shall  utilize  an individual employed by such provider with a
 minimum of  one  year's  experience  working  in  an  agency  certified,
 licensed  or  approved  under  article  thirty-six of this chapter or an
 adult home, enriched housing program or residence  for  adults  licensed
 under  article  seven  of the social services law, A HEALTH HOME, OR ANY
 SUBCONTRACTOR OF SUCH HEALTH HOME, WHO CONTRACTS WITH OR IS APPROVED  OR
 OTHERWISE  AUTHORIZED  BY THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE HEALTH HOME SERVICES
 TO THOSE ENROLLED PURSUANT TO A DIAGNOSIS OF A DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITY
 AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  TWENTY-TWO  OF  SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL
 HYGIENE LAW AND ENROLLEES WHO ARE UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS  OF  AGE  UNDER
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-FIVE-L OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, OR ANY
 ENTITY THAT PROVIDES HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES TO ENROLLEES  WHO
 ARE UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE UNDER A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PURSUANT
 TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT. If
 the  temporary  employee is working under contract with another provider
 certified, licensed or approved under article thirty-six of  this  chap-
 ter,  such contract provider's appropriate direct observation and evalu-
 ation of the temporary employee, shall be considered sufficient for  the
 purposes of complying with this subdivision.
   §  6.  Subdivision  3  of section 424-a of the social services law, as
 amended by section 3 of part Q of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2017,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   3.  For  purposes  of  this  section, the term "provider" or "provider
 agency" shall mean: an authorized agency; the  office  of  children  and
 family  services;  juvenile  detention facilities subject to the certif-
 ication of the office of children and family services;  programs  estab-
 lished pursuant to article nineteen-H of the executive law; non-residen-
 tial  or  residential programs or facilities licensed or operated by the
 office of mental health or the  office  for  people  with  developmental
 disabilities  except family care homes; licensed child day care centers,
 including head start programs which are funded pursuant to  title  V  of
 the  federal economic opportunity act of nineteen hundred sixty-four, as
 amended; early intervention  service  established  pursuant  to  section
 twenty-five  hundred  forty of the public health law; preschool services
 established pursuant to section forty-four hundred ten of the  education
 law;  school-age  child  care  programs; special act school districts as
 enumerated in chapter five hundred sixty-six of  the  laws  of  nineteen
 hundred sixty-seven, as amended; programs and facilities licensed by the
 office  of  alcoholism and substance abuse services; residential schools
 which are operated, supervised or approved by the education  department;
 HEALTH  HOMES, OR ANY SUBCONTRACT OR OF SUCH HEALTH HOMES, WHO CONTRACTS
 WITH OR IS APPROVED OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF  HEALTH
 TO  PROVIDE  HEALTH  HOME  SERVICES  TO ALL THOSE ENROLLED PURSUANT TO A
 DIAGNOSIS OF A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION  TWEN-
 TY-TWO  OF  SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND ENROLLEES WHO ARE
 UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE UNDER SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-FIVE-L

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 OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  OR ANY ENTITY THAT PROVIDES HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED
 SERVICES TO ENROLLEES WHO ARE UNDER TWENTY-ONE  YEARS  OF  AGE  UNDER  A
 DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE
 FEDERAL  SOCIAL  SECURITY  ACT;  publicly-funded  emergency shelters for
 families with children, provided, however, for purposes of this section,
 when the provider or provider  agency  is  a  publicly-funded  emergency
 shelter  for families with children, then all references in this section
 to the "potential for regular and substantial contact  with  individuals
 who  are  cared  for by the agency" shall mean the potential for regular
 and substantial contact with children who are served  by  such  shelter;
 and  any  other  facility  or provider agency, as defined in subdivision
 four of section four hundred eighty-eight of this chapter, in regard  to
 the  employment  of staff, or use of providers of goods and services and
 staff of such providers, consultants, interns and volunteers.
   § 7. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1  of  section  413  of  the  social
 services  law,  as  amended  by section 2 of part Q of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) The following persons and officials  are  required  to  report  or
 cause  a  report to be made in accordance with this title when they have
 reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming  before  them  in  their
 professional  or  official capacity is an abused or maltreated child, or
 when they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child is an abused  or
 maltreated  child  where the parent, guardian, custodian or other person
 legally responsible for such child comes before them  in  their  profes-
 sional  or  official  capacity and states from personal knowledge facts,
 conditions or circumstances which, if correct, would render the child an
 abused or maltreated child: any physician; registered physician  assist-
 ant;  surgeon;  medical  examiner;  coroner;  dentist; dental hygienist;
 osteopath;  optometrist;  chiropractor;  podiatrist;  resident;  intern;
 psychologist; registered nurse; social worker; emergency medical techni-
 cian;  licensed  creative  arts  therapist; licensed marriage and family
 therapist; licensed mental  health  counselor;  licensed  psychoanalyst;
 licensed  behavior analyst; certified behavior analyst assistant; hospi-
 tal personnel engaged in the admission, examination, care  or  treatment
 of  persons;  a  Christian  Science practitioner; school official, which
 includes but is not limited to school teacher, school  guidance  counse-
 lor,  school  psychologist,  school  social worker, school nurse, school
 administrator or other school personnel required to hold a  teaching  or
 administrative  license  or  certificate;  full or part-time compensated
 school employee required to hold a temporary coaching license or profes-
 sional coaching certificate; social services worker; employee of a publ-
 icly-funded emergency shelter for families with children; director of  a
 children's overnight camp, summer day camp or traveling summer day camp,
 as  such camps are defined in section thirteen hundred ninety-two of the
 public health law; day care center worker; school-age child care worker;
 provider of family or group family day care; employee or volunteer in  a
 residential  care  facility  for children that is licensed, certified or
 operated by the office of children and family  services;  or  any  other
 child  care or foster care worker; mental health professional; substance
 abuse counselor; alcoholism counselor; all persons credentialed  by  the
 office of alcoholism and substance abuse services; EMPLOYEES OF A HEALTH
 HOME  OR  HEALTH  HOME  CARE MANAGEMENT AGENCY CONTRACTING WITH A HEALTH
 HOME AS DESIGNATED BY THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  AND  AUTHORIZED  UNDER
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L OF THIS CHAPTER OR SUCH EMPLOYEES WHO
 PROVIDE  HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES UNDER A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
 PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURI-

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 TY ACT; peace officer; police officer; district  attorney  or  assistant
 district  attorney;  investigator  employed  in the office of a district
 attorney; or other law enforcement official.
   §  8.  Section 364-j of the social services law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 34 to read as follows:
   34. (A) THE COMMISSIONER MAY, IN HIS OR HER DISCRETION,  APPLY  PENAL-
 TIES  TO MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS THAT DO NOT SUBMIT A PERFORMING PROVIDER
 SYSTEM PARTNERSHIP PLAN BY JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH ANY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT PRIOR THER-
 ETO. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "PERFORMING PROVIDER SYSTEM PART-
 NERSHIP PLAN" SHALL MEAN A PLAN SUBMITTED BY SUCH MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS
 TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT INCLUDES BOTH SHORT AND LONG TERM APPROACHES  FOR
 EFFECTIVE  COLLABORATION WITH EACH PERFORMING PROVIDER SYSTEM WITHIN ITS
 SERVICE AREA.
   (B) SUCH PENALTIES SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:  FOR  MANAGED  CARE  PROVIDERS
 THAT  DO  NOT  SUBMIT  A  PERFORMING PROVIDER SYSTEM PARTNERSHIP PLAN IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION, MEDICAID PREMIUMS SHALL BE REDUCED  BY
 EIGHTY-FIVE ONE-HUNDREDTHS OF ONE PERCENT FOR THE RATE PERIOD FROM APRIL
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN THROUGH MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 NINETEEN.
   § 9. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 the  amendments  made  to  subdivision  6  of section 2899 of the public
 health law made by section three of this act shall take  effect  on  the
 same date and in the same manner as section 8 of chapter 471 of the laws
 of 2016, as amended, takes effect and shall not affect the expiration of
 such  subdivision  and  shall  be  deemed  expired  therewith;  provided
 further, however, that the amendments  made  to  section  364-j  of  the
 social  services  law made by section eight of this act shall not affect
 the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART D
 
   Section 1.  Paragraph (d) of subdivision 9 of  section  367-a  of  the
 social  services law, as amended by section 7 of part D of chapter 57 of
 the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (d) In addition to the amounts paid pursuant to paragraph (b) of  this
 subdivision, the department shall pay a professional pharmacy dispensing
 fee  for each such drug dispensed in the amount of ten dollars AND EIGHT
 CENTS per prescription or written order  of  a  practitioner;  provided,
 however  that  this  professional dispensing fee will not apply to drugs
 that are available without a prescription as required by section  sixty-
 eight hundred ten of the education law but do not meet the definition of
 a  covered outpatient drug pursuant to Section 1927K of the Social Secu-
 rity Act.
   § 2.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 365-a  of  the  social
 services  law, as amended by chapter 493 of the laws of 2010, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (a) drugs which may be dispensed without a prescription as required by
 section sixty-eight hundred ten of the education law; provided, however,
 that the state commissioner of health may by regulation specify  certain
 of  such  drugs which may be reimbursed as an item of medical assistance
 in accordance with the price schedule established by such  commissioner.
 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, [additions] MODIFICATIONS to
 the  list  of  drugs  reimbursable  under this paragraph may be filed as
 regulations by the commissioner  of  health  without  prior  notice  and
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   §  3.  Paragraph  (c)  of subdivision 6 of section 367-a of the social
 services law is amended by adding a new  subparagraph  (v)  to  read  as
 follows:
   (V) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS PARAGRAPH, CO-PAYMENTS
 CHARGED  FOR  DRUGS  DISPENSED  WITHOUT  A  PRESCRIPTION  AS REQUIRED BY
 SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED TEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW BUT WHICH ARE REIM-
 BURSED AS AN ITEM OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF
 SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  SECTION  THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-A OF THIS TITLE
 SHALL BE ONE DOLLAR.
   § 4.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of  section  273  of  the  public
 health  law,  as added by section 10 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws
 of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) In the event that the patient does not meet the criteria in  para-
 graph  (a)  of  this  subdivision, the prescriber may provide additional
 information to the program to justify the use  of  a  prescription  drug
 that  is  not  on  the  preferred drug list. The program shall provide a
 reasonable opportunity for a prescriber to reasonably present his or her
 justification of prior authorization. [If, after consultation  with  the
 program, the prescriber, in his or her reasonable professional judgment,
 determines  that  the  use  of  a  prescription  drug that is not on the
 preferred drug list is warranted, the prescriber's  determination  shall
 be  final.] THE PROGRAM WILL CONSIDER THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND THE
 JUSTIFICATION PRESENTED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE USE OF  A  PRESCRIPTION
 DRUG THAT IS NOT ON THE PREFERRED DRUG LIST IS WARRANTED.
   §  5. Subdivisions 25 and 25-a of section 364-j of the social services
 law are REPEALED.
   § 6. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 280-c to
 read as follows:
   § 280-C. COMPREHENSIVE  MEDICATION  MANAGEMENT.  1.  DEFINITIONS.  FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) QUALIFIED PHARMACIST. THE TERM "QUALIFIED PHARMACIST" SHALL MEAN A
 PHARMACIST  WHO  MAINTAINS  A  CURRENT  UNRESTRICTED LICENSE PURSUANT TO
 ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW, WHO HAS A MINIMUM
 OF TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PATIENT CARE AS  A  PRACTICING  PHARMACIST
 WITHIN  THE  LAST FIVE YEARS, AND WHO HAS DEMONSTRATED COMPETENCY IN THE
 MEDICATION MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH A CHRONIC  DISEASE  OR  DISEASES,
 INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO, THE COMPLETION OF ONE OR MORE PROGRAMS
 WHICH ARE ACCREDITED BY THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL  FOR  PHARMACY  EDUCA-
 TION,  RECOGNIZED  BY  THE  EDUCATION  DEPARTMENT  AND ACCEPTABLE TO THE
 PATIENT'S  TREATING PHYSICIAN.
   (B) COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT. THE TERM "COMPREHENSIVE MEDI-
 CATION MANAGEMENT" SHALL MEAN A PROGRAM CONDUCTED BY A QUALIFIED PHARMA-
 CIST THAT ENSURES  A  PATIENT'S  MEDICATIONS,  WHETHER  PRESCRIPTION  OR
 NONPRESCRIPTION,  ARE INDIVIDUALLY ASSESSED TO DETERMINE THAT EACH MEDI-
 CATION IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PATIENT, EFFECTIVE FOR THE MEDICAL  CONDI-
 TION,  SAFE  GIVEN  COMORBIDITIES AND OTHER MEDICATIONS BEING TAKEN, AND
 ABLE TO BE TAKEN BY THE PATIENT AS  INTENDED.  COMPREHENSIVE  MEDICATION
 MANAGEMENT  CONDUCTED BY A QUALIFIED PHARMACIST SHALL INCLUDE SHARING OF
 APPLICABLE PATIENT CLINICAL INFORMATION WITH THE TREATING  PHYSICIAN  AS
 SPECIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL.
   (C) COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL. THE TERM "COMPREHEN-
 SIVE  MEDICATION  MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL" MEANS A WRITTEN DOCUMENT PURSUANT
 TO AND CONSISTENT WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE  AND  FEDERAL  REQUIREMENTS,
 THAT IS ENTERED INTO VOLUNTARILY BY EITHER A PHYSICIAN LICENSED PURSUANT
 TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED  THIRTY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW OR A NURSE PRAC-
 TITIONER  CERTIFIED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED TEN OF THE

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 EDUCATION LAW, AND A QUALIFIED  PHARMACIST  WHICH  ADDRESSES  A  CHRONIC
 DISEASE  OR  DISEASES  AS  DETERMINED BY THE TREATING PHYSICIAN OR NURSE
 PRACTITIONER AND THAT DESCRIBES THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF  THE  COMPREHEN-
 SIVE  MEDICATION  MANAGEMENT  SERVICES  TO BE PERFORMED BY THE QUALIFIED
 PHARMACIST, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.   COMPRE-
 HENSIVE   MEDICATION MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS BETWEEN LICENSED PHYSICIANS OR
 NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND QUALIFIED PHARMACISTS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO
 THE  DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW AND TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH  THIS  ARTICLE,
 UPON REQUEST.
   2.  AUTHORIZATION  TO  ESTABLISH  COMPREHENSIVE  MEDICATION MANAGEMENT
 PROTOCOLS. A PHYSICIAN LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED  THIRTY-
 ONE  OF  THE EDUCATION LAW OR A NURSE PRACTITIONER CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO
 SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED TEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE  AUTHORIZED
 TO  VOLUNTARILY ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL
 WITH A QUALIFIED PHARMACIST TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION  MANAGE-
 MENT  SERVICES  FOR A PATIENT WHO HAS NOT MET CLINICAL GOALS OF THERAPY,
 IS AT RISK FOR HOSPITALIZATION, OR FOR WHOM THE PHYSICIAN OR NURSE PRAC-
 TITIONER DEEMS IT  IS  NECESSARY  TO  RECEIVE  COMPREHENSIVE  MEDICATION
 MANAGEMENT SERVICES. PARTICIPATION BY THE PATIENT IN COMPREHENSIVE MEDI-
 CATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES SHALL BE VOLUNTARY.
   3. SCOPE OF COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS. (A) UNDER A
 COMPREHENSIVE  MEDICATION  MANAGEMENT  PROTOCOL,  A QUALIFIED PHARMACIST
 SHALL BE PERMITTED TO:
   (I) ADJUST OR MANAGE A DRUG REGIMEN FOR THE PATIENT, PURSUANT  TO  THE
 PATIENT SPECIFIC ORDER OR PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED BY THE PATIENT'S TREATING
 PHYSICIAN  OR  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  WHICH  MAY  INCLUDE  ADJUSTING DRUG
 STRENGTH,  FREQUENCY  OF  ADMINISTRATION  OR  ROUTE  OF  ADMINISTRATION.
 ADJUSTING THE DRUG REGIMEN SHALL NOT INCLUDE SUBSTITUTING OR SELECTING A
 DIFFERENT  DRUG  WHICH  DIFFERS  FROM  THAT  INITIALLY PRESCRIBED BY THE
 PATIENT'S TREATING PHYSICIAN OR NURSE PRACTITIONER UNLESS  SUCH  SUBSTI-
 TUTION  IS  EXPRESSLY  AUTHORIZED IN THE WRITTEN ORDER OR PROTOCOL.  THE
 QUALIFIED PHARMACIST SHALL BE REQUIRED TO IMMEDIATELY  DOCUMENT  IN  THE
 PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORD CHANGES MADE TO THE DRUG THERAPY. THE PATIENT'S
 TREATING  PHYSICIAN  OR  NURSE  PRACTITIONER  MAY  PROHIBIT,  BY WRITTEN
 INSTRUCTION, ANY ADJUSTMENT OR CHANGE IN THE PATIENT'S DRUG  REGIMEN  BY
 THE QUALIFIED PHARMACIST;
   (II) EVALUATE AND ONLY IF SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY THE PROTOCOL, AND
 ONLY  TO  THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO DISCHARGE THE RESPONSIBILITY SET FORTH
 IN THIS SECTION, ORDER OR PERFORM ROUTINE PATIENT  MONITORING  FUNCTIONS
 OR DISEASE STATE LABORATORY TESTS RELATED TO THE DRUG THERAPY COMPREHEN-
 SIVE  MEDICATION MANAGEMENT FOR THE SPECIFIC CHRONIC DISEASE OR DISEASES
 SPECIFIED WITHIN  THE  WRITTEN  AGREEMENT  OR  COMPREHENSIVE  MEDICATION
 MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL;
   (III) ONLY IF SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY THE WRITTEN ORDER OR PROTOCOL
 AND  ONLY  TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO DISCHARGE THE RESPONSIBILITIES SET
 FORTH IN THIS SECTION, ORDER OR PERFORM ROUTINE PATIENT MONITORING FUNC-
 TIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY IN THE DRUG THERAPY MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING  THE
 COLLECTING  AND REVIEWING OF PATIENT HISTORIES, AND ORDERING OR CHECKING
 PATIENT VITAL  SIGNS,  INCLUDING  PULSE,  TEMPERATURE,  BLOOD  PRESSURE,
 WEIGHT AND RESPIRATION; AND
   (IV)  ACCESS  THE  COMPLETE  PATIENT  MEDICAL RECORD MAINTAINED BY THE
 TREATING PHYSICIAN OR NURSE PRACTITIONER WITH WHOM THE QUALIFIED PHARMA-
 CIST HAS THE COMPREHENSIVE  MEDICATION  MANAGEMENT  PROTOCOL  AND  SHALL
 DOCUMENT  ANY ADJUSTMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO THE PROTOCOL IN THE PATIENT'S
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 NURSE  PRACTITIONER OF ANY ADJUSTMENTS IN A TIMELY MANNER ELECTRONICALLY
 OR BY OTHER MEANS.
   (B) UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE QUALIFIED PHARMACIST BE PERMITTED
 TO  DELEGATE  COMPREHENSIVE  MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO ANY OTHER
 LICENSED PHARMACIST OR OTHER PHARMACY PERSONNEL.
   4. MEDICATION ADJUSTMENTS. ANY  MEDICATION  ADJUSTMENTS  MADE  BY  THE
 QUALIFIED PHARMACIST PURSUANT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT
 PROTOCOL,  INCLUDING ADJUSTMENTS IN DRUG STRENGTH, FREQUENCY OR ROUTE OF
 ADMINISTRATION, OR INITIATION OF A DRUG WHICH DIFFERS FROM THAT INITIAL-
 LY PRESCRIBED AND AS DOCUMENTED IN THE PATIENT MEDICAL RECORD, SHALL  BE
 DEEMED  AN  ORAL  PRESCRIPTION  AUTHORIZED  BY AN AGENT OF THE PATIENT'S
 TREATING PHYSICIAN OR NURSE PRACTITIONER AND SHALL BE DISPENSED CONSIST-
 ENT WITH SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED TEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW.  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  A PHARMACIST WHO IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE
 PHYSICIAN OR NURSE PRACTITIONER MAY BE AUTHORIZED TO SERVE AS  AN  AGENT
 OF THE PHYSICIAN OR NURSE PRACTITIONER.
   5.  REFERRALS.  A  PHYSICIAN  LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED
 THIRTY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW OR A NURSE PRACTITIONER CERTIFIED PURSU-
 ANT TO SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED TEN OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW,  WHO  HAS
 RESPONSIBILITY  FOR  THE  TREATMENT  AND CARE OF A PATIENT FOR A CHRONIC
 DISEASE OR DISEASES AS DETERMINED BY THE PHYSICIAN OR NURSE PRACTITIONER
 MAY REFER THE PATIENT TO A QUALIFIED PHARMACIST FOR COMPREHENSIVE  MEDI-
 CATION  MANAGEMENT  SERVICES,  PURSUANT  TO THE COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION
 MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL THAT THE PHYSICIAN OR NURSE PRACTITIONER HAS  ESTAB-
 LISHED  WITH  THE  QUALIFIED  PHARMACIST.  THE  PROTOCOL AGREEMENT SHALL
 AUTHORIZE THE PHARMACIST TO SERVE AS AN AGENT OF THE PHYSICIAN OR  NURSE
 PRACTITIONER  AS  DEFINED  BY THE PROTOCOL. SUCH REFERRAL SHALL BE DOCU-
 MENTED IN THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORD.
   6. PATIENT PARTICIPATION. PARTICIPATION  IN  COMPREHENSIVE  MEDICATION
 MANAGEMENT SERVICES SHALL BE VOLUNTARY, AND NO PATIENT, PHYSICIAN, NURSE
 PRACTITIONER  OR PHARMACIST SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE. THE REFER-
 RAL OF A PATIENT FOR COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION  MANAGEMENT  SERVICES  AND
 THE  PATIENT'S  RIGHT TO CHOOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE SHALL BE DISCLOSED TO
 THE PATIENT. COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES SHALL  NOT  BE
 UTILIZED  UNLESS  THE PATIENT OR THE PATIENT'S AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
 CONSENTS, IN WRITING, TO SUCH SERVICES. SUCH CONSENT SHALL BE  NOTED  IN
 THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORD. IF THE PATIENT OR THE PATIENT'S AUTHORIZED
 REPRESENTATIVE  WHO  CONSENTED CHOOSES TO  NO LONGER PARTICIPATE IN SUCH
 SERVICES, AT ANY TIME, THE SERVICES SHALL BE DISCONTINUED AND  IT  SHALL
 BE NOTED IN THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORD.
   §  7.  Subdivision  4  of  section 365-a of the social services law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
   (H) OPIOIDS PRESCRIBED TO A PATIENT INITIATING OR BEING MAINTAINED  ON
 OPIOID  TREATMENT  FOR  PAIN  WHICH HAS LASTED MORE THAN THREE MONTHS OR
 PAST THE TIME OF  NORMAL  TISSUE  HEALING,  UNLESS  THE  MEDICAL  RECORD
 CONTAINS  A WRITTEN TREATMENT PLAN THAT INCLUDES: GOALS FOR PAIN MANAGE-
 MENT AND FUNCTIONAL  IMPROVEMENT  BASED  ON  DIAGNOSIS;  INFORMATION  ON
 WHETHER  NON-OPIOID  THERAPIES  HAVE  BEEN  TRIED  AND  OPTIMIZED OR ARE
 CONTRAINDICATED; A STATEMENT THAT THE PRESCRIBER HAS  EXPLAINED  TO  THE
 PATIENT THE RISKS OF AND ALTERNATIVES TO OPIOID TREATMENT; AN EVALUATION
 OF  THE  PATIENT  FOR  RISK  FACTORS  OF  HARM AND MISUSE OF OPIOIDS; AN
 ASSESSMENT OF THE PATIENT'S ADHERENCE TO TREATMENT WITH RESPECT TO OTHER
 CONDITIONS TREATED BY THE SAME PROVIDER; THE SIGNATURE  OF  THE  PATIENT
 AND/OR AN ATTESTATION BY THE PRESCRIBER THAT THE PATIENT VERBALLY AGREED
 TO THE TREATMENT PLAN; AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT.   SUCH TREATMENT PLAN SHALL BE UPDATED TWICE WITHIN THE YEAR IMME-

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 DIATELY FOLLOWING ITS INITIATION AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER.  THE  REQUIRE-
 MENTS  OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPLY IN THE CASE OF PATIENTS WHO ARE
 BEING TREATED FOR CANCER THAT IS NOT IN REMISSION, WHO ARE IN HOSPICE OR
 OTHER END-OF-LIFE CARE, OR WHOSE PAIN IS BEING TREATED AS PART OF PALLI-
 ATIVE CARE PRACTICES.
   § 8. Subdivision 2 of section 280 of the public health law, as amended
 by  section 1 of part D of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is amended to
 read as follows:
   2. The commissioner shall establish  a  year  to  year  department  of
 health state-funds Medicaid drug spending growth target as follows:
   (a)  for  state fiscal year two thousand seventeen--two thousand eigh-
 teen, be limited to the ten-year rolling average of the  medical  compo-
 nent  of the consumer price index plus five percent and minus a pharmacy
 savings target of fifty-five million dollars; [and]
   (b) for state fiscal year two thousand  eighteen--two  thousand  nine-
 teen,  be  limited to the ten-year rolling average of the medical compo-
 nent of the consumer price index plus four percent and minus a  pharmacy
 savings target of eighty-five million dollars[.]; AND
   (C)  FOR STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY,
 BE LIMITED TO THE TEN-YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE OF THE MEDICAL  COMPONENT  OF
 THE  CONSUMER PRICE INDEX PLUS FOUR PERCENT AND MINUS A PHARMACY SAVINGS
 TARGET OF EIGHTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
   § 9. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2018; provided,
 however,  that sections two and three of this act shall take effect July
 1, 2018; and provided further, however, that the amendments to paragraph
 (d) of subdivision 9 and paragraph (c) of  subdivision  6    of  section
 367-a of the social services law made by sections one and three, respec-
 tively,  of  this  act shall not affect the expiration or repeal of such
 provisions and shall expire or be deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART E

   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 365-h of the social services  law,
 as  separately  amended by section 50 of part B and section 24 of part D
 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   4. The commissioner of health is authorized to  assume  responsibility
 from  a  local social services official for the provision and reimburse-
 ment of transportation costs under this  section.  If  the  commissioner
 elects  to assume such responsibility, the commissioner shall notify the
 local social services official in writing as to the election,  the  date
 upon  which  the  election shall be effective and such information as to
 transition of responsibilities as the commissioner  deems  prudent.  The
 commissioner  is authorized to contract with a transportation manager or
 managers to manage transportation services in any local social  services
 district,  other  than  transportation services provided or arranged for
 enrollees of [managed  long  term  care  plans  issued  certificates  of
 authority  under section forty-four hundred three-f of the public health
 law] A PROGRAM DESIGNATED AS A PROGRAM OF  ALL-INCLUSIVE  CARE  FOR  THE
 ELDERLY (PACE) AS AUTHORIZED BY FEDERAL PUBLIC LAW 105-33, SUBTITLE I OF
 TITLE IV OF THE BALANCED BUDGET ACT OF 1997.  Any transportation manager
 or  managers  selected  by  the  commissioner  to  manage transportation
 services shall have proven  experience  in  coordinating  transportation
 services in a geographic and demographic area similar to the area in New
 York  state  within  which  the contractor would manage the provision of
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 responsibility  for:  review,  approval and processing of transportation
 orders; management of the appropriate level of transportation  based  on
 documented  patient  medical  need;  and development of new technologies
 leading to efficient transportation services. If the commissioner elects
 to assume such responsibility from a local social services district, the
 commissioner  shall examine and, if appropriate, adopt quality assurance
 measures that may include, but are not limited  to,  global  positioning
 tracking  system  reporting  requirements and service verification mech-
 anisms. Any and all  reimbursement  rates  developed  by  transportation
 managers  under  this  subdivision  shall  be  subject to the review and
 approval of the commissioner.
   § 2. The opening paragraph of  subdivision  1  and  subdivision  3  of
 section  367-s  of  the social services law, as amended by section 53 of
 part B of chapter 57 of the  laws  of  2015,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   Notwithstanding  any  provision of law to the contrary, a supplemental
 medical assistance payment shall be made on an annual basis to providers
 of emergency medical transportation services in an aggregate amount  not
 to exceed four million dollars for two thousand six, six million dollars
 for  two thousand seven, six million dollars for two thousand eight, six
 million dollars for the period May first, two thousand fourteen  through
 March thirty-first, two thousand fifteen, and six million dollars [annu-
 ally  beginning with] ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR the period April first, two
 thousand fifteen through  March  thirty-first,  two  thousand  [sixteen]
 EIGHTEEN pursuant to the following methodology:
   3. If all necessary approvals under federal law and regulation are not
 obtained  to  receive  federal  financial  participation in the payments
 authorized by this section, payments under this section shall be made in
 an aggregate amount not to exceed two million dollars for  two  thousand
 six, three million dollars for two thousand seven, three million dollars
 for  two thousand eight, three million dollars for the period May first,
 two thousand fourteen through March thirty-first, two thousand  fifteen,
 and  three  million dollars [annually beginning with] ON AN ANNUAL BASIS
 FOR the period April first, two thousand fifteen through  March  thirty-
 first,  two  thousand [sixteen] EIGHTEEN.   In such case, the multiplier
 set forth in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section  shall  be
 deemed  to be two million dollars or three million dollars as applicable
 to the annual period.
   § 3. Subdivision 5 of section 365-h of  the  social  services  law  is
 REPEALED.
   §  4.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2018; provided,
 however, that section one of this act shall take effect October 1, 2018;
 provided, further that the amendments to subdivision 4 of section  365-h
 of  the  social  services  law made by section one of this act shall not
 affect the repeal of  such  section  and  shall  expire  and  be  deemed
 repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART F

   Section  1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, rule or
 regulation to the contrary, if a Medicaid managed care plan  or  managed
 long  term  care  plan  that  has been issued a certificate of authority
 pursuant to article 44 of the public health law and that  satisfies  the
 definition  of corporation in subparagraph 5 of paragraph (a) of section
 102 of the not-for-profit corporation law or  is  exempt  from  taxation

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 under  section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 has an aggregate
 accumulated contingent reserve, across all  of  its  Medicaid  lines  of
 business,  in  an  amount  that  exceeds  the minimum contingent reserve
 amount  required by regulations of the department of health, the commis-
 sioner of health shall be authorized to make prospective adjustments  to
 the  Medicaid capitation rates of such plan and shall apply any relevant
 criteria as determined necessary in his or her discretion, in  order  to
 achieve  a  reduction in Medicaid reimbursement to the plan equal to the
 amount of the excess, or such lesser amount as determined by the commis-
 sioner of health.
   § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2018.
 
                                  PART G
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  article
 29-J to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 29-J
                HEALTH SERVICES OFFERED BY RETAIL PRACTICES
 SECTION 2999-HH. DEFINITIONS.
         2999-II. RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSORS.
         2999-JJ. RETAIL PRACTICES.
         2999-KK. ACCREDITATION.
         2999-LL. OTHER LAWS.
   § 2999-HH. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE:
   1. "REPORTABLE EVENT" SHALL MEAN:
   (A)  THE  TRANSFER  OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO VISITS A RETAIL PRACTICE TO A
 HOSPITAL OR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DURING SUCH VISIT; OR
   (B) THE DEATH OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO VISITS  A  RETAIL  PRACTICE  DURING
 SUCH VISIT.
   2.  "COLLABORATIVE  RELATIONSHIP"  SHALL MEAN AN ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN A
 RETAIL PRACTICE AND ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ENTITIES LOCATED WITHIN
 THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC REGION AS THE RETAIL PRACTICE, DESIGNED  TO  FACILI-
 TATE  DEVELOPMENT  AND  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  STRATEGIES  THAT SUPPORT THE
 PROVISION OF COORDINATED  CARE  WITHIN  THE  POPULATION  SERVED  BY  THE
 PARTIES TO SUCH RELATIONSHIP:
   (A) A HOSPITAL LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAP-
 TER;
   (B) A PHYSICIAN PRACTICE;
   (C)  AN  ACCOUNTABLE  CARE  ORGANIZATION CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 TWENTY-NINE-E OF THIS CHAPTER; OR
   (D) A PERFORMING PROVIDER SYSTEM  UNDER  THE  DELIVERY  SYSTEM  REFORM
 INCENTIVE PAYMENT PROGRAM.
   3.  "RETAIL  HEALTH  SERVICES"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  SERVICES OFFERED AND
 PROVIDED BY A RETAIL PRACTICE.
   (A) RETAIL HEALTH SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE:
   (I) THE PROVISION OF TREATMENT AND  SERVICES  TO  PATIENTS  FOR  MINOR
 ACUTE EPISODIC ILLNESSES OR CONDITIONS;
   (II)  EPISODIC PREVENTIVE AND WELLNESS TREATMENTS AND SERVICES SUCH AS
 IMMUNIZATIONS, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION;
   (III) TREATMENT AND SERVICES FOR MINOR TRAUMAS THAT ARE NOT REASONABLY
 LIKELY  TO  BE  LIFE  THREATENING OR POTENTIALLY DISABLING IF AMBULATORY
 CARE WITHIN THE CAPACITY OF THE RETAIL PRACTICE IS PROVIDED;
   (IV) ADMINISTRATION OF AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST IN THE EVENT OF  AN  EMER-
 GENCY; AND
   (V) LIMITED SCREENING AND REFERRAL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.

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   (B)  RETAIL HEALTH SERVICES MAY INCLUDE LABORATORY TESTS AT THE OPTION
 OF THE RETAIL PRACTICE, PROVIDED THAT:
   (I)  SUCH  TESTS ARE ADMINISTERED SOLELY AS AN ADJUNCT TO TREATMENT OF
 PATIENTS VISITING THE RETAIL PRACTICE, WITH ALL SPECIMENS COLLECTED  AND
 TESTING PERFORMED ON-SITE;
   (II) SUCH TESTS ARE "WAIVED TESTS", MEANING A CLINICAL LABORATORY TEST
 THAT  HAS  BEEN  DESIGNATED  AS A WAIVED TEST OR IS OTHERWISE SUBJECT TO
 CERTIFICATE OF WAIVER REQUIREMENTS  PURSUANT  TO  THE  FEDERAL  CLINICAL
 LABORATORY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT, AS AMENDED;
 AND
   (III)  THE RETAIL PRACTICE OBTAINS APPROVAL FROM THE DEPARTMENT PURSU-
 ANT TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (C) RETAIL HEALTH SERVICES SHALL NOT INCLUDE:
   (I) THE PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES INVOLVING THE PROVISION OF  SEDATION
 OR ANESTHESIA;
   (II)  THE  PROVISION OF SERVICES TO PATIENTS TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS OF AGE
 OR YOUNGER;
   (III) THE PROVISION OF IMMUNIZATIONS TO PATIENTS  BETWEEN  TWENTY-FOUR
 MONTHS  AND  EIGHTEEN  YEARS  OF  AGE,  OTHER THAN IMMUNIZATIONS AGAINST
 INFLUENZA;
   (IV) SERVICES PROVIDED BY PHARMACISTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE  HUNDRED
 THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW;
   (V)  HEALTH  SERVICES PROVIDED ON-SITE BY AN EMPLOYER TO ITS EMPLOYEES
 IN A RETAIL BUSINESS OPERATION;
   (V) HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED ON A TIME-LIMITED BASIS SUCH AS FLU CLIN-
 ICS OR HEALTH FAIRS; OR
   (VI) EDUCATIONAL COURSES OFFERED  TO  INDIVIDUALS  ON  HEALTH  TOPICS,
 INCLUDING INSTRUCTION IN SELF-MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
   4. "RETAIL PRACTICE" SHALL MEAN AN ENTITY WHICH:
   (A) IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SPACE OF A RETAIL BUSINESS OPERATION OPEN TO
 THE  GENERAL  PUBLIC,  SUCH  THAT CUSTOMER ACCESS TO THE RETAIL PRACTICE
 LOCATION IS AVAILABLE WITHIN THE MAIN PREMISES OF THE RETAIL OPERATION;
   (B) PROVIDES RETAIL HEALTH SERVICES, AS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION  THREE
 OF THIS SECTION;
   (C)  IS  ESTABLISHED  AND  OVERSEEN  BY  A RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSOR, AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION;
   (D) IS STAFFED AT ALL TIMES BY, AT A  MINIMUM,  ONE  OR  MORE  OF  THE
 FOLLOWING:    A PHYSICIAN LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIR-
 TY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LICENSED PURSUANT  TO
 ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-ONE-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW, AND/OR A NURSE
 PRACTITIONER LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE OF THE
 EDUCATION LAW; PROVIDED THAT NO  MORE  THAN  FOUR  PHYSICIAN  ASSISTANTS
 EMPLOYED  BY  A  RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSOR SHALL BE SUPERVISED BY A SINGLE
 PHYSICIAN; AND
   (E) IS ACCREDITED AS SET FORTH IN SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED  NINETY-
 NINE-KK OF THIS ARTICLE.
   5.  "RETAIL  PRACTICE  SPONSOR"  SHALL MEAN AN ENTITY FORMED UNDER THE
 LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WHICH MAY INCLUDE STOCKHOLDERS OR MEMBERS
 WHICH ARE NOT NATURAL PERSONS, AND WHICH OPERATES  ONE  OR  MORE  RETAIL
 PRACTICES.   RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSORS MAY INCLUDE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS,
 AND GENERAL HOSPITALS,  NURSING  HOMES,  AND  DIAGNOSTIC  AND  TREATMENT
 CENTERS LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2999-II. RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSORS. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE
 CONTRARY, A RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSOR MAY OPERATE ONE OR MORE RETAIL PRAC-
 TICES TO PROVIDE RETAIL HEALTH SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE.
   2. A RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSOR SHALL:

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   (A)  EMPLOY OR OTHERWISE RETAIN THE SERVICES OF A MEDICAL DIRECTOR WHO
 IS LICENSED AND CURRENTLY REGISTERED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN  THE  STATE
 OF NEW YORK TO OVERSEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AND ADHERENCE TO MEDICAL POLI-
 CIES  AND PROCEDURES USED IN THE RETAIL PRACTICES OPERATED BY THE RETAIL
 PRACTICE SPONSOR;
   (B)  ESTABLISH  AND  MAINTAIN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES REQUIRING RETAIL
 PRACTICES TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION  TWENTY-NINE  HUNDRED
 NINETY-NINE-JJ OF THIS ARTICLE;
   (C) NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT WHEN IT IS PREPARED TO COMMENCE OPERATION OF
 A RETAIL PRACTICE BY:
   (I)  IDENTIFYING  THE  CORPORATE  NAME OF THE RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSOR,
 PROVIDING DOCUMENTATION OF ITS ORGANIZATION UNDER THE LAWS OF THE  STATE
 OF  NEW YORK, AND IDENTIFYING THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WILL SERVE AS THE POINT
 OF CONTACT BETWEEN THE RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSOR AND THE DEPARTMENT;
   (II) IDENTIFYING THE LOCATION OF THE RETAIL PRACTICE, THE SERVICES  TO
 BE  OFFERED  BY THE RETAIL PRACTICE, THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYED
 WITH THE OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ON-SITE MANAGEMENT OF THE RETAIL
 PRACTICE, AND THE STAFFING PLAN FOR THE RETAIL PRACTICE;
   (III) IDENTIFYING THE ENTITIES WITH WHICH  THE  RETAIL  PRACTICE  WILL
 COLLABORATE  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED
 NINETY-NINE-HH OF THIS ARTICLE; AND
   (IV) IDENTIFYING THE DATE ON WHICH  IT  ANTICIPATES  THAT  THE  RETAIL
 PRACTICE WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS;
   (D)  PROMPTLY  UPDATE THE DEPARTMENT AS TO ANY CHANGES IN THE INFORMA-
 TION REQUIRED UNDER SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION; AND
   (E) PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT AT  A  FREQUENCY  AND  IN  A
 MANNER DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH AT A MINIMUM SHALL INCLUDE AN
 ANNUAL  REPORT  THAT PROVIDES DATA, FOR EACH RETAIL PRACTICE OPERATED BY
 THE RETAIL PRACTICE, ON:
   (I) THE NUMBER OF VISITS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE TIMEFRAME IDENTIFIED
 BY THE DEPARTMENT;
   (II) THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO PATIENTS;
   (III) THE SOURCE OF PAYMENT FOR SERVICES PROVIDED;
   (IV) THE NUMBER OF REFERRALS TO PRIMARY CARE PRACTITIONERS MADE; AND
   (V) THE NUMBER OF REPORTABLE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED.
   3. (A) IN DISCHARGING THE DUTIES OF THEIR  RESPECTIVE  POSITIONS,  THE
 BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS,  COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD, AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS
 AND OFFICERS OF A RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSOR THAT OPERATES  THREE  OR  MORE
 RETAIL PRACTICES SHALL CONSIDER THE EFFECTS OF ANY ACTION UPON:
   (I) THE ABILITY OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION TO ACCOMPLISH ITS PURPOSE;
   (II) THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION;
   (III) THE INTERESTS OF PATIENTS OF THE RETAIL PRACTICES;
   (IV)  COMMUNITY  AND  SOCIETAL  CONSIDERATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE OF THE
 COMMUNITIES IN WHICH RETAIL PRACTICES ARE LOCATED.
   (B) THE CONSIDERATION OF INTERESTS AND FACTORS IN THE MANNER  REQUIRED
 IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION:
   (I)  SHALL  NOT  CONSTITUTE  A  VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
 SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OR SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTEEN OF THE BUSINESS  CORPO-
 RATION LAW; AND
   (II)  IS IN ADDITION TO THE ABILITY OF DIRECTORS TO CONSIDER INTERESTS
 AND FACTORS AS PROVIDED IN SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTEEN OF THE  BUSI-
 NESS CORPORATION LAW.
   (C) A RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSOR THAT OPERATES THREE OR MORE RETAIL PRAC-
 TICES SHALL PUBLISH ON A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WEBSITE A DESCRIPTION OF HOW
 ITS OPERATION OF EXISTING AND PLANNED RETAIL PRACTICES:

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   (I)  WILL IMPROVE ACCESS TO SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY ARE
 LOCATED;
   (II)  SUPPORTS  A COMMITMENT TO OFFER ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO DO
 NOT HAVE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE;
   (III) SUPPORTS AN OVERALL COMMITMENT BY THE RETAIL PRACTICE SPONSOR TO
 OPERATE SOME OF ITS RETAIL PRACTICES IN MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED  AREAS  OF
 THE STATE AS DEFINED BY THE COMMISSIONER; AND
   (IV) WILL OTHERWISE BENEFIT THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED.
   §  2999-JJ.  RETAIL  PRACTICES. 1. RETAIL HEALTH SERVICES SHALL NOT BE
 PROVIDED IN A RETAIL BUSINESS OPERATION OPEN TO  THE  PUBLIC  EXCEPT  IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A RETAIL PRACTICE SHALL:
   (A) PROVIDE RETAIL HEALTH SERVICES AND ONLY RETAIL HEALTH SERVICES;
   (B) PROVIDE TREATMENT WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION AS TO SOURCE OF PAYMENT;
   (C)  MAINTAIN  A  POLICY  OFFERING  A  SLIDING  SCALE  FOR PAYMENT FOR
 PATIENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE AND PUBLISH SUCH POLICY ON
 A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WEBSITE;
   (D) PROVIDE TO PATIENTS WHO INDICATE THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE HEALTH CARE
 COVERAGE INFORMATION ON THE STATE HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE, INCLUDING THE
 WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR THE EXCHANGE AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR LOCAL NAVI-
 GATORS OFFERING IN-PERSON ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE;
   (E) ACCEPT WALK-IN PATIENTS WITHOUT PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS;
   (F) OFFER BUSINESS HOURS FOR A MINIMUM OF TWELVE HOURS PER DAY AND SIX
 DAYS PER WEEK OR, IF THE RETAIL BUSINESS IN WHICH THE RETAIL PRACTICE IS
 LOCATED IS OPEN FOR LESS THAN TWELVE HOURS PER  DAY  AND  SIX  DAYS  PER
 WEEK,  THEN  THE  RETAIL PRACTICE SHALL OFFER THE SAME BUSINESS HOURS AS
 THE RETAIL BUSINESS;
   (G) PUBLISH A LIST OF THE  RETAIL  HEALTH  SERVICES  IT  OFFERS  ON  A
 PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WEBSITE TOGETHER WITH THE PRICES OF SUCH SERVICES;
   (H)  POST  SIGNS  IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION IN LARGE TYPE STATING THAT
 PRESCRIPTIONS AND  OVER-THE-COUNTER  SUPPLIES  MAY  BE  PURCHASED  BY  A
 PATIENT FROM ANY BUSINESS AND DO NOT NEED TO BE PURCHASED ON-SITE;
   (I) ENTER INTO AND MAINTAIN AT LEAST ONE COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-HH
 OF THIS ARTICLE;
   (J)  INQUIRE  OF  EACH  PATIENT  WHETHER  HE OR SHE HAS A PRIMARY CARE
 PROVIDER;
   (K) MAINTAIN AND REGULARLY UPDATE A LIST OF LOCAL PRIMARY CARE PROVID-
 ERS AND PROVIDE SUCH LIST TO EACH PATIENT WHO INDICATES THAT HE  OR  SHE
 DOES NOT HAVE A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER;
   (L)  REFER  PATIENTS  TO  THEIR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS OR OTHER HEALTH
 CARE PROVIDERS AS APPROPRIATE;
   (M) TRANSMIT,  BY  ELECTRONIC  MEANS  WHENEVER  POSSIBLE,  RECORDS  OF
 SERVICES  TO  PATIENTS'  PRIMARY  CARE PROVIDERS AND MAINTAIN RECORDS OF
 SERVICES FOR A MINIMUM OF SIX YEARS;
   (N) EXECUTE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS WITH HEALTH INFORMATION ORGANIZA-
 TIONS, ALSO KNOWN AS QUALIFIED ENTITIES, PURSUANT TO  WHICH  THE  RETAIL
 PRACTICE  SHALL AGREE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STATEWIDE HEALTH INFORMATION
 NETWORK FOR NEW YORK (SHIN-NY);
   (O) ATTAIN AND MAINTAIN ACCREDITATION PURSUANT TO SECTION  TWENTY-NINE
 HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-KK OF THIS SECTION; AND
   (P)  REPORT  REPORTABLE  EVENTS TO THE ACCREDITING ENTITY WITHIN THREE
 BUSINESS DAYS OF THE OCCURRENCE OF SUCH REPORTABLE EVENT.
   3. ENTITIES MEETING THE DEFINITION OF A RETAIL PRACTICE AS  SET  FORTH
 IN  THIS  ARTICLE AND PROVIDING SERVICES ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE

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 OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL HAVE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS AFTER SUCH  EFFECTIVE
 DATE TO NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPLIANCE THEREWITH.
   §  2999-KK. ACCREDITATION.   1. A RETAIL PRACTICE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO
 ATTAIN AND MAINTAIN ACCREDITATION BY A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ACCREDITING
 ENTITY AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   2. THE ACCREDITING ENTITY SHALL BE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY  THE  DEPARTMENT
 PROMPTLY IF A RETAIL PRACTICE LOSES ITS ACCREDITATION.
   3.  THE  ACCREDITING  ENTITY  SHALL  BE REQUIRED TO REPORT DATA ON ALL
 RETAIL PRACTICES ACCREDITED BY SUCH ENTITY TO THE COMMISSIONER.
   § 2999-LL. OTHER LAWS.  1. NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE DEEMED  TO
 ALTER  THE  SCOPE  OF PRACTICE OF ANY PRACTITIONER LICENSED OR CERTIFIED
 UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   2. NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE DEEMED TO MITIGATE  THE  RESPONSI-
 BILITY  OF ANY INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONER LICENSED OR CERTIFIED UNDER TITLE
 EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW FROM ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HIS  OR  HER  ACTIONS
 UNDER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF LAW.
   3.  A  RETAIL  PRACTICE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A "HEALTH CARE PROVIDER"
 FOR THE PURPOSES OF TITLE TWO-D OF ARTICLE TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
   4. A PRESCRIBER PRACTICING IN A RETAIL PRACTICE SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO
 BE IN THE EMPLOY OF A PHARMACY OR PRACTICING IN A HOSPITAL FOR  PURPOSES
 OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED SEVEN OF THE EDUCATION
 LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART H
 
   Section  1.  Section  6902 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. (A) THE PRACTICE OF REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSING BY A  CERTIFIED
 REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST, CERTIFIED UNDER SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED
 TWELVE OF THIS ARTICLE MAY INCLUDE THE PRACTICE OF NURSE ANESTHESIA.
   (I)  SUBJECT  TO  THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 NURSE ANESTHESIA INCLUDES: THE ADMINISTRATION OF  ANESTHESIA  AND  ANES-
 THESIA  RELATED CARE TO PATIENTS; PRE-ANESTHESIA EVALUATION AND PREPARA-
 TION; ANESTHETIC INDUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCE;  POST  ANESTHESIA
 CARE;  PERIANESTHESIA  NURSING  AND CLINICAL SUPPORT FUNCTIONS; AND PAIN
 MANAGEMENT.
   (II) NURSE  ANESTHESIA  MUST  BE  PROVIDED  IN  COLLABORATION  WITH  A
 LICENSED  PHYSICIAN  QUALIFIED  TO  DETERMINE  THE  NEED  FOR ANESTHESIA
 SERVICES, PROVIDED SUCH SERVICES ARE  PERFORMED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  A
 WRITTEN  PRACTICE  AGREEMENT AND WRITTEN PRACTICE PROTOCOLS AS SET FORTH
 IN PARAGRAPH (B)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  OR  PURSUANT  TO  COLLABORATIVE
 RELATIONSHIPS  AS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WHICH-
 EVER IS APPLICABLE.
   (III) PRESCRIPTIONS FOR DRUGS, DEVICES, AND ANESTHETIC  AGENTS,  ANES-
 THESIA  RELATED  AGENTS,  AND  PAIN MANAGEMENT AGENTS MAY BE ISSUED BY A
 CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST, IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THE  WRITTEN
 PRACTICE AGREEMENT AND WRITTEN PRACTICE PROTOCOLS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH
 (B)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION IF APPLICABLE. THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE
 ANESTHETIST SHALL OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE FROM THE DEPARTMENT UPON SUCCESS-
 FULLY COMPLETING A PROGRAM INCLUDING AN APPROPRIATE PHARMACOLOGY  COMPO-
 NENT,  OR  ITS  EQUIVALENT,  AS  ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S REGU-
 LATIONS, PRIOR TO PRESCRIBING UNDER THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.  THE  CERTIFICATE
 ISSUED  UNDER  SECTION  SIXTY-NINE  HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL
 STATE WHETHER THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST HAS SUCCESSFUL-

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 LY COMPLETED SUCH A PROGRAM OR EQUIVALENT AND IS AUTHORIZED TO PRESCRIBE
 UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B)  A  CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST CERTIFIED UNDER SECTION
 SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS ARTICLE AND PRACTICING FOR  THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED  HOURS OR LESS SHALL DO SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH A WRITTEN PRACTICE
 AGREEMENT AND WRITTEN PRACTICE  PROTOCOLS  AGREED  UPON  BY  A  LICENSED
 PHYSICIAN  QUALIFIED  BY  EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE TO DETERMINE THE NEED
 FOR ANESTHESIA.
   (I) THE WRITTEN PRACTICE AGREEMENT SHALL INCLUDE  EXPLICIT  PROVISIONS
 FOR  THE RESOLUTION OF ANY DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COLLABORATING PHYSI-
 CIAN AND THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST REGARDING  A  MATTER
 OF  ANESTHESIA  OR PAIN MANAGEMENT TREATMENT THAT IS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF
 PRACTICE OF BOTH. TO THE EXTENT  THE  PRACTICE  AGREEMENT  DOES  NOT  SO
 PROVIDE, THEN THE COLLABORATING PHYSICIAN'S TREATMENT SHALL PREVAIL.
   (II)  EACH PRACTICE AGREEMENT SHALL PROVIDE FOR PATIENT RECORDS REVIEW
 BY THE COLLABORATING PHYSICIAN IN A TIMELY FASHION BUT IN NO EVENT  LESS
 OFTEN  THAN  EVERY THREE MONTHS.   THE NAMES OF THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED
 NURSE ANESTHETIST AND THE COLLABORATING PHYSICIAN SHALL BE CLEARLY POST-
 ED IN THE PRACTICE SETTING OF THE CERTIFIED  REGISTERED  NURSE  ANESTHE-
 TIST.
   (III) THE PRACTICE PROTOCOL SHALL REFLECT CURRENT ACCEPTED MEDICAL AND
 NURSING  PRACTICE.    THE  PROTOCOLS  SHALL BE FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT
 WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE  COMMENCEMENT  OF  THE  PRACTICE  AND  MAY  BE
 UPDATED PERIODICALLY. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE REGULATIONS ESTABLISH-
 ING THE PROCEDURE FOR THE REVIEW OF PROTOCOLS AND THE DISPOSITION OF ANY
 ISSUES ARISING FROM SUCH REVIEW.
   (C)  A  CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST CERTIFIED UNDER SECTION
 SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS ARTICLE AND PRACTICING FOR  MORE  THAN
 THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED HOURS SHALL HAVE COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH ONE
 OR  MORE  LICENSED  PHYSICIANS QUALIFIED TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR ANES-
 THESIA SERVICES OR A HOSPITAL, LICENSED UNDER  ARTICLE  TWENTY-EIGHT  OF
 THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW, THAT PROVIDES SERVICES THROUGH LICENSED PHYSI-
 CIANS QUALIFIED TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR ANESTHESIA SERVICES AND HAVING
 PRIVILEGES AT SUCH INSTITUTION.
   (I) FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  "COLLABORATIVE  RELATIONSHIPS"
 SHALL  MEAN THAT THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST SHALL COMMU-
 NICATE, WHETHER IN PERSON, BY TELEPHONE OR  THROUGH  WRITTEN  (INCLUDING
 ELECTRONIC)  MEANS, WITH A LICENSED PHYSICIAN QUALIFIED TO DETERMINE THE
 NEED FOR ANESTHESIA SERVICES OR, IN THE CASE OF A HOSPITAL,  COMMUNICATE
 WITH A LICENSED PHYSICIAN QUALIFIED TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR ANESTHESIA
 SERVICES  AND  HAVING  PRIVILEGES  AT SUCH HOSPITAL, FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 EXCHANGING INFORMATION, AS NEEDED, IN  ORDER  TO  PROVIDE  COMPREHENSIVE
 PATIENT CARE AND TO MAKE REFERRALS AS NECESSARY.
   (II) AS EVIDENCE THAT THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST MAIN-
 TAINS   COLLABORATIVE  RELATIONSHIPS,  THE  CERTIFIED  REGISTERED  NURSE
 ANESTHETIST SHALL COMPLETE AND MAINTAIN A FORM, CREATED BY  THE  DEPART-
 MENT,  TO WHICH THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST SHALL ATTEST,
 THAT DESCRIBES SUCH COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS. SUCH  FORM  SHALL  ALSO
 REFLECT  THE  CERTIFIED  REGISTERED  NURSE ANESTHETIST'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
 THAT IF REASONABLE EFFORTS TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE THAT  MAY  ARISE  WITH
 THE  COLLABORATING  PHYSICIAN  OR, IN THE CASE OF A COLLABORATION WITH A
 HOSPITAL, WITH A LICENSED PHYSICIAN QUALIFIED TO DETERMINE THE NEED  FOR
 ANESTHESIA  SERVICES  AND  HAVING  PRIVILEGES  AT SUCH HOSPITAL, ABOUT A
 PATIENT'S CARE ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL, THE RECOMMENDATION OF  THE  PHYSICIAN
 SHALL  PREVAIL.  SUCH FORM SHALL BE UPDATED AS NEEDED AND MAY BE SUBJECT
 TO REVIEW BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE  ANESTHETIST

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 SHALL  MAINTAIN DOCUMENTATION THAT SUPPORTS SUCH COLLABORATIVE RELATION-
 SHIPS.
   (D)  NOTHING  IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT OR DIMINISH
 THE PRACTICE OF THE PROFESSION OF NURSING AS A  REGISTERED  PROFESSIONAL
 NURSE  UNDER  THIS ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER LAW, RULE, REGULATION OR CERTIF-
 ICATION, NOR TO DENY ANY REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE THE RIGHT  TO  DO
 ANY  ACT  OR  ENGAGE  IN  ANY PRACTICE AUTHORIZED BY THIS ARTICLE OR ANY
 OTHER LAW, RULE, REGULATION OR CERTIFICATION.
   (E)(I) ANESTHESIA SERVICES MAY BE  PROVIDED  BY  CERTIFIED  REGISTERED
 NURSE ANESTHETISTS ONLY IN THE FOLLOWING SETTINGS:
   (A)  GENERAL  HOSPITALS, HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT SURGICAL DEPARTMENTS, AND
 DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTERS LICENSED BY THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH
 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND AUTHORIZED
 TO   PROVIDE  SEDATION,  ANESTHESIA  SERVICES,  AND/OR  PAIN  MANAGEMENT
 SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH LICENSURE;
   (B) PRACTICES WHERE OFFICE-BASED SURGERY, AS DEFINED  BY  SECTION  TWO
 HUNDRED-THIRTY-D  OF  THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW, IS PERFORMED AND/OR PAIN
 MANAGEMENT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED; AND
   (C) DENTISTS' AND PERIODONTISTS' OFFICES WHERE SEDATION  AND/OR  ANES-
 THESIA SERVICES ARE PROVIDED.
   (II)  ANESTHESIA SERVICES OFFERED IN SUCH SETTINGS, INCLUDING SERVICES
 PROVIDED BY CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS, SHALL  BE  DIRECTED
 BY  A PHYSICIAN, DENTIST, OR PERIODONTIST, AS APPLICABLE, WHO IS RESPON-
 SIBLE FOR THE CLINICAL ASPECTS OF ALL ANESTHESIA SERVICES OFFERED BY THE
 PROVIDER AND IS QUALIFIED TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR AND ADMINISTER ANES-
 THESIA. SUCH PHYSICIAN SHALL HAVE THE DISCRETION TO ESTABLISH PARAMETERS
 FOR SUPERVISION OF CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS WHERE  HE  OR
 SHE MAKES A REASONABLE DETERMINATION THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF A PARTIC-
 ULAR  CASE  OR TYPE OF CASES, ALTHOUGH WITHIN THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF A
 CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST AS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (A)  OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION,  ARE OF SUCH COMPLEXITY THAT THEY SHOULD BE CONDUCTED
 UNDER SUPERVISION. IN SUCH CASES, SUCH SUPERVISION SHALL BE PROVIDED  BY
 AN  ANESTHESIOLOGIST  WHO  IS  IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE AS NEEDED OR BY THE
 OPERATING PHYSICIAN WHO IS QUALIFIED TO DETERMINE  THE  NEED  FOR  ANES-
 THESIA SERVICES AND SUPERVISE THE ADMINISTRATION OF ANESTHESIA.
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6912 to read
 as follows:
   §  6912.  CERTIFICATES FOR NURSE ANESTHESIA PRACTICE.  1. FOR ISSUANCE
 OF A CERTIFICATE TO PRACTICE AS A CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST
 UNDER SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED TWO OF  THIS  ARTI-
 CLE, THE APPLICANT SHALL FULFILL THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
   (A) APPLICATION: FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT;
   (B)  LICENSE:  BE  LICENSED  AS A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE IN THE
 STATE;
   (C) EDUCATION: (I) HAVE SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED EDUCATIONAL  PREPARA-
 TION  FOR  PROVISION  OF  THESE  SERVICES IN A PROGRAM REGISTERED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT OR IN A PROGRAM ACCREDITED BY A NATIONAL BODY  RECOGNIZED  BY
 THE DEPARTMENT OR DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO BE THE EQUIVALENT; AND
 (II)  SUBMIT  EVIDENCE  OF CURRENT CERTIFICATION OR RECERTIFICATION BY A
 NATIONAL CERTIFYING BODY, RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT;
   (D) FEES: PAY A FEE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FIFTY DOLLARS FOR AN  INITIAL
 CERTIFICATE AUTHORIZING NURSE ANESTHESIA PRACTICE AND A TRIENNIAL REGIS-
 TRATION FEE OF THIRTY DOLLARS; AND
   (E) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI-
 TION  OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY

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 THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  AS  IS
 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED-
 ED  SERVICES  IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION
 AND  TYPE  OF SETTING WHEREIN THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST
 PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS  RELEVANT.  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  IN
 CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT,  SHALL  MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN
 AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  WEBSITE.  ADDI-
 TIONALLY,  IN  CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPART-
 MENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  SHALL  PROVIDE
 INFORMATION  ON  REGISTERING  IN  THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND
 TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY.
   AFTER A CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST'S INITIAL REGISTRATION,
 REGISTRATION UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE COTERMINOUS WITH THE  CERTIFIED
 REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST'S REGISTRATION AS A PROFESSIONAL NURSE.
   2.  ONLY  A  PERSON  CERTIFIED  UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL USE THE TITLE
 "CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST," EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN  SUBDI-
 VISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
   3.  NOTHING  IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED FROM PREVENTING ANY OTHER
 PROFESSIONAL LICENSED OR CERTIFIED UNDER  THIS  CHAPTER  OR  THE  PUBLIC
 HEALTH  LAW  FROM CARRYING OUT ANY RESPONSIBILITIES ESTABLISHED BY RELE-
 VANT SECTIONS OF SUCH CHAPTERS.
   4. AN INDIVIDUAL WHO MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS  FOR  CERTIFICATION  AS  A
 CERTIFIED  REGISTERED  NURSE ANESTHETIST AND WHO HAS BEEN PERFORMING THE
 DUTIES OF A CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST FOR TWO OF  THE  FIVE
 YEARS PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE MAY BE CERTIFIED WITH-
 OUT  MEETING  ADDITIONAL  REQUIREMENTS,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH INDIVIDUAL
 SUBMITS AN APPLICATION, INCLUDING AN ATTESTATION  FROM  THE  APPLICANT'S
 SUPERVISING  PHYSICIAN  AS TO THE APPLICANT'S EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCE,
 TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN  TWO  YEARS  OF  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS
 SECTION.  SUCH  INDIVIDUAL MAY USE THE TITLE "CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE
 ANESTHETIST" IN CONNECTION WITH THAT PRACTICE WHILE SUCH APPLICATION  IS
 PENDING.
   5.  (A)  A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE LICENSED UNDER SECTION SIXTY-
 NINE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE WHO  HAS  SATISFACTORILY  COMPLETED  A
 PROGRAM  OF  EDUCATIONAL  PREPARATION  AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 THIS SECTION MAY, FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED  TWENTY-FOUR  MONTHS  IMME-
 DIATELY  FOLLOWING  THE COMPLETION OF SUCH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, PRACTICE
 NURSE ANESTHESIA UNDER SUBDIVISION FOUR OF  SECTION  SIXTY-NINE  HUNDRED
 TWO  OF  THIS ARTICLE AS A GRADUATE NURSE ANESTHETIST IN THE SAME MANNER
 AS A CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST UNDER THAT SUBDIVISION.
   (B) A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE LICENSED UNDER SECTION  SIXTY-NINE
 HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE WHO IS DULY ENROLLED IN A PROGRAM OF EDUCA-
 TIONAL  PREPARATION  MAY  PRACTICE  NURSE  ANESTHESIA AS A STUDENT NURSE
 ANESTHETIST UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST OR A  CERTIFIED
 REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST, WHO IS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE AS NEEDED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART I
 
   Section  1.  Section  364-j  of  the social services law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 34 to read as follows:
   34. MONIES PAID BY THE DEPARTMENT TO MANAGED  CARE  ORGANIZATIONS  ARE
 PUBLIC  FUNDS  AND RETAIN THEIR STATUS AS PUBLIC FUNDS REGARDLESS OF ANY
 PAYMENTS MADE BY THE MANAGED  CARE  ORGANIZATION  TO  SUBCONTRACTORS  OR
 PROVIDERS.

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   §  2.  Section 364-j of the social services law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 35 to read as follows:
   35.  RECOVERY  OF  OVERPAYMENTS  FROM NETWORK PROVIDERS. (A) WHERE THE
 MEDICAID INSPECTOR GENERAL, DURING THE COURSE OF AN  AUDIT  OR  INVESTI-
 GATION,  IDENTIFIES  IMPROPER  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  PAYMENTS  MADE  BY A
 MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION TO  ITS  SUBCONTRACTOR  OR  SUBCONTRACTORS  OR
 PROVIDER  OR  PROVIDERS,  THE  STATE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO RECOVER THE
 IMPROPER PAYMENT FROM THE SUBCONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTORS,  PROVIDER  OR
 PROVIDERS, OR THE MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION.
   (B) WHERE THE STATE IS UNSUCCESSFUL IN RECOVERING THE IMPROPER PAYMENT
 FROM  THE  SUBCONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTORS OR PROVIDER OR PROVIDERS, THE
 MEDICAID INSPECTOR GENERAL MAY REQUIRE THE MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION  TO
 RECOVER THE IMPROPER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS IDENTIFIED IN PARAGRAPH
 (A)  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION.  THE MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION SHALL REMIT TO
 THE STATE THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE IDENTIFIED IMPROPER  PAYMENT  NO  LATER
 THAN SIX MONTHS AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE OF THE OVERPAYMENT.
   (C)  THE  MANAGED  CARE  ORGANIZATION  MAY CHARGE ITS SUBCONTRACTOR OR
 SUBCONTRACTORS OR PROVIDER OR PROVIDERS A COLLECTION FEE TO ACCOUNT  FOR
 THE  REASONABLE  COSTS  INCURRED  BY  THE  MANAGED  CARE ORGANIZATION TO
 COLLECT THE DEBT. ANY COLLECTION  FEE  IMPOSED  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED  FIVE
 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OWED.
   §  3.  Section 364-j of the social services law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 36 to read as follows:
   36. REPORTING ACTS OF FRAUD. (A) ALL MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS  SHALL
 PROMPTLY REFER TO THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAID INSPECTOR GENERAL ALL CASES
 OF POTENTIAL FRAUD, WASTE, OR ABUSE.
   (B)  ANY  MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION MAKING A COMPLAINT OR FURNISHING A
 REPORT, REFERRAL, INFORMATION OR RECORDS IN GOOD FAITH PURSUANT TO  THIS
 SECTION  SHALL BE IMMUNE FROM CIVIL LIABILITY FOR MAKING SUCH COMPLAINT,
 REFERRAL, OR REPORT TO THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAID INSPECTOR GENERAL.
   (C) A MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION THAT WILLFULLY FAILS TO PROMPTLY  MAKE
 A  REFERRAL TO THE MEDICAID INSPECTOR GENERAL WHEN THERE IS ACTUAL KNOW-
 LEDGE THAT AN ACT OF FRAUD IS BEING OR HAS BEEN COMMITTED MAY  BE  FINED
 IN  AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH DETER-
 MINATION.
   § 4. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  37  to
 read as follows:
   §  37.  VIOLATIONS  OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM LAWS, REGULATIONS OR
 DIRECTIVES; FINES. 1. (A) ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY PARTICIPATING IN  THE
 MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  THAT  FAILS TO COMPLY WITH OR VIOLATES ANY
 STATUTE, RULE,  REGULATION,  OR  DIRECTIVE  OF  THE  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE
 PROGRAM,  MAY  BE FINED IN AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING THE SUM OF FIVE THOU-
 SAND DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
   (B) EVERY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH OR VIOLATION OF  ANY  STATUTE,  RULE,
 REGULATION,  OR  DIRECTIVE  OF THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SHALL BE A
 SEPARATE  AND  DISTINCT  OFFENSE  AND,  IN  THE  CASE  OF  A  CONTINUING
 VIOLATION,  EVERY  DAY'S  CONTINUANCE  THEREOF  SHALL  BE A SEPARATE AND
 DISTINCT OFFENSE.
   2. (A) ANY ENTITY AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE UNDER  ARTICLE  FORTY-FOUR  OF
 THIS  CHAPTER OR ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OF THE INSURANCE LAW, INCLUDING ANY
 SUBCONTRACTOR OR PROVIDER THEREOF,  AND  PARTICIPATING  IN  THE  MEDICAL
 ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  THAT  FAILS TO COMPLY WITH OR VIOLATES ANY STATUTE,
 RULE, REGULATION, OR DIRECTIVE OF THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, OR ANY
 TERM OF ITS CONTRACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT, MAY BE FINED IN AN AMOUNT  NOT
 EXCEEDING THE SUM OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.

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   (B)  EVERY  FAILURE  TO COMPLY WITH OR VIOLATION OF ANY STATUTE, RULE,
 REGULATION, OR DIRECTIVE OF THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, OR  TERM  OF
 THE  ENTITY'S  CONTRACT  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  BE A SEPARATE AND
 DISTINCT OFFENSE AND, IN THE CASE OF A CONTINUING VIOLATION, EVERY DAY'S
 CONTINUANCE THEREOF SHALL BE A SEPARATE AND DISTINCT OFFENSE.
   3.  ANY  ENTITY  PARTICIPATING  IN  THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND
 AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE UNDER ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER OR  ARTI-
 CLE  FORTY-THREE  OF THE INSURANCE LAW THAT SUBMITS A COST REPORT TO THE
 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT CONTAINS DATA WHICH IS INTENTIONALLY  OR
 SYSTEMATICALLY  INACCURATE  OR  IMPROPER,  MAY BE FINED IN AN AMOUNT NOT
 EXCEEDING ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH DETERMINATION.
   4. ANY ENTITY AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE UNDER ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER  OR  ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OF THE INSURANCE LAW, AND PARTICIPATING
 IN THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT INTENTIONALLY  OR  SYSTEMATICALLY
 SUBMITS INACCURATE ENCOUNTER DATA TO THE STATE MAY BE FINED IN AN AMOUNT
 NOT EXCEEDING ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH DETERMINATION.
   5.  THE  MEDICAID  INSPECTOR  GENERAL  SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER, CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING PRIOR TO ASSESSING A  FINE  AGAINST
 AN  INDIVIDUAL  OR  ENTITY UNDER THIS SECTION AND HAVE THE DISCRETION TO
 REDUCE OR ELIMINATE A FINE UNDER THIS SECTION:
   (A) THE EFFECT, IF ANY, ON THE QUALITY OF MEDICAL CARE PROVIDED TO  OR
 ARRANGED FOR RECIPIENTS OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AS A RESULT OF THE ACTS OF
 THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY;
   (B) THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGES TO THE PROGRAM;
   (C)  THE  DEGREE OF CULPABILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY IN COMMIT-
 TING THE PROSCRIBED ACTIONS AND ANY MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES;
   (D) ANY PRIOR VIOLATIONS COMMITTED BY THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY  RELAT-
 ING  TO  THE  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM, MEDICARE OR ANY OTHER SOCIAL
 SERVICES PROGRAMS WHICH RESULTED IN EITHER  CRIMINAL  OR  ADMINISTRATIVE
 SANCTION, PENALTY, OR FINE;
   (E)  THE DEGREE TO WHICH FACTORS GIVING RISE TO THE PROSCRIBED ACTIONS
 WERE OUT OF THE CONTROL OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY;
   (F) THE NUMBER AND NATURE OF THE VIOLATIONS OR OTHER RELATED OFFENSES;
   (G) ANY OTHER FACTS RELATING TO THE  NATURE  AND  SERIOUSNESS  OF  THE
 VIOLATIONS INCLUDING ANY EXCULPATORY FACTS; AND/OR
   (H) ANY OTHER RELEVANT FACTORS.
   6.  THE  MEDICAID  INSPECTOR  GENERAL  SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER, PROMULGATE REGULATIONS ENUMERATING THOSE VIOLATIONS  WHICH
 MAY  RESULT  IN  A  FINE  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF THIS
 SECTION, THE AMOUNTS OF ANY FINES  WHICH  MAY  BE  ASSESSED  UNDER  THIS
 SECTION,  AND  THE  APPEAL  RIGHTS  AFFORDED  TO INDIVIDUALS OR ENTITIES
 SUBJECT TO A FINE.
   § 5. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 32 of section 364-j  of  the  social
 services law, as added by section 15 of part B of chapter 59 of the laws
 of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   (d) (I) Penalties under this subdivision may be applied to any and all
 circumstances  described  in paragraph (b) of this subdivision until the
 managed care organization complies with the requirements for  submission
 of  encounter data. (II) No penalties for late, incomplete or inaccurate
 encounter data shall be assessed against managed care  organizations  in
 addition  to  those provided for in this subdivision, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL PROHIBIT THE IMPOSITION  OF  PENAL-
 TIES, IN CASES OF FRAUD OR ABUSE, OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
   §  6.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided, however, that  the  amendments  to  section
 364-j  of  the  social services law made by sections one, two, three and

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 five of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section  and  shall
 be deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART J
 
   Section  1. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 1 of section 189 of the state
 finance law, as amended by section 8 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (h) knowingly conceals or knowingly and improperly avoids or decreases
 an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to  the  state  or  a
 local  government,  or  conspires to do the same; shall be liable to the
 state or a local government, as applicable, for a civil penalty  of  not
 less  than  six  thousand  dollars  and  not  more  than twelve thousand
 dollars, AS ADJUSTED TO BE EQUAL TO THE CIVIL PENALTY ALLOWED UNDER  THE
 FEDERAL  FALSE  CLAIMS ACT, 31 U.S.C. SEC. 3729, ET SEQ., AS AMENDED, AS
 ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION BY THE FEDERAL CIVIL PENALTIES INFLATION  ADJUST-
 MENT ACT OF 1990, AS AMENDED (28 U.S.C. 2461 NOTE; PUB. L. NO. 101-410),
 plus  three  times  the  amount  of all damages, including consequential
 damages, which the state or local government sustains because of the act
 of that person.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART K
 
   Section 1.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the depart-
 ment of health is authorized to require any Medicaid-enrolled  provider,
 and any health care provider that is part of a network of providers of a
 managed  care  organization  operating  pursuant to section 364-j of the
 social services law or section 4403-f  of  the  public  health  law,  to
 report  on  costs  incurred  by  the  provider  in rendering health care
 services to Medicaid beneficiaries. The department of health may specify
 the frequency and format of such reports, determine the type and  amount
 of information to be submitted, and require the submission of supporting
 documentation.  In the case of a provider in a managed care network, the
 department of health may require the managed care organization to obtain
 the required information from the network  provider  on  behalf  of  the
 department.
   §  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 92 of part H of chapter 59 of the laws
 of 2011, amending the public health law and other laws relating to known
 and projected department of health state fund medicaid expenditures,  as
 amended  by  section  1  of part G of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. For state fiscal  years  2011-12  through  [2018-19]  2019-20,  the
 director  of the budget, in consultation with the commissioner of health
 referenced as "commissioner" for purposes of this section, shall  assess
 on a monthly basis, as reflected in monthly reports pursuant to subdivi-
 sion five of this section known and projected department of health state
 funds  medicaid  expenditures  by  category of service and by geographic
 regions, as defined by the commissioner, and  if  the  director  of  the
 budget  determines that such expenditures are expected to cause medicaid
 disbursements for such period to  exceed  the  projected  department  of
 health  medicaid  state funds disbursements in the enacted budget finan-
 cial plan pursuant to subdivision 3 of section 23 of the  state  finance
 law,  the  commissioner  of health, in consultation with the director of
 the budget, shall develop a medicaid savings allocation  plan  to  limit
 such  spending  to  the  aggregate  limit level specified in the enacted

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 budget financial  plan,  provided,  however,  such  projections  may  be
 adjusted by the director of the budget to account for any changes in the
 New  York state federal medical assistance percentage amount established
 pursuant  to the federal social security act, changes in provider reven-
 ues, reductions to local social  services  district  medical  assistance
 administration,  minimum wage increases, and beginning April 1, 2012 the
 operational costs of the New York state medical indemnity fund and state
 costs or savings from the basic health plan.   Such projections  may  be
 adjusted by the director of the budget to account for increased or expe-
 dited department of health state funds medicaid expenditures as a result
 of  a natural or other type of disaster, including a governmental decla-
 ration of emergency.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART L

   Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 369 of the social services law, as
 amended by section 7 of part F of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2012,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   7.  Notwithstanding  any provision of law to the contrary, the depart-
 ment shall, when it determines necessary program features are in  place,
 assume  sole  responsibility  for  commencing  actions or proceedings in
 accordance with the provisions of this  section,  sections  one  hundred
 one,  one hundred four, one hundred four-b, paragraph (a) of subdivision
 three of section three hundred sixty-six, subparagraph one of  paragraph
 (h)  of  subdivision  four of section three hundred sixty-six, and para-
 graph (b) of subdivision two of section three hundred  sixty-seven-a  of
 this chapter, to recover the cost of medical assistance furnished pursu-
 ant  to this title and title eleven-D of this article. The department is
 authorized to contract with an entity that shall conduct  activities  on
 behalf  of the department pursuant to this subdivision, AND MAY CONTRACT
 WITH AN ENTITY TO CONDUCT SIMILAR ACTIVITIES  ON  BEHALF  OF  THE  CHILD
 HEALTH  INSURANCE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO TITLE ONE-A OF ARTICLE
 TWENTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW  TO  THE  EXTENT  ALLOWED  BY  LAW.
 Prior  to  assuming such responsibility from a social services district,
 the department of health  shall,  in  consultation  with  the  district,
 define  the  scope  of  the  services  the  district will be required to
 perform on behalf of the department of health pursuant to this  subdivi-
 sion.
   §  2. Section 2511 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SECTION,  SECTION  TWENTY-
 FIVE  HUNDRED TEN OF THIS TITLE, AND ANY OTHER INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF
 LAW, IN THE EVENT FEDERAL FUNDING PURSUANT TO TITLE XXI OF  THE  FEDERAL
 SOCIAL SECURITY ACT IS REDUCED OR ELIMINATED ON AND AFTER OCTOBER FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN:
   (A)  THE  DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET, IN CONSULTATION WITH
 THE COMMISSIONER, SHALL IDENTIFY THE AMOUNT OF SUCH REDUCTION OR  ELIMI-
 NATION  AND NOTIFY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER
 OF THE ASSEMBLY IN WRITING THAT THE FEDERAL ACTIONS WILL REDUCE OR ELIM-
 INATE EXPECTED FUNDING TO NEW YORK STATE BY SUCH AMOUNT.
   (B) THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH
 THE  COMMISSIONER, SHALL DETERMINE IF PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES ARE NECESSARY
 TO CONTINUE COVERING ELIGIBLE CHILDREN WITHIN STATE-ONLY FUNDING LEVELS,
 IDENTIFY AVAILABLE RESOURCES OR ACTIONS, IDENTIFY SPECIFIC CHANGES NEED-
 ED TO ALIGN THE PROGRAM WITH CURRENT FUNDING  LEVELS,  AND  ESTABLISH  A

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 PLAN  FOR  IMPLEMENTING  SUCH  CHANGES WHICH MAY INCLUDE EMERGENCY REGU-
 LATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER. SUCH PLAN SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO
 THE LEGISLATURE PRIOR TO ITS IMPLEMENTATION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART M

   Section  1.    Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 18 of chapter
 266 of the laws of 1986, amending the civil practice law and  rules  and
 other  laws relating to malpractice and professional medical conduct, as
 amended by section 15 of part H of chapter 57 of the laws  of  2017,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a)  The  superintendent of financial services and the commissioner of
 health or their designee shall, from funds  available  in  the  hospital
 excess liability pool created pursuant to subdivision 5 of this section,
 purchase  a policy or policies for excess insurance coverage, as author-
 ized by paragraph 1 of subsection (e) of section 5502 of  the  insurance
 law; or from an insurer, other than an insurer described in section 5502
 of the insurance law, duly authorized to write such coverage and actual-
 ly  writing  medical  malpractice  insurance  in  this  state;  or shall
 purchase equivalent excess coverage in a form previously approved by the
 superintendent of financial services for purposes  of  providing  equiv-
 alent  excess  coverage  in accordance with section 19 of chapter 294 of
 the laws of 1985, for medical or dental malpractice occurrences  between
 July  1, 1986 and June 30, 1987, between July 1, 1987 and June 30, 1988,
 between July 1, 1988 and June 30, 1989, between July 1,  1989  and  June
 30,  1990,  between July 1, 1990 and June 30, 1991, between July 1, 1991
 and June 30, 1992, between July 1, 1992 and June 30, 1993, between  July
 1,  1993  and  June  30,  1994,  between July 1, 1994 and June 30, 1995,
 between July 1, 1995 and June 30, 1996, between July 1,  1996  and  June
 30,  1997,  between July 1, 1997 and June 30, 1998, between July 1, 1998
 and June 30, 1999, between July 1, 1999 and June 30, 2000, between  July
 1,  2000  and  June  30,  2001,  between July 1, 2001 and June 30, 2002,
 between July 1, 2002 and June 30, 2003, between July 1,  2003  and  June
 30,  2004,  between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005, between July 1, 2005
 and June 30, 2006, between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007, between  July
 1,  2007  and  June  30,  2008,  between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009,
 between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010, between July 1,  2010  and  June
 30,  2011,  between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, between July 1, 2012
 and June 30, 2013, between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014, between  July
 1,  2014  and  June  30,  2015,  between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016,
 between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017, [and] between July 1,  2017  and
 June  30,  2018, AND BETWEEN JULY 1, 2018 AND JUNE 30, 2019 or reimburse
 the hospital where the hospital purchases equivalent excess coverage  as
 defined  in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1-a of this
 section for medical or dental malpractice occurrences  between  July  1,
 1987  and June 30, 1988, between July 1, 1988 and June 30, 1989, between
 July 1, 1989 and June 30, 1990, between July 1, 1990 and June 30,  1991,
 between  July  1,  1991 and June 30, 1992, between July 1, 1992 and June
 30, 1993, between July 1, 1993 and June 30, 1994, between July  1,  1994
 and  June 30, 1995, between July 1, 1995 and June 30, 1996, between July
 1, 1996 and June 30, 1997, between July  1,  1997  and  June  30,  1998,
 between  July  1,  1998 and June 30, 1999, between July 1, 1999 and June
 30, 2000, between July 1, 2000 and June 30, 2001, between July  1,  2001
 and  June 30, 2002, between July 1, 2002 and June 30, 2003, between July
 1, 2003 and June 30, 2004, between July  1,  2004  and  June  30,  2005,

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 between  July  1,  2005 and June 30, 2006, between July 1, 2006 and June
 30, 2007, between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008, between July  1,  2008
 and  June 30, 2009, between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010, between July
 1,  2010  and  June  30,  2011,  between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012,
 between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013, between July 1,  2013  and  June
 30,  2014,  between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015, between July 1, 2015
 and June 30, 2016, between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017, [and] between
 July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018, AND BETWEEN JULY 1, 2018  AND  JUNE  30,
 2019  for  physicians  or  dentists  certified as eligible for each such
 period or periods pursuant to subdivision 2 of this section by a general
 hospital licensed pursuant to article  28  of  the  public  health  law;
 provided  that  no single insurer shall write more than fifty percent of
 the total excess premium for a given policy year; and provided, however,
 that such eligible physicians or dentists must have in force an individ-
 ual policy, from an insurer licensed in this state of  primary  malprac-
 tice  insurance  coverage  in  amounts of no less than one million three
 hundred thousand dollars  for  each  claimant  and  three  million  nine
 hundred  thousand dollars for all claimants under that policy during the
 period of such excess coverage for such occurrences or  be  endorsed  as
 additional insureds under a hospital professional liability policy which
 is  offered  through  a  voluntary  attending  physician  ("channeling")
 program previously permitted by the superintendent of financial services
 during the period of such excess coverage for such  occurrences.  During
 such  period,  such policy for excess coverage or such equivalent excess
 coverage shall, when combined with the physician's or dentist's  primary
 malpractice  insurance coverage or coverage provided through a voluntary
 attending physician ("channeling") program, total an aggregate level  of
 two  million  three  hundred  thousand dollars for each claimant and six
 million nine hundred thousand dollars for all claimants  from  all  such
 policies  with  respect  to  occurrences in each of such years provided,
 however, if the cost of primary malpractice insurance coverage in excess
 of one million dollars, but below the excess medical malpractice  insur-
 ance  coverage  provided  pursuant to this act, exceeds the rate of nine
 percent per annum, then the required level of primary malpractice insur-
 ance coverage in excess of one million dollars for each  claimant  shall
 be  in  an  amount  of  not less than the dollar amount of such coverage
 available at nine percent per annum; the required level of such coverage
 for all claimants under that policy shall be in an amount not less  than
 three  times the dollar amount of coverage for each claimant; and excess
 coverage, when combined with such primary malpractice  insurance  cover-
 age, shall increase the aggregate level for each claimant by one million
 dollars  and  three  million  dollars  for  all  claimants; and provided
 further, that, with respect to policies of primary  medical  malpractice
 coverage  that  include  occurrences  between April 1, 2002 and June 30,
 2002, such requirement that coverage be in  amounts  no  less  than  one
 million  three  hundred  thousand  dollars  for  each claimant and three
 million nine hundred thousand dollars for all claimants for such  occur-
 rences shall be effective April 1, 2002.
   §  2.  Subdivision 3 of section 18 of chapter 266 of the laws of 1986,
 amending the civil practice law and rules and  other  laws  relating  to
 malpractice  and  professional medical conduct, as amended by section 16
 of part H of chapter 57 of the laws of  2017,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (3)(a)  The  superintendent  of financial services shall determine and
 certify to each general hospital and to the commissioner of  health  the
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 occurrences between July 1, 1986 and June 30, 1987, between July 1, 1988
 and June 30, 1989, between July 1, 1989 and June 30, 1990, between  July
 1,  1990  and  June  30,  1991,  between July 1, 1991 and June 30, 1992,
 between  July  1,  1992 and June 30, 1993, between July 1, 1993 and June
 30, 1994, between July 1, 1994 and June 30, 1995, between July  1,  1995
 and  June 30, 1996, between July 1, 1996 and June 30, 1997, between July
 1, 1997 and June 30, 1998, between July  1,  1998  and  June  30,  1999,
 between  July  1,  1999 and June 30, 2000, between July 1, 2000 and June
 30, 2001, between July 1, 2001 and June 30, 2002, between July  1,  2002
 and  June 30, 2003, between July 1, 2003 and June 30, 2004, between July
 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005, between July  1,  2005  and  June  30,  2006,
 between  July  1,  2006 and June 30, 2007, between July 1, 2007 and June
 30, 2008, between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009, between July  1,  2009
 and  June 30, 2010, between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011, between July
 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, between July 1, 2012 and June 30,  2013,  and
 between  July  1,  2013 and June 30, 2014, between July 1, 2014 and June
 30, 2015, between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016, and  between  July  1,
 2016  and  June  30, 2017, [and] between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018,
 AND BETWEEN JULY 1, 2018 AND JUNE 30, 2019  allocable  to  each  general
 hospital  for  physicians or dentists certified as eligible for purchase
 of a policy for excess insurance coverage by such  general  hospital  in
 accordance with subdivision 2 of this section, and may amend such deter-
 mination and certification as necessary.
   (b)  The  superintendent  of  financial  services  shall determine and
 certify to each general hospital and to the commissioner of  health  the
 cost  of  excess malpractice insurance or equivalent excess coverage for
 medical or dental malpractice occurrences between July 1, 1987 and  June
 30,  1988,  between July 1, 1988 and June 30, 1989, between July 1, 1989
 and June 30, 1990, between July 1, 1990 and June 30, 1991, between  July
 1,  1991  and  June  30,  1992,  between July 1, 1992 and June 30, 1993,
 between July 1, 1993 and June 30, 1994, between July 1,  1994  and  June
 30,  1995,  between July 1, 1995 and June 30, 1996, between July 1, 1996
 and June 30, 1997, between July 1, 1997 and June 30, 1998, between  July
 1,  1998  and  June  30,  1999,  between July 1, 1999 and June 30, 2000,
 between July 1, 2000 and June 30, 2001, between July 1,  2001  and  June
 30,  2002,  between July 1, 2002 and June 30, 2003, between July 1, 2003
 and June 30, 2004, between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005, between  July
 1,  2005  and  June  30,  2006,  between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007,
 between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008, between July 1,  2008  and  June
 30,  2009,  between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010, between July 1, 2010
 and June 30, 2011, between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, between  July
 1,  2012  and  June  30,  2013,  between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014,
 between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015, between July 1,  2015  and  June
 30,  2016,  [and]  between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017, [and] between
 July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018, AND BETWEEN JULY 1, 2018  AND  JUNE  30,
 2019  allocable  to  each  general  hospital  for physicians or dentists
 certified as eligible for purchase of  a  policy  for  excess  insurance
 coverage  or  equivalent  excess  coverage  by  such general hospital in
 accordance with subdivision 2 of this section, and may amend such deter-
 mination and certification as necessary. The superintendent of financial
 services shall determine and certify to each general hospital and to the
 commissioner of health the ratable share of such cost allocable  to  the
 period  July 1, 1987 to December 31, 1987, to the period January 1, 1988
 to June 30, 1988, to the period July 1, 1988 to December  31,  1988,  to
 the  period January 1, 1989 to June 30, 1989, to the period July 1, 1989
 to December 31, 1989, to the period January 1, 1990 to June 30, 1990, to

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 the period July 1, 1990 to December 31, 1990, to the period  January  1,
 1991  to June 30, 1991, to the period July 1, 1991 to December 31, 1991,
 to the period January 1, 1992 to June 30, 1992, to the  period  July  1,
 1992  to  December  31,  1992, to the period January 1, 1993 to June 30,
 1993, to the period July 1, 1993 to December 31,  1993,  to  the  period
 January 1, 1994 to June 30, 1994, to the period July 1, 1994 to December
 31,  1994, to the period January 1, 1995 to June 30, 1995, to the period
 July 1, 1995 to December 31, 1995, to the period January 1, 1996 to June
 30, 1996, to the period July 1, 1996 to December 31, 1996, to the period
 January 1, 1997 to June 30, 1997, to the period July 1, 1997 to December
 31, 1997, to the period January 1, 1998 to June 30, 1998, to the  period
 July 1, 1998 to December 31, 1998, to the period January 1, 1999 to June
 30, 1999, to the period July 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999, to the period
 January 1, 2000 to June 30, 2000, to the period July 1, 2000 to December
 31,  2000, to the period January 1, 2001 to June 30, 2001, to the period
 July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002, to the period July 1, 2002  to  June  30,
 2003, to the period July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004, to the period July 1,
 2004  to June 30, 2005, to the period July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006, to
 the period July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007, to the period  July  1,  2007
 and  June 30, 2008, to the period July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009, to the
 period July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010, to the period July  1,  2010  and
 June  30,  2011,  to  the  period July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, to the
 period July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013, to the period July  1,  2013  and
 June  30,  2014,  to  the  period July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015, to the
 period July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016, and between July 1, 2016 and June
 30, 2017, and to the period July 1, 2017 [and] TO June 30, 2018, AND  TO
 THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019.
   § 3. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of subdivision 8 of section
 18  of  chapter 266 of the laws of 1986, amending the civil practice law
 and rules and  other  laws  relating  to  malpractice  and  professional
 medical conduct, as amended by section 17 of part H of chapter 57 of the
 laws of 2017, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  To  the  extent  funds available to the hospital excess liability
 pool pursuant to subdivision 5 of this section as amended, and  pursuant
 to  section  6  of part J of chapter 63 of the laws of 2001, as may from
 time to time be amended, which amended this  subdivision,  are  insuffi-
 cient  to  meet  the  costs  of  excess insurance coverage or equivalent
 excess coverage for coverage periods during the period July 1,  1992  to
 June  30,  1993, during the period July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994, during
 the period July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1995, during the period July 1, 1995
 to June 30, 1996, during the period July  1,  1996  to  June  30,  1997,
 during  the period July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998, during the period July
 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999, during the period July 1,  1999  to  June  30,
 2000, during the period July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001, during the period
 July  1,  2001  to  October 29, 2001, during the period April 1, 2002 to
 June 30, 2002, during the period July 1, 2002 to June 30,  2003,  during
 the period July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004, during the period July 1, 2004
 to  June  30,  2005,  during  the  period July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006,
 during the period July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007, during the period  July
 1,  2007  to  June  30, 2008, during the period July 1, 2008 to June 30,
 2009, during the period July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, during the period
 July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, during the period July 1,  2011  to  June
 30,  2012,  during  the period July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, during the
 period July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, during the period July 1, 2014  to
 June  30,  2015,  during the period July 1, 2015 [and] TO June 30, 2016,
 during the period July 1, 2016 [and] TO June 30, 2017, [and] during  the

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 period  July  1, 2017 [and] TO June 30, 2018, AND DURING THE PERIOD JULY
 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019 allocated or  reallocated  in  accordance  with
 paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  4-a of this section to rates of payment
 applicable to state governmental agencies, each physician or dentist for
 whom  a policy for excess insurance coverage or equivalent excess cover-
 age is purchased for such period shall be responsible for payment to the
 provider of excess insurance coverage or equivalent excess  coverage  of
 an  allocable  share  of  such  insufficiency, based on the ratio of the
 total cost of such coverage for such physician to the sum of  the  total
 cost of such coverage for all physicians applied to such insufficiency.
   (b)  Each  provider  of excess insurance coverage or equivalent excess
 coverage covering the period July 1, 1992 to June 30, 1993, or  covering
 the period July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994, or covering the period July 1,
 1994  to  June 30, 1995, or covering the period July 1, 1995 to June 30,
 1996, or covering the period July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997, or  covering
 the period July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998, or covering the period July 1,
 1998  to  June 30, 1999, or covering the period July 1, 1999 to June 30,
 2000, or covering the period July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001, or  covering
 the  period  July  1,  2001  to October 29, 2001, or covering the period
 April 1, 2002 to June 30, 2002, or covering the period July 1,  2002  to
 June  30, 2003, or covering the period July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004, or
 covering the period July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006, or covering the period July 1, 2006 to
 June 30, 2007, or covering the period July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008,  or
 covering the period July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, or covering the period July 1, 2010 to
 June  30, 2011, or covering the period July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012, or
 covering the period July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, or covering the period July 1, 2014 to
 June 30, 2015, or covering the period July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016,  or
 covering the period July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, OR COVERING THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2018 TO
 JUNE  30,  2019  shall  notify  a  covered physician or dentist by mail,
 mailed to the address shown on the last application for excess insurance
 coverage or equivalent excess  coverage,  of  the  amount  due  to  such
 provider  from such physician or dentist for such coverage period deter-
 mined in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subdivision. Such  amount
 shall  be  due from such physician or dentist to such provider of excess
 insurance coverage or equivalent excess coverage in a  time  and  manner
 determined by the superintendent of financial services.
   (c)  If  a physician or dentist liable for payment of a portion of the
 costs of excess insurance coverage or equivalent excess coverage  cover-
 ing  the  period  July  1, 1992 to June 30, 1993, or covering the period
 July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994, or covering the period July  1,  1994  to
 June  30, 1995, or covering the period July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1996, or
 covering the period July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998, or covering the period July 1, 1998 to
 June 30, 1999, or covering the period July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000,  or
 covering the period July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001, or covering the peri-
 od  July  1,  2001  to October 29, 2001, or covering the period April 1,
 2002 to June 30, 2002, or covering the period July 1, 2002 to  June  30,
 2003,  or covering the period July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004, or covering
 the period July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005, or covering the period July 1,
 2005 to June 30, 2006, or covering the period July 1, 2006 to  June  30,
 2007,  or covering the period July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008, or covering
 the period July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, or covering the period July 1,

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 2009 to June 30, 2010, or covering the period July 1, 2010 to  June  30,
 2011,  or covering the period July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012, or covering
 the period July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, or covering the period July 1,
 2013  to  June 30, 2014, or covering the period July 1, 2014 to June 30,
 2015, or covering the period July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016, or  covering
 the period July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, or covering the period July 1,
 2017  to  June 30, 2018, OR COVERING THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30,
 2019 determined in accordance with paragraph  (a)  of  this  subdivision
 fails,  refuses  or  neglects  to make payment to the provider of excess
 insurance coverage or equivalent excess coverage in such time and manner
 as determined by the superintendent of financial  services  pursuant  to
 paragraph  (b)  of this subdivision, excess insurance coverage or equiv-
 alent excess coverage purchased for such physician or dentist in accord-
 ance with this section for such coverage period shall be  cancelled  and
 shall  be null and void as of the first day on or after the commencement
 of a policy period where the liability  for  payment  pursuant  to  this
 subdivision has not been met.
   (d)  Each  provider  of excess insurance coverage or equivalent excess
 coverage shall notify the superintendent of financial services  and  the
 commissioner  of  health or their designee of each physician and dentist
 eligible for purchase of a  policy  for  excess  insurance  coverage  or
 equivalent  excess coverage covering the period July 1, 1992 to June 30,
 1993, or covering the period July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994, or  covering
 the period July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1995, or covering the period July 1,
 1995  to  June 30, 1996, or covering the period July 1, 1996 to June 30,
 1997, or covering the period July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998, or  covering
 the period July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999, or covering the period July 1,
 1999  to  June 30, 2000, or covering the period July 1, 2000 to June 30,
 2001, or covering the period July 1, 2001 to October 29, 2001, or cover-
 ing the period April 1, 2002 to June 30, 2002, or  covering  the  period
 July  1,  2002  to June 30, 2003, or covering the period July 1, 2003 to
 June 30, 2004, or covering the period July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005,  or
 covering the period July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007, or covering the period July 1, 2007 to
 June  30, 2008, or covering the period July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, or
 covering the period July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, or covering the period July 1, 2011 to
 June 30, 2012, or covering the period July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013,  or
 covering the period July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015, or covering the period July 1, 2015 to
 June  30, 2016, or covering the period July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, or
 covering the period July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, OR COVERING THE PERI-
 OD JULY 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019 that has made payment to such  provider
 of excess insurance coverage or equivalent excess coverage in accordance
 with paragraph (b) of this subdivision and of each physician and dentist
 who has failed, refused or neglected to make such payment.
   (e)  A  provider  of  excess  insurance  coverage or equivalent excess
 coverage shall refund to the hospital excess liability pool  any  amount
 allocable to the period July 1, 1992 to June 30, 1993, and to the period
 July  1,  1993  to June 30, 1994, and to the period July 1, 1994 to June
 30, 1995, and to the period July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1996,  and  to  the
 period  July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997, and to the period July 1, 1997 to
 June 30, 1998, and to the period July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999,  and  to
 the period July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000, and to the period July 1, 2000
 to  June  30,  2001, and to the period July 1, 2001 to October 29, 2001,
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 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003, and to the period July 1,  2003  to  June  30,
 2004, and to the period July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005, and to the period
 July  1,  2005  to June 30, 2006, and to the period July 1, 2006 to June
 30,  2007,  and  to the period July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008, and to the
 period July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, and to the period July 1, 2009  to
 June  30,  2010, and to the period July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, and to
 the period July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012, and to the period July 1, 2012
 to June 30, 2013, and to the period July 1, 2013 to June 30,  2014,  and
 to  the  period July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015, and to the period July 1,
 2015 to June 30, 2016, to the period July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017,  and
 to  the  period July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, AND TO THE PERIOD JULY 1,
 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019 received from the hospital excess  liability  pool
 for  purchase of excess insurance coverage or equivalent excess coverage
 covering the period July 1, 1992 to June  30,  1993,  and  covering  the
 period  July  1,  1993 to June 30, 1994, and covering the period July 1,
 1994 to June 30, 1995, and covering the period July 1, 1995 to June  30,
 1996,  and covering the period July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997, and cover-
 ing the period July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998, and  covering  the  period
 July  1,  1998 to June 30, 1999, and covering the period July 1, 1999 to
 June 30, 2000, and covering the period July 1, 2000 to  June  30,  2001,
 and  covering  the period July 1, 2001 to October 29, 2001, and covering
 the period April 1, 2002 to June 30, 2002, and covering the period  July
 1,  2002  to June 30, 2003, and covering the period July 1, 2003 to June
 30, 2004, and covering the period July 1, 2004 to  June  30,  2005,  and
 covering  the  period  July  1,  2005 to June 30, 2006, and covering the
 period July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007, and covering the  period  July  1,
 2007  to June 30, 2008, and covering the period July 1, 2008 to June 30,
 2009, and covering the period July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, and  cover-
 ing  the  period  July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, and covering the period
 July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012, and covering the period July 1,  2012  to
 June  30,  2013,  and covering the period July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014,
 and covering the period July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015, and covering  the
 period  July  1,  2015 to June 30, 2016, and covering the period July 1,
 2016 to June 30, 2017, and covering the period July 1, 2017 to June  30,
 2018, AND COVERING THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019 for a physi-
 cian  or  dentist  where  such  excess  insurance coverage or equivalent
 excess coverage is cancelled in accordance with paragraph  (c)  of  this
 subdivision.
   § 4. Section 40 of chapter 266 of the laws of 1986, amending the civil
 practice  law  and  rules  and  other  laws  relating to malpractice and
 professional medical conduct, as amended by section  18  of  part  H  of
 chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   §  40.  The superintendent of financial services shall establish rates
 for policies providing coverage  for  physicians  and  surgeons  medical
 malpractice  for the periods commencing July 1, 1985 and ending June 30,
 [2018] 2019; provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision
 of law, the superintendent shall not establish or approve  any  increase
 in  rates  for  the  period  commencing July 1, 2009 and ending June 30,
 2010. The superintendent shall direct insurers to  establish  segregated
 accounts  for premiums, payments, reserves and investment income attrib-
 utable to such premium periods and shall require periodic reports by the
 insurers regarding claims and expenses attributable to such  periods  to
 monitor whether such accounts will be sufficient to meet incurred claims
 and  expenses. On or after July 1, 1989, the superintendent shall impose
 a surcharge on premiums  to  satisfy  a  projected  deficiency  that  is
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 for such periods; provided, however, that such  annual  surcharge  shall
 not  exceed  eight  percent of the established rate until July 1, [2018]
 2019, at which time and thereafter such surcharge shall not exceed twen-
 ty-five  percent  of  the  approved  adequate rate, and that such annual
 surcharges shall continue for such period of time as shall be sufficient
 to satisfy such deficiency. The superintendent  shall  not  impose  such
 surcharge  during the period commencing July 1, 2009 and ending June 30,
 2010. On and after July  1,  1989,  the  surcharge  prescribed  by  this
 section  shall  be  retained by insurers to the extent that they insured
 physicians and surgeons during the July 1, 1985 through June 30,  [2018]
 2019  policy  periods;  in  the  event  and to the extent physicians and
 surgeons were insured by another insurer during such periods, all  or  a
 pro  rata  share of the surcharge, as the case may be, shall be remitted
 to such other insurer in accordance with rules  and  regulations  to  be
 promulgated by the superintendent.  Surcharges collected from physicians
 and  surgeons  who  were not insured during such policy periods shall be
 apportioned among all insurers in proportion to the premium  written  by
 each  insurer  during such policy periods; if a physician or surgeon was
 insured by an insurer subject to rates established by the superintendent
 during such policy periods, and  at  any  time  thereafter  a  hospital,
 health  maintenance organization, employer or institution is responsible
 for responding in damages for liability arising out of such  physician's
 or  surgeon's  practice  of medicine, such responsible entity shall also
 remit to such prior insurer the equivalent amount  that  would  then  be
 collected  as  a  surcharge if the physician or surgeon had continued to
 remain insured by such prior insurer. In  the  event  any  insurer  that
 provided  coverage  during  such  policy  periods is in liquidation, the
 property/casualty insurance security fund shall receive the  portion  of
 surcharges to which the insurer in liquidation would have been entitled.
 The surcharges authorized herein shall be deemed to be income earned for
 the  purposes of section 2303 of the insurance law.  The superintendent,
 in establishing adequate rates and in determining  any  projected  defi-
 ciency  pursuant  to  the requirements of this section and the insurance
 law, shall give substantial weight, determined  in  his  discretion  and
 judgment,  to  the  prospective  anticipated  effect  of any regulations
 promulgated and laws enacted and the  public  benefit  of    stabilizing
 malpractice rates and minimizing rate level fluctuation during the peri-
 od  of  time  necessary for the development of more reliable statistical
 experience as to the efficacy of such  laws  and  regulations  affecting
 medical, dental or podiatric malpractice enacted or promulgated in 1985,
 1986,  by this act and at any other time.  Notwithstanding any provision
 of the insurance law, rates already established and to be established by
 the superintendent pursuant to this section are deemed adequate if  such
 rates  would be adequate when taken together with the maximum authorized
 annual surcharges to be imposed for a reasonable period of time  whether
 or  not  any  such  annual surcharge has been actually imposed as of the
 establishment of such rates.
   § 5.  Section 5 and subdivisions (a) and (e) of section 6 of part J of
 chapter 63 of the laws of 2001, amending chapter  266  of  the  laws  of
 1986,  amending the civil practice law and rules and other laws relating
 to malpractice and professional medical conduct, relating to the  effec-
 tiveness of certain provisions of such chapter, as amended by section 19
 of  part  H  of  chapter  57 of the laws of 2017, are amended to read as
 follows:
   § 5. The superintendent of financial services and the commissioner  of
 health shall determine, no later than June 15, 2002, June 15, 2003, June

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 15,  2004,  June  15, 2005, June 15, 2006, June 15, 2007, June 15, 2008,
 June 15, 2009, June 15, 2010, June 15, 2011, June  15,  2012,  June  15,
 2013,  June 15, 2014, June 15, 2015, June 15, 2016, June 15, 2017, [and]
 June  15,  2018,  AND JUNE 15, 2019 the amount of funds available in the
 hospital excess liability pool, created pursuant to section 18 of  chap-
 ter  266  of the laws of 1986, and whether such funds are sufficient for
 purposes of purchasing excess insurance coverage  for  eligible  partic-
 ipating  physicians  and dentists during the period July 1, 2001 to June
 30, 2002, or July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003, or July 1, 2003 to June  30,
 2004,  or  July  1,  2004  to June 30, 2005, or July 1, 2005 to June 30,
 2006, or July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007, or July  1,  2007  to  June  30,
 2008,  or  July  1,  2008  to June 30, 2009, or July 1, 2009 to June 30,
 2010, or July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, or July  1,  2011  to  June  30,
 2012,  or  July  1,  2012  to June 30, 2013, or July 1, 2013 to June 30,
 2014, or July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015, or July  1,  2015  to  June  30,
 2016, or July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, or [to] July 1, 2017 to June 30,
 2018, OR JULY 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019 as applicable.
   (a)  This section shall be effective only upon a determination, pursu-
 ant to section five of this act,  by  the  superintendent  of  financial
 services  and  the  commissioner  of health, and a certification of such
 determination to the state director of the  budget,  the  chair  of  the
 senate  committee  on finance and the chair of the assembly committee on
 ways and means, that the amount of funds in the hospital excess  liabil-
 ity  pool,  created pursuant to section 18 of chapter 266 of the laws of
 1986, is insufficient for purposes of purchasing excess insurance cover-
 age for eligible participating physicians and dentists during the period
 July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002, or July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003, or July
 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004, or July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005, or  July  1,
 2005 to June 30, 2006, or July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007, or July 1, 2007
 to  June  30, 2008, or July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, or July 1, 2009 to
 June 30, 2010, or July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, or July 1, 2011 to June
 30, 2012, or July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, or July 1, 2013 to June  30,
 2014,  or  July  1,  2014  to June 30, 2015, or July 1, 2015 to June 30,
 2016, or July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, or July  1,  2017  to  June  30,
 2018, OR JULY 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019 as applicable.
   (e)  The  commissioner  of  health  shall  transfer for deposit to the
 hospital excess liability pool created pursuant to section 18 of chapter
 266 of the laws of 1986 such amounts as directed by  the  superintendent
 of  financial  services  for  the purchase of excess liability insurance
 coverage for eligible participating  physicians  and  dentists  for  the
 policy  year  July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002, or July 1, 2002 to June 30,
 2003, or July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004, or July  1,  2004  to  June  30,
 2005,  or  July  1,  2005  to June 30, 2006, or July 1, 2006 to June 30,
 2007, as applicable, and the cost of administering the  hospital  excess
 liability pool for such applicable policy year,  pursuant to the program
 established  in  chapter  266  of the laws of 1986, as amended, no later
 than June 15, 2002, June 15, 2003, June 15, 2004, June  15,  2005,  June
 15,  2006,  June  15, 2007, June 15, 2008, June 15, 2009, June 15, 2010,
 June 15, 2011, June 15, 2012, June 15, 2013, June  15,  2014,  June  15,
 2015,  June  15,  2016, June 15, 2017, [and] June 15, 2018, AND JUNE 15,
 2019 as applicable.
   § 6. Section 20 of part H of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017,  amending
 the  New  York Health Care Reform Act of 1996 and other laws relating to
 extending certain provisions thereto, is amended to read as follows:
   § 20. Notwithstanding any law, rule or  regulation  to  the  contrary,
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 intendent of financial services and the commissioner of health, or their
 designee, purchased, with funds available in the hospital excess liabil-
 ity pool, a full or partial policy for  excess  coverage  or  equivalent
 excess  coverage  for  the coverage period ending the thirtieth of June,
 two thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN, shall be eligible to apply  for  such
 coverage  for the coverage period beginning the first of July, two thou-
 sand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN; provided, however, if  the  total  number  of
 physicians  or  dentists  for  whom  such  excess coverage or equivalent
 excess coverage was purchased for the policy year ending  the  thirtieth
 of  June,  two thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN exceeds the total number of
 physicians or dentists certified as eligible  for  the  coverage  period
 beginning the first of July, two thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN, then the
 general hospitals may certify additional eligible physicians or dentists
 in  a  number equal to such general hospital's proportional share of the
 total number of physicians or  dentists  for  whom  excess  coverage  or
 equivalent  excess  coverage  was  purchased with funds available in the
 hospital excess liability pool as of the thirtieth of June, two thousand
 [seventeen] EIGHTEEN, as applied to the difference between the number of
 eligible physicians or dentists for whom a policy for excess coverage or
 equivalent excess coverage was purchased for the coverage period  ending
 the  thirtieth of June, two thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN and the number
 of such eligible physicians or dentists  who  have  applied  for  excess
 coverage or equivalent excess coverage for the coverage period beginning
 the first of July, two thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART N
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 1 of part
 C  of  chapter  57  of  the  laws of 2006, establishing a cost of living
 adjustment for designated human services, is amended to read as follows:
   Subject to available appropriations, the commissioners of  the  office
 of  mental  health, office of mental retardation and developmental disa-
 bilities, office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, [department
 of health,] office of children and family services and the state  office
 for  the  aging  shall  establish  an  annual  cost of living adjustment
 (COLA), subject to the approval of the director of the budget, effective
 April first of each state fiscal year, provided, however, that in  state
 fiscal  year  2006-07,  the  cost of living adjustment will be effective
 October first, to project for the effects of  inflation,  for  rates  of
 payments,  contracts or any other form of reimbursement for the programs
 listed in paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)[,] AND  (v)  [and  (vi)]  of
 subdivision  four  of  this  section.  The  COLA shall be applied to the
 appropriate portion of reimbursable costs or contract amounts.
   § 2. Paragraph (iv) of subdivision 4 of section 1 of part C of chapter
 57 of the laws of 2006, establishing a cost  of  living  adjustment  for
 designated  human  services, is REPEALED and paragraphs (v) and (vi) are
 renumbered paragraphs (iv) and (v).
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART O
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 9 and 10 of section 2541 of the public  health
 law, as added by chapter 428 of the laws of 1992, are amended to read as
 follows:

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   9.  "Evaluation"  means  a  multidisciplinary  professional, objective
 [assessment] EXAMINATION conducted by appropriately qualified  personnel
 and conducted pursuant to section twenty-five hundred forty-four of this
 title to determine a child's eligibility under this title.
   10.  "Evaluator"  means  a [team of two or more professionals approved
 pursuant to section twenty-five hundred fifty-one of this title] PROVID-
 ER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT to conduct screenings and evaluations.
   § 2. Section 2541 of the public health law is amended by adding  three
 new subdivisions 12-a, 14-a and 15-a to read as follows:
   12-A.  "MULTIDISCIPLINARY"  MEANS THE INVOLVEMENT OF TWO OR MORE SEPA-
 RATE DISCIPLINES OR PROFESSIONS, WHICH MAY MEAN THE INVOLVEMENT  OF  ONE
 INDIVIDUAL WHO MEETS THE DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED PERSONNEL AS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION  FIFTEEN OF THIS SECTION AND WHO IS QUALIFIED, IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH STATE LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR OTHER  COMPARABLE  STANDARDS,  TO
 EVALUATE ALL FIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DOMAINS.
   14-A.  A  "PARTIAL  EVALUATION"  SHALL  MEAN AN EVALUATION IN A SINGLE
 DEVELOPMENTAL AREA FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY, AND MAY ALSO
 MEAN AN EXAMINATION OF THE CHILD TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR  A  MODIFICA-
 TION TO THE CHILD'S INDIVIDUALIZED FAMILY SERVICE PLAN.
   15-A. "SCREENING" MEANS THE PROCEDURES USED BY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL, AS
 DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION FIFTEEN OF THIS SECTION, TO DETERMINE WHETHER A
 CHILD IS SUSPECTED OF HAVING A DISABILITY AND IN NEED  OF  EARLY  INTER-
 VENTION SERVICES, AND SHALL INCLUDE, WHERE AVAILABLE AND APPROPRIATE FOR
 THE  CHILD,  THE  ADMINISTRATION OF A STANDARDIZED INSTRUMENT OR INSTRU-
 MENTS APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH  SUBDIVISION  THREE
 OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE.
   §  3.  Subdivision  3  of  section  2542  of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 231 of the laws  of  1993,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  [The] (A) UNLESS AN INFANT OR TODDLER HAS ALREADY BEEN REFERRED TO
 THE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM OR  THE  HEALTH  OFFICER  OF  THE  PUBLIC
 HEALTH DISTRICT IN WHICH THE INFANT OR TODDLER RESIDES, AS DESIGNATED BY
 THE MUNICIPALITY, THE following persons and entities, within two working
 days of identifying an infant or toddler suspected of having a disabili-
 ty or at risk of having a disability, shall refer such infant or toddler
 to  the early intervention official or the health officer [of the public
 health district in which the infant or toddler resides, as designated by
 the municipality], AS APPLICABLE, but in no event over the objection  of
 the parent made in accordance with procedures established by the depart-
 ment  for  use  by  such primary referral sources[, unless the child has
 already been referred]:   hospitals, child health  care  providers,  day
 care  programs,  local school districts, public health facilities, early
 childhood direction centers and such other  social  service  and  health
 care  agencies  and providers as the commissioner shall specify in regu-
 lation; provided, however, that the department  shall  establish  proce-
 dures,  including regulations if required, to ensure that primary refer-
 ral sources adequately inform the parent or  guardian  about  the  early
 intervention  program, including through brochures and written materials
 created or approved by the department.
   (B) THE PRIMARY REFERRAL SOURCES IDENTIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (A)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION  SHALL,  WITH PARENTAL CONSENT, COMPLETE AND TRANSMIT AT THE
 TIME OF REFERRAL, A REFERRAL FORM  DEVELOPED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  WHICH
 CONTAINS   INFORMATION  SUFFICIENT  TO  DOCUMENT  THE  PRIMARY  REFERRAL
 SOURCE'S CONCERN OR BASIS FOR SUSPECTING THE CHILD HAS A  DISABILITY  OR
 IS  AT  RISK OF HAVING A DISABILITY, AND WHERE APPLICABLE, SPECIFIES THE
 CHILD'S DIAGNOSED CONDITION THAT ESTABLISHES THE CHILD'S ELIGIBILITY FOR

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 THE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM. THE PRIMARY REFERRAL SOURCE SHALL INFORM
 THE PARENT OF A CHILD WITH A DIAGNOSED CONDITION THAT HAS A HIGH  PROBA-
 BILITY OF RESULTING IN DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY, THAT (I) ELIGIBILITY FOR THE
 PROGRAM  MAY  BE ESTABLISHED BY MEDICAL OR OTHER RECORDS AND (II) OF THE
 IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING CONSENT FOR THE PRIMARY REFERRAL SOURCE TO TRAN-
 SMIT RECORDS OR REPORTS NECESSARY TO  SUPPORT  THE  DIAGNOSIS,  OR,  FOR
 PARENTS  OR GUARDIANS OF CHILDREN WHO DO NOT HAVE A DIAGNOSED CONDITION,
 RECORDS OR REPORTS THAT WOULD ASSIST IN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR  THE
 PROGRAM.
   § 4. Section 2544 of the public health law, as added by chapter 428 of
 the  laws  of 1992, paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 as added by section 1
 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012 and subdivision 11 as  added
 by section 3 of part B3 of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, is amended to
 read as follows:
   §  2544.  Screening  and  evaluations.  1. Each child thought to be an
 eligible child  is  entitled  to  [a  multidisciplinary]  AN  evaluation
 CONDUCTED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH THIS SECTION, and the early intervention
 official shall ensure such evaluation, with parental consent.
   2. (a) [The] SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE, THE  parent  may
 select an evaluator from the list of approved evaluators as described in
 section  twenty-five  hundred  forty-two  of  this  title to conduct the
 APPLICABLE SCREENING AND/OR evaluation IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS  SECTION.
 The  parent or evaluator shall immediately notify the early intervention
 official of such selection. THE EVALUATOR SHALL REVIEW  THE  INFORMATION
 AND  DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED WITH THE REFERRAL TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRI-
 ATE SCREENING OR EVALUATION PROCESS TO FOLLOW IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THIS
 SECTION.  The  evaluator may begin the SCREENING OR evaluation no sooner
 than  four  working  days  after  such  notification,  unless  otherwise
 approved by the initial service coordinator.
   (b)  [the  evaluator  shall  designate  an individual as the principal
 contact for the multidisciplinary  team]  INITIAL  SERVICE  COORDINATORS
 SHALL INFORM THE PARENT OF THE APPLICABLE SCREENING OR EVALUATION PROCE-
 DURES  THAT  MAY  BE PERFORMED. FOR A CHILD REFERRED TO THE EARLY INTER-
 VENTION OFFICIAL WHO HAS A DIAGNOSED PHYSICAL OR MENTAL  CONDITION  THAT
 HAS  A HIGH PROBABILITY OF RESULTING IN DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY, THE INITIAL
 SERVICE COORDINATOR SHALL INFORM THE PARENT THAT THE EVALUATION  OF  THE
 CHILD  SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN
 SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION.
   (c) If, in consultation with the evaluator,  the  service  coordinator
 identifies a child that is potentially eligible for programs or services
 offered  by or under the auspices of the office for people with develop-
 mental disabilities, the service coordinator shall, with parent consent,
 notify the office for people with developmental  disabilities'  regional
 developmental  disabilities services office of the potential eligibility
 of such child for said programs or services.
   3. [(a) To determine eligibility, an evaluator  shall,  with  parental
 consent, either (i) screen a child to determine what type of evaluation,
 if any, is warranted, or (ii) provide a multidisciplinary evaluation. In
 making the determination whether to provide an evaluation, the evaluator
 may  rely on a recommendation from a physician or other qualified person
 as designated by the commissioner.
   (b)] SCREENINGS  FOR  CHILDREN  REFERRED  TO  THE  EARLY  INTERVENTION
 PROGRAM  TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY ARE SUSPECTED OF HAVING A DISABILITY.
 (A) FOR A CHILD REFERRED TO THE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM,  THE  EVALU-
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 CONSENT, TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE CHILD IS SUSPECTED OF HAVING  A  DISA-
 BILITY.
   (B)  THE  EVALUATOR SHALL UTILIZE A STANDARDIZED INSTRUMENT OR INSTRU-
 MENTS APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT THE SCREENING. IF THE EVALU-
 ATOR DOES NOT UTILIZE A STANDARDIZED INSTRUMENT OR INSTRUMENTS  APPROVED
 BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  FOR  THE SCREENING, THE EVALUATOR SHALL DOCUMENT IN
 WRITING WHY SUCH STANDARDIZED INSTRUMENT OR INSTRUMENTS ARE  UNAVAILABLE
 OR INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE CHILD.
   (C)  THE  EVALUATOR  SHALL EXPLAIN THE RESULTS OF THE SCREENING TO THE
 PARENT AND SHALL FULLY DOCUMENT THE RESULTS IN WRITING.
   (D) If, based upon the screening, a child is [believed to be eligible,
 or if otherwise elected by the parent] SUSPECTED OF HAVING A DISABILITY,
 the child shall, with  [the  consent  of  a  parent]  PARENTAL  CONSENT,
 receive  [a  multidisciplinary  evaluation.  All  evaluations  shall  be
 conducted in accordance with] AN EVALUATION TO BE CONDUCTED  IN  ACCORD-
 ANCE  WITH THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION,
 the coordinated standards and procedures, and [with] regulations promul-
 gated by the commissioner.
   (E) IF, BASED UPON THE SCREENING, A CHILD IS NOT SUSPECTED OF HAVING A
 DISABILITY, AN EVALUATION SHALL NOT BE PROVIDED, UNLESS REQUESTED BY THE
 PARENT. THE EARLY INTERVENTION OFFICIAL SHALL PROVIDE  THE  PARENT  WITH
 WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE SCREENING RESULTS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION
 ON THE PARENT'S RIGHT TO REQUEST AN EVALUATION.
   (F)  A SCREENING SHALL NOT BE PROVIDED TO CHILDREN WHO ARE REFERRED TO
 THE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM WHO HAVE A DIAGNOSED PHYSICAL  OR  MENTAL
 CONDITION  WITH  A  HIGH PROBABILITY OF RESULTING IN DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY
 THAT ESTABLISHES ELIGIBILITY FOR THE PROGRAM OR FOR  CHILDREN  WHO  HAVE
 PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED AN EVALUATION UNDER THE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM.
   4. The evaluation of [each] A child shall:
   (a)  INCLUDE THE ADMINISTRATION OF AN EVALUATION INSTRUMENT OR INSTRU-
 MENTS APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT. IF THE EVALUATOR DOES NOT  UTILIZE  AN
 INSTRUMENT  OR  INSTRUMENTS  APPROVED  BY  THE DEPARTMENT AS PART OF THE
 EVALUATION OF THE CHILD, THE EVALUATOR SHALL  DOCUMENT  IN  WRITING  WHY
 SUCH  INSTRUMENT OR INSTRUMENTS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE OR AVAILABLE FOR THE
 CHILD;
   (B) be conducted by personnel trained to utilize  appropriate  methods
 and procedures;
   [(b)] (C) be based on informed clinical opinion;
   [(c)]  (D)  be  made without regard to the availability of services in
 the municipality or who might provide such services; [and
   (d)] (E) with parental consent, include the following:
   (i) a review of pertinent  records  related  to  the  child's  current
 health status and medical history; AND
   (ii)  an evaluation of the child's level of functioning in each of the
 developmental areas set forth in paragraph (c) of subdivision  seven  of
 section  twenty-five  hundred  forty-one  of  this title[;] TO DETERMINE
 WHETHER THE CHILD HAS A DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN THIS TITLE THAT  ESTAB-
 LISHES THE CHILD'S ELIGIBILITY FOR THE PROGRAM; AND
   (F)  IF  THE CHILD HAS BEEN DETERMINED ELIGIBLE BY THE EVALUATOR AFTER
 CONDUCTING THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPHS  (A)  THROUGH  (E)  OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, THE EVALUATION SHALL ALSO INCLUDE:
   [(iii)]  (I)  an assessment [of the unique needs of the child in terms
 of] FOR THE PURPOSES OF IDENTIFYING THE  CHILD'S  UNIQUE  STRENGTHS  AND
 NEEDS  IN each of the developmental areas [set forth in paragraph (c) of
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 title,  including  the  identification  of]  AND  THE EARLY INTERVENTION
 services appropriate to meet those needs;
   [(iv)] (II) A FAMILY-DIRECTED ASSESSMENT, IF CONSENTED TO BY THE FAMI-
 LY,  IN  ORDER  TO  IDENTIFY  THE  FAMILY'S  RESOURCES,  PRIORITIES, AND
 CONCERNS AND THE SUPPORTS NECESSARY TO ENHANCE THE FAMILY'S CAPACITY  TO
 MEET  THE  DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS OF THE CHILD. THE FAMILY ASSESSMENT SHALL
 BE VOLUNTARY ON THE PART OF EACH  FAMILY  MEMBER  PARTICIPATING  IN  THE
 ASSESSMENT;
   (III)  an  [evaluation]  ASSESSMENT of the transportation needs of the
 child, if any; and
   [(v)] (IV) such other matters as the  commissioner  may  prescribe  in
 regulation.
   5. EVALUATIONS FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE REFERRED TO THE EARLY INTERVENTION
 OFFICIAL  WITH  DIAGNOSED PHYSICAL OR MENTAL CONDITIONS THAT HAVE A HIGH
 PROBABILITY OF RESULTING IN DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY. (A) IF A  CHILD  HAS  A
 DIAGNOSED  PHYSICAL  OR  MENTAL CONDITION THAT HAS A HIGH PROBABILITY OF
 RESULTING IN DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY, THE CHILD'S MEDICAL OR  OTHER  RECORDS
 SHALL  BE USED, WHEN AVAILABLE, TO ESTABLISH THE CHILD'S ELIGIBILITY FOR
 THE PROGRAM.
   (B) THE EVALUATOR SHALL, UPON REVIEW OF THE REFERRAL FORM PROVIDED  IN
 ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO OF THIS TITLE OR
 ANY MEDICAL OR OTHER RECORDS, OR AT THE TIME OF INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE
 CHILD'S FAMILY, DETERMINE WHETHER THE CHILD HAS  A  DIAGNOSED  CONDITION
 THAT  ESTABLISHES THE CHILD'S ELIGIBILITY FOR THE PROGRAM. IF THE EVALU-
 ATOR HAS REASON TO BELIEVE, AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE CHILD'S FAMILY, THAT
 THE CHILD MAY HAVE A DIAGNOSED CONDITION THAT  ESTABLISHES  THE  CHILD'S
 ELIGIBILITY  BUT  THE  EVALUATOR  HAS  NOT BEEN PROVIDED WITH MEDICAL OR
 OTHER  DOCUMENTATION  OF  SUCH  DIAGNOSIS,  THE  EVALUATOR  SHALL,  WITH
 PARENTAL  CONSENT,  OBTAIN  SUCH DOCUMENTATION, WHEN AVAILABLE, PRIOR TO
 PROCEEDING WITH THE EVALUATION OF THE CHILD.
   (C) THE EVALUATOR SHALL REVIEW ALL RECORDS RECEIVED TO  DOCUMENT  THAT
 THE  CHILD'S  DIAGNOSIS  AS  SET  FORTH  IN SUCH RECORDS ESTABLISHES THE
 CHILD'S ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM.
   (D) NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, IF  THE  CHILD'S
 ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED IN ACCORD-
 ANCE  WITH  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE  EVALUATION  OF  THE CHILD SHALL (I)
 CONSIST OF A REVIEW OF THE RESULTS OF THE MEDICAL OR OTHER RECORDS  THAT
 ESTABLISHED THE CHILD'S ELIGIBILITY, AND ANY OTHER PERTINENT EVALUATIONS
 OR  RECORDS  AVAILABLE  AND (II) COMPLY WITH THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN
 PARAGRAPH (F) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION. THE EVALUATION PROCE-
 DURES SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPHS (A) THROUGH (E)  OF  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF
 THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED OR CONDUCTED.
   6. An evaluation shall not include a reference to any specific provid-
 er of early intervention services.
   [6.]  7.  Nothing  in  this  section  shall restrict an evaluator from
 utilizing, in addition to findings from his or her personal examination,
 other examinations, evaluations or assessments conducted for such child,
 including those conducted prior to the evaluation under this section, if
 such examinations, evaluations or assessments are  consistent  with  the
 coordinated standards and procedures.
   [7.]  8.  Following  completion of the evaluation, the evaluator shall
 provide the parent and service coordinator with a copy of a  summary  of
 the  full  evaluation.  To  the extent practicable, the summary shall be
 provided in the native language of  the  parent.  Upon  request  of  the
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 ator shall provide a copy of the full evaluation to such  parent,  early
 intervention official or service coordinator.
   [8.]  9.  A parent who disagrees with the results of an evaluation may
 obtain an additional evaluation or partial evaluation at public  expense
 to the extent authorized by federal law or regulation.
   [9.] 10. Upon receipt of the results of an evaluation, a service coor-
 dinator may, with parental consent, require additional diagnostic infor-
 mation  regarding  the  condition  of the child, provided, however, that
 such evaluation or assessment is not unnecessarily duplicative or  inva-
 sive to the child, and provided further, that:
   (a) where the evaluation has established the child's eligibility, such
 additional  diagnostic information shall be used solely to provide addi-
 tional information to the parent and service coordinator  regarding  the
 child's  need  for services and cannot be a basis for refuting eligibil-
 ity;
   (b) the service coordinator provides the parent with a written  expla-
 nation of the basis for requiring additional diagnostic information;
   (c)  the  additional  diagnostic  procedures  are at no expense to the
 parent; and
   (d) the evaluation is completed and a meeting to develop  an  IFSP  is
 held  within  the  time prescribed in subdivision one of section twenty-
 five hundred forty-five of this title.
   [10.] 11. (a) If the screening indicates that the infant or toddler is
 not an eligible child and the parent elects not to have  an  evaluation,
 or  if  the  evaluation  indicates  that the infant or toddler is not an
 eligible child, the service coordinator shall inform the parent of other
 programs or services that may benefit such child, and the child's family
 and, with parental  consent,  refer  such  child  to  such  programs  or
 services.
   (b)  A  parent  may  appeal a determination that a child is ineligible
 pursuant to the provisions of section twenty-five hundred forty-nine  of
 this  title,  provided,  however,  that  a  parent may not initiate such
 appeal until all evaluations are completed.   IN ADDITION, FOR  A  CHILD
 REFERRED TO THE EARLY INTERVENTION OFFICIAL WHO HAS A DIAGNOSED PHYSICAL
 OR  MENTAL  CONDITION  THAT  ESTABLISHES THE CHILD'S ELIGIBILITY FOR THE
 PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION, THE  PARENT
 MAY  APPEAL  THE  DENIAL  OF A REQUEST TO HAVE THE EVALUATOR CONDUCT THE
 EVALUATION PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPHS (A) THROUGH (E) OF  SUBDI-
 VISION  FOUR OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PARENT MAY NOT
 INITIATE THE APPEAL UNTIL THE EVALUATION CONDUCTED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH
 SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION IS COMPLETED.
   [11.]  12. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 where a request has been made to review an IFSP prior to  the  six-month
 interval  provided  in  subdivision seven of section twenty-five hundred
 forty-five of this title for purposes of increasing frequency  or  dura-
 tion  of  an approved service, including service coordination, the early
 intervention official may require an additional  evaluation  or  partial
 evaluation  at  public  expense  by an approved evaluator other than the
 current provider of service, with parent consent.
   § 5. Section 3235-a of the insurance law, as added  by  section  3  of
 part  C  of  chapter 1 of the laws of 2002, subsection (c) as amended by
 section 17 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   §  3235-a.  Payment  for early intervention services. (a) No policy of
 accident and health insurance, including contracts  issued  pursuant  to
 article  forty-three  of this chapter, shall exclude coverage for other-

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 wise covered services solely on the basis that the  services  constitute
 early  intervention  program services under title two-A of article twen-
 ty-five of the  public  health  law;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THE  INSURER,
 INCLUDING  A  HEALTH  MAINTENANCE  ORGANIZATION  ISSUED A CERTIFICATE OF
 AUTHORITY UNDER ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND A CORPO-
 RATION ORGANIZED UNDER ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL PAY FOR
 SUCH SERVICES TO THE EXTENT THAT THE  SERVICES  ARE  A  COVERED  BENEFIT
 UNDER THE POLICY.
   (b)  Where  a  policy  of  accident  and health insurance, including a
 contract  issued  pursuant  to  article  forty-three  of  this  chapter,
 provides coverage for an early intervention program service, such cover-
 age shall not be applied against any maximum annual or lifetime monetary
 limits set forth in such policy or contract.  ANY DOCUMENTATION OBTAINED
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF
 SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE OF  THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW  AND
 SUBMITTED  TO  THE  INSURER  SHALL  BE  CONSIDERED AS PART OF PRECERTIF-
 ICATION, PREAUTHORIZATION AND/OR MEDICAL NECESSITY REVIEW IMPOSED  UNDER
 SUCH  POLICY  OF  ACCIDENT  AND  HEALTH  INSURANCE, INCLUDING A CONTRACT
 ISSUED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OF THIS  CHAPTER.  Visit  limita-
 tions  and  other  terms  and  conditions of the policy will continue to
 apply to early intervention services. However, any visits used for early
 intervention program services shall not  reduce  the  number  of  visits
 otherwise available under the policy or contract for such services.
   (c)  Any  right  of  subrogation  to  benefits which a municipality or
 provider is entitled in accordance with  paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision
 three of section twenty-five hundred fifty-nine of the public health law
 shall  be  valid  and  enforceable  to the extent benefits are available
 under any accident and health insurance policy. The right of subrogation
 does not attach to insurance benefits paid or provided under  any  acci-
 dent  and  health  insurance  policy  prior to receipt by the insurer of
 written notice from the municipality or provider, as  applicable.    The
 insurer  shall  provide  [the] SUCH municipality and service coordinator
 with information on the extent of  benefits  available  to  the  covered
 person under such policy within fifteen days of the insurer's receipt of
 written request and notice authorizing such release. The service coordi-
 nator  shall provide such information to the rendering provider assigned
 to provide services to the child.
   (d) No insurer, including a health maintenance organization  issued  a
 certificate  of  authority under article forty-four of the public health
 law and a corporation organized under article forty-three of this  chap-
 ter,  shall  refuse  to issue an accident and health insurance policy or
 contract or refuse to renew an accident and health insurance  policy  or
 contract  solely  because the applicant or insured is receiving services
 under the early intervention program.
   § 6. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of  section  2559  of  the  public
 health law, as amended by section 11 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  Providers of evaluations and early intervention services, herein-
 after collectively referred to in  this  subdivision  as  "provider"  or
 "providers",  shall  in  the  first  instance and where applicable, seek
 payment from all third  party  payors  including  governmental  agencies
 prior  to  claiming  payment  from  a given municipality for evaluations
 conducted under the program and for services rendered to eligible  chil-
 dren, provided that, the obligation to seek payment shall not apply to a
 payment  from  a  third  party payor who is not prohibited from applying
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 limit specified in the insured's policy.  IF SUCH A CLAIM IS DENIED BY A
 THIRD  PARTY PAYOR, THE PROVIDER SHALL REQUEST AN APPEAL OF SUCH DENIAL,
 IN A MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE DEPARTMENT,  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  ARTICLE
 FORTY-NINE  OF THIS CHAPTER AND ARTICLE FORTY-NINE OF THE INSURANCE LAW,
 AND SHALL RECEIVE A DETERMINATION OF SUCH APPEAL PRIOR TO  SUBMITTING  A
 CLAIM  FOR  PAYMENT  FROM  ANOTHER THIRD PARTY PAYOR OR FROM THE MUNICI-
 PALITY. A PROVIDER SHALL NOT DELAY OR DISCONTINUE SERVICES  TO  ELIGIBLE
 CHILDREN  PENDING PAYMENT OF THE CLAIM OR PENDING A DETERMINATION OF ANY
 DENIAL FOR PAYMENT THAT HAS BEEN APPEALED.
   (i) [Parents] IN A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE  DEPARTMENT,  PARENTS  shall
 provide  the municipality [and], service coordinator AND PROVIDER infor-
 mation on any insurance policy, plan or contract under which an eligible
 child has coverage.
   (ii) [Parents] IN A TIMELINE AND FORMAT AS PRESCRIBED BY  THE  DEPART-
 MENT,  THE  MUNICIPALITY  SHALL  REQUEST FROM THE PARENT, AND THE PARENT
 shall provide the municipality [and the service coordinator], WHO  SHALL
 PROVIDE  SUCH  DOCUMENTATION  TO  THE  SERVICE COORDINATOR AND PROVIDER,
 with: (A) a written ORDER, referral [from a  primary  care  provider  as
 documentation, for eligible children, of] OR RECOMMENDATION, SIGNED BY A
 PHYSICIAN,  PHYSICIAN  ASSISTANT  OR NURSE PRACTITIONER, FOR THE MEDICAL
 NECESSITY OF EARLY INTERVENTION EVALUATION SERVICES TO DETERMINE PROGRAM
 ELIGIBILITY FOR EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES;
   (B) A COPY OF AN INDIVIDUALIZED FAMILY SERVICE PLAN AGREED UPON PURSU-
 ANT TO  SECTION  TWENTY-FIVE  HUNDRED  FORTY-FIVE  OF  THIS  TITLE  THAT
 CONTAINS  DOCUMENTATION,  SIGNED  BY A PHYSICIAN, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT OR
 NURSE PRACTITIONER  ON  the  medical  necessity  of  early  intervention
 services INCLUDED IN THE INDIVIDUALIZED FAMILY SERVICE PLAN;
   (C)  WRITTEN  CONSENT  TO  CONTACT  THE  CHILD'S  PHYSICIAN, PHYSICIAN
 ASSISTANT OR NURSE PRACTITIONER FOR PURPOSES OF OBTAINING A SIGNED WRIT-
 TEN ORDER, REFERRAL, OR RECOMMENDATION AS DOCUMENTATION FOR THE  MEDICAL
 NECESSITY OF EARLY INTERVENTION EVALUATION SERVICES TO DETERMINE PROGRAM
 ELIGIBILITY FOR EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES; OR
   (D)  WRITTEN  CONSENT  TO  CONTACT  THE  CHILD'S  PHYSICIAN, PHYSICIAN
 ASSISTANT  OR  NURSE  PRACTITIONER  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  OBTAINING  SIGNED
 DOCUMENTATION  OF  THE  MEDICAL NECESSITY OF EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES
 CONTAINED WITHIN THE INDIVIDUALIZED  FAMILY  SERVICE  PLAN  AGREED  UPON
 PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE OF THIS TITLE.
   (iii)  [providers]  PROVIDERS  shall  utilize  the department's fiscal
 agent and data system for claiming payment AND FOR REQUESTING APPEALS OF
 CLAIMS DENIED BY  THIRD  PARTY  PAYORS,  for  evaluations  and  services
 rendered under the early intervention program.
   §  7.  Paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision 3 of section 2559 of the public
 health law, as amended by section 11 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (d) A municipality, or its designee, and a provider shall be subrogat-
 ed, to the extent of the expenditures by such municipality or for  early
 intervention  services  furnished to persons eligible for benefits under
 this title, to any rights such person may have or be  entitled  to  from
 third  party  reimbursement. The provider SHALL SUBMIT ANY DOCUMENTATION
 OBTAINED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION AND shall submit notice to the insurer or plan administrator of his
 or her exercise of such right of subrogation upon the provider's assign-
 ment as the early intervention service provider for the child. The right
 of subrogation does not attach to benefits paid or  provided  under  any
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 written notice of the exercise of subrogation rights by the  insurer  or
 plan administrator providing such benefits.
   §  8.  Subdivision  7  of  section  4900  of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 558 of the laws  of  1999,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   7. "Health care provider" means a health care professional or a facil-
 ity  licensed  pursuant to articles twenty-eight, thirty-six, forty-four
 or forty-seven of this chapter [or], a  facility  licensed  pursuant  to
 article  nineteen,  twenty-three, thirty-one or thirty-two of the mental
 hygiene law, QUALIFIED PERSONNEL PURSUANT  TO  TITLE  TWO-A  OF  ARTICLE
 TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER OR AN AGENCY AS DEFINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH  IN  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  PURSUANT TO TITLE TWO-A OF ARTICLE
 TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 9. Subdivision 1 of section 4904 of the public health law, as  added
 by chapter 705 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   1. An enrollee, the enrollee's designee and, in connection with retro-
 spective  adverse  determinations OR ADVERSE DETERMINATIONS FOR SERVICES
 RENDERED IN ACCORDANCE TITLE TWO-A OF ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS  CHAP-
 TER,  an enrollee's health care provider, may appeal an adverse determi-
 nation rendered by a utilization review agent.
   § 10. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section  4910  of  the
 public  health  law,  as  amended by chapter 237 of the laws of 2009, is
 amended to read as follows:
   An enrollee, the enrollee's designee and, in connection  with  concur-
 rent  and retrospective adverse determinations OR ADVERSE DETERMINATIONS
 FOR SERVICES RENDERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE TWO-A OF ARTICLE  TWENTY-
 FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, an enrollee's health care provider, shall have the
 right to request an external appeal when:
   §  11.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 4 of section 4914 of the public
 health law, as amended by chapter 237 of the laws of 2009, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this  subdivision,
 payment  for  an  external  appeal,  INCLUDING  AN  APPEAL  FOR SERVICES
 RENDERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE TWO-A OF ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER, shall be the responsibility of the health care plan. The health
 care  plan shall make payment to the external appeal agent within forty-
 five days from the date the appeal  determination  is  received  by  the
 health  care  plan,  and  the health care plan shall be obligated to pay
 such amount together with interest thereon calculated at a rate which is
 the greater of the rate set by the commissioner of taxation and  finance
 for  corporate  taxes  pursuant  to  paragraph  one of subsection (e) of
 section one thousand ninety-six of the tax law  or  twelve  percent  per
 annum, to be computed from the date the bill was required to be paid, in
 the event that payment is not made within such forty-five days.
   §  12. Subsection (g) of section 4900 of the insurance law, as amended
 by chapter 558 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
   (g) "Health care provider" means  a  health  care  professional  or  a
 facility  licensed  pursuant to article twenty-eight, thirty-six, forty-
 four or forty-seven of the public health law [or], a  facility  licensed
 pursuant  to article nineteen, twenty-three, thirty-one or thirty-two of
 the mental hygiene law, QUALIFIED PERSONNEL PURSUANT TO TITLE  TWO-A  OF
 ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, OR AN AGENCY AS DEFINED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH IN REGULATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO TITLE
 TWO-A OF ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   § 13. Subsection (a) of section 4904 of the insurance law, as added by
 chapter 705 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:

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   (a) An insured, the insured's designee and, in connection with  retro-
 spective  adverse  determinations OR ADVERSE DETERMINATIONS FOR SERVICES
 RENDERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE TWO-A OF ARTICLE  TWENTY-FIVE  OF  THE
 PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW,  an  insured's  health care provider, may appeal an
 adverse determination rendered by a utilization review agent.
   §  14.  The opening paragraph of subsection (b) of section 4910 of the
 insurance law, as amended by chapter 237 of the laws of 2009, is amended
 to read as follows:
   An insured, the insured's designee and, in connection with  concurrent
 and  retrospective  adverse determinations OR ADVERSE DETERMINATIONS FOR
 SERVICES RENDERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE TWO-A OF ARTICLE  TWENTY-FIVE
 OF  THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, an insured's health care provider, shall have
 the right to request an external appeal when:
   § 15. Paragraph 1 of subsection (d) of section 4914 of  the  insurance
 law,  as  amended by chapter 237 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (1) Except as provided in paragraphs two and three of this subsection,
 payment for  an  external  appeal,  INCLUDING  AN  APPEAL  FOR  SERVICES
 RENDERED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH TITLE TWO-A OF ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE OF THE
 PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, shall be the responsibility of the health care  plan.
 The  health  care  plan  shall make payment to the external appeal agent
 within forty-five days,  from  the  date  the  appeal  determination  is
 received  by  the  health  care  plan, and the health care plan shall be
 obligated to pay such amount together with interest  thereon  calculated
 at  a  rate  which is the greater of the rate set by the commissioner of
 taxation and finance for corporate taxes pursuant to  paragraph  one  of
 subsection  (e)  of  section  one  thousand ninety-six of the tax law or
 twelve percent per annum, to be computed from  the  date  the  bill  was
 required  to  be paid, in the event that payment is not made within such
 forty-five days.
   § 16. Paragraph 1 of subsection (c) of section 109  of  the  insurance
 law,  as  amended  by  section 55 of part A of chapter 62 of the laws of
 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (1) If the superintendent finds after  notice  and  hearing  that  any
 [authorized]  insurer,  representative of the insurer, [licensed] insur-
 ance agent, [licensed] insurance broker,  [licensed]  adjuster,  or  any
 other  person  or entity [licensed, certified, registered, or authorized
 pursuant] SUBJECT to this chapter, has wilfully violated the  provisions
 of  this  chapter  or  any  regulation  promulgated thereunder, then the
 superintendent may order the person or entity to pay to  the  people  of
 this  state  a  penalty  in  a sum not exceeding THE GREATER OF: (I) one
 thousand dollars for each offense; OR (II) WHERE THE  VIOLATION  RELATES
 TO  EITHER THE FAILURE TO PAY A CLAIM OR MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT TO THE
 SUPERINTENDENT OR THE  DEPARTMENT,  THE  GREATER  OF  (A)  TEN  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS  FOR  EACH OFFENSE, OR (B) A MULTIPLE OF TWO TIMES THE AGGREGATE
 DAMAGES ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE VIOLATION, OR (C) A MULTIPLE  OF  TWO  TIMES
 THE AGGREGATE ECONOMIC GAIN ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE VIOLATION.
   § 17. Upon enactment of the amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision
 3  of  section 2559 of the public health law made by section six of this
 act, providers of  early  intervention  services  shall  receive  a  two
 percent  increase  in  rates  of  reimbursement  for  early intervention
 services provided that for payments made for early intervention services
 to persons eligible for medical assistance pursuant to title  eleven  of
 article  five of the social services law, the two percent increase shall
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   § 18. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  be  deemed  to
 have  been  in full force and effect on or after April 1, 2018; provided
 that the amendments to section 3235-a  of  the  insurance  law  made  by
 section  five  of  this  act  shall apply only to policies and contracts
 issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended on or after such date.
 
                                  PART P

   Section  1.  The opening paragraph of paragraph (b) of subdivision 5-a
 of section 2807-m of the public health law, as amended by section  6  of
 part H of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   Nine  million  one  hundred  twenty  thousand dollars annually for the
 period January first, two thousand nine through  December  thirty-first,
 two  thousand  ten,  and two million two hundred eighty thousand dollars
 for the period January first, two thousand eleven, through  March  thir-
 ty-first,  two thousand eleven, nine million one hundred twenty thousand
 dollars each state fiscal year for the period April first, two  thousand
 eleven  through  March  thirty-first, two thousand fourteen, up to eight
 million six hundred twelve thousand dollars each state fiscal  year  for
 the  period  April  first,  two  thousand fourteen through March thirty-
 first, two thousand seventeen, and  up  to  eight  million  six  hundred
 twelve  thousand  dollars  each  state  fiscal year for the period April
 first, two thousand seventeen through March thirty-first,  two  thousand
 [twenty]  EIGHTEEN,  shall be set aside and reserved by the commissioner
 from the regional pools established pursuant to subdivision two of  this
 section  to  be  allocated  regionally  with two-thirds of the available
 funding going to New York city and one-third of  the  available  funding
 going  to  the rest of the state and shall be available for distribution
 as follows:
   § 2. Subparagraph (xiii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of  section
 2807-s  of  the  public health law, as amended by section 4 of part H of
 chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (xiii) twenty-three million eight hundred thirty-six thousand  dollars
 each  state  fiscal year for the period April first, two thousand twelve
 through March thirty-first, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, AND  FIFTEEN  MILLION
 TWO  HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH STATE FISCAL YEAR FOR
 THE PERIOD APRIL FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN  THROUGH  MARCH  THIRTY-
 FIRST, two thousand twenty;
   §  3.  Subdivision  9  of  section  2803  of  the public health law is
 REPEALED.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 the  amendments to subparagraph (xiii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 7
 of section 2807-s of the public health law made by section two  of  this
 act  shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be deemed
 to expire therewith.

                                  PART Q
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 2825-f to read as follows:
   § 2825-F. HEALTH CARE FACILITY TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM:  STATEWIDE III.
 1.  A  STATEWIDE  HEALTH  CARE FACILITY TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM IS HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED UNDER THE JOINT ADMINISTRATION OF THE COMMISSIONER  AND  THE
 PRESIDENT  OF  THE  DORMITORY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR THE
 PURPOSE OF STRENGTHENING AND PROTECTING CONTINUED ACCESS TO HEALTH  CARE
 SERVICES IN COMMUNITIES. THE PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE FUNDING IN SUPPORT OF

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 CAPITAL  PROJECTS, DEBT RETIREMENT, WORKING CAPITAL OR OTHER NON-CAPITAL
 PROJECTS THAT FACILITATE HEALTH CARE TRANSFORMATION  ACTIVITIES  INCLUD-
 ING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO, MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, ACQUISITION OR OTHER
 ACTIVITIES  INTENDED  TO:  (A) CREATE FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS OF
 CARE; (B) PRESERVE OR EXPAND ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES; (C) MODERN-
 IZE OBSOLETE FACILITY PHYSICAL PLANTS  AND  INFRASTRUCTURE;  (D)  FOSTER
 PARTICIPATION  IN  VALUE  BASED PAYMENTS ARRANGEMENTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, CONTRACTS WITH  MANAGED  CARE  PLANS  AND  ACCOUNTABLE  CARE
 ORGANIZATIONS;  (E) FOR RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, INCREASE THE
 QUALITY OF RESIDENT CARE OR EXPERIENCE; OR (F) IMPROVE  HEALTH  INFORMA-
 TION  TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING TELEHEALTH, TO STRENGTHEN THE
 ACUTE, POST-ACUTE AND LONG-TERM CARE  CONTINUUM.  GRANTS  SHALL  NOT  BE
 AVAILABLE  TO  SUPPORT  GENERAL  OPERATING EXPENSES. THE ISSUANCE OF ANY
 BONDS OR NOTES HEREUNDER SHALL BE SUBJECT  TO  SECTION  SIXTEEN  HUNDRED
 EIGHTY-R  OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW AND THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR
 OF THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET, AND ANY PROJECTS FUNDED THROUGH THE ISSU-
 ANCE OF BONDS OR NOTES HEREUNDER SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE NEW YORK STATE
 PUBLIC AUTHORITIES CONTROL BOARD, AS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION FIFTY-ONE OF
 THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE DORMITORY AUTHORITY SHALL
 ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL  BY  THE  DIRECTOR  OF  THE
 BUDGET,  AND  SUBJECT  TO SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-R OF THE PUBLIC
 AUTHORITIES LAW, FOR THE PURPOSES OF AWARDING, DISTRIBUTING, AND  ADMIN-
 ISTERING  THE  FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. SUCH FUNDS
 MAY BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR GRANTS TO GENERAL  HOSPITALS,
 RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTERS AND
 CLINICS LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER OR THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, AND
 COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF
 THIS  SECTION  FOR  GRANTS  IN SUPPORT OF THE PURPOSES SET FORTH IN THIS
 SECTION. A COPY OF SUCH AGREEMENT, AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO, SHALL  BE
 PROVIDED  TO THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR OF THE
 ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE  DIVISION  OF
 THE  BUDGET  NO LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF A REQUEST
 FOR APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING UNDER THIS PROGRAM.  PROJECTS  AWARDED,  IN
 WHOLE  OR  PART,  UNDER  SECTIONS TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE-A AND
 TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE-B OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE
 FOR GRANTS OR AWARDS MADE AVAILABLE UNDER THIS SECTION.
   3. NOTWITHSTANDING  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-THREE  OF  THE  STATE
 FINANCE  LAW OR ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UP TO
 FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS OF THE  FUNDS  APPROPRIATED
 FOR  THIS  PROGRAM SHALL BE AWARDED WITHOUT A COMPETITIVE BID OR REQUEST
 FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS FOR GRANTS  TO  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDERS  (HEREAFTER
 "APPLICANTS").  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT A MINIMUM OF: (A) SIXTY MILLION
 DOLLARS OF TOTAL AWARDED FUNDS SHALL BE MADE TO  COMMUNITY-BASED  HEALTH
 CARE PROVIDERS, WHICH FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEFINED AS A
 DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTER LICENSED OR GRANTED AN OPERATING CERTIF-
 ICATE  UNDER THIS ARTICLE; A MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC LICENSED OR GRANTED AN
 OPERATING CERTIFICATE UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE  OF  THE  MENTAL  HYGIENE
 LAW;  A  SUBSTANCE  USE DISORDER TREATMENT CLINIC LICENSED OR GRANTED AN
 OPERATING CERTIFICATE UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO  OF  THE  MENTAL  HYGIENE
 LAW; A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER; A HOME CARE PROVIDER CERTIFIED OR LICENSED
 PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  THIRTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER; OR AN ASSISTED LIVING
 PROGRAM APPROVED BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
 SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED  SIXTY  ONE-1 OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW; AND (B)
 FORTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS OF THE TOTAL AWARDED FUNDS SHALL BE  MADE  TO
 RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.

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   4. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT SUBDIVISION OF THIS SECTION OR ANY
 OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY, THE COMMISSIONER, WITH THE
 APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, MAY EXPEND UP TO TWENTY  MILLION
 DOLLARS  OF  THE  FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR THIS PROGRAM AND DESIGNATED FOR
 COMMUNITY-BASED  HEALTH  CARE PROVIDERS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF
 THIS SECTION FOR AWARDS MADE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  (L)  OF  SUBDIVISION
 THREE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE-L OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
   5.  IN  DETERMINING AWARDS FOR ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS UNDER THIS SECTION,
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSIDER CRITERIA INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (A) THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL  CONTRIBUTE  TO  THE
 INTEGRATION  OF  HEALTH CARE SERVICES OR THE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF
 THE APPLICANT OR PRESERVATION OF ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE COMMU-
 NITY OR COMMUNITIES SERVED BY THE APPLICANT;
   (B) THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROPOSED PROJECT  OR  PURPOSE  IS  ALIGNED
 WITH  DELIVERY  SYSTEM  REFORM INCENTIVE PAYMENT ("DSRIP") PROGRAM GOALS
 AND OBJECTIVES;
   (C) THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS;
   (D) THE RELATIONSHIP  BETWEEN  THE  PROPOSED  PROJECT  AND  IDENTIFIED
 COMMUNITY NEED;
   (E)  THE  EXTENT  TO  WHICH  THE  APPLICANT  HAS ACCESS TO ALTERNATIVE
 FINANCING;
   (F) THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROPOSED PROJECT FURTHERS THE  DEVELOPMENT
 OF PRIMARY CARE AND OTHER OUTPATIENT SERVICES;
   (G)  THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROPOSED PROJECT BENEFITS MEDICAID ENROL-
 LEES AND UNINSURED INDIVIDUALS;
   (H) THE EXTENT TO  WHICH  THE  APPLICANT  HAS  ENGAGED  THE  COMMUNITY
 AFFECTED  BY  THE  PROPOSED  PROJECT  AND  THE MANNER IN WHICH COMMUNITY
 ENGAGEMENT HAS SHAPED SUCH PROJECT; AND
   (I) THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROPOSED PROJECT ADDRESSES POTENTIAL  RISK
 TO PATIENT SAFETY AND WELFARE.
   6.  DISBURSEMENT  OF  AWARDS  MADE  PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 CONDITIONED ON THE AWARDEE ACHIEVING  CERTAIN  PROCESS  AND  PERFORMANCE
 METRICS  AND  MILESTONES  AS  DETERMINED  IN  THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE
 COMMISSIONER.  SUCH METRICS AND MILESTONES SHALL BE STRUCTURED TO ENSURE
 THAT THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT ARE ACHIEVED, AND SUCH METRICS  AND  MILE-
 STONES  SHALL  BE  INCLUDED  IN  GRANT  DISBURSEMENT AGREEMENTS OR OTHER
 CONTRACTUAL DOCUMENTS AS REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   7. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE A REPORT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS  TO  THE
 CHAIRS  OF  THE  SENATE FINANCE, ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS, AND SENATE AND
 ASSEMBLY HEALTH COMMITTEES, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINES
 THAT THE PROJECTS THAT RECEIVE FUNDING  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  ARE
 SUBSTANTIALLY  COMPLETE.  SUCH  REPORTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN
 SIXTY DAYS AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE QUARTER, AND SHALL INCLUDE,  FOR  EACH
 AWARD,  THE  NAME  OF  THE  APPLICANT,  A  DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT OR
 PURPOSE, THE AMOUNT OF THE  AWARD,  DISBURSEMENT  DATE,  AND  STATUS  OF
 ACHIEVEMENT  OF  PROCESS AND PERFORMANCE METRICS AND MILESTONES PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2018.
 
                                  PART R
 
   Section  1. Section 1373 of the public health law is amended by adding
 three new subdivisions 1-a, 1-b and 1-c to read as follows:
   1-A. EVERY GOVERNMENTAL UNIT OR AGENCY THAT IS CHARGED WITH OR  OTHER-
 WISE  ACCOUNTABLE  OR  RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF

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 THE NEW YORK STATE UNIFORM FIRE PREVENTION AND  BUILDING  CODE,  OR  ANY
 OTHER  APPLICABLE BUILDING AND FIRE PREVENTION CODE, WITH RESPECT TO ANY
 RESIDENTIAL OR NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDING THAT IS LOCATED WITHIN  AN  AREA
 DESIGNATED  AS HIGH RISK BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF THIS SECTION, SHALL SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT AGGREGATE REPORTS SUMMA-
 RIZING THE OUTCOMES OF INSPECTIONS AND REMEDIATION CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO
 REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION
 SEVEN  OF  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN A
 FORMAT TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 SECRETARY OF STATE.
   1-B.  (A)  THE  COMMISSIONER AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL HAVE THE
 POWER TO DETERMINE, INDIVIDUALLY OR JOINTLY, IN SUCH MANNER AS HE,  SHE,
 OR  THEY  DEEM APPROPRIATE, THE STATUS OF COMPLIANCE BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL
 UNIT OR AGENCY REFERRED TO IN SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF THIS SECTION, INCLUD-
 ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY CITY WITH A POPULATION OF OVER  ONE  MILLION,
 WITH SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE EXECU-
 TIVE  LAW  AND  THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER. IF THE
 COMMISSIONER OR THE SECRETARY OF STATE, INDIVIDUALLY OR JOINTLY,  DETER-
 MINE THAT ANY SUCH GOVERNMENTAL UNIT OR AGENCY IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH
 SUBDIVISION  SEVEN  OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE
 LAW OR ANY REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER, THE COMMISSIONER MAY TAKE
 ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS, EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR IN  COMBINATION  IN
 ANY SEQUENCE:
   (I)  REFER,  OR REQUEST THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO REFER, THE MATTER TO
 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO INSTITUTE IN THE NAME OF THE COMMISSIONER OR THE
 SECRETARY OF STATE AN ACTION OR PROCEEDING SEEKING APPROPRIATE LEGAL  OR
 EQUITABLE  RELIEF TO REQUIRE SUCH GOVERNMENT UNIT OR AGENCY, INCLUDING A
 CITY WITH A POPULATION OVER ONE MILLION, TO COMPLY WITH SUCH  RULES  AND
 REGULATIONS;
   (II)  REQUIRE THE GOVERNMENTAL UNIT OR AGENCY IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVI-
 SION SEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,  TO
 CREATE  A  CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE LOCAL HEALTH
 DEPARTMENT, WHICH SHALL REQUIRE THE GOVERNMENT UNIT OR  AGENCY  TO  COME
 INTO  COMPLIANCE WITH SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-
 ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW AND TO DISCONTINUE ANY PAINT  CONDITION  CONDU-
 CIVE  TO  LEAD  POISONING IN ANY RESIDENTIAL OR NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
 LOCATED WITHIN SUCH GOVERNMENT UNIT OR AGENCY'S JURISDICTION;
   (III) INVESTIGATE AND EXAMINE THE ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENTAL UNIT  OR
 AGENCY IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHT-
 Y-ONE  OF  THE EXECUTIVE LAW OR OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED
 THEREUNDER, AND DECLARE THAT SUCH GOVERNMENTAL UNIT OR AGENCY  IS  MAIN-
 TAINING A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND:
   (A) REQUIRE THE JURISDICTIONAL LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE,
 IDENTIFY, AND ORDER THE DISCONTINUANCE OF A PAINT CONDITION CONDUCIVE TO
 LEAD  POISONING  IN  ANY RESIDENTIAL OR NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LOCATED
 WITHIN THE GOVERNMENTAL UNIT OR AGENCY  SUBJECT  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER'S
 DECLARATION OF A PUBLIC NUISANCE; OR
   (B)  INVESTIGATE,  IDENTIFY  AND  ORDER, THE DISCONTINUANCE OF A PAINT
 CONDITION CONDUCIVE TO LEAD POISONING IN ANY RESIDENTIAL OR NON-RESIDEN-
 TIAL BUILDING LOCATED WITHIN THE GOVERNMENTAL UNIT OR AGENCY SUBJECT  TO
 THE COMMISSIONER'S DECLARATION OF A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
   (B)  THE EXPENSE OF AN INVESTIGATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION, AND THE DISCONTINUANCE OF ANY PAINT CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO
 LEAD POISONING IDENTIFIED DURING SUCH INVESTIGATION, SHALL  BE  PAID  BY
 THE  GOVERNMENTAL  UNIT OR AGENCY DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO HAVE
 MAINTAINED A PUBLIC NUISANCE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.

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   1-C. ALL PAINT ON ANY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WHICH IS LOCATED IN AN AREA
 DESIGNATED AS HIGH RISK BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  ONE
 OF  THIS  SECTION  AND  ON WHICH THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED
 PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT, AND ALL PAINT ON
 THE EXTERIOR OF ANY NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WHICH IS LOCATED IN AN AREA
 DESIGNATED  AS HIGH RISK BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF THIS SECTION AND ON WHICH THE  ORIGINAL  CONSTRUCTION  WAS  COMPLETED
 PRIOR  TO  JANUARY  FIRST,  NINETEEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-EIGHT,  SHALL  BE
 PRESUMED TO BE LEAD-BASED. THIS PRESUMPTION MAY BE OVERCOME BY A CERTIF-
 ICATION BY A LEAD-BASED PAINT INSPECTOR OR RISK ASSESSOR THAT THE  PROP-
 ERTY HAS BEEN DETERMINED THROUGH A LEAD-BASED PAINT INSPECTION CONDUCTED
 IN  ACCORDANCE WITH APPROPRIATE FEDERAL REGULATIONS NOT TO CONTAIN LEAD-
 BASED PAINT, OR BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY BE PRESCRIBED  BY  THE  RULES
 AND  REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH
 C OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE EXECU-
 TIVE LAW.
   § 2. Section 378 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 17 to read as follows:
   17. FOR ANY AREA DESIGNATED AS HIGH RISK BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE OF
 THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH LAW, A REQUIREMENT THAT THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF
 ANY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING THAT  IS  PRESUMED  TO  HAVE  LEAD-BASED  PAINT
 PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION ONE-C OF SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE
 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, AND THE EXTERIOR OF ANY NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILD-
 ING THAT IS PRESUMED TO HAVE LEAD-BASED PAINT  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION
 ONE-C  OF  SECTION  THIRTEEN  HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
 LAW, BE MAINTAINED IN A CONDITION SUCH THAT THE PAINT THEREON  DOES  NOT
 BECOME  DETERIORATED  PAINT,  UNLESS  THE  DETERIORATED  PAINT  SURFACES
 COMPRISE A MINIMAL SURFACE AREA. IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF OVER ONE
 MILLION, SUCH CITY'S LOCAL BUILDING  AND  FIRE  PREVENTION  CODES  SHALL
 INCLUDE  PROVISIONS  AT  LEAST  AS  STRINGENT  AS THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION.
   § 3. Section 381 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW, THE SECRETARY, IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND
 REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO GOVERNMENTAL UNITS  AND  AGENCIES  THAT  ARE
 CHARGED  WITH OR OTHERWISE ACCOUNTABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTRATION
 AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE NEW YORK STATE UNIFORM CODE, OR ANY OTHER  APPLI-
 CABLE BUILDING AND FIRE PREVENTION CODE, WITH RESPECT TO ANY RESIDENTIAL
 OR  NON-RESIDENTIAL  BUILDING LOCATED IN AN AREA DESIGNATED AS HIGH RISK
 BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION
 THIRTEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW:
   A. REQUIRING THAT SUCH GOVERNMENTAL UNIT OR AGENCY CONDUCT INSPECTIONS
 OF ALL RESIDENTIAL RENTAL BUILDINGS IN SUCH HIGH RISK AREAS PERIODICALLY
 AND  AT  SPECIFIED  TIMES  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AS PART OF AN
 APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, A RENEWAL OF  A  CERTIFICATE
 OF  OCCUPANCY, OR BASED UPON THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT. SUCH INSPECTIONS
 SHALL INCLUDE AT A MINIMUM A VISUAL ASSESSMENT  FOR  DETERIORATED  PAINT
 AND BARE SOIL PRESENT WITHIN THE DRIPLINE OF THE BUILDING.
   B. ESTABLISHING REMEDIAL ACTIONS THAT SUCH GOVERNMENTAL UNIT OR AGENCY
 MAY REQUIRE THE OWNER OR OTHER PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE
 SUBJECT  PROPERTY  TO  TAKE  TO ADDRESS VIOLATIONS OF THE NEW YORK STATE
 UNIFORM  CODE  PROVISIONS,  AND  OTHER  APPLICABLE  BUILDING  AND   FIRE
 PREVENTION CODE PROVISIONS, ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVENTEEN OF

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 SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE
 AS APPROPRIATE:
   (I)  OBTAINING  CERTIFICATION  BY A LEAD-BASED PAINT INSPECTOR OR RISK
 ASSESSOR THAT THE PROPERTY HAS  BEEN  DETERMINED  THROUGH  A  LEAD-BASED
 PAINT  INSPECTION CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROPRIATE FEDERAL REGU-
 LATIONS NOT TO CONTAIN LEAD-BASED PAINT.
   (II) OBTAINING CERTIFICATION BY A LEAD-BASED PAINT INSPECTOR  OR  RISK
 ASSESSOR THAT ALL CITED VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN ABATED, OR INTERIM CONTROLS
 IMPLEMENTED,  AND CLEARANCE HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW
 YORK STATE UNIFORM CODE OR OTHER APPLICABLE BUILDING AND FIRE PREVENTION
 CODES.
   (III) WHERE EXTERIOR DETERIORATED PAINT VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING  DETERI-
 ORATED  PAINT  VIOLATIONS  ON AN OPEN PORCH, AND/OR BARE SOIL VIOLATIONS
 ARE CITED, OR WHERE INTERIOR DETERIORATED PAINT VIOLATIONS ARE CITED  IN
 A  COMMON AREA, CLEARANCE MAY BE ESTABLISHED THROUGH A VISUAL ASSESSMENT
 BY A LOCAL CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AFTER REDUCTION MEASURES  HAVE  BEEN
 IMPLEMENTED.
   C.  ESTABLISHING  STANDARDS FOR A CLEARANCE EXAMINATION AND REPORT AND
 FOR CERTIFICATIONS OR  OTHER  DOCUMENTATION  REQUIRED  TO  OVERCOME  THE
 PRESUMPTION  CREATED  BY  SUBDIVISION  ONE-C OF SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-THREE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE RULES AND  REGULATIONS
 PROMULGATED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL, WITH RESPECT TO ALL
 GOVERNMENTAL UNITS AND AGENCIES OTHER THAN CITIES WITH A  POPULATION  OF
 OVER  ONE  MILLION,  BE  CONSIDERED  TO BE PART OF THE MINIMUM STANDARDS
 ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION; PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
 THAT  THE CLOSING PARAGRAPH OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT
 APPLY TO INSPECTIONS REQUIRED BY THE RULES AND  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED
 PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION. ANY GOVERNMENTAL UNIT OR AGENCY OTHER THAN
 A  CITY  WITH A POPULATION OF OVER ONE MILLION THAT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH
 THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
 BE SUBJECT TO  THE  ACTIONS  AUTHORIZED  BY  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  THIS
 SECTION. ANY GOVERNMENTAL UNIT OR AGENCY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A
 CITY  WITH  A  POPULATION OF OVER ONE MILLION, THAT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH
 SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL ALSO BE SUBJECT TO THE ACTIONS  AUTHOR-
 IZED  BY  SUBDIVISION ONE-B OF SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE OF
 THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   § 4. Paragraphs b and c of subdivision 1 of section 223-b of the  real
 property law, as amended by chapter 584 of the laws of 1991, are amended
 and a new paragraph d is added to read as follows:
   b.  Actions  taken  in  good  faith, by or in behalf of the tenant, to
 secure or enforce any rights under the lease or rental agreement,  under
 section  two  hundred  thirty-five-b of this [chapter] ARTICLE, or under
 any other law of the state of New York, or of its governmental  subdivi-
 sions, or of the United States which has as its objective the regulation
 of  premises used for dwelling purposes or which pertains to the offense
 of rent gouging in the third, second or first degree; [or]
   c. The tenant's participation in the activities of a  tenant's  organ-
 ization[.]; OR
   D.  THE  TENANT'S  REPORTING OF A SUSPECTED LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD TO
 THE OWNER OR TO ANY STATE OR LOCAL AGENCY.
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided that any rules, regulations,  local
 laws, or ordinances necessary to implement the provisions of this act on
 its  effective date are authorized to be made, adopted, or enacted on or
 before such effective date.

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                                  PART S
 
   Section  1.  This Part enacts into law major components of legislation
 which are necessary to effectuate recommendations made as  part  of  the
 Regulatory  Modernization  Initiative  undertaken  by  the Department of
 Health. Each component is wholly contained within a  Subpart  identified
 as  Subparts  A  through  C.  The  effective  date  for  each particular
 provision contained within such Subpart is set forth in the last section
 of such Subpart.  Any  provision  in  any  section  contained  within  a
 Subpart,  including  the  effective  date  of the Subpart, which makes a
 reference to a section "of this act," when used in connection with  that
 particular  component,  shall  be deemed to mean and refer to the corre-
 sponding section of the Subpart in which it is found. Section  three  of
 this Part sets forth the general effective date of this Part.
 
                                 SUBPART A
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2805-z to read as follows:
   § 2805-Z. COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE COLLABORATIVES. 1.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS SECTION:
   (A)  A "COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE COLLABORATIVE" SHALL MEAN AN INITIATIVE
 COMPRISED OF THE PARTICIPANTS SET  FORTH  IN  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS
 SECTION  AND  ORGANIZED TO CARRY OUT A COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM AS
 DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B) A "COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN  A  PROGRAM  CARRIED
 OUT BY A COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE COLLABORATIVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACHIEV-
 ING  OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED BY THE COLLABORATIVE, PURSUANT TO WHICH INDI-
 VIDUALS WHO ARE CERTIFIED UNDER REGULATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 THREE  THOUSAND TWO OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL PERFORM COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE
 SERVICES IN  RESIDENTIAL  SETTINGS  OTHER  THAN  THE  INITIAL  EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL  CARE  AND  TRANSPORTATION OF SICK AND INJURED PERSONS, PROVIDED
 THAT SUCH INDIVIDUALS ARE:
   (I) CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER;
   (II) EMPLOYEES OR VOLUNTEERS OF AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDER
 THAT PARTICIPATES IN THE COLLABORATIVE;
   (III) PROVIDING SERVICES THAT ARE WITHIN THEIR EDUCATION OR  TRAINING;
 AND
   (IV)  WORKING  UNDER MEDICAL CONTROL AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION FIFTEEN
 OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND ONE OF THIS TITLE.
   (C) "COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE SERVICES" SHALL MEAN SERVICES PROVIDED  IN
 RESIDENTIAL  SETTINGS BY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CERTIFIED UNDER REGULATIONS
 ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION  THREE  THOUSAND  TWO  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  AND
 EMPLOYEES OR VOLUNTEERS OF AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDER, OTHER
 THAN  THE  INITIAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND TRANSPORTATION OF SICK AND
 INJURED PERSONS.
   (D) AN "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDER" SHALL MEAN  AN  AMBULANCE
 SERVICE  OR  AN  ADVANCED  LIFE  SUPPORT  FIRST RESPONSE SERVICE THAT IS
 CERTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER TO PROVIDE  AMBULANCE  OR
 ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT FIRST RESPONSE SERVICES AND STAFFED BY INDIVIDUALS
 WHO  ARE  CERTIFIED  UNDER  REGULATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE
 THOUSAND TWO OF THIS CHAPTER TO PROVIDE BASIC OR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT.
   2. (A) AT A MINIMUM,  A  COMMUNITY  PARAMEDICINE  COLLABORATIVE  SHALL
 INCLUDE  THE  PARTICIPATION OF AT LEAST ONE HOSPITAL LICENSED UNDER THIS
 ARTICLE, AT LEAST ONE PHYSICIAN WHO MAY BUT  NEED  NOT  BE  EMPLOYED  OR
 OTHERWISE  AFFILIATED  WITH  A HOSPITAL PARTICIPATING IN SUCH COLLABORA-

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 TIVE, AT LEAST ONE EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  SERVICES  PROVIDER  AND,  IF  THE
 COMMUNITY  PARAMEDICINE  SERVICES  ARE TO BE PROVIDED IN A PRIVATE RESI-
 DENCE, AT LEAST ONE HOME CARE  SERVICES  AGENCY  LICENSED  OR  CERTIFIED
 UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (B)  WHERE  THE  COLLABORATIVE'S OBJECTIVES INCLUDE A FOCUS ON SERVING
 INDIVIDUALS WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONDITIONS  AND/OR  INDIVIDUALS  WITH
 DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES, THE COLLABORATIVE SHALL INCLUDE THE PARTIC-
 IPATION OF PROVIDERS OPERATED, LICENSED, OR CERTIFIED BY THE  OFFICE  OF
 MENTAL  HEALTH,  THE  OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES,
 AND/OR THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AS  APPRO-
 PRIATE.
   (C)  SUCH  COLLABORATIVE MAY ALSO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL PARTICIPANTS SUCH
 AS PAYORS AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.
   3. A COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE COLLABORATIVE MAY  ESTABLISH  A  COMMUNITY
 PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE SERVICES TO INDI-
 VIDUALS  LIVING  IN  RESIDENTIAL  SETTINGS  FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACHIEVING
 OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED BY THE COLLABORATIVE SUCH AS: PREVENTING  EMERGEN-
 CIES,  AVOIDABLE EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS, AVOIDABLE MEDICAL TRANSPORT, AND
 POTENTIALLY AVOIDABLE HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS  AND  READMISSIONS;  IMPROVING
 OUTCOMES  FOLLOWING DISCHARGE FROM A GENERAL HOSPITAL OR OTHER INPATIENT
 ADMISSION; AND/OR PROMOTING  SELF-MANAGEMENT  OF  HEALTH  OR  BEHAVIORAL
 HEALTH CARE CONDITIONS.
   4. A COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE COLLABORATIVE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
 OR  ARRANGE  FOR  APPROPRIATE ORIENTATION AND TRAINING FOR STAFF PARTIC-
 IPATING IN THE COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM. IN ALL CASES, SUCH ORIEN-
 TATION AND TRAINING SHALL ADDRESS THE ASSESSMENT OF THE NEEDS  OF  INDI-
 VIDUALS   WITH   BEHAVIORAL   HEALTH  CONDITIONS  AND  INDIVIDUALS  WITH
 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
   5. AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDER PARTICIPATING IN A COMMUNITY
 PARAMEDICINE COLLABORATIVE SHALL:  (A)  ENSURE  THAT  THE  PROVISION  OF
 COMMUNITY  PARAMEDICINE  SERVICES  OCCURS  WITHIN THE PROVIDER'S PRIMARY
 OPERATING TERRITORY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER; AND  (B)
 MAKE  REASONABLE  EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT IT HAS SUFFICIENTLY STAFFED THE
 PROVISION OF INITIAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND TRANSPORTATION  OF  SICK
 AND  INJURED  PERSONS BEFORE MAKING STAFF AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY
 PARAMEDICINE SERVICES.
   6. (A) NO COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE COLLABORATIVE SHALL  BEGIN  PROVIDING
 SERVICES  UNDER  A  COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM UNTIL IT HAS NOTIFIED
 THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INITIATION OF SUCH COLLABORATIVE BY:
   (I) IDENTIFYING THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE COLLABORATIVE AND THE INDIVID-
 UAL WHO WILL SERVE AS THE POINT OF CONTACT;
   (II) DESCRIBING THE GOALS OF  THE  COLLABORATIVE  IN  CARRYING  OUT  A
 COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM;
   (III) DESCRIBING THE POPULATION TO BE SERVED BY THE COMMUNITY PARAMED-
 ICINE PROGRAM AND THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA IN WHICH THE PROGRAM WILL FOCUS;
   (IV) IDENTIFYING THE SERVICES TO BE OFFERED UNDER THE COMMUNITY PARAM-
 EDICINE  PROGRAM  AND  THE  COLLABORATIVE PARTICIPANTS THAT WILL PROVIDE
 SUCH SERVICES;
   (V) DESCRIBING THE COLLABORATIVE'S  PLAN  TO  ASSURE,  TO  THE  EXTENT
 POSSIBLE, THAT CARE PROVIDED UNDER THE COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM IS
 COORDINATED WITH OTHER PROVIDERS OF THE INDIVIDUALS SERVED;
   (VI)  DESCRIBING THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AND IMPROVEMENT PROCEDURES THAT
 WILL BE USED BY THE COLLABORATIVE IN CARRYING OUT THE COMMUNITY PARAMED-
 ICINE PROGRAM; AND
   (VII) IDENTIFYING THE DATE OF THE ANTICIPATED START OF ACTIVITIES.
   (B) A COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE COLLABORATIVE SHALL:

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   (I) PROMPTLY UPDATE THE DEPARTMENT AS TO ANY CHANGES IN  THE  INFORMA-
 TION REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION; AND
   (II)  PROVIDE  INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE COLLABORATIVE'S
 ACTIVITIES AND OUTCOMES AT A FREQUENCY AND IN A MANNER DETERMINED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT, WHICH AT A MINIMUM SHALL INCLUDE AN ANNUAL REPORT.
   7. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT THE PERFORMANCE
 OF ANY TASKS OR RESPONSIBILITIES BY ANY  PERSON  LICENSED  OR  CERTIFIED
 UNDER  THIS  CHAPTER  OR UNDER TITLE VIII OF THE EDUCATION LAW OR BY ANY
 ENTITY LICENSED OR CERTIFIED UNDER THIS  ARTICLE  OR  UNDER  THE  MENTAL
 HYGIENE  LAW,  PROVIDED  SUCH  TASKS  OR  RESPONSIBILITIES ARE PERMITTED
 PURSUANT TO SUCH STATUTORY PROVISIONS.
   § 2. Subdivision 15 of section 3001  of  the  public  health  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  445  of  the  laws  of 1993, is amended to read as
 follows:
   15. "Medical control" means: (a) advice and direction  provided  by  a
 physician  or  under  the  direction  of  a physician to certified first
 responders, emergency medical technicians or advanced emergency  medical
 technicians  who are providing medical care at the scene of an emergency
 or en route to a  health  care  facility;  [and]  (b)  indirect  medical
 control  including  the  written policies, procedures, and protocols for
 prehospital emergency medical care and transportation developed  by  the
 state  emergency medical advisory committee, approved by the state emer-
 gency medical services council and the commissioner, and implemented  by
 regional  medical  advisory committees; AND (C) IN A COMMUNITY PARAMEDI-
 CINE PROGRAM  ESTABLISHED  BY  A  COMMUNITY  PARAMEDICINE  COLLABORATIVE
 PURSUANT  TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-Z OF THIS CHAPTER, ADVICE
 AND DIRECTION PROVIDED AND POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND PROTOCOLS ISSUED BY
 A PHYSICIAN WITHIN THE COLLABORATIVE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE  OVERALL
 CLINICAL SUPERVISION OF THE COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM.
   §  3.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3001-a
 to read as follows:
   § 3001-A. COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE SERVICES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  INCON-
 SISTENT  PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS CERTIFIED UNDER
 REGULATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE THOUSAND TWO OF THIS  ARTI-
 CLE  TO PROVIDE BASIC OR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT MAY, IN THE COURSE OF HIS
 OR HER WORK AS AN EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER OF AN AMBULANCE  SERVICE  OR  AN
 ADVANCED  LIFE SUPPORT FIRST RESPONSE SERVICE CERTIFIED UNDER THIS ARTI-
 CLE, ALSO PARTICIPATE AS AN EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER OF SUCH SERVICE  IN  A
 COMMUNITY  PARAMEDICINE  PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY A COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE
 COLLABORATIVE PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED  FIVE-Z  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER.
   §  4.  Subdivision  2  of  section 365-a of the social services law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (ff) to read as follows:
   (FF) SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL  FINANCIAL  PARTICIPATION,
 COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE SERVICES PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIRE-
 MENTS OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-Z OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                 SUBPART B

   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 2801 of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 397 of the laws  of  2016,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  "Hospital"  means a facility or institution engaged principally in
 providing services by or under the supervision of a physician or, in the
 case of a dental clinic or dental dispensary, of a dentist, or,  in  the

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 case  of  a  midwifery  birth  center, of a midwife, for the prevention,
 diagnosis or treatment of human  disease,  pain,  injury,  deformity  or
 physical  condition,  including, but not limited to, a general hospital,
 public  health center, diagnostic center, treatment center, dental clin-
 ic, dental dispensary, rehabilitation center other than a facility  used
 solely  for vocational rehabilitation, nursing home, tuberculosis hospi-
 tal, chronic  disease  hospital,  maternity  hospital,  midwifery  birth
 center,  lying-in-asylum,  out-patient  department,  out-patient  lodge,
 dispensary and a laboratory or central service facility serving  one  or
 more  such  institutions,  but  the  term  hospital shall not include an
 institution, sanitarium or other facility engaged principally in provid-
 ing services for the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of mental  disa-
 bility  and  which  is subject to the powers of visitation, examination,
 inspection and investigation of the department of mental hygiene  except
 for  those  distinct  parts  of  such  a facility which provide hospital
 service. The provisions of this article shall not apply to a facility or
 institution engaged principally in providing services by  or  under  the
 supervision of the bona fide members and adherents of a recognized reli-
 gious  organization  whose teachings include reliance on spiritual means
 through prayer alone for healing in the practice of the religion of such
 organization and where services are provided in  accordance  with  those
 teachings.  NO  PROVISION  OF THIS ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW
 SHALL BE CONSTRUED  TO:  (A)  LIMIT  THE  VOLUME  OF  MENTAL  HEALTH  OR
 SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER  SERVICES THAT CAN BE PROVIDED BY A PROVIDER OF
 PRIMARY CARE SERVICES LICENSED UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE  AND  AUTHORIZED  TO
 PROVIDE INTEGRATED SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS ISSUED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF
 MENTAL HEALTH AND THE COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF  ALCOHOLISM  AND
 SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  SERVICES,  INCLUDING  REGULATIONS  ISSUED  PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L  OF  THE  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  LAW OR PART L OF CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND
 TWELVE; (B) REQUIRE A PROVIDER LICENSED PURSUANT TO  ARTICLE  THIRTY-ONE
 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW OR CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO OF
 THE  MENTAL  HYGIENE  LAW  TO  OBTAIN  AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE FROM THE
 DEPARTMENT IF SUCH PROVIDER HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED  TO  PROVIDE  INTEGRATED
 SERVICES  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH REGULATIONS ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF  MENTAL  HEALTH  AND
 THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF  ALCOHOLISM  AND  SUBSTANCE ABUSE
 SERVICES, INCLUDING REGULATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN  OF
 SECTION  THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW OR PART L
 OF CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE.
   § 2. Section 31.02 of the mental hygiene law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
   (F)  NO  PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW SHALL
 BE CONSTRUED TO REQUIRE A PROVIDER LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE  TWENTY-
 EIGHT  OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW OR CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-
 TWO OF THIS CHAPTER TO OBTAIN AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE FROM  THE  OFFICE
 OF  MENTAL  HEALTH IF SUCH PROVIDER HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE INTE-
 GRATED SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS ISSUED BY THE COMMISSION-
 ER OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH IN CONSULTATION WITH THE  COMMISSIONER
 OF  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF ALCO-
 HOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, INCLUDING REGULATIONS ISSUED PURSU-
 ANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED  SIXTY-FIVE-L  OF  THE
 SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW  OR PART L OF CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF TWO
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   § 3. Subdivision (b) of section 32.05 of the mental  hygiene  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  204  of  the  laws  of 2007, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (b)  (I)  Methadone,  or such other controlled substance designated by
 the commissioner of health as appropriate for such use, may be  adminis-
 tered  to  an  addict, as defined in section thirty-three hundred two of
 the public health law, by individual physicians,  groups  of  physicians
 and  public  or private medical facilities certified pursuant to article
 twenty-eight or thirty-three of the public health law as part of a chem-
 ical dependence program which has been issued an  operating  certificate
 by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision (b) of section 32.09 of this
 article,  provided,  however,  that  such administration must be done in
 accordance with all applicable federal and state laws  and  regulations.
 Individual physicians or groups of physicians who have obtained authori-
 zation  from  the  federal  government  to  administer  buprenorphine to
 addicts may do so without obtaining an operating  certificate  from  the
 commissioner.  (II)  NO PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER PROVISION
 OF LAW SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO REQUIRE A  PROVIDER  LICENSED  PURSUANT  TO
 ARTICLE  TWENTY-EIGHT  OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW OR ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE OF
 THIS CHAPTER TO OBTAIN AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE FROM THE OFFICE OF ALCO-
 HOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES IF SUCH PROVIDER HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED
 TO PROVIDE INTEGRATED SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS ISSUED  BY
 THE COMMISSIONER OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES IN CONSULTA-
 TION  WITH  THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF THE OFFICE OF  MENTAL  HEALTH,  INCLUDING  REGULATIONS  ISSUED
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L OF
 THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW OR PART L OF CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX OF  THE  LAWS  OF
 TWO THOUSAND TWELVE.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law; provided, however, that the commissioner of
 the department of health, the  commissioner  of  the  office  of  mental
 health,  and  the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance
 abuse services are authorized to issue any rule or regulation  necessary
 for the implementation of this act on or before its effective date.
 
                                 SUBPART C
 
   Section  1. Paragraphs (s) and (t) of subdivision 2 of section 2999-cc
 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 454 of the laws of 2015,
 are amended and a new paragraph (u) is added to read as follows:
   (s) a hospice as defined in article forty of this chapter; [and]
   (t) CREDENTIALED ALCOHOLISM AND  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  COUNSELORS  CREDEN-
 TIALED  BY THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES OR BY A
 CREDENTIALING ENTITY APPROVED BY SUCH OFFICE PURSUANT TO  SECTION  19.07
 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW;
   (U)  PROVIDERS AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND SERVICE COORDINATION
 UNDER THE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE  OF
 THIS CHAPTER; AND
   (V)  any  other provider as determined by the commissioner pursuant to
 regulation OR, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER, BY THE COMMISSION-
 ER OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF
 ALCOHOLISM  AND  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  SERVICES,  OR THE COMMISSIONER OF THE
 OFFICE  FOR  PEOPLE  WITH   DEVELOPMENTAL   DISABILITIES   PURSUANT   TO
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   §  2.  Subdivision  3  of section 2999-cc of the public health law, as
 separately amended by chapters 238 and 285  of  the  laws  of  2017,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   3.  "Originating  site"  means a site at which a patient is located at
 the time health care services are delivered to him or her  by  means  of
 telehealth.  Originating  sites  shall  be  limited  to  (A)  facilities
 licensed under articles twenty-eight and forty of this  chapter[,];  (B)
 facilities  as  defined in subdivision six of section 1.03 of the mental
 hygiene law[,]; (C) private physician's  or  dentist's  offices  located
 within  the  state  of  New York[,]; (D) any type of adult care facility
 licensed under title two of article seven of the social services law[,];
 (E) public, private and charter elementary and secondary schools, school
 age child care programs, and child day care centers within the state  of
 New  York;  and[,  when  a  patient is receiving health care services by
 means of remote patient monitoring,] (F) the patient's  place  of  resi-
 dence  located  within the state of New York or other temporary location
 located within or outside the state of New York; SUBJECT  TO  REGULATION
 ISSUED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, AND THE
 COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
   § 3. Subdivision 7 of section 2999-cc of the  public  health  law,  as
 added by chapter 6 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  "Remote  patient monitoring" means the use of synchronous or asyn-
 chronous  electronic  information  and  communication  technologies   to
 collect  personal  health information and medical data from a patient at
 an originating site that is transmitted to a telehealth  provider  at  a
 distant  site  for use in the treatment and management of medical condi-
 tions that require frequent monitoring.  SUCH TECHNOLOGIES  MAY  INCLUDE
 ADDITIONAL  INTERACTION  TRIGGERED  BY  PREVIOUS  TRANSMISSIONS, SUCH AS
 INTERACTIVE QUERIES CONDUCTED THROUGH COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES  OR  BY
 TELEPHONE. Such conditions shall include, but not be limited to, conges-
 tive  heart  failure,  diabetes,  chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,
 wound care, polypharmacy, mental or behavioral problems,  and  technolo-
 gy-dependent  care  such  as  continuous  oxygen, ventilator care, total
 parenteral nutrition or enteral  feeding.    Remote  patient  monitoring
 shall be ordered by a physician licensed pursuant to article one hundred
 thirty-one  of the education law, a nurse practitioner licensed pursuant
 to article one hundred thirty-nine of the education law,  or  a  midwife
 licensed  pursuant  to  article  one hundred forty of the education law,
 with which the patient has a substantial and ongoing relationship.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law;  provided,  however,  that the commissioner of the
 department of health, the commissioner of the office of  mental  health,
 the  commissioner  of  the  office  of  alcoholism  and  substance abuse
 services, and the commissioner of the office for  people  with  develop-
 mental  disabilities  are  authorized  to  issue  any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on or before its  effective
 date.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion,  section  or subpart of this act shall be adjudged by any court of
 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment  shall  not  affect,
 impair,  or  invalidate  the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,  subdivision,  section
 or  subpart  thereof  directly involved in the controversy in which such
 judgment shall have been rendered. It  is  hereby  declared  to  be  the

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 intent  of the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if
 such invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the applicable effective date of Subparts A through C of this act  shall
 be as specifically set forth in the last section of such Subparts.
 
                                  PART T
 
   Section  1.   Subdivision (a) of section 31 of part B of chapter 59 of
 the laws of 2016, amending the social services law relating to authoriz-
 ing the commissioner of health to apply federally  established  consumer
 price index penalties for generic drugs, and authorizing the commission-
 er  of  health  to  impose penalties on managed care plans for reporting
 late or incorrect encounter data, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) section eleven of this act shall expire  and  be  deemed  repealed
 March 31, [2018] 2023;
   § 2. Subdivision 6-a of section 93 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws
 of  2007,  amending  the  social services law and other laws relating to
 adjustments of rates, as amended by section 20 of part B of  chapter  56
 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   6-a.  section  fifty-seven  of  this  act  shall  expire and be deemed
 repealed on [December 31, 2018] MARCH 31, 2023; provided that the amend-
 ments made by such section to subdivision 4  of  section  366-c  of  the
 social  services law shall apply with respect to determining initial and
 continuing eligibility for medical assistance, including  the  continued
 eligibility  of  recipients  originally determined eligible prior to the
 effective date of this act, and provided further  that  such  amendments
 shall  not apply to any person or group of persons if it is subsequently
 determined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid  services  or  by  a
 court  of  competent  jurisdiction  that medical assistance with federal
 financial participation is available for the costs of services  provided
 to  such  person  or  persons  under  the provisions of subdivision 4 of
 section 366-c of the social services law in effect immediately prior  to
 the effective date of this act.
   §  3. Section 2 of part II of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, amending
 part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2005 authorizing reimbursements  for
 expenditures  made  by  or  on  behalf  of social services districts for
 medical assistance for needy  persons  and  administration  thereof,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed [two years after it shall have become a law]  MARCH  31,
 2023.
   § 4. Section 3 of chapter 906 of the laws of 1984, amending the social
 services  law  relating  to expanding medical assistance eligibility and
 the scope of services available to certain persons with disabilities, as
 amended by section 25-a of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law and shall be of no  further  force  and  effect  after
 [December 31, 2018] MARCH 31, 2023, at which time the provisions of this
 act shall be deemed to be repealed.
   § 5. Section 4-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, amending
 chapter  59 of the laws of 2011 amending the public health law and other
 laws relating to general hospital reimbursement for annual rates  relat-
 ing  to  the cap on local Medicaid expenditures, as amended by section 9

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 of part I of chapter 57 of the laws of  2017,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  4-a.  Notwithstanding  paragraph  (c)  of subdivision 10 of section
 2807-c of the public health law, section 21 of chapter 1 of the laws  of
 1999,  or  any  other contrary provision of law, in determining rates of
 payments by state governmental agencies effective for services  provided
 on  and  after  January 1, [2019] 2017 through March 31, 2019, for inpa-
 tient and outpatient services provided by general hospitals,  for  inpa-
 tient services and adult day health care outpatient services provided by
 residential  health care facilities pursuant to article 28 of the public
 health law, except for residential health care facilities  or  units  of
 such  facilities  providing services primarily to children under twenty-
 one years of age, for home health care  services  provided  pursuant  to
 article  36  of the public health law by certified home health agencies,
 long term home health care programs and AIDS home care programs, and for
 personal care services provided pursuant to section 365-a of the  social
 services  law,  the  commissioner  of health shall apply no greater than
 zero trend factors attributable to the 2017,  2018,  AND  2019  calendar
 [year]  YEARS  in  accordance  with  paragraph  (c) of subdivision 10 of
 section 2807-c of the public health law, provided, however, that such no
 greater than zero trend factors attributable to  such  2017,  2018,  AND
 2019  calendar  [year]  YEARS  shall also be applied to rates of payment
 provided on and after January 1, [2019] 2017 through March 31, 2019  for
 personal   care   services  provided  in  those  local  social  services
 districts, including New York city, whose  rates  of  payment  for  such
 services  are established by such local social services districts pursu-
 ant to a rate-setting exemption issued by the commissioner of health  to
 such local social services districts in accordance with applicable regu-
 lations[,]; and provided further, however, that for rates of payment for
 assisted living program services provided on and after January 1, [2019]
 2017  through  March  31,  2019,  such trend factors attributable to the
 2017, 2018, AND 2019 calendar [year] YEARS shall be  established  at  no
 greater than zero percent.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART U
 
   Section  1.  Section  2  of part NN of chapter 58 of the laws of 2015,
 amending the mental hygiene law relating to clarifying the authority  of
 the  commissioners  in  the  department  of mental hygiene to design and
 implement time-limited demonstration programs, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed March 31, [2018] 2021.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART V
 
   Section 1. Section 7 of part R2 of chapter 62 of  the  laws  of  2003,
 amending  the  mental  hygiene law and the state finance law relating to
 the community mental health support and workforce reinvestment  program,
 the  membership of subcommittees for mental health of community services
 boards and the duties of such subcommittees and creating  the  community
 mental  health and workforce reinvestment account, as amended by section
 3 of part G of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:

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   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire March 31,
 [2018]  2021  when  upon  such  date the provisions of this act shall be
 deemed repealed.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART W
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 9 of section 730.10 of the criminal procedure
 law, as added by section 1 of part Q of chapter 56 of the laws of  2012,
 is amended to read as follows:
   9.  "Appropriate  institution"  means:  (a) a hospital operated by the
 office of mental health or a developmental center operated by the office
 for people with developmental disabilities; [or] (b) a hospital licensed
 by the department of health which operates a psychiatric  unit  licensed
 by  the  office  of  mental  health,  as  determined by the commissioner
 provided, however, that any such hospital that is not  operated  by  the
 state shall qualify as an "appropriate institution" only pursuant to the
 terms of an agreement between the commissioner and the hospital ; OR (C)
 A  MENTAL  HEALTH UNIT OPERATING WITHIN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR LOCAL
 CORRECTIONAL FACILITY; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT  ANY  SUCH  MENTAL  HEALTH
 UNIT  OPERATING WITHIN A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SHALL QUALIFY AS AN
 "APPROPRIATE INSTITUTION" ONLY PURSUANT TO THE  TERMS  OF  AN  AGREEMENT
 BETWEEN  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  MENTAL  HEALTH,  DIRECTOR  OF  COMMUNITY
 SERVICES AND THE SHERIFF FOR  THE  RESPECTIVE  LOCALITY,  AND  ANY  SUCH
 MENTAL HEALTH UNIT OPERATING WITHIN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SHALL QUALI-
 FY  AS  AN  "APPROPRIATE  INSTITUTION"  ONLY PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF AN
 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE COMMISSIONER
 OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. Nothing in this article  shall
 be  construed  as  requiring  a hospital, CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR LOCAL
 CORRECTIONAL FACILITY to consent to providing care and treatment  to  an
 incapacitated  person  at  such hospital, CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR LOCAL
 CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. IN A CITY WITH A  POPULATION  OF  MORE  THAN  ONE
 MILLION, ANY SUCH UNIT SHALL BE LIMITED TO TWENTY-FIVE BEDS. THE COMMIS-
 SIONER  OF  MENTAL HEALTH SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS FOR DEMONSTRATION
 PROGRAMS TO IMPLEMENT RESTORATION TO COMPETENCY  WITHIN  A  CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITY  OR  LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY. SUBJECT TO ANNUAL APPROPRI-
 ATION, THE COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH  MAY,  AT  SUCH  COMMISSIONER'S
 DISCRETION, MAKE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR STATE AID GRANTS TO ANY COUNTY THAT
 DEVELOPS  AND  OPERATES A MENTAL HEALTH UNIT WITHIN A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. NOTHING  IN  THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  BE
 CONSTRUED  AS  REQUIRING  A  HOSPITAL,  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  OR LOCAL
 CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TO CONSENT TO PROVIDING CARE AND TREATMENT  TO  AN
 INCAPACITATED  PERSON  AT  SUCH HOSPITAL, CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR LOCAL
 CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2018; provided,
 however, this act shall expire and be deemed repealed March 31, 2023.

                                  PART X
 
   Section  1.  Section  3  of  part A of chapter 111 of the laws of 2010
 amending the mental hygiene law relating to the receipt of  federal  and
 state  benefits  received  by  individuals  receiving care in facilities
 operated by an office of the department of mental hygiene, as amended by
 section 1 of part LL of chapter 58 of the laws of 2015,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:

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   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed June 30, [2018] 2021.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART Y
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  10  of section 7605 of the education law, as
 added by section 4 of part AA of chapter 57 of  the  laws  of  2013,  is
 amended and a new subdivision 12 is added to read as follows:
   10.  (A)  A person without a license from: performing assessments such
 as basic information collection,  gathering  of  demographic  data,  and
 informal observations, screening and referral used for general eligibil-
 ity for a program or service and determining the functional status of an
 individual  for  the purpose of determining need for services [unrelated
 to a behavioral health diagnosis or  treatment  plan.    Such  licensure
 shall  not  be  required  to create, develop or implement a service plan
 unrelated to a behavioral health diagnosis  or  treatment  plan];  COUN-
 SELING  INDIVIDUALS  REGARDING  THE APPROPRIATENESS OF BENEFITS THEY ARE
 ELIGIBLE FOR; PROVIDING GENERAL COUNSELING THAT IS NOT PSYCHOTHERAPY AND
 ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS WITH DIFFICULT DAY TO DAY PROBLEMS  SUCH
 AS  FINDING  EMPLOYMENT,  LOCATING SOURCES OF ASSISTANCE, AND ORGANIZING
 COMMUNITY GROUPS TO WORK ON A SPECIFIC PROBLEM; PROVIDING PEER SERVICES;
 OR TO SELECT FOR  SUITABILITY  AND  PROVIDE  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  TREATMENT
 SERVICES OR GROUP RE-ENTRY SERVICES TO INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IN STATE
 CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
   (B) A PERSON WITHOUT A LICENSE FROM CREATING, DEVELOPING OR IMPLEMENT-
 ING  A  SERVICE  PLAN  OR  RECOVERY PLAN THAT IS NOT A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
 DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT  PLAN.  Such  service  OR  RECOVERY  plans  shall
 include, but are not limited to, COORDINATING, EVALUATING OR DETERMINING
 THE  NEED  FOR, OR THE PROVISION OF THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: job training
 and employability[,]; housing[,]; HOMELESS  SERVICES  AND  SHELTERS  FOR
 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES; REFUGEE SERVICES; RESIDENTIAL, DAY OR
 COMMUNITY  HABILITATION  SERVICES; general public assistance[,]; in home
 services and supports or home-delivered meals[, investigations conducted
 or assessments made by]; RECOVERY SUPPORTS; adult  or  child  protective
 services  INCLUDING INVESTIGATIONS; DETENTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION FIVE
 HUNDRED TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW; PREVENTION  AND  RESIDENTIAL  SERVICES
 FOR  VICTIMS  OF  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE;  SERVICES FOR RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS
 YOUTH; FOSTER CARE, ADOPTION, PREVENTIVE SERVICES OR SERVICES IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH AN APPROVED PLAN PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF  THE
 SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW,  INCLUDING,  adoption AND FOSTER home studies and
 assessments, family service plans, transition  plans  [and],  permanency
 planning  activities, AND CASE PLANNING OR CASE MANAGEMENT AS SUCH TERMS
 ARE DEFINED IN PART FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT OF TITLE EIGHTEEN  OF  THE
 NEW  YORK CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS; RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION; HOME
 AND  COMMUNITY  BASED  SERVICES;  AND  de-escalation  techniques,   peer
 services  or  skill development. [A license under this article shall not
 be required for persons to participate]
   (C)(I) A PERSON WITHOUT A LICENSE FROM PARTICIPATING as a member of  a
 multi-disciplinary  team  to  DEVELOP  OR implement a [behavioral health
 services or] treatment plan; provided [however,] that  such  team  shall
 include  one  or more professionals licensed under this article or arti-
 cles one  hundred  thirty-one,  ONE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-NINE,  one  hundred
 fifty-four  or one hundred sixty-three of this chapter WHO MUST DIRECTLY
 OBSERVE EACH PATIENT EITHER IN PERSON OR BY ELECTRONIC MEANS,  PRIOR  TO
 THE RENDERING OF A DIAGNOSIS; and provided, further, that the activities

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 performed  by  members of the team shall be consistent with the scope of
 practice for each team member licensed or authorized under title VIII of
 this chapter, and those who are not so authorized may not  INDEPENDENTLY
 engage  in  the  following restricted practices, BUT MAY ASSIST LICENSED
 PROFESSIONALS OR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM MEMBERS WITH: the diagnosis  of
 mental, emotional, behavioral, addictive and developmental disorders and
 disabilities;  patient  assessment  and  evaluating;  the  provision  of
 psychotherapeutic treatment;  the  provision  of  treatment  other  than
 psychotherapeutic treatment; [and/or] OR the development and implementa-
 tion  of assessment-based treatment plans as defined in section seventy-
 seven hundred one of this [chapter] TITLE.
   (II) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, A TREATMENT PLAN SHALL BE LIMITED TO
 PLANS FOR TREATMENT  WITHIN  THE  FOLLOWING  SETTINGS:    FACILITIES  OR
 PROGRAMS  OPERATING  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE NINETEEN-G OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW
 OR PURSUANT TO ARTICLES SEVEN, SIXTEEN, THIRTY-ONE AND THIRTY-TWO OF THE
 MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
   (III) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "ASSIST" SHALL INCLUDE THE
 PROVISION OF SERVICES WITHIN  THE  PRACTICE  OF  PSYCHOLOGY,  UNDER  THE
 SUPERVISION OF A PERSON LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   (D)  Provided,  further,  that  nothing  in  this subdivision shall be
 construed as requiring a license for any particular activity or function
 based solely on the fact that the activity or function is not listed  in
 this subdivision.
   12.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NOTH-
 ING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT OR LIMIT  THE  ACTIV-
 ITIES  OR  SERVICES  PROVIDED  BY  ANY  PERSON  WHO  IS  EMPLOYED OR WHO
 COMMENCES EMPLOYMENT IN A PROGRAM OR SERVICE OPERATED, REGULATED,  FUND-
 ED, OR APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE, THE OFFICE OF CHIL-
 DREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY
 SUPERVISION, THE OFFICE OF  TEMPORARY  AND  DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE,  THE
 STATE  OFFICE  FOR  THE  AGING  AND  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OR A LOCAL
 GOVERNMENTAL UNIT AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 41.03 OF THE MENTAL
 HYGIENE LAW OR A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN  SECTION  SIXTY-
 ONE  OF  THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES LAW ON OR BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY PERSON WHO COMMENCES  EMPLOYMENT  IN
 SUCH  PROGRAM  OR  SERVICE  AFTER  JULY  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND
 PERFORMS SERVICES THAT ARE RESTRICTED UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE APPRO-
 PRIATELY LICENSED OR AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of section 7702 of  the  education
 law, as amended by chapter 230 of the laws of 2004, is amended and a new
 paragraph (m) is added to read as follows:
   (f) [Assist] GENERAL COUNSELING THAT IS NOT PSYCHOTHERAPY, AND ASSIST-
 ING  individuals  or  groups  with difficult day to day problems such as
 finding employment,  locating  sources  of  assistance,  and  organizing
 community groups to work on a specific problem.
   (M) PROVIDE PEER SERVICES.
   §  3.  Subdivision 7 of section 7706 of the education law, as added by
 section 5 of part AA of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended and a
 new subdivision 8 is added to read as follows:
   7. (A) Prevent a person without a license from: performing assessments
 such as basic information collection, gathering of demographic data, and
 informal observations, screening and referral used for general eligibil-
 ity for a program or service and determining the functional status of an
 individual for the purpose of determining need for  services  [unrelated
 to a behavioral health diagnosis or treatment plan. Such licensure shall
 not be required to create, develop or implement a service plan unrelated

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 to a behavioral health diagnosis or treatment plan]; COUNSELING INDIVID-
 UALS  REGARDING  THE  APPROPRIATENESS OF BENEFITS THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR;
 PROVIDING GENERAL COUNSELING THAT IS  NOT  PSYCHOTHERAPY  AND  ASSISTING
 INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS WITH DIFFICULT DAY TO DAY PROBLEMS SUCH AS FINDING
 EMPLOYMENT,  LOCATING  SOURCES  OF  ASSISTANCE, AND ORGANIZING COMMUNITY
 GROUPS TO WORK ON A SPECIFIC PROBLEM; PROVIDING  PEER  SERVICES;  OR  TO
 SELECT FOR SUITABILITY AND PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT SERVICES OR
 GROUP RE-ENTRY SERVICES TO INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IN STATE CORRECTION-
 AL FACILITIES.
   (B)  PREVENT  A  PERSON WITHOUT A LICENSE FROM CREATING, DEVELOPING OR
 IMPLEMENTING A SERVICE PLAN OR RECOVERY PLAN THAT IS  NOT  A  BEHAVIORAL
 HEALTH DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT PLAN. Such service OR RECOVERY plans shall
 include, but are not limited to, COORDINATING, EVALUATING OR DETERMINING
 THE  NEED  FOR, OR THE PROVISION OF THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: job training
 and employability[,]; housing[,]; HOMELESS  SERVICES  AND  SHELTERS  FOR
 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES; REFUGEE SERVICES; RESIDENTIAL, DAY OR
 COMMUNITY  HABILITATION  SERVICES; general public assistance[,]; in home
 services and supports or home-delivered meals[, investigations conducted
 or assessments made by]; RECOVERY SUPPORTS; adult  or  child  protective
 services  INCLUDING INVESTIGATIONS; DETENTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION FIVE
 HUNDRED TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW; PREVENTION  AND  RESIDENTIAL  SERVICES
 FOR  VICTIMS  OF  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE;  SERVICES FOR RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS
 YOUTH; FOSTER CARE, ADOPTION, PREVENTIVE SERVICES OR SERVICES IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH AN APPROVED PLAN PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF  THE
 SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW,  INCLUDING,  adoption AND FOSTER home studies and
 assessments, family service plans, transition  plans  [and],  permanency
 planning  activities, AND CASE PLANNING OR CASE MANAGEMENT AS SUCH TERMS
 ARE DEFINED IN PART FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT OF TITLE EIGHTEEN  OF  THE
 NEW  YORK CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS; RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION; HOME
 AND  COMMUNITY  BASED  SERVICES;  AND  de-escalation  techniques,   peer
 services  or  skill development. [A license under this article shall not
 be required for persons to participate]
   (C)(I) PREVENT A PERSON WITHOUT A  LICENSE  FROM  PARTICIPATING  as  a
 member  of  a  multi-disciplinary team to DEVELOP OR implement a [behav-
 ioral health services or] treatment plan; provided [however,] that  such
 team shall include one or more professionals licensed under this article
 or articles one hundred thirty-one, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE, one hundred
 fifty-three or one hundred sixty-three of this chapter WHO MUST DIRECTLY
 OBSERVE  EACH  PATIENT EITHER IN PERSON OR BY ELECTRONIC MEANS, PRIOR TO
 THE RENDERING OF A DIAGNOSIS; and provided, further, that the activities
 performed by members of the team shall be consistent with the  scope  of
 practice for each team member licensed or authorized under title VIII of
 this  chapter, and those who are not so authorized may not INDEPENDENTLY
 engage in the following restricted practices, BUT  MAY  ASSIST  LICENSED
 PROFESSIONALS OR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM MEMBERS WITH:  the diagnosis of
 mental, emotional, behavioral, addictive and developmental disorders and
 disabilities;  patient  assessment  and  evaluating;  the  provision  of
 psychotherapeutic treatment;  the  provision  of  treatment  other  than
 psychotherapeutic treatment; [and/or] OR the development and implementa-
 tion  of assessment-based treatment plans as defined in section seventy-
 seven hundred one of this article.
   (II) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, A TREATMENT PLAN SHALL BE LIMITED TO
 PLANS  FOR  TREATMENT  WITHIN  THE  FOLLOWING  SETTINGS:  FACILITIES  OR
 PROGRAMS  OPERATING  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE NINETEEN-G OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW
 OR PURSUANT TO ARTICLES SEVEN, SIXTEEN, THIRTY-ONE AND THIRTY-TWO OF THE
 MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.

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   (III) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "ASSIST" SHALL INCLUDE THE
 PROVISION OF SERVICES WITHIN THE PRACTICE OF MASTER SOCIAL WORK OR CLIN-
 ICAL SOCIAL WORK, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A PERSON LICENSED UNDER  THIS
 ARTICLE.
   (D)  Provided,  further,  that  nothing  in  this subdivision shall be
 construed as requiring a license for any particular activity or function
 based solely on the fact that the activity or function is not listed  in
 this subdivision.
   8. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NOTHING
 IN  THIS  ARTICLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT OR LIMIT THE ACTIVITIES
 OR SERVICES PROVIDED BY ANY PERSON WHO  IS  EMPLOYED  OR  WHO  COMMENCES
 EMPLOYMENT  IN  A  PROGRAM  OR  SERVICE  OPERATED, REGULATED, FUNDED, OR
 APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE, THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
 FAMILY SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT  OF  CORRECTIONS  AND  COMMUNITY  SUPER-
 VISION,  THE  OFFICE  OF  TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE, THE STATE
 OFFICE FOR THE AGING AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH  OR  A  LOCAL  GOVERN-
 MENTAL  UNIT  AS  THAT  TERM  IS  DEFINED IN SECTION 41.03 OF THE MENTAL
 HYGIENE LAW OR A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN  SECTION  SIXTY-
 ONE  OF  THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES LAW ON OR BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY. PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT ANY PERSON WHO  COMMENCES  EMPLOYMENT  IN
 SUCH  PROGRAM  OR  SERVICE  AFTER  JULY  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND
 PERFORMS SERVICES THAT ARE RESTRICTED UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE APPRO-
 PRIATELY LICENSED OR AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   § 4. Subdivision 8 of section 8410 of the education law, as  added  by
 section 6 of part AA of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended and a
 new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
   8. (A) Prevent a person without a license from: performing assessments
 such as basic information collection, gathering of demographic data, and
 informal observations, screening and referral used for general eligibil-
 ity for a program or service and determining the functional status of an
 individual  for  the purpose of determining need for services [unrelated
 to a behavioral health diagnosis or  treatment  plan.    Such  licensure
 shall  not  be  required  to create, develop or implement a service plan
 unrelated to a behavioral health diagnosis  or  treatment  plan];  COUN-
 SELING  INDIVIDUALS  REGARDING  THE APPROPRIATENESS OF BENEFITS THEY ARE
 ELIGIBLE FOR; PROVIDING GENERAL COUNSELING THAT IS NOT PSYCHOTHERAPY AND
 ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS WITH DIFFICULT DAY TO DAY PROBLEMS  SUCH
 AS  FINDING  EMPLOYMENT,  LOCATING SOURCES OF ASSISTANCE, AND ORGANIZING
 COMMUNITY GROUPS TO WORK ON A SPECIFIC PROBLEM; PROVIDING PEER SERVICES;
 OR TO SELECT FOR  SUITABILITY  AND  PROVIDE  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  TREATMENT
 SERVICES OR GROUP RE-ENTRY SERVICES TO INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IN STATE
 CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
   (B)  PREVENT  A  PERSON WITHOUT A LICENSE FROM CREATING, DEVELOPING OR
 IMPLEMENTING A SERVICE PLAN OR RECOVERY PLAN THAT IS  NOT  A  BEHAVIORAL
 HEALTH DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT PLAN. Such service OR RECOVERY plans shall
 include, but are not limited to, COORDINATING, EVALUATING OR DETERMINING
 THE  NEED  FOR, OR THE PROVISION OF THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: job training
 and employability[,]; housing[,]; HOMELESS  SERVICES  AND  SHELTERS  FOR
 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES; REFUGEE SERVICES; RESIDENTIAL, DAY OR
 COMMUNITY  HABILITATION  SERVICES; general public assistance[,]; in home
 services and supports or home-delivered meals[, investigations conducted
 or assessments made by]; RECOVERY SUPPORTS; adult  or  child  protective
 services  INCLUDING INVESTIGATIONS; DETENTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION FIVE
 HUNDRED TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW; PREVENTION  AND  RESIDENTIAL  SERVICES
 FOR  VICTIMS  OF  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE;  SERVICES FOR RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS
 YOUTH; FOSTER CARE, ADOPTION, PREVENTIVE SERVICES OR SERVICES IN ACCORD-

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 ANCE WITH AN APPROVED PLAN PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF  THE
 SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW,  INCLUDING,  adoption AND FOSTER home studies and
 assessments, family service plans, transition  plans  [and],  permanency
 planning  activities, AND CASE PLANNING OR CASE MANAGEMENT AS SUCH TERMS
 ARE DEFINED IN PART FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT OF TITLE EIGHTEEN  OF  THE
 NEW  YORK CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS; RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION; HOME
 AND  COMMUNITY  BASED  SERVICES;  AND  de-escalation  techniques,   peer
 services  or  skill development. [A license under this article shall not
 be required for persons to participate]
   (C)(I) PREVENT A PERSON WITHOUT A  LICENSE  FROM  PARTICIPATING  as  a
 member  of  a  multi-disciplinary team to DEVELOP OR implement a [behav-
 ioral health services or] treatment plan; provided [however,] that  such
 team shall include one or more professionals licensed under this article
 or articles one hundred thirty-one, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE, one hundred
 fifty-three  or one hundred fifty-four of this chapter WHO MUST DIRECTLY
 OBSERVE EACH PATIENT EITHER IN PERSON OR BY ELECTRONIC MEANS,  PRIOR  TO
 THE RENDERING OF A DIAGNOSIS; and provided, further, that the activities
 performed  by  members of the team shall be consistent with the scope of
 practice for each team member licensed or authorized under title VIII of
 this chapter, and those who are not so authorized may not  INDEPENDENTLY
 engage  in  the  following restricted practices, BUT MAY ASSIST LICENSED
 PROFESSIONALS OR MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM MEMBERS WITH: the  diagnosis  of
 mental, emotional, behavioral, addictive and developmental disorders and
 disabilities;  patient  assessment  and  evaluating;  the  provision  of
 psychotherapeutic treatment;  the  provision  of  treatment  other  than
 psychotherapeutic treatment; [and/or] OR the development and implementa-
 tion  of assessment-based treatment plans as defined in section seventy-
 seven hundred one of this chapter.
   (II) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, A TREATMENT PLAN SHALL BE LIMITED TO
 PLANS  FOR  TREATMENT  WITHIN  THE  FOLLOWING  SETTINGS:  FACILITIES  OR
 PROGRAMS  OPERATING  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE NINETEEN-G OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW
 OR PURSUANT TO ARTICLES SEVEN, SIXTEEN, THIRTY-ONE AND THIRTY-TWO OF THE
 MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
   (III) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "ASSIST" SHALL INCLUDE THE
 PROVISION OF SERVICES WITHIN THE PRACTICE OF MENTAL  HEALTH  COUNSELING,
 MARRIAGE  AND  FAMILY  THERAPY, CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY OR PSYCHOANALYSIS,
 UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A PERSON LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   (D) Provided, further, that  nothing  in  this  subdivision  shall  be
 construed as requiring a license for any particular activity or function
 based  solely on the fact that the activity or function is not listed in
 this subdivision.
   9. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NOTHING
 IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT OR LIMIT  THE  ACTIVITIES
 OR  SERVICES  PROVIDED  BY  ANY  PERSON WHO IS EMPLOYED OR WHO COMMENCES
 EMPLOYMENT IN A PROGRAM  OR  SERVICE  OPERATED,  REGULATED,  FUNDED,  OR
 APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE, THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
 FAMILY  SERVICES,  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPER-
 VISION, THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND  DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE,  THE  STATE
 OFFICE  FOR  THE  AGING  AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OR A LOCAL GOVERN-
 MENTAL UNIT AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  41.03  OF  THE  MENTAL
 HYGIENE  LAW  OR A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN SECTION SIXTY-
 ONE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW ON OR BEFORE  JULY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY.  PROVIDED  HOWEVER,  THAT ANY PERSON WHO COMMENCES EMPLOYMENT IN
 SUCH PROGRAM OR SERVICE  AFTER  JULY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY  AND
 PERFORMS SERVICES THAT ARE RESTRICTED UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE APPRO-
 PRIATELY LICENSED OR AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.

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   § 5. Not later than July 1, 2019 the department of mental hygiene, the
 office  of  children  and  family  services, the office of temporary and
 disability assistance,  the  department  of  corrections  and  community
 supervision, the state office for the aging, or the department of health
 (hereinafter  referred  to  as "agencies") shall individually or collec-
 tively consult with the state education department (hereinafter referred
 to as "department") to develop formal  guidance  for  service  providers
 authorized  to  operate  under  the  respective agencies to identify the
 tasks and functions performed by each agency's  service  provider  work-
 force  categorized as tasks and functions restricted to licensed person-
 nel including tasks and functions that do not require  a  license  under
 articles  153,  154  and  163  of  the education law. Subsequent to such
 consultation, and not later than December 31, 2019, the department shall
 issue guidance to each such agency with respect to each agency's service
 provider workforce. Each agency may issue additional guidance from  time
 to  time,  subject to consultation with the department.  Notwithstanding
 any provision of law to the contrary, no person shall be held liable for
 unauthorized practice of a profession subject to licensure  under  arti-
 cles  153,  154  and  163  of  the  education law if such person acts in
 accordance with such agency  guidance  until  July  1,  2020,  to  allow
 further  consultation  on  guidance  as necessary. Upon issuance by such
 state agency of guidance, the department shall have 180  days  from  the
 date  of the issuance of such guidance to issue a statement of disagree-
 ment with the agency's guidance. If the department has issued  a  state-
 ment  of disagreement, the department and state agency shall engage in a
 collaborative process to gather input from stakeholders to  resolve  the
 issues.
   § 6. Programs and services operated, regulated, funded, or approved by
 the  department  of  mental  hygiene,  the office of children and family
 services, the department of corrections and community  supervision,  the
 office  of temporary and disability assistance, the state office for the
 aging and the department of health or a local governmental unit  as  the
 term  is  defined in section 41.03 of the mental hygiene law or a social
 services district as defined in section 61 of the  social  services  law
 shall  not be required to receive a waiver pursuant to section 6503-a of
 the education law and, further, such programs and services shall also be
 considered to be approved settings for the receipt of supervised experi-
 ence for the professions governed by articles 153, 154 and  163  of  the
 education law.
   §  7.  Subdivision  a  of section 9 of chapter 420 of the laws of 2002
 amending the education law relating to the profession of social work, as
 amended by section 1 of part J of chapter 59 of the  laws  of  2016,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   a.  Nothing  in  this  act  shall  prohibit or limit the activities or
 services on the part of any person in the employ of a program or service
 operated, regulated, funded, or approved by  the  department  of  mental
 hygiene,  the  office  of  children  and  family services, the office of
 temporary and disability assistance, the department of  corrections  and
 community supervision, the state office for the aging, the department of
 health,  or a local governmental unit as that term is defined in article
 41 of the mental hygiene law or a social services district as defined in
 section 61 of the social services law, provided, however,  this  section
 shall  not authorize the use of any title authorized pursuant to article
 154 of the education law, except  that  this  section  shall  be  deemed
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   § 8. Subdivision a of section 17-a of chapter 676 of the laws of 2002,
 amending  the  education  law relating to the practice of psychology, as
 amended by section 2 of part J of chapter 59 of the  laws  of  2016,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   a.  In  relation to activities and services provided under article 153
 of the education law, nothing in this act shall prohibit or  limit  such
 activities  or  services  on  the  part of any person in the employ of a
 program or service operated,  regulated,  funded,  or  approved  by  the
 department  of  mental  hygiene  or  the  office  of children and family
 services, or a local governmental unit as that term is defined in  arti-
 cle  41  of  the  mental  hygiene  law  or a social services district as
 defined in section 61 of the social services law.  In relation to activ-
 ities and services provided under article  163  of  the  education  law,
 nothing  in this act shall prohibit or limit such activities or services
 on the part of any person in the employ of a program  or  service  oper-
 ated,  regulated,  funded,  or  approved  by  the  department  of mental
 hygiene, the office of children and family services, the  department  of
 corrections and community supervision, the office of temporary and disa-
 bility  assistance, the state office for the aging and the department of
 health or a local governmental unit as that term is defined  in  article
 41 of the mental hygiene law or a social services district as defined in
 section  61 of the social services law, pursuant to authority granted by
 law. This section shall not authorize the use of  any  title  authorized
 pursuant to article 153 or 163 of the education law by any such employed
 person,  except  as  otherwise  provided  by such articles respectively.
 This section shall be deemed repealed July 1, [2018] 2020.
   § 9. Section 16 of chapter 130 of  the  laws  of  2010,  amending  the
 education  law  and  other laws relating to the registration of entities
 providing certain professional services and  the  licensure  of  certain
 professions, as amended by section 3 of part J of chapter 59 of the laws
 of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   §  16.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided that sections
 thirteen, fourteen and fifteen of this act shall take effect immediately
 and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on  and  after
 June  1, 2010 and such sections shall be deemed repealed July 1, [2018]
 2020; provided further that the amendments to section 9 of  chapter  420
 of  the  laws of 2002 amending the education law relating to the profes-
 sion of social work made by section thirteen of this act shall repeal on
 the same date as such section repeals; provided further that the  amend-
 ments  to  section  17-a of chapter 676 of the laws of 2002 amending the
 education law relating to the practice of  psychology  made  by  section
 fourteen  of  this  act  shall  repeal  on the same date as such section
 repeals.
   § 10. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART Z
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (vii) of  paragraph  e  of  subdivision  3  of
 section  364-j  of  the social services law, as amended by section 38 of
 part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (vii) a  person  with  a  developmental  or  physical  disability  who
 receives  home  and  community-based  services  or care-at-home services
 through A DEMONSTRATION WAIVER UNDER SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED  FIFTEEN  OF
 THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, existing waivers under section nineteen
 hundred fifteen (c) of the federal social security act, or who has char-
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   § 2. Clause (x) of subparagraph 1 of paragraph (e) of subdivision 5 of
 section 366 of the social services law, as added by section 26-a of part
 C of chapter 109 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
   (x)  "nursing facility services" means nursing care and health related
 services provided in a nursing facility; a level of care provided  in  a
 hospital  which is equivalent to the care which is provided in a nursing
 facility; and care, services or supplies provided pursuant to  a  waiver
 granted pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1915 of the federal social
 security act OR SUCCESSOR FEDERAL WAIVER.
   § 3. Section 366 of the social services law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 7-c to read as follows:
   7-C.  THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER
 OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IS AUTHORIZED TO  SUBMIT  THE  APPROPRIATE
 WAIVERS,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO, THOSE AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL  SECURITY  ACT,  IN
 ORDER  TO  ACHIEVE  THE PURPOSES OF HIGH-QUALITY AND INTEGRATED CARE AND
 SERVICES FOR A POPULATION OF PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AS
 SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
   § 4. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section  366-c  of  the  social
 services  law,  as  amended by section 68 of part A of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) For purposes of this section an "institutionalized  spouse"  is  a
 person  (i)  who  is  in  a  medical institution or nursing facility and
 expected to remain in such facility or institution for at  least  thirty
 consecutive  days;  or (ii) who is receiving care, services and supplies
 pursuant to a waiver pursuant to  subsection  (c)  of  section  nineteen
 hundred fifteen of the federal social security act, OR SUCCESSOR TO SUCH
 WAIVER,  or  is receiving care, services and supplies in a managed long-
 term care plan pursuant to section eleven hundred fifteen of the  social
 security  act;  and  (iii)  who  is  married to a person who is not in a
 medical institution or nursing  facility  or  is  not  receiving  waiver
 services  described  in  subparagraph  (ii) of this paragraph; provided,
 however, that medical assistance shall be  furnished  pursuant  to  this
 paragraph only if, for so long as, and to the extent that federal finan-
 cial  participation  is available therefor.   The commissioner of health
 shall make any amendments to the state plan for medical  assistance,  or
 apply  for  any waiver or approval under the federal social security act
 that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this paragraph.
   § 5. The closing paragraph of subdivision 4 of section  366-c  of  the
 social services law, as amended by section 42 of part D of chapter 58 of
 the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
 provided,  however,  that,  to  the  extent required by federal law, the
 terms of this subdivision shall not apply to persons who  are  receiving
 care,  services  and  supplies  pursuant  to the following waivers under
 section 1915(c) of the federal social security act: the nursing facility
 transition and diversion waiver authorized pursuant to subdivision six-a
 of section three hundred sixty-six of this title;  the  traumatic  brain
 injury  waiver authorized pursuant to section twenty-seven hundred forty
 of the public health law, the long term home health care program  waiver
 authorized  pursuant  to  section  three  hundred  sixty-seven-c of this
 title, and the home and community based services waiver for persons with
 developmental disabilities, OR SUCCESSOR TO SUCH WAIVER, administered by
 the office [of mental retardation and]  FOR  PEOPLE  WITH  developmental
 disabilities pursuant to an agreement with the federal centers for medi-
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   §  6.  Paragraph  4  of subdivision (a) of section 16.03 of the mental
 hygiene law, as added by section 6 of part MM of chapter 58 of the  laws
 of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (4)  The provision of home and community based services approved under
 a waiver program authorized pursuant to SECTION ELEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTEEN
 OF  THE  FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OR subdivision (c) of section nine-
 teen hundred fifteen of the federal social security act and subdivisions
 seven and seven-a of section  three  hundred  sixty-six  of  the  social
 services  law, provided that an operating certificate issued pursuant to
 this paragraph shall only authorize services  in  a  home  or  community
 setting.
   §  7.  Paragraph  2  of subdivision (a) of section 16.11 of the mental
 hygiene law, as added by section 10 of part MM of chapter 58 of the laws
 of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (2) The review of providers of services, as defined in paragraph  four
 of  subdivision  (a) of section 16.03 of this article, shall ensure that
 the provider of services complies  with  all  the  requirements  of  the
 applicable  federal home and community based services waiver program, OR
 OTHER SUCCESSOR MEDICAID WAIVER PROGRAM, and  applicable  federal  regu-
 lation,  subdivisions  seven and seven-a of section three hundred sixty-
 six of the social services law and rules and regulations adopted by  the
 commissioner.
   §  8.  Subdivision  (b) of section 80.03 of the mental hygiene law, as
 amended by chapter 37 of the  laws  of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (b)  "A  patient in need of surrogate decision-making" means a patient
 as defined in subdivision twenty-three of section 1.03 of  this  chapter
 who  is: a resident of a mental hygiene facility including a resident of
 housing programs funded by an office of the department or whose  federal
 funding  application  was approved by an office of the department or for
 whom such  facility  maintains  legal  admission  status  therefor;  or,
 receiving  home  and  community-based  services  for persons with mental
 disabilities provided pursuant to section 1915 OR 1115  of  the  federal
 social  security  act; or receiving individualized support services; or,
 case management or service coordination funded, approved, or provided by
 the office for people with developmental  disabilities;  and,  for  whom
 major medical treatment is proposed, and who is determined by the surro-
 gate  decision-making  committee  to  lack  the ability to consent to or
 refuse such treatment, but shall not  include  minors  with  parents  or
 persons with legal guardians, committees or conservators who are legally
 authorized,  available  and  willing to make such health care decisions.
 Once a person is eligible for surrogate decision-making, such person may
 continue to receive surrogate  decision-making  as  authorized  by  this
 section regardless of a change in residential status.
   § 9. Subdivision 1-a of section 84 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws
 of  2013,  amending  the  social services law and other laws relating to
 enacting the major components of legislation necessary to implement  the
 health and mental hygiene budget for the 2013-2014 state fiscal year, is
 amended to read as follows:
   [1-a.  sections  seventy-three  through  eighty-a  shall expire and be
 deemed repealed September 30, 2019]
   § 10. Paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 8 of section 4403 of  the  public
 health law, as amended by chapter 474 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (a-1)  If  the  commissioner  and  the  commissioner of the office for
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 lacks  the experience required in paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the
 organization shall have an affiliation arrangement  with  an  entity  or
 entities that are CONTROLLED BY non-profit ORGANIZATIONS with experience
 serving  persons  with  developmental  disabilities,  AS DEMONSTRATED BY
 CRITERIA TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
 THE  OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, WITH SUCH CRITE-
 RIA including, but not limited  to,  residential,  day,  and  employment
 services  such  that  the  affiliated  entity  will  coordinate and plan
 services operated, certified, funded,  authorized  or  approved  by  the
 office  for  people  with developmental disabilities or will oversee and
 approve such coordination and planning;
   § 11. Section 97 of chapter 659 of the  laws  of  1997,  amending  the
 public health law and other laws relating to creation of continuing care
 retirement communities, as amended by section 20 of part D of chapter 57
 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   §  97. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
 the amendments to subdivision 4 of section 854 of the general  municipal
 law  made by section seventy of this act shall not affect the expiration
 of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith and provided
 further that sections sixty-seven and  sixty-eight  of  this  act  shall
 apply  to  taxable  years  beginning  on  or  after  January 1, 1998 and
 provided further that sections eighty-one through eighty-seven  of  this
 act  shall expire and be deemed repealed on December 31, [2019] 2024 and
 provided further, however, that the amendments to section ninety of this
 act shall take effect January 1, 1998 and shall apply to  all  policies,
 contracts,  certificates,  riders or other evidences of coverage of long
 term care insurance issued, renewed, altered  or  modified  pursuant  to
 section 3229 of the insurance law on or after such date.
   §  12.  Paragraph  (a-1)  of  subdivision  12 of section 4403-f of the
 public health law, as amended by chapter 474 of the  laws  of  2015,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a-1)  If  the  commissioner  and  the  commissioner of the office for
 people with developmental disabilities determine that  such  plan  lacks
 the  experience  required in paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the plan
 shall have an affiliation arrangement with an entity  or  entities  that
 are  CONTROLLED  BY  non-profit  ORGANIZATIONS  with  experience serving
 persons with developmental disabilities, AS DEMONSTRATED BY CRITERIA  TO
 BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR
 PEOPLE  WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES, WITH SUCH CRITERIA including,
 but not limited to, residential, day and employment services, such  that
 the affiliated entity will coordinate and plan services operated, certi-
 fied,  funded,  authorized  or  approved  by  the office for people with
 developmental disabilities or will oversee and approve such coordination
 and planning;
   § 13. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 4403-g of  the  public
 health  law,  as added by section 73 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (d) "Health and long term care services"  means  COMPREHENSIVE  HEALTH
 services  AND  OTHER  SERVICES AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND THE
 COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES,
 whether  provided by state-operated programs or not-for-profit entities,
 including, but not limited to, habilitation services, home and  communi-
 ty-based  and  institution-based  long term care services, and ancillary
 services, that shall include medical supplies  and  nutritional  supple-
 ments,  that are necessary to meet the needs of persons whom the plan is
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 the  DISCO is authorized to provide or arrange for such services].  Each
 person enrolled in a DISCO shall  receive  health  and  long  term  care
 services  designed  to  achieve person-centered outcomes, to enable that
 person  to  live  in  the  most  integrated  setting appropriate to that
 person's needs, and to enable that person to interact  with  nondisabled
 persons  to  the  fullest extent possible in social, workplace and other
 community settings, provided that all such services are consistent  with
 such  person's  wishes  to  the extent that such wishes are known and in
 accordance with such person's needs.
   § 14. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 4403-g of  the  public
 health  law,  as added by section 73 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) A description of the services to be covered by such  DISCO,  WHICH
 MUST INCLUDE ALL HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE SERVICES, AS DEFINED IN PARA-
 GRAPH  (D)  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF THIS SECTION, AND OTHER SERVICES AS
 DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF  THE  OFFICE  FOR
 PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES;
   §  15.  Paragraph (j) of subdivision 4 of section 4403-g of the public
 health law, as added by section 73 of part A of chapter 56 of  the  laws
 of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (j)  Readiness and capability [to arrange and manage covered services]
 OF ORGANIZING, MARKETING, MANAGING, PROMOTING AND OPERATING A HEALTH AND
 LONG TERM CARE SERVICES PLAN, OR HAS AN AFFILIATION  AGREEMENT  WITH  AN
 ENTITY THAT HAS SUCH READINESS AND CAPABILITY;
   §  16.  Subdivision  (c)  of  section 62 of chapter 165 of the laws of
 1991, amending the public health law and other laws relating  to  estab-
 lishing  payments  for  medical  assistance, as amended by section 17 of
 part D of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (c) section 364-j of the social services law, as  amended  by  section
 eight  of  this  act  and  subdivision  6 of section 367-a of the social
 services law as added by section twelve of this act shall expire and  be
 deemed  repealed on March 31, [2019] 2024 and provided further, that the
 amendments to the provisions of section 364-j of the social services law
 made by section eight of this act  shall  only  apply  to  managed  care
 programs approved on or after the effective date of this act;
   §  17.  Subdivision (c) of section 13.40 of the mental hygiene law, as
 added by section 72-b of part A of chapter 56 of the laws  of  2013,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c)  No  person  with  a  developmental disability who is receiving or
 applying for medical assistance and who is  receiving,  or  eligible  to
 receive, services operated, funded, certified, authorized or approved by
 the office, shall be required to enroll in a DISCO, HMO or MLTC in order
 to  receive such services until program features and reimbursement rates
 are approved by the commissioner and the  commissioner  of  health,  and
 until  such  commissioners  determine  that a sufficient number of plans
 that are authorized to coordinate care for individuals pursuant to  this
 section  or  that  are  authorized  to operate and to exclusively enroll
 persons with developmental disabilities pursuant to subdivision  twenty-
 seven  of  section three hundred sixty-four-j of the social services law
 are operating in such person's county of residence to meet the needs  of
 persons with developmental disabilities, and that such entities meet the
 standards  of  this  section. No person shall be required to enroll in a
 DISCO, HMO or MLTC in order to receive services operated, funded, certi-
 fied, authorized or approved by the office until there are at least  two
 entities  operating  under this section in such person's county of resi-
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 there are less than two such entities operating in such county. NOTWITH-
 STANDING THE FOREGOING OR ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY HEALTH CARE
 PROVIDER: (I) ENROLLED IN THE MEDICAID PROGRAM AND (II) RENDERING HOSPI-
 TAL  SERVICES,  AS  SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED
 ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, TO  AN  INDIVIDUAL  WITH  A  DEVELOPMENTAL
 DISABILITY  WHO IS ENROLLED IN A DISCO, HMO OR MLTC, OR A PREPAID HEALTH
 SERVICES PLAN OPERATING PURSUANT TO SECTION FORTY-FOUR  HUNDRED  THREE-A
 OF  THE  PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AN INDIVIDUAL
 WHO IS ENROLLED IN A PLAN AUTHORIZED BY  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-
 FOUR-J  OR  THE  SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, SHALL ACCEPT AS FULL REIMBURSEMENT
 THE NEGOTIATED RATE OR, IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS NO  NEGOTIATED  RATE,
 THE  RATE  OF PAYMENT THAT THE APPLICABLE GOVERNMENT AGENCY WOULD OTHER-
 WISE PAY FOR SUCH RENDERED HOSPITAL SERVICES.
   § 18. Section 11 of chapter 710 of the  laws  of  1988,  amending  the
 social services law and the education law relating to medical assistance
 eligibility  of  certain  persons and providing for managed medical care
 demonstration programs, as amended by section 1 of part F of chapter  73
 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   §  11.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately;  except  that the
 provisions of sections one, two, three, four, eight and ten of this  act
 shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law;
 and  except  that the provisions of sections five, six and seven of this
 act shall take effect January 1, 1989; and except that  effective  imme-
 diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
 effective  date; provided, however, that the provisions of section 364-j
 of the social services law, as added by section one of  this  act  shall
 expire  and  be  deemed repealed on and after March 31, [2019] 2024, the
 provisions of section 364-k of the social  services  law,  as  added  by
 section  two  of  this act, except subdivision 10 of such section, shall
 expire and be deemed repealed on and after  January  1,  1994,  and  the
 provisions  of  subdivision  10  of section 364-k of the social services
 law, as added by section two of this act, shall  expire  and  be  deemed
 repealed on January 1, 1995.
   §  19. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to subparagraph (vii) of paragraph e of subdivision 3  of
 section 364-j of the social services law made by section one of this act
 shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed
 therewith; provided further, however, that the amendments to subdivision
 4  of  section  366-c of the social services law made by section five of
 this act shall not affect the expiration of such subdivision  and  shall
 be  deemed  to  expire  therewith;  provided  further, however, that the
 amendments to paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 12 of section 4403-f of the
 public health law made by section twelve of this act  shall  not  affect
 the repeal of such section and shall be deemed to be repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART AA
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 3-b and 3-c of section 1 of part C of chapter
 57 of the laws of 2006,  relating  to  establishing  a  cost  of  living
 adjustment for designated human services programs, as amended by section
 1  of  part  Q of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, are amended to read as
 follows:
   3-b. Notwithstanding any  inconsistent  provision  of  law,  beginning
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 ending March 31, [2018] 2019, the commissioners shall not include a COLA
 for the purpose of establishing rates  of  payments,  contracts  or  any
 other  form  of  reimbursement,  provided  that the commissioners of the
 office  for people with developmental disabilities, the office of mental
 health, and the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services  shall
 not include a COLA beginning April 1, 2017 and ending March 31, 2019.
   3-c.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of law, beginning
 April 1, [2018] 2019 and ending March 31, [2021] 2022, the commissioners
 shall develop the COLA under this section using the actual U.S. consumer
 price index for all urban consumers  (CPI-U)  published  by  the  United
 States  department  of  labor, bureau of labor statistics for the twelve
 month period ending in July of the  budget  year  prior  to  such  state
 fiscal  year,  for  the  purpose  of  establishing  rates  of  payments,
 contracts or any other form of reimbursement.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2018; provided,
 however, that the amendments to section 1 of part C of chapter 57 of the
 laws of 2006 made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal
 of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.

                                  PART BB
 
   Section  1. Section 3302 of the public health law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 44 to read as follows:
   44. "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ANALOG" MEANS
   (A) A CAPSULE, LIQUID, PILL, POWDER, PRODUCT, SPRAY, TABLET  OR  OTHER
 SUBSTANCE, HOWEVER CONSTITUTED:
   (I) THE CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF WHICH IS DERIVATIVE OF, OR SUBSTANTIALLY
 SIMILAR TO, THE CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; OR
   (II)  WHICH  HAS  A STIMULANT, DEPRESSANT, OR HALLUCINOGENIC EFFECT ON
 THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO  OR  GREATER
 THAN  THE STIMULANT, DEPRESSANT, OR HALLUCINOGENIC EFFECT ON THE CENTRAL
 NERVOUS SYSTEM OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; OR
   (III) WITH RESPECT TO A PARTICULAR PERSON, WHICH SUCH  PERSON  REPRES-
 ENTS  OR  INTENDS  TO  HAVE THE STIMULANT, DEPRESSANT, OR HALLUCINOGENIC
 EFFECT ON THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
   (B) "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ANALOG" DOES NOT INCLUDE:
   (I) A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE;
   (II) ANY SUBSTANCE FOR WHICH THERE IS AN APPROVED  NEW  DRUG  APPLICA-
 TION;
   (III)  WITH  RESPECT  TO  A  PARTICULAR  PERSON,  ANY SUBSTANCE, IF AN
 EXEMPTION IS IN EFFECT FOR INVESTIGATIONAL USE, FOR THAT  PERSON,  UNDER
 21  USCA  § 355, TO THE EXTENT THE CONDUCT WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBSTANCE
 IS PURSUANT TO SUCH EXEMPTION; OR
   (IV)  ANY  COMPOUND,  MIXTURE,  OR  PREPARATION  THAT   CONTAINS   ANY
 CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCE  OR  CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCE  ANALOG THAT IS NOT FOR
 ADMINISTRATION TO A HUMAN BEING OR ANIMAL, AND THAT IS PACKAGED IN  SUCH
 A  FORM OR CONCENTRATION, OR WITH ADULTERANTS OR DENATURANTS, SO THAT AS
 PACKAGED IT DOES NOT PRESENT ANY SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE.
   (C) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ANALOG TREATED AS A SCHEDULE I  SUBSTANCE.  A
 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ANALOG MUST BE TREATED, FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY NEW
 YORK  STATE STATUTE OR REGULATION, AS A SUBSTANCE INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE I
 OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIX OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. Subdivision (a) of schedule I  of  section  3306  of  the  public
 health  law,  as added by chapter 664 of the laws of 1985, is amended to
 read as follows:

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   (a) Schedule I shall consist of the drugs  and  other  substances,  by
 whatever  official  name,  common or usual name, chemical name, or brand
 name designated,  listed  in  this  section,  AND  CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCE
 ANALOGS  AS  DEFINED  BY  SUBDIVISION FORTY-FOUR OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE
 HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  3.  Subdivision 5 of section 220.00 of the penal law, as amended by
 chapter 537 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
   5. "Controlled substance" means any substance listed  in  schedule  I,
 II,  III,  IV  or  V  of  section thirty-three hundred six of the public
 health law other than marihuana, but including concentrated cannabis  as
 defined  in  paragraph  (a)  of subdivision four of section thirty-three
 hundred two of such law, AND INCLUDING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE  ANALOGS  AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FORTY-FOUR OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED TWO OF
 SUCH LAW.
   §  4.  Subdivision  (b)  of  schedule  I of section 3306 of the public
 health law is amended by adding nineteen new paragraphs 56, 57, 58,  59,
 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73 and 74 to read as
 follows:
   (56) 3,4-DICHLORO-N-{(1-DIMETHYLAMINO)     CYCLOHEXYLMETHYL}BENZAMIDE.
 SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: AH-7921.
   (57) N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLACETAMIDE  (ACETYL   FENTA-
 NYL).
   (58) N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLBUTYRAMIDE  (BUTYRYL FENTA-
 NYL).
   (59) N-{1-{2-HYDROXY-2-(THIOPHEN-2-YL)ETHYL}PIPERIDIN-4-YL}-N-PHENYL-
 PROPIONAMIDE (BETA-HYDROXYTHIOFENTANYL).
   (60) N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLFURAN-2-CARBOXAMIDE  (FURA-
 NYL FENTANYL).
   (61) U-47700(3,4-DICHLORO-N-{2-(DIMETHYLAMINIO)CYCLOHEXYL}-N-  METHYL-
 BENZAMIDE).
   (62) N-PHENYL-N-{1-(2-PHENYLETHYL)PIPERIDIN-4-YL}PROP-2-ENAMIDE (ACRYL
 FENTANYL   OR   ACRYLOYLFANTANYL).   SOME   TRADE   OR   OTHER    NAMES:
 N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLACRYLAMIDE;      N-PHENYL-N-{1-(2-
 PHENYLETHYL)-4-PIPERIDINYL}-2-PROPENAMIDE.
   (63) N-(4-FLUOROPHENYL)-N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)ISOBUTYRAMIDE.
 OTHER NAMES: 4-FLUOROISOBUTYRYL FENTANYL,  PARA-FLUOROISOBUTYRYL  FENTA-
 NYL).
   (64) N-(2-FLUOROPHENYL)-N-(1-PHENELTHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)PROPIONAMIDE(ORT-
 HO-FLUOROFENTANYL OR 2-FLUOROFENTANYL).
   (65) N-(1-PHENELTHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLTETRAHYDROFURAN-2-CARBOXAMI-
 DE(TETRAHYDROFURANYL FENTANYL).
   (66) 2-METHOXY-N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLACETAMIDE(METHOXY-
 ACETYL FENTANYL).
   (67) N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLCYCLOPROPANECARBOXAMIDE.
 SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: CYCLOPROPYL FENTANYL.
   (68) N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLPENTAMIDE.  SOME  TRADE  OR
 OTHER NAMES: VALERYL FENTANYL.
   (69) N-(4-FLUROPHENYL)-N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)BUTYRAMIDE.   SOME
 TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: PARA-FLUOROBUTYRYL FENTANYL.
   (70) N-(4-METHOXYPHENYL)-N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)BUTYRAMIDE. SOME
 TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: PARA-METHOXYBUTYRYL FENTANYL.
   (71) N-(4-CHLOROPHENYL)-N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)ISOBUTYRAMIDE.
 SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: PARA-CHLORISOBUTYRYL FENTANYL.
   (72) N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLISOBUTYRAMIDE.  SOME  TRADE
 OR OTHER NAMES: ISOBUTYRYL FENTANYL.

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   (73) N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLCYCLOPENTANECARBOXAMIDE.
 SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: CYCLOPENTYL FENTANYL.
   (74) N-(2-FLUROPHENYL)-2-METHOXY-N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)ACETAMIDE.
 SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: OCFENTANIL.
   §  5.  Subdivision  (d)  of  schedule  I of section 3306 of the public
 health law is amended by adding thirty-six new paragraphs  36,  37,  38,
 39,  40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56,
 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70 and 71 to read as
 follows:
   (36) 5-METHOXY-N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE.
   (37) ALPHA-METHYLTRYPTAMINE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: AMT.
   (38) 5-METHOXY-N,N-DIISOPROPYLTRYPTAMINE. SOME TRADE OR  OTHER  NAMES:
 5-MEO-DIPT.
   (39) 5-(1.1-DIMETHYLHEPTYL)-2-{(1R,3S)-3-HYDROXYCYCLOHEXYL}-PHENO1.
 SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: CP-47,497.
   (40) 5-(1,1-DIMETHYLOCTYL)-2-{(1R,3S)-3-HYDROXYCYCLOHEXYL}-PHENOL.
 SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: CANNABICYCLOHEXANOL OR CP-47,497 C8-HOMOLOG.
   (41) 1-PENTYL-3-(1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE.   SOME   TRADE  OF  OTHER  NAMES:
 JWH-018 AND AM678.
   (42) 1-BUTYL-3-(1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE.  SOME  TRADE   OF   OTHER   NAMES:
 JWH-073.
   (43) 1-HEXYL-3-(1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE.   SOME   TRADE   OF  OTHER  NAMES:
 JWH-019.
   (44) 1-{2-(4-MORPHOLINYL)ETHYL}-3-(1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE. SOME  TRADE  OR
 OTHER NAMES: JWH-200.
   (45) 1-PENTYL-3-(2-METHOXYPHENYLACETYL)INDOLE.  SOME  TRADE  OR  OTHER
 NAMES: JWH-250.
   (46) 1-PENTYL-3-{1-(4-METHOXYNAPHTHOYL)}INDOLE. SOME  TRADE  OR  OTHER
 NAMES: JWH-081.
   (47) 1-PENTYL-3-(4-METHYL-1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE.   SOME  TRADE  OR  OTHER
 NAMES: JWH-122.
   (48) 1-PENTYL-3-(4-CHLORO-1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE.  SOME  TRADE  OR   OTHER
 NAMES: JWH-398.
   (49) 1-(5-FLUOROPENTYL)-3-(1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE.  SOME  TRADE  OR  OTHER
 NAMES: AM2201.
   (50) 1-(5-FLUOROPENTYL)-3-(2-IODOBENZOYL)INDOLE. SOME TRADE  OR  OTHER
 NAMES: AM694.
   (51) 1-PENTYL-3-{(4-METHOXY)-BENZOYL}INDOLE.  SOME  TRADE  OR OR OTHER
 NAMES: SR-19 AND RCS-4.
   (52) 1-CYCLOHEXYLETHYL-3-(2-METHOXYPHENYLACETYL)INDOLE. SOME TRADE  OR
 OTHER NAMES: SR-18 AND RCS-8.
   (53) 1-PENTYL-3-(2-CHLOROPHENYLACETYL)  INDOLE.  SOME  TRADE  OR OTHER
 NAMES:  JWH-203.
   (54) (1-PENTYL-1H-INDOL-3-YL)(2,2,3,3-TETRAMETHYLCYCLOPROPYL)   METHA-
 NONE.  SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: UR-144.
   (55) {1-(5-FLUORO-PENTYL)-1H-INDOL-3-YL}(2,2,3,3-TETRAMETHYLCYCLOPROP-
 YL) METHANONE. SOME TRADE NAMES OR OTHER NAMES: 5-FLUORO-UR-144, XLR11.
   (56) N-(1-ADAMANTYL)-1-PENTYL-1H-INDAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDE. SOME TRADE OR
 OTHER NAMES: APINACA, AKB48.
   (57) QUINOLIN-8-YL  1-PENTYL-1H-INDOLE-3-CARBOXYLATE.  SOME  TRADE  OR
 OTHER NAMES: PB-22; QUPIC.
   (58) QUINOLIN-8-YL  1-(5-FLUOROPENTYL)-1H-INDOLE-3-CARBOXYLATE.   SOME
 TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: 5-FLUORO-PB-22; 5F-PB-22.
   (59) N-(1-AMINO-3-METHYL-1-OXOBUTAN-2-YL)-1-(4-FLUOROBENZYL)-1H-INDAZO-
 LE-3-CARBOXAMIDE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: AB-FUBINACA.

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   (60) N-(1-AMINO-3,3-DIMETHYL-1-OXOBUTAN-2-YL)-1-PENTYL-1H-
 INDAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: ADB-PINACA.
   (61) N-(1-AMINO-3-METHYL-1-OXOBUTAN-2-YL)-1-(CYCLOHEXYLMETHYL)-1H-
 INDAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: AB-CHMINACA.
   (62) N-(1-AMINO-3-METHYL-1-OXOBUTAN-2-YL)-1-PENTYL-1H-INDAZOLE- 3-CAR-
 BOXAMIDE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: AB-PINACA.
   (63) {1-(5-FLUOROPENTYL)-1H-INDAZOL-3-YL}(NAPHTHALEN-1-Y1)METHANONE.
 SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: THJ-2201.
   (64) N-(1-AMINO-3,3-DIMETHYL-1-OXOBUTAN-2-Y1)-1-(CYCLOHEXYLMETHYL)-1H-
 INDAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDE.  SOME  TRADE  OR  OTHER  NAMES:    MAB-CHMINACA;
 ADB-CHMINACA.
   (65) METHYL 2-(1-(5-FLUOROPENTYL)-1H-INDAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDO)-3,  3-DI-
 METHYLBUTANOATE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: 5F-ADB; 5F-MDMB-PINACA.
   (66) METHYL 2-(1-(5-FLUOROPENTYL)-1H-INDAZOLE-3- CARBOXAMIDO-3-METHYL-
 BUTANOATE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: 5F-AMB.
   (67) N-(ADAMANTAN-1-YL)-1-(5-FLUOROPENTYL)-1H-INDAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDE.
 SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: 5F-APINACA, 5F-AKB48.
   (68) N-(1-AMINO-3,3-DIMETHYL-1-OXOBUTAN-2-YL)-1-(4-FLUOROBENZYL)-1H-IN-
 DAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDE.  SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: ADB-FUBINACA.
   (69) METHYL 2-(1-CYCLOHEXLMETHYL)-1H-INDOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDO)-3,3-DIMETH-
 YLBUTANOATE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: MDMB-CHMICA, MMB-CHMINACA.
   (70) METHYL 2-(1-(4-FLUOROBENZYL)-1H-INDAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDO)-3,3-DIMET-
 HYLBUTANOATE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: MDMB-FUBINACA.
   (71) METHYL-2(1-(4-FLUROBENZYL)-1H-INDAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDO)-3-METHYLBUT-
 ANOATE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: FUB-AMB, MMB-FUBINACA, AMB-FUBINACA.
   §  6. Section 3308 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. THE COMMISSIONER MAY, BY  REGULATION,  CLASSIFY  AS  A  SCHEDULE  I
 CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCE  IN SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIX OF THIS TITLE
 ANY SUBSTANCE LISTED AS AN OPIATE, A HALLUCINOGENIC SUBSTANCE, A  CANNA-
 BIMIMETIC  AGENT  OR  A  FENTANYL-RELATED SUBSTANCE IN SCHEDULE I OF THE
 FEDERAL SCHEDULES OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN 21  USC  §812  OR  21  CFR
 §1308.11(B), (D), (G), (H) OR (I).
   §  7.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
                                  PART CC

   Section 1. Subdivision 28 of section 6530 of  the  education  law,  as
 added by chapter 606 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
   28.  Failing  to  respond within [thirty] TEN days to written communi-
 cations from the department of health and to make available any relevant
 records with respect to an inquiry or  complaint  about  the  licensee's
 professional  misconduct. The period of [thirty] TEN days shall commence
 on the date when such communication  was  delivered  personally  to  the
 licensee.  If the communication is sent from the department of health by
 registered or certified mail, with  return  receipt  requested,  to  the
 address  appearing  in the last registration, the period of [thirty] TEN
 days shall commence on the date of delivery to the  licensee,  as  indi-
 cated by the return receipt;
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 206 of the public health law, as amended
 by chapter 602 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   4. The commissioner may:
   (a)  issue  subpoenas,  compel  the attendance of witnesses and compel
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 require  a  witness  to  attend  and give testimony in a county where he
 resides or has a place of business without the payment of any fees;
   (b)  REQUIRE, IN WRITING, THE PRODUCTION OF ANY AND ALL RELEVANT DOCU-
 MENTS IN THE POSSESSION OR CONTROL OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY SUBJECT TO
 AN INVESTIGATION OR INQUIRY UNDER THIS CHAPTER. UNLESS A SHORTER  PERIOD
 IS  SPECIFIED  IN  SUCH  WRITING,  AS  DETERMINED  FOR GOOD CAUSE BY THE
 COMMISSIONER, THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS SHALL BE PRODUCED NO LATER THAN TEN
 DAYS AFTER THE DELIVERY OF THE WRITING. FAILURE BY THE SUBJECT  INDIVID-
 UAL OR ENTITY TO PRODUCE TO THE DEPARTMENT THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS WITHIN
 THE  TEN DAY OR OTHERWISE SPECIFIED PERIOD SHALL BE A VIOLATION OR FAIL-
 URE WITHIN THE MEANING OF PARAGRAPH (D) OF THIS SUBDIVISION. EACH  ADDI-
 TIONAL DAY OF NON-PRODUCTION SHALL BE A SEPARATE VIOLATION OR FAILURE;
   (C)  annul  or  modify  an order, regulation, by-law or ordinance of a
 local board of health concerning a matter which in his judgment  affects
 the  public  health  beyond the territory over which such local board of
 health has jurisdiction;
   [(c)] (D) assess any penalty prescribed for a violation of or a  fail-
 ure  to  comply  with  any  term  or provision of this chapter or of any
 lawful notice, order or regulation pursuant thereto, not  exceeding  two
 thousand  dollars for every such violation or failure, which penalty may
 be assessed after a hearing or an opportunity to be heard;
   [(d)] (E) assess civil penalties against a public water  system  which
 provides  water  to  the  public  for human consumption through pipes or
 other constructed conveyances, as further defined in the state  sanitary
 code  or,  in  the  case  of  mass  gatherings,  the person who holds or
 promotes the mass gathering as defined in subdivision  five  of  section
 two  hundred twenty-five of this article not to exceed twenty-five thou-
 sand dollars per day, for each violation of or failure  to  comply  with
 any term or provision of the state sanitary code as it relates to public
 water  systems  that serve a population of five thousand or more persons
 or any mass gatherings, which penalty may be assessed after a hearing or
 an opportunity to be heard[.]; AND
   (F) SEEK TO OBTAIN A WARRANT BASED ON PROBABLE CAUSE FROM  A  JUDICIAL
 OFFICER  AUTHORIZED  TO  ISSUE  A  WARRANT.  SUCH WARRANT AUTHORIZES THE
 COMMISSIONER AND ANY PERSON AUTHORIZED BY HIM TO HAVE THE  AUTHORITY  TO
 SEARCH  ALL GROUNDS, ERECTIONS, VEHICLES, STRUCTURES, APARTMENTS, BUILD-
 INGS, PLACES AND THE CONTENTS THEREIN AND TO SEIZE ANY  BOOKS,  RECORDS,
 PAPERS,  DOCUMENTS,  COMPUTERS,  ELECTRONIC  DEVICES  AND OTHER PHYSICAL
 OBJECTS.
   § 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 12 of  section  230  of  the  public
 health law, as amended by chapter 599 of the laws of 1996, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (b)  When  a licensee has pleaded or been found guilty or convicted of
 committing an act constituting a felony under  New  York  state  law  or
 federal  law,  or  the  law  of another jurisdiction which, if committed
 within this state, would have constituted a felony under New York  state
 law,  OR WHEN A LICENSEE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH COMMITTING AN ACT CONSTI-
 TUTING A FELONY UNDER NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL LAW OR THE LAW OF ANOTH-
 ER JURISDICTION, WHERE THE LICENSEE'S ALLEGED CONDUCT MAY PRESENT A RISK
 TO PATIENTS OR TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH, IF  COMMITTED  WITHIN  THIS  STATE,
 WOULD  HAVE  CONSTITUTED  A FELONY UNDER NEW YORK STATE LAW, or when the
 duly authorized professional disciplinary agency of another jurisdiction
 has made a finding substantially equivalent to a finding that the  prac-
 tice  of  medicine  by  the licensee in that jurisdiction constitutes an
 imminent danger to the health of its people, or when a licensee has been
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 another  jurisdiction  for  acts  which if committed in this state would
 have constituted the basis for summary action by the commissioner pursu-
 ant to paragraph (a) of this  subdivision,  the  commissioner,  after  a
 recommendation by a committee of professional conduct of the state board
 for  professional  medical  conduct,  may order the licensee, by written
 notice, to discontinue or refrain from practicing medicine in  whole  or
 in  part  or  to  take certain actions authorized pursuant to this title
 immediately. The order of  the  commissioner  shall  constitute  summary
 action against the licensee and become public upon issuance. The summary
 suspension  shall remain in effect until the final conclusion of a hear-
 ing which shall commence within ninety days of the date  of  service  of
 the  commissioner's  order, end within ninety days thereafter and other-
 wise be held in accordance  with  paragraph  (a)  of  this  subdivision,
 provided,  however,  that  when the commissioner's order is based upon a
 finding substantially equivalent to a finding that the practice of medi-
 cine by the licensee in another  jurisdiction  constitutes  an  imminent
 danger  to  the  health of its people, the hearing shall commence within
 thirty days after the disciplinary proceedings in that jurisdiction  are
 finally  concluded.  IF,  AT  ANY  TIME, THE FELONY CHARGE IS DISMISSED,
 WITHDRAWN OR REDUCED TO A NON-FELONY CHARGE, THE COMMISSIONER'S  SUMMARY
 ORDER SHALL TERMINATE.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART DD
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 6801 of the education law,
 as amended by chapter 46 of the laws of 2015, are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  A  licensed  pharmacist may execute a non-patient specific regimen
 prescribed or ordered by a physician licensed in  this  state  or  nurse
 practitioner  certified in this state, pursuant to rules and regulations
 promulgated by the commissioner. When a licensed pharmacist  administers
 an immunizing agent, he or she shall:
   (a)  report  such administration by electronic transmission or [fasci-
 mile] FACSIMILE to the patient's attending primary health  care  practi-
 tioner  or  practitioners,  if any, and, to the extent practicable, make
 himself or herself available to discuss the outcome  of  such  immuniza-
 tion, including any adverse reactions, with the attending primary health
 care  practitioner,  or  to  the  statewide immunization registry or the
 citywide immunization registry, as established pursuant to section twen-
 ty-one hundred sixty-eight of the public health law; and
   (b) provide information to  the  patient  OR,  WHERE  APPLICABLE,  THE
 PERSON  LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PATIENT, on the importance of having
 a primary health care practitioner, developed  by  the  commissioner  of
 health; and
   (c)  report  such administration, absent of any individually identifi-
 able health information,  to  the  department  of  health  in  a  manner
 required by the commissioner of health[.]; AND
   (d)  prior  to  administering the immunization, inform the patient OR,
 WHERE APPLICABLE, THE PERSON LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PATIENT, of the
 total cost of the immunization or immunizations, subtracting any  health
 insurance  subsidization, if applicable. In the case the immunization is
 not covered, the pharmacist must inform the patient OR,  WHERE  APPLICA-
 BLE,  THE PERSON LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PATIENT, of the possibility
 that the immunization may be covered when administered by a primary care
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   (e) administer the immunization or immunizations according to the most
 current recommendations by the advisory committee for immunization prac-
 tices (ACIP), provided however, that a  pharmacist  may  administer  any
 immunization  authorized  under this section when specified by a patient
 specific order.
   4.  When  administering  an  immunization  in a pharmacy, the licensed
 pharmacist shall provide an area for the immunization that provides  for
 a patient's privacy. The privacy area should include:
   A.  a  clearly  visible posting of the most current "Recommended Adult
 Immunization Schedule" published by the advisory committee for immuniza-
 tion practices (ACIP); AND
   (B) EDUCATION MATERIALS ON  INFLUENZA  VACCINATIONS  FOR  CHILDREN  AS
 DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
   §  2.  Subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the education law, as amended
 by chapter 46 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   22. "Administer", for the purpose of section sixty-eight  hundred  one
 of this article, means:
   A. the direct application of an immunizing agent to adults, whether by
 injection,  ingestion,  INHALATION  or  any  other  means, pursuant to a
 patient specific order or non-patient  specific  regimen  prescribed  or
 ordered  by a physician or certified nurse practitioner, who has a prac-
 tice site in the county or adjoining county in which the immunization is
 administered, for  immunizations  to  prevent  influenza,  pneumococcal,
 acute  herpes  zoster,  meningococcal,  tetanus, diphtheria or pertussis
 disease and medications required for emergency treatment of anaphylaxis.
 If the commissioner of health determines that there is  an  outbreak  of
 disease, or that there is the imminent threat of an outbreak of disease,
 then the commissioner of health may issue a non-patient specific regimen
 applicable statewide.
   B.  THE  DIRECT APPLICATION OF AN IMMUNIZING AGENT TO CHILDREN BETWEEN
 THE AGES OF TWO AND EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, WHETHER BY INJECTION,  INGES-
 TION,  INHALATION  OR  ANY  OTHER  MEANS, PURSUANT TO A PATIENT SPECIFIC
 ORDER OR NON-PATIENT SPECIFIC REGIMEN PRESCRIBED OR ORDERED BY A  PHYSI-
 CIAN  OR  CERTIFIED  NURSE  PRACTITIONER, WHO HAS A PRACTICE SITE IN THE
 COUNTY OR ADJOINING COUNTY IN WHICH THE  IMMUNIZATION  IS  ADMINISTERED,
 FOR IMMUNIZATION TO PREVENT INFLUENZA AND MEDICATIONS REQUIRED FOR EMER-
 GENCY  TREATMENT OF ANAPHYLAXIS RESULTING FROM SUCH IMMUNIZATION. IF THE
 COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH DETERMINES THAT THERE IS AN OUTBREAK OF  INFLUEN-
 ZA,  OR  THAT  THERE IS THE IMMINENT THREAT OF AN OUTBREAK OF INFLUENZA,
 THEN THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH MAY ISSUE A NON-PATIENT SPECIFIC REGIMEN
 APPLICABLE STATEWIDE.
   § 3. Section 8 of chapter 563 of the laws of 2008, amending the educa-
 tion law and the public health law relating to immunizing agents  to  be
 administered  to  adults by pharmacists, as amended by chapter 46 of the
 laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   § 8. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law  [and  shall  expire and be deemed repealed July 1,
 2019].
   § 4. Section 5 of chapter 116 of the laws of 2012, amending the educa-
 tion law relating to authorizing a  licensed  pharmacist  and  certified
 nurse  practitioner  to administer certain immunizing agents, as amended
 by chapter 46 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   § 5.  This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law  [and],  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT THE PROVISIONS OF
 SECTIONS ONE, TWO AND FOUR OF  THIS  ACT  shall  expire  and  be  deemed
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   (a)  the  amendments to subdivision 7 of section 6527 of the education
 law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of  such
 subdivision and shall be deemed to be repealed therewith;
   (b)  the  amendments to subdivision 7 of section 6909 of the education
 law, made by section two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
 subdivision and shall be deemed to be repealed therewith;
   (c) the amendments to subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the  education
 law  made  by  section  three of this act shall not affect the repeal of
 such subdivision and shall be deemed to be repealed therewith; and
   (d) the amendments to section  6801  of  the  education  law  made  by
 section four of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section
 and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
   §  5. Section 5 of chapter 21 of the laws of 2011, amending the educa-
 tion law relating to authorizing pharmacists  to  perform  collaborative
 drug  therapy management with physicians in certain settings, as amended
 by chapter 238 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law [and], PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PROVISIONS
 OF SECTIONS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR OF THIS ACT shall expire 7 years  after
 such effective date when upon such date the provisions of this act shall
 be  deemed  repealed; provided, however, that the amendments to subdivi-
 sion 1 of section 6801 of the education law made by section one of  this
 act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such subdivision
 pursuant to section 8 of chapter 563 of the laws of 2008, when upon such
 date  the  provisions  of  section  one-a of this act shall take effect;
 provided, further, that effective immediately, the  addition,  amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made
 and completed on or before such effective date.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion,  section  or  part  of  this act shall be adjudged by any court of
 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment  shall  not  affect,
 impair,  or  invalidate  the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,  subdivision,  section
 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
 the  legislature  that  this  act  would  have been enacted even if such
 invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately  provided,  however,  that
 the applicable effective date of Parts A through DD of this act shall be
 as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7507--B
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2018
                                ___________
 
 A  BUDGET  BILL,  submitted by the Governor pursuant to article seven of
   the Constitution -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed
   to  be  committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the general hospi-
   tal indigent care pool; to amend the social services law, in  relation
   to  standard  coverage  for  physical  therapy  services under medical
   assistance for needy persons programs; to amend the public health law,
   in relation to payments to  rural  hospitals  designated  as  critical
   access  hospitals; to amend the public authorities law, in relation to
   authorizing the Westchester health  care  corporation  to  enter  into
   agreements  for  the  creation and operation of a health care delivery
   system network and to amend the public  health  law,  in  relation  to
   reimbursement  rates  for  certain  residential health care facilities
   (Part A); to amend the social services law, in  relation  to  assisted
   living  program  providers  licensed in the state; to amend the public
   health law, in relation to  eligibility  for  medical  assistance;  to
   amend  the  public  health  law,  in relation to payments for home and
   community based long term care services; to amend the social  services
   law,  in  relation to payments for certain medical assistance provided
   to eligible persons participating in  the  New  York  traumatic  brain
   injury  waiver program; to amend the public health law, in relation to
   requiring the department of health to oversee the  appropriateness  of
   services  provided  to  certain  high needs patients; to authorize the
   commissioner of health to conduct a study of home and community  based
   services available to Medicaid recipients in rural areas; to amend the
   public health law, in relation to medical assistance payments for care
   in  hospice residences; to amend the public health law, in relation to
   the public health priority initiative; to amend the public health law,
   in relation to restricting the altering of  case-mix  adjustments;  to
   amend  the public health law, in relation to a review of licensed home
   care service agencies; and  to  amend  the  social  services  law,  in
   relation  to  the  provision  of services to certain persons suffering
   from traumatic brain injuries or qualifying for nursing home diversion
   and transition services (Part B); to amend the public health  law  and
 
              

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   the social services law, in relation to health homes and penalties for
   managed  care providers; to amend the social services law, in relation
   to the statewide patient centered medical home program; to  amend  the
   public  health  law,  in  relation  to the multipayor patient centered
   medical home program; and to amend the social services law in relation
   to school-based health centers (Part C); to amend the social  services
   law  and the public health law, in relation to drug coverage; to amend
   the public health law, in relation to enacting the drug take back act;
   to amend the public health law, in relation to prescribing opioids  to
   a  minor;  to amend the public health law, in relation to limiting the
   initial prescription of a controlled substance for the alleviation  of
   acute pain from a seven-day supply to a three-day supply and requiring
   the  commissioner  of health to develop guidelines for the prescribing
   of opioid antagonists; to amend the social services law,  in  relation
   to  limiting  medical  assistance  coverage  for opioids; to amend the
   insurance law, in relation to limiting coverage for opioids; to  amend
   the  public health law, in relation to establishing an opioid alterna-
   tive pilot project; to amend the public health  law,  in  relation  to
   requiring hospital and emergency room physicians to notify a patient's
   prescriber  that  such  patient  is  being  treated  for  a controlled
   substance overdose; to amend the public health law in relation to  the
   labeling  of  opioids;  to amend the public health law, in relation to
   children and recovering mothers; to amend the public  health  law,  in
   relation to establishing the infant recovery centers pilot program; to
   amend  the  public  health law, in relation to requiring facilities to
   screen newborns for neonatal abstinence syndrome through toxicological
   screening of infants' meconium or urine; and providing for the  repeal
   of  such  provisions  upon  expiration thereof; to amend the insurance
   law, in relation to providing that coverage for  outpatient  diagnosis
   and treatment of substance use disorder shall not be subject to preau-
   thorization; to amend the mental hygiene law and the education law, in
   relation  to  integrated care and the location of pharmacies; to amend
   the public health law, in relation to audits of pharmacies;  to  amend
   the public health law, in relation to prohibited activities by pharma-
   cy   benefit  managers;  and  providing  for  the  repeal  of  certain
   provisions upon expiration thereof  (Part  D);  to  amend  the  social
   services law, in relation to reimbursement of transportation costs and
   reimbursement  of  emergency  transportation services (Part E); inten-
   tionally omitted (Part F); to amend the public health law, in relation
   to authorizing the establishment of limited service clinics (Part  G);
   intentionally  omitted  (Part H); to amend the social services law and
   the public health law, in relation to managed care organizations (Part
   I); to amend the state finance law,  in  relation  to  establishing  a
   medicaid  false  claims  act  reserve  fund  (Part J); authorizing the
   department of health to  require  certain  health  care  providers  to
   report  on  costs  incurred;  to  amend chapter 59 of the laws of 2011
   amending the public health law and other laws relating  to  known  and
   projected  department  of  health state fund medicaid expenditures, in
   relation to extending the medicaid global cap; to amend chapter 59  of
   the laws of 2011, amending the public health law and other laws relat-
   ing to general hospital reimbursement for annual rates, in relation to
   certain  time  periods; to amend the public health law, in relation to
   the kidney disease outreach  and  education  program;  and  to  repeal
   section  6  of  part  S  of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017 relating to
   authorizing the commissioner of health to  sell  accounts  receivables
   balances  owed  to the state by Medicaid providers to financial insti-

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   tutions (Part K); to amend the social services law, in relation to the
   child health  insurance  program;  to  amend  the  insurance  law,  in
   relation  to the definition of small group and in relation to meetings
   and  reports  of  the  New  York  state  health  care quality and cost
   containment commission; to amend the insurance  law,  in  relation  to
   clarifying that continuing care retirement communities are not subject
   to  department of financial services cybersecurity regulations; and to
   repeal section 7 of chapter 12 of the laws of 2016 relating to direct-
   ing the superintendent of financial services to contract with an inde-
   pendent entity to conduct an assessment regarding the  impact  of  the
   prohibition  on  the  sale  of stop loss, catastrophic and reinsurance
   coverage to the small group market relating thereto (Part L); to amend
   chapter 266 of the laws of 1986, amending the civil practice  law  and
   rules  and other laws relating to malpractice and professional medical
   conduct, in relation to apportioning premium for certain policies;  to
   amend part J of chapter 63 of the laws of 2001 amending chapter 266 of
   the  laws of 1986, amending the civil practice law and rules and other
   laws relating to malpractice and professional medical conduct,  relat-
   ing  to  the  effectiveness  of certain provisions of such chapter, in
   relation to  extending  certain  provisions  concerning  the  hospital
   excess  liability  pool; and to amend part H of chapter 57 of the laws
   of 2017, amending the New York Health Care  Reform  Act  of  1996  and
   other  laws relating to extending certain provisions relating thereto,
   in relation to extending provisions relating to excess coverage  (Part
   M);  to amend part C of chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, establishing a
   cost of living adjustment for designated human services,  in  relation
   to the determination thereof; and to repeal certain provisions thereof
   relating  to  eligible  programs (Part N); intentionally omitted (Part
   O); to amend the public health law, in relation to  the  health  force
   retraining  program;  and  to  repeal subdivision 9 of section 2803 of
   such law relating to hospital audits (Part P);  to  amend  the  public
   health  law,  in  relation  to the health care facility transformation
   program (Part Q); to amend the  public  health  law,  in  relation  to
   granting  schools access to a student's blood lead test results in the
   statewide immunization information system;  lead  screening  of  child
   care  or  pre-school enrollees and kindergarten students; and appoint-
   ments to the advisory council on lead  poisoning  prevention;  and  to
   amend  the  public health law, in relation to requiring the department
   of health to establish a statewide plan for lead service line replace-
   ment (Part R); to amend the public health law, in relation to  author-
   izing  collaborative  programs  for  community  paramedicine  services
   (Subpart A); to amend the public health law  and  the  mental  hygiene
   law,  in relation to integrated services (Subpart B); and to amend the
   public health law,  in  relation  to  the  definitions  of  telehealth
   provider, originating site and remote patient monitoring; and to amend
   the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to telehealth under medical
   assistance (Subpart C)(Part S); to amend chapter 59  of  the  laws  of
   2016,  amending  the  social  services  law and other laws relating to
   authorizing the commissioner of health to apply federally  established
   consumer  price index penalties for generic drugs, and authorizing the
   commissioner of health to impose penalties on managed care  plans  for
   reporting  late or incorrect encounter data, in relation to the effec-
   tiveness of certain provisions of such chapter; to amend chapter 58 of
   the laws of 2007, amending the social  services  law  and  other  laws
   relating  to adjustments of rates, in relation to the effectiveness of
   certain provisions of such chapter; to amend chapter 54 of the laws of

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   2016, amending part C of chapter 58 of the laws of  2005,  authorizing
   reimbursements  for  expenditures  made  by  or  on  behalf  of social
   services districts for medical assistance for needy persons and admin-
   istration  thereof  relating to authorizing the commissioner of health
   to establish a statewide Medicaid integrity and efficiency initiative,
   in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 906 of  the
   laws  of  1984, amending the social services law relating to expanding
   medical assistance eligibility and the scope of services available  to
   certain  persons  with  disabilities, in relation to the effectiveness
   thereof; to amend chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, amending chapter  59
   of  the  laws  of  2011  amending the public health law and other laws
   relating to general hospital reimbursement for annual  rates  relating
   to  the  cap  on  local Medicaid expenditures, in relation to rates of
   payments and to amend chapter 426 of the laws of  1983,  amending  the
   public health law relating to professional misconduct proceedings; and
   to amend the public health law, in relation to professional misconduct
   proceedings  and the effectiveness of certain provisions thereof (Part
   T); to amend part NN of chapter 58 of the laws of  2015  amending  the
   mental hygiene law relating to clarifying the authority of the commis-
   sioners  in  the  department of mental hygiene to design and implement
   time-limited demonstration programs, in relation to the  effectiveness
   thereof  (Part  U);  to amend chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, amending
   the mental hygiene law and the  state  finance  law  relating  to  the
   community  mental  health  support and workforce reinvestment program,
   the  membership  of  subcommittees  for  mental  health  of  community
   services  boards and the duties of such subcommittees and creating the
   community  mental  health  and  workforce  reinvestment  account,   in
   relation  to  extending  such  provisions  relating  thereto (Part V);
   intentionally omitted (Part W); to amend chapter 111 of  the  laws  of
   2010 amending the mental hygiene law relating to the receipt of feder-
   al and state benefits received by individuals receiving care in facil-
   ities  operated  by  an office of the department of mental hygiene, in
   relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part X); to amend the education
   law, in relation to persons practicing in certain licensed programs or
   services who are exempt from practice  requirements  of  professionals
   licensed  by  the  department  of education; and establishing a mental
   health professions task force (Part Y); to amend the  social  services
   law,  in relation to adding demonstration waivers to waivers allowable
   for home and community-based services; to amend  the  social  services
   law, in relation to adding successor federal waivers to waivers grant-
   ed under subsection (c) of section 1915 of the federal social security
   law,  in  relation  to  nursing facility services; to amend the social
   services law, in relation to waivers for high quality  and  integrated
   care;  to  amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to adding new and
   successor federal waivers to waivers in relation to home and  communi-
   ty-based  services; to amend part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013,
   amending the social services law and other laws relating  to  enacting
   the  major components of legislation necessary to implement the health
   and mental hygiene budget for the  2013-2014  state  fiscal  year,  in
   relation  to the effectiveness of certain provisions thereof; to amend
   the public health law,  in  relation  to  expansion  of  comprehensive
   health  services  plans;  to  amend  chapter  659 of the laws of 1997,
   amending the public health law and other laws relating to creation  of
   continuing  care  retirement  communities,  in  relation  to extending
   provisions thereof; to amend the public health  law,  in  relation  to
   managed  long  term care plans, health and long term care services and

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   developmental disability  individual  support  and  care  coordination
   organizations;  to amend chapter 165 of the laws of 1991, amending the
   public health law and other laws relating to establishing payments for
   medical  assistance,  in relation to extending the provisions thereof;
   to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to  reimbursement  rates;
   and  to  amend  chapter  710  of the laws of 1988, amending the social
   services law and the education  law  relating  to  medical  assistance
   eligibility  of certain persons and providing for managed medical care
   demonstration programs, in relation to extending the provisions there-
   of (Part Z); to amend part C of chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, relat-
   ing to establishing a cost of living adjustment for  designated  human
   services  programs,  in  relation  to the inclusion and development of
   certain cost  of  living  adjustments  and  to  providing  funding  to
   increase  salaries and related fringe benefits to direct care workers,
   direct support professionals and clinical workers employed by not-for-
   profits funded by the office for people with  developmental  disabili-
   ties,  the  office  of  mental health and the office of alcoholism and
   substance abuse services (Part AA); to amend the public health law and
   the penal law,  in  relation  to  expanding  the  list  of  controlled
   substances;  and  to repeal paragraph 6 of subdivision (c) of schedule
   II of section 3306 of the public health law,  relating  thereto  (Part
   BB);  intentionally  omitted (Part CC); to amend the education law, in
   relation to authorizing a licensed pharmacist to administer  influenza
   vaccine  to children between two and eighteen years of age pursuant to
   a non-patient specific regimen; to amend chapter 563 of  the  laws  of
   2008, amending the education law and the public health law relating to
   immunizing  agents  to  be  administered  to adults by pharmacists, in
   relation to the effectiveness of such provisions; to amend chapter 116
   of the laws of 2012, amending the education law relating to  authoriz-
   ing a licensed pharmacist and certified nurse practitioner to adminis-
   ter  certain  immunizing  agents,  in relation to the effectiveness of
   such provisions; and to amend chapter 21 of the laws of 2011, amending
   the education law  relating  to  authorizing  pharmacists  to  perform
   collaborative  drug  therapy  management  with  physicians  in certain
   settings, in relation to the effectiveness of  such  provisions  (Part
   DD);  to  amend the social services law and the elder law, in relation
   to providing protective services to certain individuals (Part EE);  to
   amend  the  mental hygiene law, in relation to treatment of sex offen-
   ders in certain facilities (Part FF); to amend the mental hygiene law,
   in relation to prohibiting the collocation of certain facilities (Part
   GG); to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to notice  to  local
   governments  of  the  potential  for significant service reductions at
   certain state-operated  hospitals  (Part  HH);  to  amend  the  mental
   hygiene law, in relation to notification of the closure or transfer of
   a  state-operated individualized residential alternative; and to amend
   part Q of chapter 59 of the laws of 2016 amending the  mental  hygiene
   law  relating  to the closure or transfer of a state-operated individ-
   ualized residential alternative, in relation to extending  the  effec-
   tiveness  thereof  (Part  II);  to  amend  the  mental hygiene law, in
   relation to authorizing the office of alcoholism and  substance  abuse
   services  to  provide funding to substance use disorder and/or compul-
   sive gambling programs operated by for profit agencies (Part  JJ);  to
   amend  the mental hygiene law, in relation to opioid overdose reversal
   and peer to peer support services  (Part  KK);  to  amend  the  mental
   hygiene  law,  in relation to prohibiting deceptive acts and practices
   for substance use disorder treatment (Part LL); to  amend  the  mental

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   hygiene law, in relation to establishing the family support and recov-
   ery  services  demonstration  program; and providing for the repeal of
   such provisions upon expiration thereof (Part MM); to amend the mental
   hygiene  law,  in relation to alcohol and drug free housing (Part NN);
   to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing protocols
   for assisted outpatient treatment for substance abuse  (Part  OO);  to
   amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring the commission-
   er  of alcoholism and substance abuse services to include a report for
   services to persons with substance use or compulsive  gambling  disor-
   ders  in the statewide comprehensive plan of services for persons with
   mental disabilities (Part PP); to amend the  mental  hygiene  law,  in
   relation  to  directing  the office of alcoholism and substance abuse,
   services to provide an ombudsman for substance use disorder  insurance
   coverage  (Part  QQ);  to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to
   implementing a jail-based substance use disorder treatment and transi-
   tion services (Part RR); to amend the public health law,  in  relation
   to establishing an emergent contaminant contingency fund; to amend the
   public  health law, in relation to the promulgation of regulations for
   tests for water contaminants by small public water suppliers; to amend
   the public health law, in relation to public water system coordination
   summits; and to amend the public health law, in relation to  authoriz-
   ing a voluntary public water system consolidation study (Part SS); and
   to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to the cancer detection
   and education program; to amend the public health law, in relation  to
   the  implementation  of  an  electronic  death registration system; to
   amend the public health law, in relation to a court ordered  guardian-
   ship  demonstration  program;  to  amend  the  public  health  law, in
   relation to grants for not-for-profit corporations which provide fami-
   ly intervention services relating to Alzheimer's  disease;  to  direct
   the New York state department of health to conduct a study on the high
   incidence of asthma and related pulmonary disorders in the boroughs of
   Brooklyn  and Manhattan in the city of New York and to prepare a reme-
   dial plan; to direct a study of the impact of insurance laws  relating
   to  fertility and in vitro fertilization benefits; to amend the public
   buildings law, in relation to requiring the establishment of lactation
   rooms in certain public buildings; to  amend  the  insurance  law,  in
   relation  to  requiring  donated  breast milk to be covered by certain
   insurance policies; to amend the executive law, in relation to  stand-
   ards  requiring  assembly  group  A occupancies and mercantile group M
   occupancies to have diaper changing stations available for use by both
   male and female occupants; and to amend the public buildings  law,  in
   relation  to  requiring  full  family  service  restroom facilities in
   public buildings; to amend the public health law,  the  executive  law
   and  the  insurance law, in relation to sexual assault forensic exams;
   to amend the public health law and the executive law, in  relation  to
   establishing  a  sexual  assault survivor bill of rights; and to amend
   the executive law,  in  relation  to  maintenance  of  sexual  assault
   evidence, establishing a victim's right to notice prior to destruction
   and  requiring  a  study relating to the feasibility of establishing a
   statewide tracking system for sexual offense  evidence  kits;  and  to
   amend  the  public  health law, in relation to establishing the sexual
   assault forensic examination telemedicine pilot program (Part TT)
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

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   Section  1.  This  act enacts into law major components of legislation
 which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2018-2019
 state fiscal year. Each component is  wholly  contained  within  a  Part
 identified as Parts A through TT. The effective date for each particular
 provision contained within such Part is set forth in the last section of
 such Part. Any provision in any section contained within a Part, includ-
 ing the effective date of the Part, which makes a reference to a section
 "of  this  act", when used in connection with that particular component,
 shall be deemed to mean and refer to the corresponding  section  of  the
 Part  in  which  it  is  found. Section three of this act sets forth the
 general effective date of this act.
 
                                  PART A
 
   Section 1. Intentionally omitted.
   § 2. Subdivision 5-d of section 2807-k of the public  health  law,  as
 amended  by  section  1  of part E of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
   5-d. (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of  this  section,
 section  twenty-eight  hundred  seven-w  of  this  article  or any other
 contrary provision of law, and subject to the  availability  of  federal
 financial  participation,  for  periods  on and after January first, two
 thousand thirteen, through December thirty-first,  two  thousand  [eigh-
 teen]  TWENTY,  all  funds  available  for distribution pursuant to this
 section, except for funds distributed pursuant to  subparagraph  (v)  of
 paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  five-b  of  this section, and all funds
 available for distribution  pursuant  to  section  twenty-eight  hundred
 seven-w of this article, shall be reserved and set aside and distributed
 in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision.
   (b)  The commissioner shall promulgate regulations, and may promulgate
 emergency regulations, establishing methodologies for  the  distribution
 of  funds  as  described  in  paragraph (a) of this subdivision and such
 regulations shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
   (i) Such regulations shall  establish  methodologies  for  determining
 each  facility's  relative uncompensated care need amount based on unin-
 sured inpatient and outpatient units of service from the cost  reporting
 year  two years prior to the distribution year, multiplied by the appli-
 cable medicaid rates in effect January first of the  distribution  year,
 as summed and adjusted by a statewide cost adjustment factor and reduced
 by  the  sum  of  all  payment  amounts  collected  from  such uninsured
 patients, and as further adjusted  by  application  of  a  nominal  need
 computation  that shall take into account each facility's medicaid inpa-
 tient share.
   (ii) Annual distributions pursuant to such  regulations  for  the  two
 thousand  thirteen through two thousand [eighteen] TWENTY calendar years
 shall be in accord with the following:
   (A) one hundred thirty-nine  million  four  hundred  thousand  dollars
 shall be distributed as Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital ("DSH")
 payments to major public general hospitals; and
   (B)  nine hundred ninety-four million nine hundred thousand dollars as
 Medicaid DSH payments to eligible general hospitals,  other  than  major
 public general hospitals.
   (iii)(A)  Such  regulations  shall establish transition adjustments to
 the distributions made pursuant to clauses (A) and (B)  of  subparagraph
 (ii)  of this paragraph such that no facility experiences a reduction in
 indigent care pool payments pursuant to this subdivision that is greater

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 than the percentages, as specified in clause (C) of this subparagraph as
 compared to the average distribution that each  such  facility  received
 for  the three calendar years prior to two thousand thirteen pursuant to
 this section and section twenty-eight hundred seven-w of this article.
   (B)  Such  regulations  shall  also establish adjustments limiting the
 increases in indigent  care  pool  payments  experienced  by  facilities
 pursuant to this subdivision by an amount that will be, as determined by
 the  commissioner  and  in conjunction with such other funding as may be
 available for this purpose, sufficient to ensure full  funding  for  the
 transition adjustment payments authorized by clause (A) of this subpara-
 graph.
   (C)  No  facility  shall  experience a reduction in indigent care pool
 payments pursuant to this subdivision that: for the calendar year begin-
 ning January first, two thousand thirteen, is greater than two and  one-
 half  percent;  for the calendar year beginning January first, two thou-
 sand fourteen, is greater than five percent; and, for the calendar  year
 beginning  on  January  first,  two thousand fifteen[,]; is greater than
 seven and one-half percent, and for the calendar year beginning on Janu-
 ary first, two thousand sixteen, is greater than ten  percent;  and  for
 the calendar year beginning on January first, two thousand seventeen, is
 greater  than  twelve  and  one-half  percent; and for the calendar year
 beginning on January first,  two  thousand  eighteen,  is  greater  than
 fifteen  percent;  AND FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR BEGINNING ON JANUARY FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, IS GREATER THAN SEVENTEEN AND  ONE-HALF  PERCENT;
 AND FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR BEGINNING ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY, IS GREATER THAN TWENTY PERCENT.
   (iv) Such regulations shall reserve one percent of the funds available
 for  distribution  in the two thousand fourteen and two thousand fifteen
 calendar years, and for calendar  years  thereafter,  pursuant  to  this
 subdivision,  subdivision  fourteen-f  of  section  twenty-eight hundred
 seven-c of this article, and sections two hundred eleven and two hundred
 twelve of chapter four hundred seventy-four  of  the  laws  of  nineteen
 hundred  ninety-six,  in  a  "financial  assistance compliance pool" and
 shall establish methodologies for the distribution of such pool funds to
 facilities based on their level of  compliance,  as  determined  by  the
 commissioner, with the provisions of subdivision nine-a of this section.
   (c)  The  commissioner  shall  annually report to the governor and the
 legislature on the distribution of funds under this subdivision  includ-
 ing, but not limited to:
   (i) the impact on safety net providers, including community providers,
 rural general hospitals and major public general hospitals;
   (ii)  the  provision  of  indigent care by units of services and funds
 distributed by general hospitals; and
   (iii) the extent to which access to care has been enhanced.
   § 3. Intentionally omitted.
   § 3-a. Subdivision 14-a of section 2807 of the public  health  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  CONTRARY PROVISION OF LAW, THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL NOT TAKE ANY ACTION WITH  THE  PURPOSE  OF  REDUCING  PAYMENT  FOR
 GENERAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICES VISITS PROVIDED TO PATIENTS ELIGIBLE
 FOR  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO TITLE ELEVEN OF ARTICLE FIVE OF THE
 SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, INCLUDING SUCH PATIENTS ENROLLED  IN  ORGANIZATIONS
 OPERATING  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR OF
 THIS CHAPTER OR IN HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS ORGANIZED AND  OPER-
 ATING IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OF THE INSURANCE LAW.
   § 4. Intentionally omitted.

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   §  5.  Paragraph  (h)  of subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social
 services law, as amended by chapter 220 of the laws of 2011, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (h)  speech therapy, and when provided at the direction of a physician
 or nurse practitioner, physical therapy including related rehabilitative
 services and occupational therapy; provided, however, that speech thera-
 py[, physical therapy] and occupational therapy each shall be limited to
 coverage of twenty visits per year; PHYSICAL THERAPY SHALL BE LIMITED TO
 COVERAGE OF FORTY VISITS PER YEAR; such limitation shall  not  apply  to
 persons  with  developmental  disabilities or, notwithstanding any other
 provision of law to the contrary, to persons with traumatic brain  inju-
 ry;
   §  6.  Subdivision  2-a  of  section  2807 of the public health law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (j) to read as follows:
   (J) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  OR  ANY
 OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY AND, SUBJECT TO AN APPROPRIATION
 THEREFOR, ON AND AFTER APRIL FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN,  RATES  OF
 PAYMENT   FOR   DIAGNOSTIC  AND  TREATMENT  CENTER  SERVICES,  EMERGENCY
 SERVICES, GENERAL HOSPITAL INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES, AMBULATORY
 SURGICAL SERVICES AND REFERRED AMBULATORY SERVICES, PROVIDED BY A  RURAL
 HOSPITAL  DESIGNATED  AS  A  CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 TITLE XVIII OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT SHALL  BE  EQUAL  TO  ONE
 HUNDRED  ONE  PERCENT OF THE REASONABLE COSTS OF A FACILITY IN PROVIDING
 SUCH SERVICES TO PATIENTS ELIGIBLE FOR PAYMENTS MADE IN ACCORDANCE  WITH
 THIS  SUBDIVISION.  REASONABLE  COSTS  SHALL  BE  DETERMINED IN A MANNER
 CONSISTENT WITH THAT USED TO DETERMINE PAYMENT FOR  OUTPATIENT  CRITICAL
 ACCESS HOSPITAL SERVICES PROVIDED TO BENEFICIARIES OF TITLE XVIII OF THE
 FEDERAL  SOCIAL SECURITY ACT. FOR FACILITIES WITHOUT ADEQUATE COST EXPE-
 RIENCE, SUCH  RATES  SHALL  BE  BASED  ON  BUDGETED  COSTS  SUBSEQUENTLY
 ADJUSTED TO ONE HUNDRED ONE PERCENT OF REASONABLE ACTUAL COSTS.
   §  7. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law or regulation,
 the commissioner of health shall not alter the weights under the ambula-
 tory patient group methodology unless  such  alteration  is  part  of  a
 rebasing of all the weights assigned to ambulatory patient groups.
   § 8. Section 3306 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. AS SET FORTH IN SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED ONE OF THIS TITLE, THE
 CREATION AND OPERATION OF THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY HEALTH CARE CORPORATION
 IS  FOR  THE  BENEFIT  OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE
 COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, INCLUDING PERSONS IN NEED OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES
 WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO PAY, AND IS A STATE, COUNTY, AND PUBLIC  PURPOSE.
 THE  CORPORATION HAS ADVISED THAT IT INTENDS TO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN COLLA-
 BORATIVE ACTIVITIES WITH AND LIMITED TO, HEALTH CARE  PROVIDERS  IN  THE
 EIGHT  LOWER  HUDSON VALLEY COUNTIES OF WESTCHESTER, ROCKLAND, DUTCHESS,
 ORANGE, ULSTER, PUTNAM, SULLIVAN, AND DELAWARE, AS SET FORTH IN  SECTION
 THIRTY-THREE  HUNDRED  ONE  OF THIS TITLE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING,
 AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO PROMOTE,  IMPROVED  QUALITY  OF  AND
 ACCESS  TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND IMPROVED CLINICAL OUTCOMES, CONSIST-
 ING OF:  (A) DEVELOPMENT OF A  NON-EXCLUSIVE  JOINT  HEALTH  INFORMATION
 TECHNOLOGY  PLATFORM; (B) DEVELOPMENT OF A JOINT SET OF CLINICAL QUALITY
 STANDARDS; (C) COORDINATION  AND  INTEGRATION  OF  CLINICAL  SERVICE  TO
 REDUCE  REDUNDANCY  AND  INCREASE EFFICIENCY; (D) JOINT DISCUSSIONS WITH
 RURAL HOSPITALS REGARDING THE POSSIBILITY OF COORDINATING AND  INTEGRAT-
 ING  CLINICAL  SERVICES;  AND (E) JOINT PURCHASING OF SERVICES, SUPPLIES
 AND EQUIPMENT RELATED TO THE PROVISIONS  OF  HEALTH  CARE  SERVICES.  TO
 PROMOTE  IMPROVED  QUALITY  OF  AND  ACCESS  TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND

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 IMPROVED CLINICAL OUTCOMES, AND CONSISTENT WITH THE CORPORATION'S FURTH-
 ERANCE OF ITS HEALTH CARE PURPOSES THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF  THE  SPECIAL
 POWERS  EXERCISED  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND THE GENERAL POWERS EXER-
 CISED  PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE, IT IS THE POLICY OF THE STATE TO SUPPLANT
 COMPETITION FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMMUNIZING THE PLANNING  AND  IMPLEMENTA-
 TION  OF  THE  ENUMERATED ACTIVITIES BY THE CORPORATION IN COLLABORATION
 WITH ANY ONE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED ENTITIES  FROM  LIABILITY  UNDER  THE
 FEDERAL  AND  STATE  ANTITRUST  LAWS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING IN
 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO EXTEND SUCH DECLARATION OF POLICY
 TO ANY ACTIVITIES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFICALLY ENUMERATED AND DESCRIBED
 IN THIS SUBDIVISION, WHICH REMAIN SUBJECT  TO  ANY  AND  ALL  APPLICABLE
 STATE  AND FEDERAL ANTITRUST LAWS; AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT SUCH DECLA-
 RATION OF POLICY SHALL NOT  APPLY  TO  ANY  ACTIVITIES  THAT  IMPROPERLY
 RESTRICT  COMPETITIVE LABOR MARKETS IN VIOLATION OF ALL APPLICABLE STATE
 AND FEDERAL ANTITRUST LAWS.
   § 9. Section 4403-f of the public health law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 8-a to read as follows:
   8-A.  RATES  FOR CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.  NOTWITH-
 STANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW OR REGULATION TO THE  CONTRARY,  ANY
 RESIDENTIAL  HEALTH  CARE FACILITY ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWEN-
 TY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER LOCATED IN A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION  OF  MORE
 THAN  SEVENTY-TWO  THOUSAND  AND LESS THAN SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PERSONS
 BASED ON THE TWO THOUSAND TEN FEDERAL CENSUS SHALL BE REIMBURSED BY  ANY
 MANAGED  LONG  TERM  CARE  PLAN,  APPROVED  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND
 CONTRACTING WITH THE DEPARTMENT, AT A RATE OF NO LESS THAN  ONE  HUNDRED
 FOUR  PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE RATE OF REIMBURSEMENT IN EXISTENCE ON MARCH
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN FOR SUCH COUNTY.
   § 9-a. Subdivision 2-c of section 2808 of the  public  health  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
   (G)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW OR REGULATION TO THE
 CONTRARY, ANY RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  ARTICLE  LOCATED IN A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN SEVEN-
 TY-TWO THOUSAND AND LESS THEN SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PERSONS BASED ON THE
 TWO THOUSAND TEN FEDERAL CENSUS, AND OPERATING BETWEEN ONE  HUNDRED  TEN
 AND  ONE  HUNDRED  THIRTY  BEDS, BEING REIMBURSED BY THE DEPARTMENT ON A
 FEE-FOR-SERVICES BASIS, SHALL BE REIMBURSED AT A RATE OF  NO  LESS  THAN
 ONE  HUNDRED SEVENTEEN PERCENT OF THE FEE-FOR-SERVICE RATE OF REIMBURSE-
 MENT CALCULATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FOR THAT FACILITY FOR INPATIENT
 SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN.
   § 10. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however,  that
 the implementation of the provisions of section six of this act shall be
 subject  to  the  appropriation  of moneys specifically for the purposes
 thereof; and provided, further, that the amendments to section 4403-f of
 the public health law made by section nine of this act, shall not affect
 the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.

                                  PART B
 
   Section 1. Intentionally omitted.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 461-l of the  social  services  law,  as
 added  by  chapter  165 of the laws of 1991, subparagraph (iii) of para-
 graph (a) as amended by chapter 438 of the laws of 1994, paragraphs (b),
 (c), (e) and (f) as amended by section 82 of part A of chapter 58 of the
 laws of 2010, paragraph (d) as amended by chapter 591  of  the  laws  of
 1999, paragraph (g) as amended by chapter 397 of the laws of 2012, para-
 graph  (h) as added by section 20 of part B of chapter 58 of the laws of

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 2007, paragraph (i) as amended by section 67 of part C of chapter 60  of
 the  laws of 2014, and paragraph (j) as added by section 70 of part A of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   3. Assisted living program approval. (a) An eligible applicant propos-
 ing to operate an assisted living program OR INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BEDS
 WITHIN  AN  EXISTING PROGRAM shall submit an application to the [depart-
 ment. Upon receipt, the department shall transmit a copy of the applica-
 tion and accompanying documents to the] department of health.  [Such] TO
 THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, SUCH application shall be in a format and a quan-
 tity determined by the department OF HEALTH and shall include,  but  not
 be limited to:
   (i)  a  copy of or an application for an adult care facility operating
 certificate;
   (ii) a copy of or an application  for  a  home  care  services  agency
 license or a copy of a certificate for a certified home health agency or
 authorization as a long term home health care program;
   (iii) a copy of a proposed contract with a social services district or
 in  a social services district with a population of one million or more,
 a copy of a proposed contract with the social services district  or  the
 department;
   (iv)  if  the applicant is not a long term home health care program or
 certified home health agency, a copy of a proposed contract with a  long
 term  home  health  care program or certified home health agency for the
 provisions of services in accordance  with  article  thirty-six  of  the
 public health law; and
   (v)  a  detailed description of the proposed program including budget,
 staffing and services.
   (b) If the application for the proposed program includes  an  applica-
 tion  for  licensure  as  a  home care service agency, the department of
 health shall forward the application for the proposed program and accom-
 panying documents to the public health and health planning  council  for
 its  written approval in accordance with the provisions of section thir-
 ty-six hundred five of the public health law.
   (c) An application  for  an  assisted  living  program  shall  not  be
 approved unless the commissioner is satisfied as to:
   (i)  the  character,  competence  and standing in the community of the
 operator of the adult care facility;
   (ii) the financial responsibility of the operator of  the  adult  care
 facility;
   (iii)  that  the  buildings,  equipment,  staff, standards of care and
 records of the adult care facility  to  be  employed  in  the  operation
 comply with applicable law, rule and regulation;
   (iv)  the  commissioner  of health is satisfied that the licensed home
 care agency has received the written approval of the public  health  and
 health planning council as required by paragraph (b) of this subdivision
 and  the  equipment,  personnel, rules, standards of care, and home care
 services provided by the licensed home care agency  and  certified  home
 health agency or long term home health care program are fit and adequate
 and will be provided in the manner required by article thirty-six of the
 public health law and the rules and regulations thereunder; and
   (v)  [the commissioner and] the commissioner of health [are] IS satis-
 fied as to the public need for the assisted living  program  BEDS  BEING
 PROPOSED  AFTER  GIVING  CONSIDERATION  TO THE SPECIFIC POPULATION BEING
 SERVED AND RELATIVE CONCENTRATION OF ASSISTED  LIVING  PROGRAM  BEDS  IN
 EXISTENCE  IN  THE  AREA  TO  BE SERVED.   IN APPROVING APPLICATIONS FOR

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 ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAM BEDS, THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH  SHALL  GIVE
 PRIORITY TO APPLICANTS WHICH:
   (1)  ARE  AN EXISTING ASSISTED LIVING PROVIDER WHO IS SEEKING APPROVAL
 FOR LESS THAN TEN BEDS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT'S EXPEDITED  REVIEW  PROCESS
 AND WHOSE AVERAGE OCCUPANCY OVER THE PRIOR TWELVE MONTH PERIOD IS GREAT-
 ER THAN NINETY PERCENT;
   (2)  ARE IN COUNTIES WHERE THERE ARE TWO OR FEWER OPERATIONAL ASSISTED
 LIVING PROGRAM PROVIDERS AND WHERE EXISTING PROVIDERS IN  SUCH  COUNTIES
 HAVE  OCCUPANCY  OVER THE PRIOR TWELVE MONTH PERIOD IN EXCESS OF EIGHTY-
 FIVE PERCENT; OR
   (3) ARE IN COUNTIES WHERE EXISTING ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAM BEDS  WHICH
 PROVIDE SERVICES PREDOMINANTLY TO INDIVIDUALS OVER THE AGE OF SIXTY-FIVE
 HAVE  AN  AVERAGE  OCCUPANCY  IN  EXCESS OF EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OVER THE
 PRIOR TWELVE MONTH PERIOD.
   (d) The department OF HEALTH shall not approve an application  for  an
 assisted  living  program OR AN EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING PROGRAM for any
 eligible applicant who does not meet the requirements of  this  article,
 including  but  not  limited to, an eligible applicant who is already or
 within the past ten years has been an incorporator,  director,  sponsor,
 principal  stockholder, member or owner of any adult care facility which
 has been issued an operating certificate by the board or the department,
 or of a halfway house, hostel or other residential facility or  institu-
 tion  for  the care, custody or treatment of the mentally disabled which
 is subject to approval by an office of the department of mental hygiene,
 or of any residential health  care  facility  or  home  care  agency  as
 defined  in the public health law, unless the department, in conjunction
 with the department of health, finds by substantial evidence as to  each
 such  applicant  that  a substantially consistent high level of care has
 been rendered in each such facility  or  institution  under  which  such
 person  is  or was affiliated. For the purposes of this paragraph, there
 may be a finding that a substantially consistent high level of care  has
 been  rendered  despite  a  record of violations of applicable rules and
 regulations, if such violations (i) did not threaten to directly  affect
 the  health, safety or welfare of any patient or resident, and (ii) were
 promptly corrected and not recurrent.
   (e) The  commissioner  of  health  shall  provide  written  notice  of
 approval or disapproval of portions of the proposed application concern-
 ing  a  licensed  home care agency, certified home health agency or long
 term home health care program, and, where applicable, of the approval or
 disapproval of the public health and health  planning  council  [to  the
 commissioner].  If  an application receives all the necessary approvals,
 the commissioner OF HEALTH shall notify the applicant  in  writing.  The
 commissioner's  written approval shall constitute authorization to oper-
 ate an assisted living program.
   (f) No assisted living program may be  operated  without  the  written
 approval of [the department,] the department of health and, where appli-
 cable, the public health and health planning council.
   (g)  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law to the contrary, any
 assisted living program having less  than  seventy-five  authorized  bed
 slots,  located  in  a county with a population of more than one hundred
 ten thousand and less than one hundred fifty thousand persons based upon
 the decennial federal census for the year two thousand, and which at any
 point in time is unable to accommodate  individuals  awaiting  placement
 into  the  assisted  living program, shall be authorized to increase the
 number of assisted living beds available for a specified period of  time
 as  part  of  a  demonstration  program  by  up to thirty percent of its

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 approved bed level; provided, however, that such program shall otherwise
 satisfy all other assisted living program requirements as set  forth  in
 this section. In addition, any program which receives such authorization
 and  which  at  any  point  on or after July first, two thousand five is
 unable to accommodate individuals awaiting placement into  the  assisted
 program,  shall be authorized to further increase the number of assisted
 living beds available as part of this demonstration  program  by  up  to
 twenty-five  percent  of  its  bed  level as of July first, two thousand
 five; provided, however, that such program shall otherwise  satisfy  all
 other assisted living program requirements as set forth in this section.
   (h)  The  commissioner  is authorized to add one thousand five hundred
 assisted living program beds to the  gross  number  of  assisted  living
 program  beds  having been determined to be available as of April first,
 two thousand seven.
   (i) (a) The commissioner of health is authorized  to  add  up  to  six
 thousand  assisted  living  program beds to the gross number of assisted
 living program beds having been determined to be available as  of  April
 first, two thousand nine. Nothing herein shall be interpreted as prohib-
 iting  any  eligible  applicant  from  submitting an application for any
 assisted living program bed so added. The commissioner of  health  shall
 not  be required to review on a comparative basis applications submitted
 for assisted living program beds made available  under  this  paragraph.
 The  commissioner  of  health  shall  only authorize the addition of six
 thousand beds pursuant to a seven year  plan  ending  prior  to  January
 first, two thousand seventeen.
   (b)  The commissioner of health shall provide an annual written report
 to the chair of the senate standing committee on health and the chair of
 the assembly health committee no later than January first of each  year.
 Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of assisted
 living  program  beds made available pursuant to this section by county,
 the total number of assisted living program beds by county,  the  number
 of vacant assisted living program beds by county, and any other informa-
 tion deemed necessary and appropriate.
   (j)  The  commissioner of health is authorized to add up to four thou-
 sand five hundred assisted living program beds to the  gross  number  of
 assisted  living  program beds having been determined to be available as
 of April first, two thousand twelve. Applicants eligible  to  submit  an
 application  under this paragraph shall be limited to adult homes estab-
 lished pursuant to section four  hundred  sixty-one-b  of  this  article
 with,  as  of September first, two thousand twelve, a certified capacity
 of eighty beds or more in which twenty-five percent or more of the resi-
 dent population are persons with serious mental illness  as  defined  in
 regulations  promulgated by the commissioner of health. The commissioner
 of health shall not be required to review on a comparative basis  appli-
 cations  submitted for assisted living program beds made available under
 this paragraph.
   (K)(I) FOR PERIODS ON AND AFTER APRIL FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN,
 THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH  IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE UP TO ONE THOUSAND
 ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAM BEDS. APPLICANTS UNDER THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH  SHALL
 BE  ABLE  TO  SUBMIT  SUCH APPLICATIONS FOR BEDS BEGINNING NO LATER THAN
 SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN;
   (II) FOR PERIODS ON AND AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY,  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH  IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL ONE
 THOUSAND ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAM BEDS.  APPLICANTS UNDER  THIS  SUBPARA-
 GRAPH  SHALL  BE  ABLE TO SUBMIT SUCH APPLICATIONS FOR BEDS BEGINNING NO
 LATER THAN SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY;

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   (III) FOR PERIODS ON AND AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO,
 THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO  ISSUE ASSISTED LIVING
 PROGRAM BEDS FOR ANY ELIGIBLE APPLICANT THAT SATISFACTORILY DEMONSTRATES
 THE PUBLIC NEED FOR SUCH BEDS IN THE AREA TO BE  SERVED  AND  MEETS  ALL
 OTHER  APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION. DEMONSTRATED PUBLIC NEED
 SHALL BE DETERMINED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS WHENEVER THE COMMISSIONER IS
 SATISFIED PUBLIC NEED EXISTS AT THE TIME AND  PLACE  AND  UNDER  CIRCUM-
 STANCES  PROPOSED  BY  THE  APPLICANT;  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE PRIOR BED
 AUTHORIZATIONS IN PARAGRAPHS (H), (I), AND (J) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
 CONTINUE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
   (L) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO  THE  CONTRARY,  THE
 DEPARTMENT  SHALL  DEVELOP  AN EXPEDITED REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS FOR
 APPLICATIONS FOR UP TO NINE ADDITIONAL  BEDS  TO  AN  EXISTING  ASSISTED
 LIVING  PROGRAM  QUALIFIED  AS BEING IN GOOD STANDING UNDER SECTION FOUR
 HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE-B OF THIS ARTICLE. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REVIEW BY THE
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OF AN  APPLICATION  UNDER  THE  EXPEDITED  APPROVAL
 PROCESS EXCEED NINETY DAYS.
   (M)  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF HEALTH IS AUTHORIZED TO CREATE A PROGRAM TO
 SUBSIDIZE THE COST OF ASSISTED LIVING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS LIVING  WITH
 ALZHEIMER'S  DISEASE  AND  DEMENTIA  WHO  ARE  NOT  ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAL
 ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO TITLE ELEVEN OF ARTICLE FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER. THE
 PROGRAM SHALL AUTHORIZE  UP  TO  TWO  HUNDRED  VOUCHERS  TO  INDIVIDUALS
 THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS AND PAY FOR UP TO SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF
 THE AVERAGE PRIVATE PAY RATE IN THE RESPECTIVE REGION. SUCH COMMISSIONER
 MAY PROPOSE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO EFFECTUATE THIS PROVISION.
   § 3. Intentionally omitted.
   § 4. Intentionally omitted.
   §  5. Clauses 11 and 12 of subparagraph (v) of paragraph (b) of subdi-
 vision 7 of section 4403-f of the  public  health  law,  as  amended  by
 section  48 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, are amended and
 three new clauses 13, 14 and 15 are added to read as follows:
   (11) a person who is eligible for medical assistance pursuant to para-
 graph (b) of subdivision four of section three hundred sixty-six of  the
 social services law; [and]
   (12) Native Americans[.];
   (13)  A  PERSON  PARTICIPATING IN A LONG TERM INPATIENT REHABILITATION
 PROGRAM FOR HEAD INJURED NURSING HOME RESIDENTS;
   (14) A PERSON PARTICIPATING IN A SPECIALIZED PROGRAM FOR NURSING  HOME
 RESIDENTS REQUIRING BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS; AND
   (15)  A  PERSON  WHO  IS  PERMANENTLY  PLACED  IN A NURSING HOME FOR A
 CONSECUTIVE PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS OR MORE, PROVIDED HOWEVER SUCH PERSON
 SHALL BE NOTIFIED THEY ARE BEING DESIGNATED PERMANENTLY PLACED AND SHALL
 HAVE THE RIGHT TO  APPEAL  THEIR  DESIGNATION.  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  THIS
 PROVISION SHALL INCLUDE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO ENSURE AMERICANS WITH
 DISABILITIES ACT AND FEDERAL OLMSTEAD COMPLIANCE.
   §  5-a. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 18 of section 364-j of the social
 services law, as added by section 55 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws
 of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (c) (I) IN SETTING SUCH REIMBURSEMENT  METHODOLOGIES,  THE  DEPARTMENT
 SHALL  CONSIDER  COSTS  BORNE BY THE MANAGED CARE PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT
 EACH PLAN RECEIVES ACTUARIALLY SOUND AND ADEQUATE RATES  OF  PAYMENT  TO
 ENSURE QUALITY OF CARE FOR ITS ENROLLEES. The department of health shall
 require  the  independent  actuary selected pursuant to paragraph (b) of
 this subdivision to provide a complete actuarial memorandum, along  with
 all actuarial assumptions made and all other data, materials and method-
 ologies  used  in  the  development  of rates, to managed care providers

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 thirty days prior to submission of such rates to the centers  for  medi-
 care  and  medicaid  services  for  approval. Managed care providers may
 request additional review of the actuarial soundness of the rate setting
 process and/or methodology.
   (II)  IN FULFILLING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE DEPARTMENT
 OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE INDEPENDENT  ACTUARY,  THE  AFFECTED
 MANAGED  CARE  PROVIDERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES, SHALL DEVELOP AND
 UTILIZE STATISTICALLY VALIDATED ASSESSMENT TOOLS TO DETERMINE  THE  CARE
 NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED IN MANAGED CARE PLANS, WHICH SHALL INVOLVE
 CONSIDERATION  OF  VARIABLES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PHYSICAL AND
 BEHAVIORAL FUNCTIONING, ACTIVITIES  OF  DAILY  LIVING  AND  INSTRUMENTAL
 ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING, AND PRIMARY OR SECONDARY DIAGNOSES OF COGNI-
 TIVE IMPAIRMENT OR MENTAL ILLNESS.
   (III)  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL ESTABLISH SEPARATE RATE CELLS TO REFLECT
 THE COSTS OF CARE FOR SPECIFIC HIGH-NEED AND/OR HIGH-COST  ENROLLEES  OF
 MANAGED  CARE  PROVIDERS  OPERATING  ON  A  FULL CAPITATION BASIS AND IN
 MANAGED LONG TERM CARE PLANS OPERATING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
 OF SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED THREE-F OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW. BY  JUNE
 THIRTIETH,  TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT TO THE
 CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES A  STATE  PLAN  AMENDMENT  OR
 OTHER APPROPRIATE APPROVAL OF A CAPITATED RATE WHICH INCLUDES A SEPARATE
 RATE  CELL  OR  CELLS  AND SHALL ALSO INCLUDE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO
 ENSURE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND FEDERAL  OLMSTEAD  COMPLIANCE
 FOR COVERING THE COST OF CARE FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A)  INDIVIDUALS IN MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS OPERATING ON A FULL CAPITA-
 TION BASIS AND INDIVIDUALS IN MANAGED LONG  TERM  CARE  PLANS  THAT  ARE
 EITHER  ALREADY  RESIDING  IN  A SKILLED NURSING HOME OR ARE PLACED IN A
 SKILLED NURSING HOME;
   (B) INDIVIDUALS IN MANAGED LONG TERM CARE PLANS,  WHO  REMAIN  IN  THE
 COMMUNITY  AND  WHO  DAILY  RECEIVE  LIVE-IN  OR TWELVE HOURS OR MORE OF
 PERSONAL CARE OR HOME HEALTH SERVICES;
   (C) INDIVIDUALS IN FULLY-CAPITATED PLANS WHO SATISFY THE CRITERIA  FOR
 INCLUSION  IN A HEALTH AND RECOVERY PLAN FOR PERSONS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL
 ILLNESS, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ENROLLED IN SUCH A PLAN; AND
   (D) SUCH OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO, BASED ON THE ASSESSMENT OF THEIR  CARE
 NEEDS,  THEIR  DIAGNOSIS  OR  OTHER  FACTORS,  ARE DETERMINED TO PRESENT
 UNIQUELY HIGH-NEEDS AND ARE LIKELY TO GENERATE HIGH  COSTS,  AS  MAY  BE
 IDENTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   § 5-b. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3614-f
 to read as follows:
   §  3614-F.  PAYMENTS  FOR  HOME  AND  COMMUNITY  BASED  LONG TERM CARE
 SERVICES. THE PAYMENT OF CLAIMS SUBMITTED UNDER CONTRACTS AND/OR  AGREE-
 MENTS  WITH  INSURERS  UNDER THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR HOME AND
 COMMUNITY BASED LONG TERM CARE SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS ARTICLE  AND
 BY  FISCAL  INTERMEDIARIES  OPERATING  PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 SIXTY-FIVE-F OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW SHALL  PROVIDE  THAT  ANY  FUNDS
 APPROPRIATED  TO  COMPENSATE  FOR  MINIMUM  WAGE PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX
 HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THE LABOR LAW, SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO MANAGED CARE
 RISK ADJUSTMENT ON INSURERS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF
 SECTION FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THREE-F OF THIS CHAPTER. IN ADDITION,
 THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANY SUCH FUNDS SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  BY  INSURERS  IN
 AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING CONTRACTS WITH HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED LONG TERM
 CARE  SERVICES  PROVIDED UNDER THIS ARTICLE AND BY FISCAL INTERMEDIARIES
 OPERATING PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-F OF  THE  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  LAW NINETY DAYS PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF ANY SUCH LAW OR
 REGULATION IMPACTING WAGES. INSURERS SHALL  PROVIDE  SUCH  FUNDS  IN  AN

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 AMOUNT  THAT  SUPPLEMENTS  ANY  CURRENT  CONTRACTS AND/OR AGREEMENTS AND
 SHALL NOT USE SUCH FUNDS TO  SUPPLANT  PAYMENTS  FOR  EXISTING  SERVICES
 UNDER  THE  MEDICAID ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. SUCH INSURERS SHALL INCLUDE BUT
 NOT  BE LIMITED TO MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PLANS AND MEDICAID MANAGED LONG
 TERM CARE PLANS.
   § 5-c. Section 4403-f of the public health law is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision 11-b to read as follows:
   11-B.  WHERE INDIVIDUALS WITH HIGH NEEDS ARE TRANSFERRED INVOLUNTARILY
 BETWEEN MANAGED LONG TERM CARE PLANS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE OVER-
 SIGHT TO ASSURE CONTINUITY OF SERVICES AND DIRECT CARE PROVIDERS.  WHERE
 THE  TRANSITION  IS  RELATED  TO  THE  CLOSURE  OF ACQUISITION OF A PLAN
 SPECIALIZING IN HIGH NEED INDIVIDUALS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  REVIEW  ANY
 PRIOR AUDIT TO ASCERTAIN THE APPROPRIATENESS OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE
 PLAN  THAT  IS  CLOSING  OR BEING ACQUIRED, AND SHALL PROMPTLY CONDUCT A
 FOLLOW-UP AUDIT OF SERVICES PROVIDED DURING THE  FIRST  YEAR  AFTER  THE
 CLOSURE  OF  ACQUISITION  TO  ASSURE  THAT THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO SUCH
 INDIVIDUALS REMAIN SUBSTANTIALLY COMPARABLE TO  OR  GREATER  THAN  THOSE
 SERVICES  THEY RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER. THE FOLLOW-UP AUDIT SHALL
 BE A PUBLIC DOCUMENT. SUCH TRANSFER SHALL NOT DIMINISH ANY  OF  SUCH  AN
 INDIVIDUAL'S  RIGHTS RELATING TO CONTINUITY OF CARE, UTILIZATION REVIEW,
 OR FAIR HEARING APPEALS.
   § 6. Intentionally omitted.
   § 7. Intentionally omitted.
   § 8. Intentionally omitted.
   § 8-a. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 367-a of  the  social
 services  law,  as  amended by section 41 of part D of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (e) Amounts payable under this title for  medical  assistance  in  the
 form  of  clinic services pursuant to article twenty-eight of the public
 health law and article sixteen of the mental  hygiene  law  provided  to
 eligible persons diagnosed with a developmental disability OR A TRAUMAT-
 IC  BRAIN  INJURY who are also beneficiaries under part B of title XVIII
 of the federal social security act, or  provided  to  persons  diagnosed
 with  a  developmental  disability  OR  A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY who are
 qualified medicare beneficiaries under part B of title XVIII of such act
 shall not be less than the approved  medical  assistance  payment  level
 less the amount payable under part B.
   § 9. The commissioner of health, in consultation with the rural health
 council,  shall  conduct  a  study  of home and community based services
 available to recipients of the Medicaid program in rural  areas  of  the
 state. Such study shall include a review and analysis of factors affect-
 ing  such  availability,  including  but  not  limited to transportation
 costs, costs of direct  care  personnel  including  home  health  aides,
 personal  care  attendants  and other direct service personnel, opportu-
 nities for telehealth services, and technological  advances  to  improve
 efficiencies. Consistent with the results of the study, the commissioner
 of  health is authorized to provide a targeted Medicaid rate enhancement
 to fee-for-service personal care rates and rates under  Medicaid  waiver
 programs  such  as  the nursing home transition and diversion waiver and
 the traumatic brain injury program waiver, in  an  aggregate  amount  of
 three  million  dollars minus the cost of conducting the study; provided
 further, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect  payment
 for  the costs of the study and any related Medicaid rate enhancement if
 federal participation is not available for such costs.
   § 9-a. Section 4012 of the public health law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:

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   5.  (A)  MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO HOSPICE RESIDENCES SHALL BE IN AN AMOUNT
 EQUAL TO NINETY-FOUR PERCENT OF THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE
 FEE  FOR  SERVICE  RATE REIMBURSED TO RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
 LOCATED IN THE MANAGED LONG TERM CARE REGION THAT THE HOSPICE  RESIDENCE
 IS  LOCATED.  SUCH AVERAGE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE RATE SHALL BE INCLUSIVE OF
 SPECIALTY UNITS, THE ROOM AND BOARD FURNISHED BY THE HOSPICE  RESIDENCE,
 CASH  RECEIPTS  ASSESSMENTS  AND  THE CASE MIX OF THE RESIDENTIAL HEALTH
 CARE FACILITIES LOCATED IN THE MANAGED LONG TERM CARE REGION  THAT  SUCH
 HOSPICE  IS  LOCATED. SUCH AVERAGE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE RATE SHALL ALSO BE
 INCLUSIVE OF AN EFFICIENCY FACTOR OF 1.1  MULTIPLIED  BY  SUCH  WEIGHTED
 AVERAGE RATE; RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION MONIES; AND ANY ADJUSTMENTS MADE
 FOR  MINIMUM  WAGE,  AS  SUCH ADJUSTMENTS ARE APPLIED TO THE RESIDENTIAL
 HEALTH CARE FACILITIES LOCATED IN THE MANAGED LONG TERM CARE  REGION  IN
 WHICH THE HOSPICE RESIDENCE IS LOCATED.
   (B)  UNDER  NO  CIRCUMSTANCES  SHALL THE RATES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
 THIS SUBDIVISION BE LESS THAN THE RATES ESTABLISHED  FOR  HOSPICE  RESI-
 DENCES  IN  EFFECT ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND MANAGED
 CARE ORGANIZATIONS SHALL REIMBURSE HOSPICE RESIDENCES  THE  RATE  ESTAB-
 LISHED  PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST FIVE YEARS
 FROM THE DATE HOSPICE RESIDENTS ARE TRANSITIONED TO MANAGED  CARE.  SUCH
 REIMBURSEMENT SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE HOSPICE RESIDENCE BENCHMARK RATE.
   § 9-b. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3620-a
 to read as follows:
   § 3620-A. PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITY INITIATIVE. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
 FACILITATE  AND  SUPPORT  HOME  CARE AGENCY ROLES WITHIN THE HEALTH CARE
 CONTINUUM FOR ADDRESSING PUBLIC HEALTH  PRIORITIES  IN  THE  STATE,  AND
 PROMOTING  HEALTH  IMPROVEMENT  AND COST SAVINGS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
 UNDERTAKE THESE PURPOSES THROUGH: INCORPORATION  OF  HOME  CARE  IN  THE
 DEPARTMENT'S  PREVENTION,  PRIMARY  CARE,  AND PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGIES;
 EDUCATION AND PROMOTION OF EVIDENCE-BASED, BEST PRACTICES  THAT  MAY  BE
 ADOPTED  BY  HOME  CARE  IN  PRIORITY  PUBLIC  HEALTH AREAS; ADOPTION OF
 DEPARTMENTAL POLICIES AND GUIDANCE TO  ASSIST  HOME  CARE  RESPONSE  AND
 INTERVENTION;  SUPPLEMENTAL  RATE  FINANCING; STAFF TRAINING; REGULATORY
 AND PROCEDURAL FLEXIBILITY FOR PRIORITIZATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE;
 DATA SHARING; PROMOTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH  PRIORITY  COLLABORATIVES  WITH
 HOME  CARE  AND  CONTINUUM  PARTNERS;  AND  OTHER MEANS THE COMMISSIONER
 DETERMINES APPROPRIATE. EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN,
 THE  COMMISSIONER,  WITH  THE  APPROVAL OF THE STATE BUDGET DIRECTOR, IS
 AUTHORIZED TO DETERMINE AND MAKE AVAILABLE FOR REINVESTMENT  TO  PARTIC-
 IPATING PROVIDERS THROUGH INCREASES IN PROVIDER REIMBURSEMENT, A PORTION
 OF  COST  SAVINGS  ACHIEVED  FROM SUCH PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES THROUGH
 HOME CARE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, PROVIDER PARTICIPATION UNDER THIS  SECTION
 SHALL BE ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS.
   2. PRIORITY PUBLIC HEALTH AREAS UNDER THIS SECTION MAY INCLUDE BUT NOT
 BE  LIMITED  TO:  PUBLIC EDUCATION, SCREENING AND EARLY INTERVENTION FOR
 SEPSIS; MEDICATION MANAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY IN CARE  TRANSITIONS  AND  FOR
 POLY-PHARMACY   POPULATIONS;  ASTHMA  AND  OTHER  RESPIRATORY  CONDITION
 MANAGEMENT AND HOME ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FALLS  PREVENTION  SCREEN-
 ING,  EDUCATION  AND  PREVENTION; OPIOID MANAGEMENT AND OVERUSE OR ABUSE
 PREVENTION, INCLUDING ALTERNATIVES IN  PAIN  MANAGEMENT;  CARDIOVASCULAR
 HEALTH;  HEALTH  CARE  DISPARITIES;  HIGH  RISK PRENATAL AND POST-PARTUM
 CARE; PALLIATIVE CARE, AND OTHER PRIORITY  AREAS  IN  POPULATION  HEALTH
 WHICH THE COMMISSIONER MAY DESIGNATE.
   3.  IN  IMPLEMENTING  THIS  SECTION,  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL SEEK THE
 ADVICE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF HOME  CARE  PROVIDERS,  STATE  ASSOCIATIONS
 REPRESENTATIVE OF HOME CARE, STATE ASSOCIATIONS REPRESENTATIVE OF PHYSI-

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 CIANS, STATE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE OF COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
 AND  OTHERS  WITH  HOME  CARE  AND/OR  PUBLIC  HEALTH EXPERTISE WHOM THE
 COMMISSIONER MAY DESIGNATE.
   4.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL COLLECT AND REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE DATA
 ON THE ACTIVITIES AND IMPACT OF HOME  CARE  PUBLIC  HEALTH  INITIATIVES,
 INCLUDING  A  DETERMINATION OF SYSTEM SAVINGS DERIVED/COSTS AVOIDED, AND
 SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER SUPPORT  OF  THE  GOALS  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   §  9-c.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision of law, rule or
 regulation to the contrary,  residential  health  care  facility  (RHCF)
 rates  of payment determined pursuant to article 28 of the public health
 law for services provided on or after October  1,  2012,  in  facilities
 which  exclusively provide extensive nursing, medical, psychological and
 counseling  support  services  to  children  with  diverse  and  complex
 medical,  emotional  and  social problems, including long-term inpatient
 rehabilitation services for traumatic brain-injured  children,  and  are
 located  in  a  city  with  a population of one million or more shall be
 based on the operating rate promulgated in RHCF rate appeal number 12451
 dated May 24, 2013 and as adjusted by  the  allowable  trend  factor  on
 January 1 of each subsequent year.
   §  9-d.  Subdivision  2-c  of section 2808 of the public health law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
   (G) FOR PERIODS ON AND AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, CASE-
 MIX ADJUSTMENTS AUTHORIZED UNDER PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
 NOT BE ALTERED, MODIFIED OR ADJUSTED ON THE BASIS OF REVISED  REGULATORY
 LIMITATIONS  ON  THE  LEVEL OF SUCH ADJUSTMENTS OR ON REVIEWS, AUDITS OR
 COLLECTION OR SUBMISSION PROTOCOLS OF THE MINIMUM  DATA  SET;  PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER,  THAT THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPLY TO AUDITS PERFORMED BY THE
 OFFICE OF THE MEDICAID INSPECTOR GENERAL NOR TO REVIEWS  OR  AUDITS  FOR
 THE  PURPOSES  OF  INVESTIGATING FRAUD OR ABUSE UNDER MEDICAID RULES AND
 REGULATIONS.
   § 9-e. Section 3612 of the public health law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8.  (A)  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND
 PLANNING COUNCIL, SHALL CONDUCT A REVIEW OF LICENSED HOME CARE  SERVICES
 AGENCIES.  SUCH REVIEW SHALL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CONSIDERATIONS OF ACCESS,
 AVAILABILITY OF WORKFORCE PERSONNEL, UNIQUE COMMUNITY NEEDS,  EFFICIENCY
 AND AFFORDABILITY, REGIONAL NEEDS AND VARIATIONS, AN ANALYSIS OF AVERAGE
 NUMBER  OF CONTRACTS PER PLAN BASED ON REGION, AND SUCH OTHER FACTORS AS
 MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND COUNCIL.
   (B) FOLLOWING THE REVIEW, THE DEPARTMENT  AND  THE  COUNCIL  SHALL  BY
 OCTOBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN ESTABLISH:
   (I)  A  TRANSITION  PLAN  DESIGNED TO LIMIT DISRUPTION TO MANAGED LONG
 TERM CARE PLAN ENROLLEES, PROVIDERS  AND  THE  MANAGED  LONG  TERM  CARE
 MARKET TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION REGIONAL NEEDS AND VARIATIONS;
   (II)  SPECIFIC  LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS BETWEEN MANAGED
 LONG TERM CARE PLANS AND LICENSED HOME CARE SERVICES AGENCIES IN  NASSAU
 COUNTY,  SUFFOLK COUNTY, WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND A CITY WITH A POPULATION
 OF ONE MILLION OR MORE WHICH SHALL NOT EXCEED SEVENTY-FIVE CONTRACTS  BY
 OCTOBER  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, SIXTY CONTRACTS BY OCTOBER FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN AND FIFTY CONTRACTS BY TWO THOUSAND TWENTY;
   (III) PROVISIONS PERMITTING MANAGED LONG TERM CARE  PLANS  THAT  COVER
 ALL  REGIONS  OF THE STATE TO CONTRACT WITH THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE NUMBER
 OF LICENSED HOME CARE SERVICES AGENCIES ALLOWABLE IN EACH REGION;
   (IV) A REQUIREMENT THAT IN APPLICABLE REGIONS, A PERCENTAGE OF MANAGED
 LONG TERM CARE CONTRACTS WITH LICENSED HOME CARE  SERVICES  AGENCIES  BE

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 WITH QUALIFIED QUALITY INCENTIVE VITAL ACCESS PROVIDER POOL PROVIDERS OR
 PROVIDERS WHO OTHERWISE DEMONSTRATE A COMMITMENT TO QUALITY; AND
   (V)  A  REQUIREMENT  THAT A LICENSED HOME CARE SERVICES AGENCY THAT IS
 CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE  FISCAL  INTERMEDIARY  SERVICES  ON  BEHALF  OF  A
 CONSUMER  DIRECTED  PERSONAL  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM HAVE BOTH DESIGNATIONS
 CONSIDERED PART OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE MANAGED LONG TERM CARE PLAN.
   (C) THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNCIL SHALL  ALSO  REVIEW  LICENSED  HOME
 CARE  SERVICES IN UPSTATE REGIONS AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHETHER
 PROPORTIONAL LIMITS ARE NECESSARY IN THE REGIONS.
   (D) THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNCIL SHALL ALSO PROVIDE  RECOMMENDATIONS
 ON  INCENTIVES  TO  ENCOURAGE  CONSOLIDATION  OF SUCH AGENCIES AND PLANS
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO REGIONAL STATE  FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE,  AN
 EXPEDITED  CERTIFICATE  OF  NEED PROCESS FOR MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS OF
 LICENSED HOME CARE SERVICES AGENCIES, AND OTHER CHANGES IN THE LICENSURE
 OR CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROCESS TO FACILITATE THE  CHANGE  IN  OWNERSHIP,
 CONTROL,  MERGER  OR  ACQUISITIONS OF SUCH AGENCIES OR PLANS. DURING THE
 PERIOD OF SUCH REVIEW, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL IMPOSE A MORATORIUM  ON  THE
 APPROVALS  OF  ADDITIONAL  LICENSED  HOME CARE SERVICES AGENCIES SERVING
 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE BENEFICIARIES, HOWEVER, THE COMMISSIONER MAY  APPROVE
 ADDITIONAL  AGENCIES IF IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFE-
 TY. ALL LICENSED HOME CARE SERVICES AGENCIES LICENSED AS OF APRIL FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SHALL NOT ENGAGE IN MARKETING PRACTICES UNTIL  THE
 REVIEW  IS COMPLETE AND THE DEPARTMENT HAS SUBMITTED ITS REPORT PURSUANT
 TO PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (E) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY  PRESI-
 DENT OF THE SENATE AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAK-
 ER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY  AND  THE  MINORITY  LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON THE
 RESULTS OF REVIEWS REQUIRED BY THIS  SECTION  BY  SEPTEMBER  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND EIGHTEEN.
   (F)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGULATION NO LIMITATIONS
 SHALL BE IMPOSED ON THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS BETWEEN  MANAGED  LONG  TERM
 CARE  PLANS  LICENSED  PURSUANT TO SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED THREE-F OF
 THIS CHAPTER AND CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCIES  OR  LICENSED  HOME
 CARE  SERVICES  AGENCIES UNTIL THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION ARE MET.
   § 9-f.   Paragraph (d-2) of subdivision 3  of  section  364-j  of  the
 social services law, as added by section 20-a of part B of chapter 59 of
 the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   (d-2)  Services  provided  pursuant  to  waivers,  granted pursuant to
 subsection (c) of section 1915 of the federal social  security  act,  to
 persons  suffering from traumatic brain injuries or qualifying for nurs-
 ing home diversion and transition services, shall  not  be  provided  to
 medical  assistance  recipients  through managed care programs [until at
 least January first, two thousand eighteen] ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION, AND SHALL CONTINUE TO  BE  PROVIDED  OUTSIDE  OF  MANAGED  CARE
 PROGRAMS  AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH WAIVER PROGRAMS AS THEY EXISTED ON
 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN; PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER OF HEALTH IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO TAKE ANY ACTION REQUIRED, INCLUD-
 ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FILING WAIVERS AND WAIVER EXTENSIONS AS NECESSARY
 WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TO CONTINUE THE PROVISION OF SUCH SERVICES.
   §  10. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of  section  4403-f  of
 the  public health law made by section five of this act shall not affect
 the expiration of such paragraph pursuant to subdivision (i) of  section
 111  of  part H of chapter 59 of the laws of 2011, as amended, and shall
 be deemed to expire therewith; provided, further, that the amendments to

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 paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 4403-f of  the  public  health
 law  made  by  section  five  of  this act and the amendments to section
 4403-f of the public health law made by section five-c of this act shall
 not  affect  the  repeal  of such section pursuant to chapter 659 of the
 laws of 1997, as  amended,  and  shall  be  deemed  repealed  therewith;
 provided,  further,  that  the amendments to section 364-j of the social
 services law, made by section five-a and nine-f of this  act  shall  not
 affect the expiration and repeal of such section and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART C
 
   Section 1. Intentionally omitted.
   § 2. Intentionally omitted.
   §  3.  Subdivision  6  of  section  2899  of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 471 of the laws  of  2016,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   6.  "Provider"  shall  mean  (A)  any residential health care facility
 licensed under article twenty-eight of this chapter;  or  any  certified
 home health agency, licensed home care services agency or long term home
 health  care program certified under article thirty-six of this chapter;
 any hospice program certified pursuant to article forty of this chapter;
 or any adult home, enriched housing  program  or  residence  for  adults
 licensed under article seven of the social services law; OR (B) A HEALTH
 HOME, OR ANY SUBCONTRACTOR OF SUCH HEALTH HOME, WHO CONTRACTS WITH OR IS
 APPROVED  OR  OTHERWISE  AUTHORIZED  BY THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE HEALTH
 HOME SERVICES TO ALL THOSE ENROLLED PURSUANT TO A DIAGNOSIS OF A  DEVEL-
 OPMENTAL DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03
 OF  THE  MENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND ENROLLEES WHO ARE UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS
 OF AGE UNDER SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L OF THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES
 LAW,  OR  ANY  ENTITY THAT PROVIDES HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES TO
 ENROLLEES WHO ARE UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE  UNDER  A  DEMONSTRATION
 PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL
 SECURITY ACT.
   §  4.  Paragraph  (b) of subdivision 9 of section 2899-a of the public
 health law, as added by chapter 331 of the laws of 2006, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   (b)  Residential  health  care facilities licensed pursuant to article
 twenty-eight of this chapter and certified home health care agencies and
 long-term home health care programs certified or  approved  pursuant  to
 article  thirty-six of this chapter OR A HEALTH HOME, OR ANY SUBCONTRAC-
 TOR OF SUCH HEALTH HOME, WHO CONTRACTS WITH OR IS APPROVED OR  OTHERWISE
 AUTHORIZED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  TO  PROVIDE HEALTH HOME SERVICES TO ALL
 THOSE ENROLLED PURSUANT TO A DIAGNOSIS OF A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY  AS
 DEFINED  IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE
 LAW AND ENROLLEES WHO ARE UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF  AGE  UNDER  SECTION
 THREE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-FIVE-L  OF  THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, OR ANY ENTITY
 THAT PROVIDES HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES  TO  ENROLLEES  WHO  ARE
 UNDER  TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE UNDER A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PURSUANT TO
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT,  may,
 subject to the availability of federal financial participation, claim as
 reimbursable  costs under the medical assistance program, costs reflect-
 ing the fee established pursuant to law  by  the  division  of  criminal
 justice  services  for  processing a criminal history information check,
 the fee imposed by the federal bureau of investigation  for  a  national
 criminal  history check, and costs associated with obtaining the finger-

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 prints, provided, however, that for the purposes of determining rates of
 payment pursuant to article twenty-eight of this chapter for residential
 health care facilities,  such  reimbursable  fees  and  costs  shall  be
 reflected  as  timely as practicable in such rates within the applicable
 rate period.
   § 5. Subdivision 10 of section 2899-a of the  public  health  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  206  of  the  laws  of 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
   10.  Notwithstanding  subdivision  eleven  of  section  eight  hundred
 forty-five-b  of  the  executive  law,  a  certified home health agency,
 licensed home care services agency or long term home health care program
 certified, licensed or approved under article thirty-six of this chapter
 or a home care services agency exempt from  certification  or  licensure
 under  article thirty-six of this chapter, a hospice program under arti-
 cle forty of this chapter, or an adult home, enriched housing program or
 residence for adults licensed under article seven of the social services
 law, OR A HEALTH HOME, OR ANY SUBCONTRACTOR OF  SUCH  HEALTH  HOME,  WHO
 CONTRACTS  WITH OR IS APPROVED OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT
 TO PROVIDE HEALTH HOME SERVICES TO ALL ENROLLEES ENROLLED PURSUANT TO  A
 DIAGNOSIS  OF A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWEN-
 TY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND ENROLLEES  WHO  ARE
 UNDER  TWENTY-ONE  YEARS OF AGE UNDER SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L
 OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, OR ANY ENTITY THAT PROVIDES HOME AND  COMMU-
 NITY  BASED  SERVICES TO ENROLLEES WHO ARE UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE
 UNDER A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN
 OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT may temporarily approve a prospective
 employee while the results of the criminal history information check and
 the determination are pending, upon  the  condition  that  the  provider
 conducts  appropriate direct observation and evaluation of the temporary
 employee, while he or she is temporarily employed, and the care  recipi-
 ent.  The results of such observations shall be documented in the tempo-
 rary employee's personnel file and shall be maintained. For purposes  of
 providing  such  appropriate  direct  observation  and  evaluation,  the
 provider shall utilize an individual employed by such  provider  with  a
 minimum  of  one  year's  experience  working  in  an  agency certified,
 licensed or approved under article thirty-six  of  this  chapter  or  an
 adult  home,  enriched  housing program or residence for adults licensed
 under article seven of the social services law, A HEALTH  HOME,  OR  ANY
 SUBCONTRACTOR  OF SUCH HEALTH HOME, WHO CONTRACTS WITH OR IS APPROVED OR
 OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE HEALTH  HOME  SERVICES
 TO  THOSE ENROLLED PURSUANT TO A DIAGNOSIS OF A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY
 AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO  OF  SECTION  1.03  OF  THE  MENTAL
 HYGIENE  LAW  AND  ENROLLEES WHO ARE UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE UNDER
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES  LAW,  OR  ANY
 ENTITY  THAT PROVIDES HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES TO ENROLLEES WHO
 ARE UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE UNDER A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PURSUANT
 TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT. If
 the temporary employee is working under contract with  another  provider
 certified,  licensed  or approved under article thirty-six of this chap-
 ter, such contract provider's appropriate direct observation and  evalu-
 ation  of the temporary employee, shall be considered sufficient for the
 purposes of complying with this subdivision.
   § 6. Subdivision 3 of section 424-a of the  social  services  law,  as
 amended  by  section  3  of part Q of chapter 56 of the laws of 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:

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   3. For purposes of this section,  the  term  "provider"  or  "provider
 agency"  shall  mean:  an  authorized agency; the office of children and
 family services; juvenile detention facilities subject  to  the  certif-
 ication  of  the office of children and family services; programs estab-
 lished pursuant to article nineteen-H of the executive law; non-residen-
 tial  or  residential programs or facilities licensed or operated by the
 office of mental health or the  office  for  people  with  developmental
 disabilities  except family care homes; licensed child day care centers,
 including head start programs which are funded pursuant to  title  V  of
 the  federal economic opportunity act of nineteen hundred sixty-four, as
 amended; early intervention  service  established  pursuant  to  section
 twenty-five  hundred  forty of the public health law; preschool services
 established pursuant to section forty-four hundred ten of the  education
 law;  school-age  child  care  programs; special act school districts as
 enumerated in chapter five hundred sixty-six of  the  laws  of  nineteen
 hundred sixty-seven, as amended; programs and facilities licensed by the
 office  of  alcoholism and substance abuse services; residential schools
 which are operated, supervised or approved by the education  department;
 HEALTH  HOMES, OR ANY SUBCONTRACT OR OF SUCH HEALTH HOMES, WHO CONTRACTS
 WITH OR IS APPROVED OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF  HEALTH
 TO  PROVIDE  HEALTH  HOME  SERVICES  TO ALL THOSE ENROLLED PURSUANT TO A
 DIAGNOSIS OF A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION  TWEN-
 TY-TWO  OF  SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND ENROLLEES WHO ARE
 UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE UNDER SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-FIVE-L
 OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  OR ANY ENTITY THAT PROVIDES HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED
 SERVICES TO ENROLLEES WHO ARE UNDER TWENTY-ONE  YEARS  OF  AGE  UNDER  A
 DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE
 FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY  ACT;  publicly-funded  emergency  shelters  for
 families with children, provided, however, for purposes of this section,
 when  the  provider  or  provider  agency is a publicly-funded emergency
 shelter for families with children, then all references in this  section
 to  the  "potential for regular and substantial contact with individuals
 who are cared for by the agency" shall mean the  potential  for  regular
 and  substantial  contact  with children who are served by such shelter;
 and any other facility or provider agency,  as  defined  in  subdivision
 four  of section four hundred eighty-eight of this chapter, in regard to
 the employment of staff, or use of providers of goods and  services  and
 staff of such providers, consultants, interns and volunteers.
   §  7.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  1 of section 413 of the social
 services law, as amended by section 2 of part Q of  chapter  56  of  the
 laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  The  following  persons  and  officials are required to report or
 cause a report to be made in accordance with this title when  they  have
 reasonable  cause  to  suspect  that a child coming before them in their
 professional or official capacity is an abused or maltreated  child,  or
 when  they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child is an abused or
 maltreated child where the parent, guardian, custodian or  other  person
 legally  responsible  for  such child comes before them in their profes-
 sional or official capacity and states from  personal  knowledge  facts,
 conditions or circumstances which, if correct, would render the child an
 abused  or maltreated child: any physician; registered physician assist-
 ant; surgeon; medical  examiner;  coroner;  dentist;  dental  hygienist;
 osteopath;  optometrist;  chiropractor;  podiatrist;  resident;  intern;
 psychologist; registered nurse; social worker; emergency medical techni-
 cian; licensed creative arts therapist;  licensed  marriage  and  family
 therapist;  licensed  mental  health  counselor; licensed psychoanalyst;

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 licensed behavior analyst; certified behavior analyst assistant;  hospi-
 tal  personnel  engaged in the admission, examination, care or treatment
 of persons; a Christian Science  practitioner;  school  official,  which
 includes  but  is not limited to school teacher, school guidance counse-
 lor, school psychologist, school social  worker,  school  nurse,  school
 administrator  or  other school personnel required to hold a teaching or
 administrative license or certificate;  full  or  part-time  compensated
 school employee required to hold a temporary coaching license or profes-
 sional coaching certificate; social services worker; employee of a publ-
 icly-funded  emergency shelter for families with children; director of a
 children's overnight camp, summer day camp or traveling summer day camp,
 as such camps are defined in section thirteen hundred ninety-two of  the
 public health law; day care center worker; school-age child care worker;
 provider  of family or group family day care; employee or volunteer in a
 residential care facility for children that is  licensed,  certified  or
 operated  by  the  office  of children and family services; or any other
 child care or foster care worker; mental health professional;  substance
 abuse  counselor;  alcoholism counselor; all persons credentialed by the
 office of alcoholism and substance abuse services; EMPLOYEES OF A HEALTH
 HOME OR HEALTH HOME CARE MANAGEMENT AGENCY  CONTRACTING  WITH  A  HEALTH
 HOME  AS  DESIGNATED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AUTHORIZED UNDER
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L OF THIS CHAPTER OR SUCH EMPLOYEES WHO
 PROVIDE HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES UNDER A DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAM
 PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURI-
 TY  ACT;  peace  officer; police officer; district attorney or assistant
 district attorney; investigator employed in the  office  of  a  district
 attorney; or other law enforcement official.
   § 8. Intentionally omitted.
   §  9.  Section 364-m of the social services law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
   4-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY STATUTE, RULE, REGULATION, OR ADMINISTRATIVE
 DIRECTIVE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO THE CONTRARY, CONSISTENT
 WITH THE OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH
 SHALL  CONTINUE  TO  MAKE  PAYMENTS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS
 SECTION AT THE SAME RATES OF PAYMENT MADE DURING STATE FISCAL  YEAR  TWO
 THOUSAND SEVENTEEN.
   §  10.  Section 2959-a of the public health law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 7-a to read as follows:
   7-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY STATUTE, RULE, REGULATION, OR  ADMINISTRATIVE
 DIRECTIVE  ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO THE CONTRARY, CONSISTENT WITH THE
 OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  CONTINUE  TO
 MAKE  PAYMENTS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION AT THE SAME
 RATES OF PAYMENT MADE DURING STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN.
   § 11. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however,  that
 the amendments to subdivision 6 of section 2899 of the public health law
 made by section three of this act shall take effect on the same date and
 in  the  same manner as section 8 of chapter 471 of the laws of 2016, as
 amended, takes effect and shall not affect the expiration of such subdi-
 vision and shall be deemed expired therewith; provided further, however,
 that the amendments to section 364-m of the social services law made  by
 section nine of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
 shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART D

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   Section  1.    Paragraph  (d) of subdivision 9 of section 367-a of the
 social services law, as amended by section 7 of part D of chapter 57  of
 the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (d)  In addition to the amounts paid pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
 subdivision, the department shall pay a professional pharmacy dispensing
 fee for each such drug dispensed in the amount of ten dollars AND  EIGHT
 CENTS  per  prescription  or  written order of a practitioner; provided,
 however that this professional dispensing fee will not  apply  to  drugs
 that  are available without a prescription as required by section sixty-
 eight hundred ten of the education law but do not meet the definition of
 a covered outpatient drug pursuant to Section 1927K of the Social  Secu-
 rity Act.
   § 2. Intentionally omitted.
   § 3. Intentionally omitted.
   § 4. Intentionally omitted.
   § 5. Intentionally omitted.
   § 6. Intentionally omitted.
   § 7. Intentionally omitted.
   §  8.  Section  280 of the public health law, as added by section 1 of
 part D of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   § 280. Medicaid drug cap. 1. The legislature hereby finds and declares
 that there is a significant public interest for the Medicaid program  to
 manage  drug costs in a manner that ensures patient access while provid-
 ing financial stability  for  the  state  and  participating  providers.
 Since  two  thousand  eleven,  the  state has taken significant steps to
 contain costs in the Medicaid program by imposing a statutory  limit  on
 annual  growth.  Drug  expenditures,  however, continually outpace other
 cost components causing significant pressure on  the  state,  providers,
 and patient access operating under the Medicaid [global cap] PROGRAM. It
 is  therefore intended that the department establish a Medicaid drug cap
 as a separate component within the Medicaid [global cap] PROGRAM as part
 of a focused and sustained effort to balance the growth of drug expendi-
 tures with the growth of total Medicaid expenditures.
   2. The commissioner shall establish  a  year  to  year  department  of
 health  [state-funds]  STATE  FUNDS Medicaid drug [spending] EXPENDITURE
 growth target as follows:
   (a) for state fiscal year two thousand seventeen--two  thousand  eigh-
 teen, be limited to the ten-year [rolling] average of the medical compo-
 nent  of  the  consumer  price  index, AS PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES
 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, BUREAU OF  STATISTICS,  FOR  THE  TEN  YEAR  PERIOD
 ENDING  SIX  MONTHS  PRIOR  TO THE START OF THE COMING FISCAL YEAR, plus
 five percent and minus a pharmacy savings target of  fifty-five  million
 dollars; and
   (b)  for  state  fiscal year two thousand eighteen--two thousand nine-
 teen, be limited to the ten-year [rolling] average of the medical compo-
 nent of the consumer price index, AS  PUBLISHED  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES
 DEPARTMENT  OF  LABOR,  BUREAU  OF  STATISTICS,  FOR THE TEN YEAR PERIOD
 ENDING SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE START OF THE  COMING  FISCAL  YEAR,  plus
 four  percent and minus a pharmacy savings target of eighty-five million
 dollars.
   3. The department and the division of the budget  shall  assess  on  a
 quarterly basis the projected total amount to be expended in the year on
 a  cash  basis  by the Medicaid program for each drug, and the projected
 annual amount of STATE FUNDS MEDICAID drug expenditures ON A CASH  BASIS
 for  all  drugs, which shall NOT be a component of the projected depart-
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 of sections ninety-one and ninety-two of part H of chapter fifty-nine of
 the laws of two thousand eleven. For purposes  of  this  section,  state
 funds  Medicaid  drug  expenditures [include] ARE THE SUM OF THE amounts
 expended  for drugs in both the Medicaid fee-for-service PROGRAM and THE
 WHOLESALE ACQUISITION COST FOR DRUGS UTILIZED BY RECIPIENTS IN  Medicaid
 managed  care  programs, minus the amount of any REQUIRED FEDERAL PENAL-
 TIES, drug rebates or supplemental drug rebates [received by] DUE TO the
 department, including rebates  pursuant  to  subdivision  five  of  this
 section with respect to rebate targets.  THE DEPARTMENT AND THE DIVISION
 OF  THE  BUDGET  SHALL  REPORT  QUARTERLY TO THE DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW
 BOARD THE PROJECTED STATE FUNDS MEDICAID DRUG EXPENDITURES INCLUDING THE
 AMOUNTS, IN AGGREGATE THEREOF, ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE NET COST OF:  CHANGES
 IN  THE  UTILIZATION  OF  DRUGS  BY  MEDICAID RECIPIENTS; CHANGES IN THE
 NUMBER OF MEDICAID RECIPIENTS; CHANGES IN THE WHOLESALE ACQUISITION COST
 OF NAME BRAND DRUGS AND CHANGES IN THE  WHOLESALE  ACQUISITION  COST  OF
 GENERIC  DRUGS.  THE  INFORMATION  CONTAINED  IN THE REPORT SHALL NOT BE
 PUBLICLY RELEASED IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION  OF  AN
 INDIVIDUAL  DRUG  OR  MANUFACTURER  OR  THAT IS LIKELY TO COMPROMISE THE
 FINANCIAL, COMPETITIVE, OR PROPRIETARY NATURE OF THE INFORMATION.
   (a) In the event the director of the budget determines, based on Medi-
 caid drug expenditures for the previous quarter or other relevant infor-
 mation, that the total department of health state  funds  Medicaid  drug
 expenditure  is projected to exceed the annual growth limitation imposed
 by subdivision two of this section, the commissioner  may  identify  and
 refer  drugs to the drug utilization review board established by section
 three hundred sixty-nine-bb of the social services law for a recommenda-
 tion as to whether a target supplemental Medicaid rebate should be  paid
 by  the manufacturer of the drug to the department and the target amount
 of the rebate.
   (b) If the department intends to refer a drug to the drug  utilization
 review  board pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the depart-
 ment shall notify the manufacturer of such drug  and  shall  attempt  to
 reach  agreement with the manufacturer on a rebate for the drug prior to
 referring the drug to the drug utilization review board for review.
   (c) In the event that  the  commissioner  and  the  manufacturer  have
 previously  agreed to a supplemental rebate for a drug pursuant to para-
 graph (b) of this subdivision or paragraph (e) of subdivision  seven  of
 section three hundred sixty-seven-a of the social services law, the drug
 shall  not  be  referred  to  the  drug utilization review board for any
 further supplemental rebate for the  duration  of  the  previous  rebate
 agreement.
   (d)  The  department shall consider a drug's actual cost to the state,
 including current rebate amounts, prior to seeking an additional  rebate
 pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this subdivision and shall take into
 consideration  whether the manufacturer of the drug is providing signif-
 icant discounts relative to other drugs covered by the Medicaid program.
   (e) The commissioner shall be authorized to take the actions described
 in this section only so long as total  Medicaid  drug  expenditures  are
 projected  to exceed the annual growth limitation imposed by subdivision
 two of this section.
   4. In determining whether to recommend a  target  supplemental  rebate
 for  a drug, the drug utilization review board shall consider the actual
 cost of the drug to the Medicaid program, including  federal  and  state
 rebates, and may consider, among other things:
   (a)  the drug's impact on the Medicaid drug spending growth target and
 the adequacy of capitation rates of participating Medicaid managed  care

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 plans,  and  the drug's affordability and value to the Medicaid program;
 or
   (b) significant and unjustified increases in the price of the drug; or
   (c) whether the drug may be priced disproportionately to its therapeu-
 tic benefits.
   5. (a) If the drug utilization review board recommends a target rebate
 amount  on  a  drug referred by the commissioner, the commissioner shall
 require a supplemental rebate to be paid by the drug's  manufacturer  in
 an  amount  not  to  exceed such target rebate amount. With respect to a
 rebate required in state fiscal year two thousand  seventeen--two  thou-
 sand  eighteen,  the  rebate  requirement shall apply beginning with the
 month of April, two thousand seventeen, without regard to the  date  the
 department enters into the rebate agreement with the manufacturer.
   (b) The supplemental rebate required by paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
 sion shall apply to drugs dispensed to enrollees of managed care provid-
 ers  pursuant  to  section  three  hundred  sixty-four-j  of  the social
 services law and to drugs dispensed to Medicaid recipients who  are  not
 enrollees of such providers.
   (c)  If  the  drug utilization review board recommends a target rebate
 amount for a drug and the department is unable  to  negotiate  a  rebate
 from the manufacturer in an amount that is at least seventy-five percent
 of the target rebate amount, the commissioner is authorized to waive the
 provisions  of paragraph (b) of subdivision three of section two hundred
 seventy-three of this article and the provisions of  subdivisions  twen-
 ty-five  and  twenty-five-a of section three hundred sixty-four-j of the
 social services law with respect to  such  drug;  however,  this  waiver
 shall  not be implemented in situations where it would prevent access by
 a Medicaid recipient to a drug which is the only treatment for a partic-
 ular disease or condition. Under no circumstances shall the commissioner
 be authorized to waive such provisions with respect  to  more  than  two
 drugs in a given time.
   (d) Where the department and a manufacturer enter into a rebate agree-
 ment  pursuant  to  this  section,  which may be in addition to existing
 rebate agreements entered into by the manufacturer with respect  to  the
 same  drug,  no  additional  rebates shall be required to be paid by the
 manufacturer to a managed care provider or any of a managed care provid-
 er's agents, including but not limited to any pharmacy benefit  manager,
 while the department is collecting the rebate pursuant to this section.
   (e)  In formulating a recommendation concerning a target rebate amount
 for a drug, the drug utilization review board may consider:
   (i) publicly available information relevant  to  the  pricing  of  the
 drug;
   (ii) information supplied by the department relevant to the pricing of
 the drug;
   (iii) information relating to value-based pricing;
   (iv)  the  seriousness and prevalence of the disease or condition that
 is treated by the drug;
   (v) the extent of utilization of the drug;
   (vi) the effectiveness of the drug  in  treating  the  conditions  for
 which  it  is prescribed, or in improving a patient's health, quality of
 life, or overall health outcomes;
   (vii) the likelihood that use of the drug will  reduce  the  need  for
 other medical care, including hospitalization;
   (viii) the average wholesale price, wholesale acquisition cost, retail
 price  of  the  drug,  and  the cost of the drug to the Medicaid program
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   (ix) in the case  of  generic  drugs,  the  number  of  pharmaceutical
 manufacturers that produce the drug;
   (x) whether there are pharmaceutical equivalents to the drug; and
   (xi)  information supplied by the manufacturer, if any, explaining the
 relationship between the pricing of the drug and the cost of development
 of the drug and/or the therapeutic benefit  of  the  drug,  or  that  is
 otherwise  pertinent  to  the  manufacturer's pricing decision; any such
 information provided shall be considered confidential and shall  not  be
 disclosed by the drug utilization review board in a form that identifies
 a  specific manufacturer or prices charged for drugs by such manufactur-
 er.
   6. (a) If the drug utilization review board recommends a target rebate
 amount and the department is unsuccessful  in  entering  into  a  rebate
 agreement  with the manufacturer of the drug satisfactory to the depart-
 ment, the drug manufacturer shall in that event be required  to  provide
 to the department, on a standard reporting form developed by the depart-
 ment, the following information:
   (i) the actual cost of developing, manufacturing, producing (including
 the cost per dose of production), and distributing the drug;
   (ii) research and development costs of the drug, including payments to
 predecessor  entities  conducting  research  and  development,  such  as
 biotechnology companies, universities and medical schools,  and  private
 research institutions;
   (iii)  administrative,  marketing, and advertising costs for the drug,
 apportioned by marketing activities  that  are  directed  to  consumers,
 marketing  activities  that  are  directed to prescribers, and the total
 cost of all marketing and advertising  that  is  directed  primarily  to
 consumers  and  prescribers  in  New  York, including but not limited to
 prescriber detailing, copayment discount programs, and direct-to-consum-
 er marketing;
   (iv) the extent of utilization of the drug;
   (v) prices for the drug that are charged  to  purchasers  outside  the
 United States;
   (vi)  prices charged to typical purchasers in the state, including but
 not limited to pharmacies, pharmacy  chains,  pharmacy  wholesalers,  or
 other direct purchasers;
   (vii) the average rebates and discounts provided per payer type in the
 State; and
   (viii) the average profit margin of each drug over the prior five-year
 period and the projected profit margin anticipated for such drug.
   (b) All information disclosed pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdi-
 vision  shall  be  considered confidential and shall not be disclosed by
 the department in a form that  identifies  a  specific  manufacturer  or
 prices charged for drugs by such manufacturer.
   7.  (a)  If,  after  taking  into account all rebates and supplemental
 rebates received by the department, including rebates received  to  date
 pursuant  to  this  section,  total Medicaid drug expenditures are still
 projected to exceed the annual growth limitation imposed by  subdivision
 two of this section, the commissioner of health may: subject [drugs] ANY
 DRUG OF A MANUFACTURER THAT THE DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW BOARD RECOMMENDS
 A  TARGET  REBATE  AMOUNT  FOR  THAT HAS NOT ENTERED INTO A SUPPLEMENTAL
 REBATE AGREEMENT REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION to prior approval  in  accord-
 ance  with  existing  processes  and  procedures[, which may include all
 drugs of a manufacturer that has not entered into a supplemental  rebate
 agreement  required  by  this  section]; directing managed care plans to
 remove from their Medicaid formularies  those  drugs  [with  respect  to

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 which  a]  THAT  THE  DRUG  UTILIZATION REVIEW BOARD RECOMMENDS A TARGET
 REBATE AMOUNT FOR AND THE manufacturer has failed to enter into a rebate
 agreement required by this section; promoting the use of cost  effective
 and  clinically appropriate drugs other than those of a manufacturer who
 HAS A DRUG THAT THE DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW BOARD  RECOMMENDS  A  TARGET
 REBATE  AMOUNT  AND  THE  MANUFACTURER has failed to enter into a rebate
 agreement required by this section; allowing [manufacturers] A  MANUFAC-
 TURER  OF  A  DRUG  THAT  THE DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW BOARD RECOMMENDS A
 TARGET REBATE AMOUNT AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS FAILED TO  ENTER  INTO  AN
 AGREEMENT to accelerate rebate payments under existing rebate contracts;
 and  such  other  actions  as  authorized by law. The commissioner shall
 [provide written notice to the legislature] BRING ANY  SUCH  RECOMMENDED
 ACTION  BEFORE  THE  DRUG  UTILIZATION REVIEW BOARD thirty days prior to
 taking action pursuant to this paragraph[, unless action is necessary in
 the fourth quarter of a fiscal  year  to  prevent  total  Medicaid  drug
 expenditures from exceeding the limitation imposed by subdivision two of
 this  section,  in which case such notice to the legislature may be less
 than thirty days].
   (b) The commissioner shall be authorized to take the actions described
 in paragraph (a) of this subdivision only so long as total Medicaid drug
 expenditures are  projected  to  exceed  the  annual  growth  limitation
 imposed by subdivision two of this section. In addition, no such actions
 shall be deemed to supersede the provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivi-
 sion  three  of section two hundred seventy-three of this article or the
 provisions of subdivisions  twenty-five  and  twenty-five-a  of  section
 three hundred sixty-four-j of the social services law, except as allowed
 by  paragraph  (c) of subdivision five of this section; provided further
 that nothing in this section shall prevent access by a Medicaid  recipi-
 ent  to  a  drug which is the only treatment for a particular disease or
 condition.
   8. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REPORT BY FEBRUARY  FIRST  ANNUALLY  TO  THE
 DRUG  UTILIZATION  REVIEW BOARD ON SAVINGS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE DRUG CAP
 IN THE LAST YEAR. SUCH REPORT SHALL PROVIDE DATA ON  WHAT  SAVINGS  WERE
 ACHIEVED  THROUGH  ACTIONS PURSUANT TO SUBSECTIONS THREE, FIVE AND SEVEN
 OF THIS SECTION, RESPECTIVELY, AND WHAT SAVINGS  WERE  ACHIEVED  THROUGH
 OTHER MEANS AND HOW SUCH SAVINGS WERE CALCULATED AND IMPLEMENTED.
   § 8-a. The public health law is amended by adding a new article 2-B to
 read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 2-B
                              DRUG TAKE BACK
 SECTION 290. DEFINITIONS.
         291. DRUG TAKE BACK.
         292. COLLECTION.
         293. VIOLATIONS.
         294. JURISDICTION.
   § 290. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEAR-
 LY REQUIRES OTHERWISE:
   1. "AUTHORIZED COLLECTOR" MEANS: (A) A PERSON, COMPANY, CORPORATION OR
 OTHER  ENTITY THAT IS REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED STATES DRUG ENFORCEMENT
 ADMINISTRATION TO COLLECT CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FOR THE PURPOSES OF SAFE
 DISPOSAL AND DESTRUCTION; (B) A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY;  (C)  A  MUNICI-
 PALITY; OR (D) A PERSON, COMPANY, CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY AUTHORIZED
 BY  THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE COLLECTION METHODS FOR COVERED
 DRUGS THAT ARE NOT CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
   2. "COVERED DRUG" MEANS ANY SUBSTANCE RECOGNIZED AS A  DRUG  UNDER  21
 USC § 321(G)(1), AS AMENDED, THAT IS SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE OR DISPENSED

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 IN  THE  STATE,  WHETHER  DIRECTLY  OR THROUGH A WHOLESALER, IN ANY FORM
 INCLUDING PRESCRIPTION  AND  NONPRESCRIPTION  DRUGS,  DRUGS  IN  MEDICAL
 DEVICES  AND COMBINATION PRODUCTS, BRAND AND GENERIC DRUGS AND DRUGS FOR
 VETERINARY  USE;  PROVIDED  HOWEVER, COVERED DRUG SHALL NOT INCLUDE: (A)
 VITAMINS OR  SUPPLEMENTS;  (B)  HERBAL-BASED  REMEDIES  AND  HOMEOPATHIC
 DRUGS, PRODUCTS OR REMEDIES; (C) COSMETICS, SOAP (WITH OR WITHOUT GERMI-
 CIDAL  AGENTS),  LAUNDRY DETERGENT, BLEACH, HOUSEHOLD CLEANING PRODUCTS,
 SHAMPOOS, SUNSCREENS, TOOTHPASTE, LIP  BALM,  ANTIPERSPIRANTS  OR  OTHER
 PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS THAT ARE REGULATED AS BOTH COSMETICS AND NONPRES-
 CRIPTION  DRUGS  UNDER THE FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT; (D) PET
 PESTICIDE PRODUCTS CONTAINED IN PET COLLARS, POWDERS, SHAMPOOS,  TOPICAL
 APPLICATIONS,  OR OTHER FORMS; (E) DRUGS THAT ARE BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-SEVEN OF SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED  TWO
 OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW IF THE MANUFACTURER ALREADY PROVIDES A TAKE BACK
 PROGRAM; (F) DRUGS FOR WHICH A MANUFACTURER PROVIDES A TAKE BACK PROGRAM
 AS PART OF A FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION  MANAGED  RISK  EVALU-
 ATION AND MITIGATION STRATEGY; (G) MEDICAL DEVICES OR THE COMPONENT PART
 OF SUCH DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES IF SUCH DEVICE OR COMPONENT PART CONTAINS
 NO  COVERED  DRUG;  AND  (H)  DRUGS  THAT  ARE USED SOLELY IN A CLINICAL
 SETTING.
   3. "MANUFACTURER" MEANS A PERSON, COMPANY, CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY
 ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF DRUGS SOLD IN THE STATE.
   4. "PHARMACIES" MEANS ALL PHARMACIES REGISTERED UNDER  SECTION  SIXTY-
 EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW THAT ARE PART OF A GROUP OF TEN
 OR  MORE  ESTABLISHMENTS  THAT  CONDUCT BUSINESS UNDER THE SAME NAME, OR
 OPERATE UNDER A COMMON OWNERSHIP OR MANAGEMENT, OR PURSUANT TO  A  FRAN-
 CHISE AGREEMENT WITH THE SAME FRANCHISOR, AND ALL NONRESIDENT PHARMACIES
 REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHT-B OF THE EDUCA-
 TION LAW THAT PROVIDE COVERED DRUGS TO STATE RESIDENTS BY MAIL.
   5. "DRUG TAKE BACK ORGANIZATION" MEANS AN ORGANIZATION DESIGNATED BY A
 MANUFACTURER OR A GROUP OF MANUFACTURERS TO ACT AS AN AGENT ON BEHALF OF
 THE  MANUFACTURER  OR  GROUP OF MANUFACTURERS TO OPERATE AND IMPLEMENT A
 DRUG TAKE BACK PROGRAM AS AUTHORIZED BY THIS ARTICLE.
   6. "WHOLESALER" MEANS ANY PERSON, COMPANY, CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY
 THAT SELLS OR DISTRIBUTES DRUGS AND COVERED DRUGS FOR RESALE TO AN ENTI-
 TY IN THE STATE OTHER THAN A CONSUMER.
   § 291. DRUG TAKE BACK. 1. ANY MANUFACTURER OF A COVERED DRUG SHALL:
   (A) OPERATE A DRUG TAKE BACK PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT  INDI-
 VIDUALLY OR JOINTLY WITH OTHER MANUFACTURERS;
   (B)  ENTER  INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A DRUG TAKE BACK ORGANIZATION WHICH
 SHALL OPERATE A DRUG TAKE BACK PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT; OR
   (C) ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO OPERATE A DRUG TAKE
 BACK PROGRAM ON ITS BEHALF.
   2. ANY MANUFACTURER OF A COVERED DRUG, INDIVIDUALLY OR JOINTLY,  OR  A
 DRUG  TAKE  BACK  ORGANIZATION CONTRACTED BY A MANUFACTURER OF A COVERED
 DRUG SHALL WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS FROM  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF
 THIS  SECTION  SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT, IN A MANNER AND FORM DETERMINED
 BY THE DEPARTMENT, A PROPOSED DRUG TAKE BACK PROGRAM THAT  MEETS,  AT  A
 MINIMUM, THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
   (A) CERTIFIES THE DRUG TAKE BACK PROGRAM WILL ACCEPT ALL COVERED DRUGS
 REGARDLESS OF WHO PRODUCED THEM;
   (B) PROVIDES CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE PERSON SUBMITTING THE PLANNED
 DRUG  TAKE  BACK  PROGRAM  WITH  WHOM  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL DIRECT ALL
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   (C) DETAILS A PHARMACY COLLECTION SYSTEM TO PROVIDE CONVENIENT,  ONGO-
 ING  COLLECTION  SERVICES  TO  ALL PERSONS SEEKING TO DISPOSE OF COVERED
 DRUGS PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE;
   (D)  DESCRIBES OTHER COLLECTION METHODS BY WHICH COVERED DRUGS WILL BE
 COLLECTED BY AUTHORIZED COLLECTORS;
   (E) EXPLAINS HOW COVERED DRUGS WILL BE SAFELY AND SECURELY TRACKED AND
 HANDLED FROM COLLECTION THROUGH FINAL DISPOSAL AND DESTRUCTION, POLICIES
 TO ENSURE SECURITY AND COMPLIANCE WITH ALL  APPLICABLE  LAWS  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS  INCLUDING  DISPOSAL  AND  DESTRUCTION  AT A PERMITTED HAZARDOUS
 WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY MEETING FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS;
   (F) DESCRIBES THE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES  THAT  WILL
 BE UNDERTAKEN WHICH SHALL INCLUDE ADVERTISING OF COLLECTION LOCATIONS ON
 A  WEBSITE  AND  THROUGH USE OF SIGNAGE AND OTHER WRITTEN MATERIALS, AND
 HOW EFFECTIVENESS WILL BE EVALUATED;
   (G) DETAILS HOW THE COSTS OF PHARMACY COLLECTION AND OTHER  AUTHORIZED
 COLLECTORS  WILL  BE REIMBURSED WHICH SHALL INCLUDE COSTS RETROACTIVE TO
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE, AND WHERE MORE THAN ONE MANUFACTURER
 WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE PLANNED DRUG TAKE BACK PROGRAM, A PLAN  FOR  THE
 FAIR  AND REASONABLE MANNER OF ALLOCATED COSTS AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS IN
 SUCH PROGRAM SUCH THAT THE COSTS PAID BY EACH MANUFACTURER IS REASONABLY
 RELATED TO THE NUMBER OR VALUE OF COVERED DRUGS SOLD IN THE STATE; AND
   (H) PROVIDES ANY FURTHER INFORMATION DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE DEPART-
 MENT.
   3. WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  EACH
 WHOLESALER  THAT  SELLS COVERED DRUGS IN OR INTO THE STATE SHALL PROVIDE
 THE DEPARTMENT WITH A LIST OF MANUFACTURERS THAT PRODUCE COVERED  DRUGS.
 THE DEPARTMENT MAY REQUEST UPDATED LISTS AT ITS DISCRETION.
   4.  A  MANUFACTURER, INDIVIDUALLY OR JOINTLY, MUST PAY ALL ADMINISTRA-
 TIVE AND OPERATIONAL FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DRUG  TAKE  BACK  PROGRAM,
 INCLUDING  THE COST OF COLLECTING, TRANSPORTING AND DISPOSING OF COVERED
 DRUGS FROM PHARMACIES AND OTHER AUTHORIZED COLLECTORS AND THE  RECYCLING
 OR  DISPOSAL,  OR  BOTH,  OF  PACKING  COLLECTED  WITH THE COVERED DRUG.
 MANUFACTURERS SHALL ALSO PAY COSTS INCURRED BY THE STATE IN THE ADMINIS-
 TRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE DRUG TAKE BACK  PROGRAM.    EXCLUSIVE  OF
 FINES  AND  PENALTIES,  THE  STATE SHALL ONLY RECOVER ITS ACTUAL COST OF
 ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT. IN INSTANCES WHERE MANUFACTURERS JOINTLY
 CONDUCT A DRUG TAKE  BACK  PROGRAM,  THE  COSTS  OF  ADMINISTRATION  AND
 ENFORCEMENT  SHALL  BE  FAIRLY  AND  REASONABLY  ALLOCATED SUCH THAT THE
 PORTION OF COSTS IS REASONABLY RELATED TO THE NUMBER OR VALUE OF COVERED
 DRUGS THE MANUFACTURERS SELL IN THE STATE. NO MANUFACTURER MAY CHARGE  A
 POINT-OF-SALE  OR  OTHER FEE TO CONSUMERS, OR A FEE THAT COULD BE PASSED
 ON TO CONSUMERS, TO RECOUP THE COST OF THEIR DRUG TAKE BACK PROGRAM.
   5. WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF RECEIPT OF A PROPOSED DRUG TAKE BACK  PROGRAM,
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION, SHALL DETERMINE  WHETHER  SUCH  PROPOSED  DRUG  TAKE  BACK
 PROGRAM  COMPLIES  WITH  THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE AND NOTIFY THE
 APPLICANT. THE DEPARTMENT MAY CONDUCT A NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING PRIOR  TO
 APPROVAL.  IF  THE  DRUG  TAKE  BACK PROGRAM IS APPROVED, THE DEPARTMENT
 SHALL NOTIFY THE APPLICANT IN WRITING. IF THE DRUG TAKE BACK PROGRAM  IS
 NOT  APPROVED,  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOTIFY THE APPLICANT IN WRITING AND
 THE APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT A REVISED DRUG  TAKE  BACK  PROGRAM  PROPOSAL
 WITHIN  THIRTY DAYS.  IF THE DEPARTMENT REJECTS THE SUBSEQUENT PROPOSAL,
 THE MANUFACTURER OR MANUFACTURERS AT ISSUE SHALL BE  OUT  OF  COMPLIANCE
 WITH  THIS ARTICLE AND SUBJECT TO THE ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS PURSUANT TO
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 PROVIDE, AND UPDATE ANNUALLY, ON ITS WEBSITE A LIST OF ALL MANUFACTURERS
 PARTICIPATING IN A DRUG TAKE BACK PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   6.  AT LEAST EVERY THREE YEARS, A MANUFACTURER, JOINTLY OR INDIVIDUAL-
 LY, OR A DRUG TAKE BACK ORGANIZATION SHALL UPDATE  ITS  DRUG  TAKE  BACK
 PROGRAM AND SUBMIT AN UPDATED PROPOSAL TO THE DEPARTMENT. A MANUFACTURER
 WHO BEGINS TO OFFER A COVERED DRUG IN THE STATE AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE
 OF  THIS ARTICLE, SHALL PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF JOINING AN EXISTING APPROVED
 DRUG TAKE BACK PROGRAM OR SUBMIT A PROPOSAL FOR A DRUG TAKE BACK PROGRAM
 WITHIN NINETY DAYS FOLLOWING THE INITIAL OFFER FOR  SALE  OF  A  COVERED
 DRUG. ANY PROPOSED CHANGE TO A DRUG TAKE BACK PROGRAM SHALL BE SUBMITTED
 IN WRITING AND APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO ANY CHANGE.
   7. EACH APPROVED DRUG TAKE BACK PROGRAM SHALL REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT
 AT  A DATE AND MANNER SET BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SUBMIT
 AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND  TEMPORARY
 PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE BY JANUARY FIRST DETAILING ALL PROGRAM ACTIV-
 ITIES, THE VOLUME COLLECTED BY EACH PROGRAM, A DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION
 ACTIVITIES, THE NAME AND LOCATION OF ALL COLLECTION SITES, PUBLIC EDUCA-
 TION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, AND ANY MANUFACTURER OUT OF COMPLIANCE  OR
 SUBJECT TO PENALTIES PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR OF THIS
 ARTICLE.
   §  292.  COLLECTION.  1.  ALL  PHARMACIES  SHALL  PROVIDE FOR THE SAFE
 COLLECTION OF DRUGS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE:
   (A) OFFERING DRUG COLLECTION BY:
   (I) ON-SITE COLLECTION RECEPTACLES MEETING FEDERAL STANDARDS;
   (II) MAIL-BACK COLLECTION BY PREPAID ENVELOPES AS AUTHORIZED BY FEDER-
 AL LAW AND REGULATION; OR
   (III) OTHER  FEDERAL  DRUG  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY  APPROVED  METHODS  OF
 COLLECTION.
   (B)  SIGNAGE PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED ADVERTISING SUCH DRUG COLLECTION TO
 CONSUMERS.
   2. ALL DRUG TAKE BACK PROGRAM OPERATORS SHALL NOTIFY  OTHER  POTENTIAL
 AUTHORIZED  COLLECTORS  OF  THE  OPPORTUNITY  TO  SERVE AS AN AUTHORIZED
 COLLECTOR FOR THE DRUG TAKE BACK PROGRAM.  PARTICIPATION  OF  AUTHORIZED
 COLLECTORS BESIDES PHARMACIES SHALL BE VOLUNTARY.
   3.  ALL  COSTS  OF PHARMACIES AND OTHER AUTHORIZED COLLECTORS SHALL BE
 PAID OR REIMBURSED BY THE MANUFACTURER, JOINTLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, AS PART
 OF THE DRUG TAKE BACK PROGRAMS REQUIRED BY THIS ARTICLE.
   § 293. VIOLATIONS. VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO FINES
 PURSUANT TO SECTION TWELVE OF  THIS  CHAPTER.  EACH  DAY  IN  WHICH  THE
 VIOLATION CONTINUES SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE VIOLATION.
   §  294.  JURISDICTION.  JURISDICTION OF ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO DRUG
 DISPOSAL BY THIS  ARTICLE  IS  VESTED  EXCLUSIVELY  IN  THE  STATE.  ANY
 PROVISION  OF  ANY  LOCAL  LAW  OR  ORDINANCE, OR ANY RULE OR REGULATION
 PROMULGATED PRIOR TO, OR UPON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION,  SHALL
 BE PREEMPTED.
   §  8-b. Section 3343-b of the public health law, as amended by chapter
 379 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   § 3343-b. Safe  disposal  of  unused  controlled  substances.  1.  The
 department  shall  oversee  a  program  for  the safe disposal of unused
 controlled substances by consumers in accordance with  federal  law  AND
 ARTICLE  TWO-B  OF THIS CHAPTER.  Individual members of the public shall
 be authorized to voluntarily surrender controlled substances  listed  on
 schedule  II,  III,  IV or V of section thirty-three hundred six of this
 article  in  a  secure  manner,  without  identifying  themselves.  Safe
 disposal  methods  shall  be publicized consistent with the prescription
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 ty-three  hundred nine-a of this article AND ARTICLE TWO-B OF THIS CHAP-
 TER.
   2.  The  surrender  of a controlled substance pursuant to this section
 AND ARTICLE TWO-B OF THIS CHAPTER shall not constitute  the  possession,
 transfer or sale of such controlled substance for purposes of this arti-
 cle or the penal law.
   [3.  Disposal  sites  shall  be  operated by law enforcement agencies,
 pharmacies and other Federal Drug Enforcement Administration  authorized
 collectors  on  a voluntary basis. Nothing in this section shall require
 any political subdivision of the state to  participate  in  the  program
 established in this section.]
   §  8-c. The department of health may adopt regulations as necessary to
 implement and enforce the provisions of title 4  of  the  public  health
 law.
   §  8-d.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3346
 to read as follows:
   § 3346. PRESCRIBING OPIOIDS TO MINORS. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE
 FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "ANOTHER ADULT AUTHORIZED TO CONSENT TO THE MINOR'S MEDICAL TREAT-
 MENT" MEANS AN ADULT TO WHOM A MINOR'S  PARENT  OR  GUARDIAN  HAS  GIVEN
 WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION TO CONSENT TO THE MINOR'S MEDICAL TREATMENT;
   (B)  "MEDICAL  EMERGENCY"  MEANS  A SITUATION THAT IN A PRACTITIONER'S
 GOOD FAITH MEDICAL JUDGMENT CREATES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT OF SERIOUS  RISK
 TO THE LIFE OR PHYSICAL HEALTH OF A MINOR; AND
   (C) "MINOR" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE WHO IS NOT
 EMANCIPATED.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER EIGHTEEN
 YEARS OF AGE IS EMANCIPATED ONLY IF  THE  INDIVIDUAL  HAS  MARRIED,  HAS
 ENTERED THE ARMED SERVICES OF THE UNITED STATES, HAS BECOME EMPLOYED AND
 SELF-SUSTAINING,  OR  OTHERWISE HAS BECOME INDEPENDENT FROM THE CARE AND
 CONTROL OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR CUSTODIAN.
   2. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION THREE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  BEFORE
 ISSUING  FOR A MINOR THE FIRST PRESCRIPTION IN A SINGLE COURSE OF TREAT-
 MENT FOR A PARTICULAR COMPOUND THAT IS A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE CONTAINING
 AN OPIOID, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE  DOSAGE  IS  MODIFIED  DURING  THAT
 COURSE OF TREATMENT, A PRACTITIONER SHALL:
   (I)  ASSESS  WHETHER  THE  MINOR  HAS  EVER  SUFFERED, OR IS CURRENTLY
 SUFFERING, FROM MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS  AND  WHETHER
 THE MINOR HAS TAKEN OR IS CURRENTLY TAKING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR TREAT-
 MENT OF THOSE DISORDERS;
   (II)  DISCUSS  WITH  THE  MINOR  AND  THE MINOR'S PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR
 ANOTHER ADULT AUTHORIZED TO CONSENT TO THE MINOR'S MEDICAL TREATMENT ALL
 OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) THE RISKS OF ADDICTION AND OVERDOSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTROLLED
 SUBSTANCE CONTAINING AN OPIOID;
   (B) THE INCREASED RISK OF ADDICTION TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES OF  INDI-
 VIDUALS SUFFERING FROM BOTH MENTAL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS;
   (C)  THE  DANGERS OF TAKING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES CONTAINING AN OPIOID
 WITH BENZODIAZEPINES, ALCOHOL, OR OTHER CENTRAL NERVOUS  SYSTEM  DEPRES-
 SANTS; AND
   (D)  ANY  OTHER  INFORMATION  IN  THE  PATIENT  COUNSELING INFORMATION
 SECTION OF THE LABELING FOR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES CONTAINING  AN  OPIOID
 REQUIRED UNDER 21 C.F.R.  201.57(C)(18); AND
   (III)  OBTAIN  WRITTEN  CONSENT  FOR THE PRESCRIPTION FROM THE MINOR'S
 PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR, SUBJECT  TO  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  THIS  SECTION,
 ANOTHER  ADULT  AUTHORIZED  TO CONSENT TO THE MINOR'S MEDICAL TREATMENT.
 THE PRACTITIONER SHALL RECORD THE CONSENT ON A FORM  PRESCRIBED  BY  THE

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 COMMISSIONER.  THE  FORM  SHALL  BE SEPARATE FROM ANY OTHER DOCUMENT THE
 PRACTITIONER  USES  TO  OBTAIN  INFORMED  CONSENT  FOR  OTHER  TREATMENT
 PROVIDED TO THE MINOR. THE FORM SHALL CONTAIN ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A)  THE  NAME  AND QUANTITY OF THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE CONTAINING AN
 OPIOID BEING PRESCRIBED AND THE AMOUNT OF THE INITIAL DOSE;
   (B) A STATEMENT INDICATING THAT A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IS  A  DRUG  OR
 OTHER  SUBSTANCE  THAT THE UNITED STATES DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
 HAS IDENTIFIED AS HAVING A POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE;
   (C) A STATEMENT CERTIFYING THAT THE PRACTITIONER  DISCUSSED  WITH  THE
 MINOR  AND  THE MINOR'S PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR ANOTHER ADULT AUTHORIZED TO
 CONSENT TO THE  MINOR'S  MEDICAL  TREATMENT  THE  MATTERS  DESCRIBED  IN
 SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH;
   (D) THE NUMBER OF REFILLS, IF ANY, AUTHORIZED BY THE PRESCRIPTION; AND
   (E)  THE  SIGNATURE  OF THE MINOR'S PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR ANOTHER ADULT
 AUTHORIZED TO CONSENT TO THE MINOR'S MEDICAL TREATMENT AND THE  DATE  OF
 SIGNING.
   3.  THE  REQUIREMENTS  IN  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT
 APPLY:
   (A) IF THE MINOR'S TREATMENT WITH A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE CONTAINING AN
 OPIOID IS ASSOCIATED WITH OR INCIDENT TO A MEDICAL EMERGENCY;
   (B) IF IN THE PRACTITIONER'S  PROFESSIONAL  JUDGMENT,  FULFILLING  THE
 REQUIREMENTS  OF  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS SECTION WITH RESPECT TO THE
 MINOR'S TREATMENT WOULD BE A DETRIMENT TO THE MINOR'S HEALTH OR  SAFETY;
 OR
   (C) IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   4.  A  SIGNED  CONSENT FORM OBTAINED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE MAIN-
 TAINED IN THE MINOR'S MEDICAL RECORD.
   § 8-e. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 3331  of  the  public
 health law, as added by section 1 of part C of chapter 71 of the laws of
 2016, is amended and a new paragraph (d) is added to read as follows:
   (b)  Notwithstanding  the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
 sion, a practitioner, within the scope of his or her professional  opin-
 ion  or  discretion, may not prescribe more than a [seven-day] THREE-DAY
 supply of any schedule II, III, or IV opioid to an  ultimate  user  upon
 the  initial consultation or treatment of such user for acute pain. Upon
 any subsequent consultations for the same  pain,  the  practitioner  may
 issue,  in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subdivision, any appro-
 priate renewal, refill, or new prescription for the opioid or any  other
 drug.
   (D)  PRIOR  TO  ISSUING  A PRESCRIPTION FOR ANY SCHEDULE II, III OR IV
 OPIOID TO AN ULTIMATE USER UPON THE INITIAL CONSULTATION OR TREATMENT OF
 SUCH USER FOR CHRONIC PAIN, THE PRACTITIONER SHALL CONSIDER  THE  RECOM-
 MENDATIONS  OF  THE  FEDERAL  CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE  RECOMMENDATION  THAT  NONPHARMACOLOGIC
 THERAPY AND NONOPIOIDS PHARMACOLOGIC THERAPIES ARE PREFERRED FOR CHRONIC
 PAIN,  AND  THAT  AN  INITIAL  OPIOID  PRESCRIPTION  SHOULD BE IMMEDIATE
 RELEASE OPIOIDS NOT EXCEEDING FIFTY MORPHINE MILLIGRAM EQUIVALENTS.
   § 8-f. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  3346
 to read as follows:
   §  3346.  GUIDELINES  FOR  PRESCRIBING  OF  OPIOID ANTAGONISTS. 1. THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL ADOPT GUIDELINES FOR THE PRESCRIBING OF OPIOID ANTAG-
 ONISTS WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) WHEN OPIOID ANTAGONISTS SHOULD BE  PRESCRIBED  TO  INDIVIDUALS  TO
 WHOM  AN  OPIOID MEDICATION IS ALSO PRESCRIBED, WHICH SHALL AT A MINIMUM
 PROVIDE FOR THE PRESCRIBING OF AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST  TO  ANY  INDIVIDUAL

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 WITH  A  TREATMENT  PLAN  THAT  CONSISTS OF OPIOID USE FOR MORE THAN ONE
 MONTH;
   (B)  IDENTIFYING  PATIENTS  AT  RISK  OF  ANY OPIOID OVERDOSE AND WHEN
 PRESCRIBING AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST TO THAT PATIENT OR A PERSON IN A  POSI-
 TION TO ADMINISTER THE OPIOID ANTAGONISTS IS APPROPRIATE; AND
   (C) INFORMATION ON HOW CONSUMERS CAN ACCESS OPIOID ANTAGONISTS WITH OR
 WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION.
   2.  IN  ADOPTING  THESE GUIDELINES THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSULT WITH
 THE STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY  AS  WELL  AS  MATERIALS  PUBLISHED  BY  THE
 SUBSTANCE  ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNITED
 STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,  AND  OTHER  APPROPRIATE
 MATERIALS INCLUDING MEDICAL JOURNALS SUBJECT TO PEER REVIEW AND PUBLICA-
 TIONS BY MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS.
   §  8-g.  Subdivision  4 of section 365-a of the social services law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
   (H) OPIOIDS PRESCRIBED TO A PATIENT INITIATING OR BEING MAINTAINED  ON
 OPIOID  TREATMENT  FOR PAIN WHICH HAS LASTED MORE THAN ONE MONTH OR PAST
 THE TIME OF NORMAL TISSUE HEALING, UNLESS THE MEDICAL RECORD CONTAINS  A
 WRITTEN  TREATMENT  PLAN  THAT  INCLUDES:  GOALS FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT AND
 FUNCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT BASED ON DIAGNOSIS; INFORMATION ON WHETHER NON-O-
 PIOID THERAPIES HAVE BEEN TRIED AND OPTIMIZED OR ARE CONTRAINDICATED;  A
 STATEMENT  THAT THE PRESCRIBER HAS EXPLAINED TO THE PATIENT THE RISKS OF
 AND ALTERNATIVES TO OPIOID TREATMENT; AN EVALUATION OF THE  PATIENT  FOR
 RISK  FACTORS  OF  HARM  AND  MISUSE  OF  OPIOIDS;  AN ASSESSMENT OF THE
 PATIENT'S ADHERENCE TO TREATMENT WITH RESPECT TO OTHER CONDITIONS TREAT-
 ED BY THE SAME PROVIDER; THE SIGNATURE OF THE PATIENT AND/OR AN ATTESTA-
 TION BY THE PRESCRIBER THAT THE PATIENT VERBALLY AGREED TO THE TREATMENT
 PLAN; AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT. SUCH  TREAT-
 MENT PLAN SHALL ALSO INCLUDE A PRESCRIPTION FOR AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST AND
 INFORMATION  ON  THE  ADMINISTRATION AND USE OF SUCH OPIOID ANTAGONISTS.
 THE TREATMENT PLAN SHALL BE UPDATED TWICE WITHIN  THE  YEAR  IMMEDIATELY
 FOLLOWING  ITS  INITIATION  AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER. THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPLY IN THE CASE OF  PATIENTS  WHO  ARE  BEING
 TREATED FOR CANCER THAT IS NOT IN REMISSION, WHO ARE IN HOSPICE OR OTHER
 END-OF-LIFE  CARE,  OR WHOSE PAIN IS BEING TREATED AS PART OF PALLIATIVE
 CARE PRACTICES.
   § 8-h. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by  adding  a  new
 subsection (rr) to read as follows:
   (RR)  EVERY CONTRACT ISSUED BY A CORPORATION SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS
 OF THIS ARTICLE WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL OR SIMILAR COMPRE-
 HENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO COVER OPIOIDS  PRESCRIBED
 TO A PATIENT INITIATING OR BEING MAINTAINED ON OPIOID TREATMENT FOR PAIN
 WHICH  HAS  LASTED MORE THAN ONE MONTH OR PAST THE TIME OF NORMAL TISSUE
 HEALING, UNLESS THE MEDICAL RECORD CONTAINS  A  WRITTEN  TREATMENT  PLAN
 THAT  INCLUDES:  GOALS  FOR  PAIN  MANAGEMENT AND FUNCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT
 BASED ON DIAGNOSIS; INFORMATION ON  WHETHER  NON-OPIOID  THERAPIES  HAVE
 BEEN  TRIED  AND  OPTIMIZED OR ARE CONTRAINDICATED; A STATEMENT THAT THE
 PRESCRIBER HAS EXPLAINED TO THE PATIENT THE RISKS OF AND ALTERNATIVES TO
 OPIOID TREATMENT; AN EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT FOR RISK FACTORS OF  HARM
 AND  MISUSE  OF  OPIOIDS;  AN  ASSESSMENT  OF THE PATIENT'S ADHERENCE TO
 TREATMENT WITH RESPECT TO OTHER CONDITIONS TREATED BY THE SAME PROVIDER;
 THE SIGNATURE OF THE PATIENT AND/OR ATTESTATION BY THE  PRESCRIBER  THAT
 THE  PATIENT VERBALLY AGREED TO THE TREATMENT PLAN; AND ANY OTHER INFOR-
 MATION REQUIRED BY  THE  DEPARTMENT.  SUCH  TREATMENT  PLAN  SHALL  ALSO
 INCLUDE  A  PRESCRIPTION FOR AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST AND INFORMATION ON THE
 ADMINISTRATION AND USE OF SUCH OPIOID ANTAGONISTS.  THE  TREATMENT  PLAN

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 SHALL  BE UPDATED TWICE WITHIN THE YEAR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING ITS INITI-
 ATION AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER. THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL
 NOT APPLY IN THE CASE OF PATIENTS WHO ARE BEING TREATED FOR CANCER  THAT
 IS  NOT  IN  REMISSION, WHO ARE IN HOSPICE OR OTHER END-OF-LIFE CARE, OR
 WHOSE PAIN IS BEING TREATED AS PART OF PALLIATIVE CARE PRACTICES.
   § 8-i. Section 3216 of the insurance law is amended by  adding  a  new
 subsection (n) to read as follows:
   (N) NO POLICY OF ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE DELIVERED OR ISSUED FOR
 DELIVERY  IN  THIS  STATE SHALL PROVIDE FOR REIMBURSEMENT OR COVERAGE OF
 OPIOIDS PRESCRIBED TO A PATIENT INITIATING OR BEING MAINTAINED ON OPIOID
 TREATMENT FOR PAIN WHICH HAS LASTED MORE THAN ONE MONTH OR PAST THE TIME
 OF NORMAL TISSUE HEALING, UNLESS THE MEDICAL RECORD CONTAINS  A  WRITTEN
 TREATMENT  PLAN  THAT INCLUDES: GOALS FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT AND FUNCTIONAL
 IMPROVEMENT BASED ON DIAGNOSIS; INFORMATION ON WHETHER NON-OPIOID THERA-
 PIES HAVE BEEN TRIED AND OPTIMIZED OR ARE CONTRAINDICATED;  A  STATEMENT
 THAT THE PRESCRIBER HAS EXPLAINED TO THE PATIENT THE RISKS OF AND ALTER-
 NATIVES  TO  OPIOID  TREATMENT;  AN  EVALUATION  OF THE PATIENT FOR RISK
 FACTORS OF HARM AND MISUSE OF OPIOIDS; AN ASSESSMENT  OF  THE  PATIENT'S
 ADHERENCE  TO  TREATMENT WITH RESPECT TO OTHER CONDITIONS TREATED BY THE
 SAME PROVIDER; THE SIGNATURE OF THE PATIENT AND/OR  ATTESTATION  BY  THE
 PRESCRIBER  THAT  THE PATIENT VERBALLY AGREED TO THE TREATMENT PLAN; AND
 ANY OTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT.  SUCH  TREATMENT  PLAN
 SHALL  ALSO INCLUDE A PRESCRIPTION FOR AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST AND INFORMA-
 TION ON THE ADMINISTRATION AND  USE  OF  SUCH  OPIOID  ANTAGONISTS.  THE
 TREATMENT  PLAN  SHALL  BE  UPDATED  TWICE  WITHIN  THE YEAR IMMEDIATELY
 FOLLOWING ITS INITIATION AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER.  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF
 THIS  SUBSECTION  SHALL  NOT APPLY IN THE CASE OF PATIENTS WHO ARE BEING
 TREATED FOR CANCER THAT IS NOT IN REMISSION, WHO ARE IN HOSPICE OR OTHER
 END-OF-LIFE CARE, OR WHOSE PAIN IS BEING TREATED AS PART  OF  PALLIATIVE
 CARE PRACTICES.
   §  8-j.  Section  3221 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
 subsection (j-1) to read as follows: (J-1) NO POLICY OF GROUP OR BLANKET
 ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE DELIVERED OR ISSUED FOR DELIVERY  IN  THIS
 STATE  SHALL PROVIDE FOR REIMBURSEMENT OR COVERAGE OF OPIOIDS PRESCRIBED
 TO A PATIENT INITIATING OR BEING MAINTAINED ON OPIOID TREATMENT FOR PAIN
 WHICH HAS LASTED MORE THAN ONE MONTH OR PAST THE TIME OF  NORMAL  TISSUE
 HEALING,  UNLESS  THE  MEDICAL  RECORD CONTAINS A WRITTEN TREATMENT PLAN
 THAT INCLUDES: GOALS FOR  PAIN  MANAGEMENT  AND  FUNCTIONAL  IMPROVEMENT
 BASED  ON  DIAGNOSIS;  INFORMATION  ON WHETHER NON-OPIOID THERAPIES HAVE
 BEEN TRIED AND OPTIMIZED OR ARE CONTRAINDICATED; A  STATEMENT  THAT  THE
 PRESCRIBER HAS EXPLAINED TO THE PATIENT THE RISKS OF AND ALTERNATIVES TO
 OPIOID  TREATMENT; AN EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT FOR RISK FACTORS OF HARM
 AND MISUSE OF OPIOIDS; AN  ASSESSMENT  OF  THE  PATIENT'S  ADHERENCE  TO
 TREATMENT WITH RESPECT TO OTHER CONDITIONS TREATED BY THE SAME PROVIDER;
 THE  SIGNATURE  OF THE PATIENT AND/OR ATTESTATION BY THE PRESCRIBER THAT
 THE PATIENT VERBALLY AGREED TO THE TREATMENT PLAN; AND ANY OTHER  INFOR-
 MATION  REQUIRED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT.  SUCH  TREATMENT  PLAN SHALL ALSO
 INCLUDE A PRESCRIPTION FOR AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST AND INFORMATION  ON  THE
 ADMINISTRATION  AND  USE OF SUCH OPIOID ANTAGONISTS.  THE TREATMENT PLAN
 SHALL BE UPDATED TWICE WITHIN THE YEAR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING ITS  INITI-
 ATION AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER. THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL
 NOT  APPLY IN THE CASE OF PATIENTS WHO ARE BEING TREATED FOR CANCER THAT
 IS NOT IN REMISSION, WHO ARE IN HOSPICE OR OTHER  END-OF-LIFE  CARE,  OR
 WHOSE PAIN IS BEING TREATED AS PART OF PALLIATIVE CARE PRACTICES.

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   §  8-k.  Subparagraph (v) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
 3343-a of the public health law, as added by section  2  of  part  A  of
 chapter 447 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (v) a practitioner prescribing a controlled substance in the emergency
 department  of  a  general  hospital,  provided  that  the  quantity  of
 controlled substance prescribed does  not  exceed  a  [five]  THREE  day
 supply  if  the  controlled  substance  were used in accordance with the
 directions for use;
   § 8-l. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  2827
 to read as follows:
   §  2827.  OPIOID ALTERNATIVE PILOT PROJECT. THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED
 AN OPIOID ALTERNATIVE PILOT PROJECT WHEREBY THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSUL-
 TATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES,
 SHALL IDENTIFY AT LEAST FIVE ACUTE CARE  EMERGENCY  DEPARTMENTS  IN  THE
 STATE  TO  PARTICIPATE  IN  THE  OPIOID ALTERNATIVE PILOT PROJECT. WHILE
 TRADITIONALLY OPIOIDS HAVE BEEN THE PRIMARY TREATMENT FOR ACUTE PAIN  IN
 EMERGENCY  DEPARTMENTS, THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS NECESSARY OR THE MOST EFFEC-
 TIVE TREATMENT AND THE SIDE EFFECTS OF MISUSE AND ADDICTION CAN BE DEAD-
 LY. THE OPIOID ALTERNATIVE PILOT PROJECT SHALL BE DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE
 USE OF OPIOIDS IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS BY USING A MULTIMODAL  TREATMENT
 APPROACH  TO  PAIN  INCLUDING COORDINATION ACROSS PROVIDERS, PHARMACIES,
 CLINICAL STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT NEW PROCEDURES,
 METHODS OF TREATMENT AND LESS ADDICTIVE ALTERNATIVES. WITHIN ONE YEAR OF
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT SHALL
 REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND  THE  TEMPO-
 RARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE OPIOID ALTERNA-
 TIVE  PILOT  PROJECT  IN REDUCING OPIOID USE AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
 EXPANSIONS OF OR ALTERATIONS TO THE PROJECT.
   § 8-m. Paragraphs (i) and (j) of subdivision 1 of section 3371 of  the
 public health law, as added by section 4 of part A of chapter 447 of the
 laws of 2012, are amended to read as follows:
   (i)  to a medical examiner or coroner who is an officer of or employed
 by a state or local government, pursuant to his or her official  duties;
 [and]
   (j) to an individual for the purpose of providing such individual with
 his  or  her own controlled substance history or, in appropriate circum-
 stances, in the case of a patient who lacks capacity to make health care
 decisions, a person who has legal authority to make such  decisions  for
 the patient and who would have legal access to the patient's health care
 records, if requested from the department pursuant to subdivision six of
 section  thirty-three  hundred  forty-three-a  of this article or from a
 treating practitioner pursuant to subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (a)  of
 subdivision two of this section; AND
   (K)  TO  A  PRACTITIONER  TO INFORM HIM OR HER THAT A PATIENT IS UNDER
 TREATMENT FOR A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OVERDOSE BY HOSPITAL  OR  EMERGENCY
 ROOM PRACTITIONER FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   §  8-n.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 2 of section 3371 of the public
 health law, as amended by chapter 90 of the laws of 2014, is amended  to
 read as follows:
   (a)  a  practitioner,  or  a  designee authorized by such practitioner
 pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision  two  of  section  thirty-three
 hundred  forty-three-a or section thirty-three hundred sixty-one of this
 article, for the purposes of: (i)  informing  the  practitioner  that  a
 patient  may  be  under treatment with a controlled substance by another
 practitioner OR THAT A PATIENT  IS  UNDER  TREATMENT  FOR  A  CONTROLLED
 SUBSTANCE  OVERDOSE;  (ii) providing the practitioner with notifications

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 of controlled substance activity as deemed relevant by  the  department,
 including  but not limited to a notification made available on a monthly
 or other periodic basis through the registry  of  controlled  substances
 activity  pertaining  to  his or her patient; (iii) allowing the practi-
 tioner, through consultation  of  the  prescription  monitoring  program
 registry,  to  review his or her patient's controlled substances history
 as required by section thirty-three  hundred  forty-three-a  or  section
 thirty-three  hundred  sixty-one  of this article; and (iv) providing to
 his or her patient, or person authorized pursuant to  paragraph  (j)  of
 subdivision  one of this section, upon request, a copy of such patient's
 controlled substance history as is available to the practitioner through
 the prescription monitoring program registry; or
   § 8-o. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 3371  of  the  public
 health  law,  as added by section 5 of part A of chapter 447 of the laws
 of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) a practitioner, or a  designee  authorized  by  such  practitioner
 pursuant  to  paragraph  (b)  of subdivision two of section thirty-three
 hundred forty-three-a of this article, for the purposes of: (i)  inform-
 ing  the  practitioner  that  a  patient  may  be under treatment with a
 controlled substance by another practitioner OR THAT A PATIENT IS  UNDER
 TREATMENT  FOR A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OVERDOSE; (ii) providing the prac-
 titioner with notifications of controlled substance activity  as  deemed
 relevant  by the department, including but not limited to a notification
 made available on a monthly or other periodic basis through the registry
 of controlled substances activity pertaining  to  his  or  her  patient;
 (iii)   allowing   the   practitioner,   through   consultation  of  the
 prescription monitoring program registry, to review his or her patient's
 controlled  substances  history  as  required  by  section  thirty-three
 hundred  forty-three-a of this article; and (iv) providing to his or her
 patient, or person authorized pursuant to paragraph (j)  of  subdivision
 one  of  this section, upon request, a copy of such patient's controlled
 substance history as  is  available  to  the  practitioner  through  the
 prescription monitoring program registry; or
   §  8-p.  The  opening  paragraph  of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
 section 3343-a of the public health law, as added by section 2 of part A
 of chapter 447 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   Every practitioner shall consult the prescription  monitoring  program
 registry  prior  to  prescribing  or dispensing any controlled substance
 listed on schedule II, III or IV of section thirty-three hundred six  of
 this  article,  for  the  purpose  of  reviewing  a patient's controlled
 substance history as set forth in such registry AND EVERY EMERGENCY ROOM
 OR HOSPITAL  PRACTITIONER  SHALL  CONSULT  THE  PRESCRIPTION  MONITORING
 PROGRAM  REGISTRY  WHEN  TREATING  A  PATIENT FOR A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
 OVERDOSE AND SHALL NOTIFY THE PATIENT'S  PRESCRIBER  OF  SUCH  OVERDOSE;
 provided,  however,  that  nothing  in  this  section  shall preclude an
 authorized practitioner, other than a veterinarian, from consulting  the
 registry  at  his  or  her option prior to prescribing or dispensing any
 controlled substance. The duty to consult the registry shall  not  apply
 to:
   §  8-q. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section
 3331 of the public health law, as added by chapter 415 of  the  laws  of
 1981, is amended to read as follows:
   (iv)  the  legend, prominently marked or printed in either boldface or
 upper case lettering: "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, DANGEROUS  UNLESS  USED  AS
 DIRECTED";  PROVIDED  HOWEVER, SUBSTANCES LISTED IN SUBDIVISIONS (B) AND
 (C) OF SCHEDULE II, SUBDIVISIONS (D) AND (E) OF SCHEDULE  III,  SUBDIVI-

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 SIONS  (B)  AND (F) OF SCHEDULE IV, AND SUBDIVISION (B) OF SCHEDULE V OF
 SECTION 3306 OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL BE AFFIXED WITH  A  RED  LABEL  WITH
 TEXT  PRINTED  IN  A LARGE WHITE FONT TO BE EASILY AND CLEARLY READABLE,
 "OPIOID CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES TAKEN AS DIRECTED MAY LEAD TO ADDICTION";
   §  8-r. Article 25 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
 title 4-A to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 4-A
                      CHILDREN AND RECOVERING MOTHERS
 SECTION 2576. RECOVERING EXPECTANT MOTHERS PROGRAM.
         2577. NEWBORN SCREENING.
         2578. PROVIDER EDUCATION.
         2579. WORKGROUP.
   § 2576. RECOVERING EXPECTANT MOTHERS PROGRAM. THERE  SHALL  BE  ESTAB-
 LISHED  A  RECOVERING  EXPECTANT  MOTHERS  PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT
 WHEREBY THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF ALCO-
 HOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, SHALL PROVIDE  GUIDANCE,  EDUCATION
 AND  ASSISTANCE  TO  PROVIDERS  CARING FOR RECOVERING EXPECTANT MOTHERS,
 WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   1. ESTABLISHING, IN CONSULTATION WITH RELEVANT HEALTH CARE  PROVIDERS,
 GUIDANCE ON UNIVERSAL SCREENING TECHNIQUES FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AT
 PRENATAL  VISITS.  SUCH GUIDANCE SHALL RELY ON VALIDATED SCREENING TOOLS
 AND QUESTIONNAIRES AND UTILIZE LANGUAGE TO HELP REDUCE STIGMA;
   2. PROVIDING INFORMATION REGARDING USE OF MEDICATION  ASSISTED  TREAT-
 MENT  FOR  PREGNANT  WOMEN,  WHICH  SHALL  INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING
 BUPRENORPHRINE TRAINING, TOOLS FOR PROVIDERS ON EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT  OF
 WOMEN  WITH  OPIOID  USE  DISORDER  IN PREGNANCY, AND A REFERRAL LIST OF
 CERTIFIED PROVIDERS;
   3. PROVIDING REFERRAL  INFORMATION  FOR  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  COUNSELING,
 SOCIAL SUPPORT AND BASIC NEEDS REFERRALS, WHICH SHALL ALSO INCLUDE GUID-
 ANCE  ON  REFERRING  WOMEN  TO  HOME  VISITING SERVICES THAT THEY MAY BE
 ELIGIBLE FOR AFTER BIRTH; AND
   4. DEVELOPING A SYSTEM FOR RAPID  CONSULTATION  AND  REFERRAL  LINKAGE
 SERVICES  FOR  OBSTETRICIANS  AND  PRIMARY  CARE PROVIDERS STATEWIDE WHO
 PROVIDE CARE FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
   § 2577. NEWBORN SCREENING. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION  WITH  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF  ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, SHALL DEVELOP
 GUIDANCE FOR HOSPITALS AND MIDWIFERY BIRTH CENTERS  ON  NEONATAL  ABSTI-
 NENCE  SYNDROME  WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, APPROPRIATE
 TREATMENT METHODS FOR NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME  AND  INFORMATION  ON
 HOME  VISITING  SERVICES THAT RECOVERING MOTHERS MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR, AS
 WELL AS OTHER SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, SOCIAL SUPPORTS AND  BASIC  NEED
 REFERRALS IN THE COMMUNITY.
   § 2578. PROVIDER  EDUCATION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP OR APPROVE
 A CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION COURSE  FOR  NEONATAL  NURSES,  OBSTETRI-
 CIANS,  MIDWIVES, PEDIATRICIANS, AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS REGARD-
 ING TREATMENT OF  EXPECTANT  MOTHERS  AND  NEW  MOTHERS  SUFFERING  FROM
 SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER,  AND  THE TREATMENT OF NEWBORNS SUFFERING FROM
 NEONATAL ABSTINENCE  SYNDROME,  WHICH  MAY  INCLUDE  FEDERALLY  APPROVED
 BUPRENORPHINE  TRAINING,  IN  ORDER TO FACILITATE COMPREHENSIVE PRENATAL
 AND POSTPARTUM CARE TO THIS POPULATION.
   § 2579.  WORKGROUP. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, SHALL CONVENE A WORK-
 GROUP  OF  STAKEHOLDERS,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HOSPITALS, LOCAL
 HEALTH  DEPARTMENTS,   OBSTETRICIANS,   MIDWIVES,   PEDIATRICIANS,   AND
 SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  PROVIDERS  TO  STUDY AND EVALUATE CURRENT BARRIERS AND
 CHALLENGES IN IDENTIFYING AND TREATING EXPECTANT MOTHERS, NEWBORNS,  AND

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 NEW  PARENTS  WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. THE WORKGROUP SHALL REPORT ON
 ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSIONER, THE SPEAKER OF THE
 ASSEMBLY AND THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE WITHIN  ONE  YEAR  OF
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   §  8-s.  Title  1 of article 25 of the public health law is amended by
 adding a new section 2509 to read as follows:
   § 2509. INFANT RECOVERY CENTERS PILOT PROGRAM.  THERE SHALL BE  ESTAB-
 LISHED  AN INFANT RECOVERY CENTERS PILOT PROGRAM WHEREBY THE COMMISSION-
 ER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
 SERVICES, SHALL ESTABLISH AT LEAST FOUR INFANT RECOVERY CENTERS IN AREAS
 OF NEED IN THE STATE. SUCH CENTERS SHALL PROVIDE COST EFFECTIVE,  NECES-
 SARY  SERVICES  AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF CARE FOR TARGETED POPULATIONS
 IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE THE  EFFECTIVENESS  OF  SUCH  PROGRAM.  ELIGIBLE
 INFANTS  SHALL  BE  UNDER  ONE  YEAR  OF  AGE AND SUFFER FROM WITHDRAWAL
 RESULTING FROM IN UTERO EXPOSURE TO DRUGS. SUCH INFANT WITHDRAWAL MAY BE
 THE RESULT OF CONDITIONS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEONATAL  ABSTI-
 NENCE  SYNDROME. THE PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE MORE APPROPRIATE SETTINGS AND
 COST EFFECTIVE CARE FOR THESE INFANTS THAN HOSPITALS, WHILE ALSO PROVID-
 ING SUPPORTS AND SERVICES TO PARENTS PREPARING TO  BRING  THEIR  INFANTS
 HOME.  ACCESS  TO  SUCH  SUPPORTS  SHALL CONTINUE FOR A PERIOD AFTER THE
 INFANT HAS LEFT A CENTER.
   THE DEPARTMENT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THE QUALITY, APPRO-
 PRIATENESS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CENTERS  AND  SHALL  REPORT  TO  THE
 LEGISLATURE  WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INFANT RECOVERY
 CENTERS AND AGAIN WITHIN TWO YEARS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION
 ON THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS.
   § 8-t. Subdivision (a) of section 2500-a of the public health law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  184  of  the  laws  of 2013, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) It shall be the duty of the administrative officer or other person
 in charge of each institution caring for infants  twenty-eight  days  or
 less  of  age  and the person required in pursuance of the provisions of
 section forty-one hundred thirty of this chapter to register  the  birth
 of  a child, to cause to have administered to every such infant or child
 in its or his care a test for phenylketonuria,  homozygous  sickle  cell
 disease,  hypothyroidism,  branched-chain ketonuria, galactosemia, homo-
 cystinuria, critical congenital heart  defects  through  pulse  oximetry
 screening,  NEONATAL  ABSTINENCE  SYNDROME,  and such other diseases and
 conditions as may from time to time be designated by the commissioner in
 accordance with rules or regulations  prescribed  by  the  commissioner.
 Testing, the recording of the results of such tests, tracking, follow-up
 reviews  and educational activities shall be performed at such times and
 in such manner as may be prescribed by the commissioner. The commission-
 er shall promulgate regulations setting forth the manner in which infor-
 mation describing the purposes of the requirements of this section shall
 be disseminated to parents or a guardian of the infant tested.
   § 8-u. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 31 of subsection (i)  of  section
 3216  of  the insurance law, as added by chapter 41 of the laws of 2014,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (A) Every policy that  provides  medical,  major  medical  or  similar
 comprehensive-type  coverage  must  provide  outpatient coverage for the
 diagnosis and treatment of substance use disorder, including detoxifica-
 tion and rehabilitation services. Such coverage shall not BE SUBJECT  TO
 PRIOR AUTHORIZATION AND SHALL NOT apply financial requirements or treat-
 ment  limitations to outpatient substance use disorder benefits that are
 more restrictive than the predominant financial requirements and  treat-

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 ment limitations applied to substantially all medical and surgical bene-
 fits  covered  by the policy.   Further, such coverage shall be provided
 consistent with the federal Paul  Wellstone  and  Pete  Domenici  Mental
 Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (29 U.S.C. § 1185a).
   §  8-v.  Subparagraph  (A) of paragraph 7 of subsection (1) of section
 3221 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 41 of the laws of 2014,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (A) Every policy that  provides  medical,  major  medical  or  similar
 comprehensive-type  coverage  must  provide  outpatient coverage for the
 diagnosis and treatment of substance use disorder, including detoxifica-
 tion and rehabilitation services. Such coverage shall not BE SUBJECT  TO
 PRIOR AUTHORIZATION AND SHALL NOT apply financial requirements or treat-
 ment  limitations to outpatient substance use disorder benefits that are
 more restrictive than the predominant financial requirements and  treat-
 ment limitations applied to substantially all medical and surgical bene-
 fits  covered  by the policy.   Further, such coverage shall be provided
 consistent with the federal Paul  Wellstone  and  Pete  Domenici  Mental
 Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (29 U.S.C. § 1185a).
   §  8-w. Paragraph 1 of subsection (l) of section 4303 of the insurance
 law, as amended by chapter 41 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (1) Every contract that provides medical,  major  medical  or  similar
 comprehensive-type  coverage  must  provide  outpatient coverage for the
 diagnosis and treatment of substance use disorder, including detoxifica-
 tion and rehabilitation services. Such coverage shall not BE SUBJECT  TO
 PRIOR AUTHORIZATION AND SHALL NOT apply financial requirements or treat-
 ment  limitations to outpatient substance use disorder benefits that are
 more restrictive than the predominant financial requirements and  treat-
 ment limitations applied to substantially all medical and surgical bene-
 fits  covered by the contract.  Further, such coverage shall be provided
 consistent with the federal Paul  Wellstone  and  Pete  Domenici  Mental
 Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (29 U.S.C. § 1185a).
   §  8-x. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 7.46
 to read as follows:
 § 7.46 OPERATING CERTIFICATES.
   (A) THE COMMISSIONER OR THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE  OF  ALCOHOLISM
 AND  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  SERVICES  SHALL NOT DENY AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE
 PURSUANT TO SECTION 31.02 OR 32.05 OF THIS CHAPTER TO A FACILITY PROVID-
 ING OUT-PATIENT OR NON-RESIDENTIAL SERVICES FOR THE MENTALLY DISABLED OR
 INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM CHEMICAL ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE THAT INCLUDES  A
 PHARMACY WITHIN THE FACILITY, PROVIDED THAT THE PHARMACY:
   (1)  CONFORMS  WITH  PARAGRAPH  G OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIXTY-
 EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW;
   (2) IS NOT OPERATED BY THE FACILITY;
   (3) DOES NOT SHARE REVENUE OF THE PHARMACY WITH THE FACILITY; AND
   (4) DOES NOT REQUIRE OR OTHERWISE  COERCE  PATIENTS  TO  UTILIZE  SUCH
 PHARMACY.
   (B)  FURTHERMORE,  PATIENTS,  CLINIC  STAFF  AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS MAY
 TRAVERSE THE COMMON WAITING AREA WITHIN THE CLINIC SPACE TO ACCESS  SUCH
 PHARMACY,  AND  THE  PHARMACY  NEED  NOT HAVE A SEPARATE PUBLIC ENTRANCE
 LEADING FROM OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING TO SUCH PHARMACY. NOTHING  IN  THIS
 SUBDIVISION  SHALL  PREVENT  THE  FACILITY FROM COLLECTING RENT FROM THE
 OPERATOR OF SUCH PHARMACY IF SUCH PHARMACY IS  LEASING  SPACE  FROM  THE
 FACILITY.

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   §  8-y.  Paragraphs  g  and  h of subdivision 2 of section 6808 of the
 education law are relettered paragraphs h and i and a new paragraph g is
 added to read as follows:
   G.  A PHARMACY WITHIN A FACILITY PROVIDING OUT-PATIENT OR NON-RESIDEN-
 TIAL SERVICES FOR THE MENTALLY DISABLED OR  INDIVIDUALS  SUFFERING  FROM
 CHEMICAL  ABUSE  OR  DEPENDENCE.    WHEN A PHARMACY IS OPERATED WITHIN A
 FACILITY PROVIDING  OUT-PATIENT  OR  NON-RESIDENTIAL  SERVICES  FOR  THE
 MENTALLY  DISABLED  OR  INDIVIDUALS  SUFFERING  FROM  CHEMICAL  ABUSE OR
 DEPENDENCE UNDER AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF
 THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH OR THE OFFICE OF  ALCOHOLISM  AND  SUBSTANCE
 ABUSE  SERVICES PURSUANT TO SECTION 31.02 OR 32.05 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE
 LAW, THE AREA COMPROMISING THE PHARMACY  SHALL  BE  SECURED,  PREVENTING
 UNAUTHORIZED  ACCESS  TO THE PHARMACY AND DRUGS WHEN A PHARMACIST IS NOT
 ON DUTY. IDENTIFICATION OF THE AREA WITHIN THE PHARMACY BY  USE  OF  THE
 WORDS "DRUGS", "MEDICINES", "DRUG STORE", OR "PHARMACY" OR SIMILAR TERMS
 SHALL  BE RESTRICTED TO THE AREA LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS A PHARMA-
 CY. PATIENTS, CLINIC STAFF AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS MAY TRAVERSE THE COMMON
 WAITING AREA WITHIN THE CLINIC SPACE TO ACCESS SUCH PHARMACY,  AND  SUCH
 PHARMACY  NEED  NOT HAVE A SEPARATE PUBLIC ENTRANCE LEADING FROM OUTSIDE
 OF THE BUILDING TO SUCH PHARMACY.
   § 8-z. Intentionally omitted.
   § 8-aa. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 280-c
 to read as follows:
   § 280-C. PHARMACY AUDITS BY  PHARMACY  BENEFIT  MANAGERS.  1.    DEFI-
 NITIONS.  AS  USED  IN  THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER" SHALL  HAVE  THE  SAME  MEANING  AS  IN
 SECTION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (B)  "PHARMACY" SHALL MEAN A PHARMACY THAT HAS CONTRACTED WITH A PHAR-
 MACY BENEFIT MANAGER FOR THE PROVISION OF PHARMACY SERVICES.
   2. WHEN CONDUCTING AN AUDIT OF A PHARMACY'S RECORDS, A PHARMACY  BENE-
 FIT MANAGER SHALL:
   (A)  NOT CONDUCT AN ON-SITE AUDIT OF A PHARMACY AT ANY TIME DURING THE
 FIRST THREE CALENDAR DAYS OF A MONTH;
   (B) NOTIFY THE PHARMACY OR ITS CONTRACTING AGENT NO LATER THAN FIFTEEN
 DAYS BEFORE THE DATE OF INITIAL ON-SITE AUDIT. SUCH NOTIFICATION TO  THE
 PHARMACY  OR  ITS CONTRACTING AGENT SHALL BE IN WRITING DELIVERED EITHER
 (I) BY MAIL OR COMMON CARRIER, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, OR  (II)  ELEC-
 TRONICALLY WITH ELECTRONIC RECEIPT CONFIRMATION, ADDRESSED TO THE SUPER-
 VISING PHARMACIST OF RECORD AND PHARMACY CORPORATE OFFICE WHERE APPLICA-
 BLE, AT LEAST FIFTEEN DAYS BEFORE THE DATE OF AN INITIAL ON-SITE AUDIT;
   (C)  LIMIT  THE  AUDIT  PERIOD  TO TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE DATE A
 CLAIM IS SUBMITTED TO OR ADJUDICATED BY THE PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER;
   (D) INCLUDE IN THE WRITTEN ADVANCE NOTICE OF AN ON-SITE AUDIT THE LIST
 OF SPECIFIC PRESCRIPTION NUMBERS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE AUDIT THAT MAY OR
 MAY NOT INCLUDE THE FINAL TWO DIGITS OF THE PRESCRIPTION NUMBERS;
   (E) USE THE WRITTEN AND VERIFIABLE RECORDS OF A HOSPITAL, PHYSICIAN OR
 OTHER AUTHORIZED PRACTITIONER, WHICH ARE TRANSMITTED  BY  ANY  MEANS  OF
 COMMUNICATION, TO VALIDATE THE PHARMACY RECORDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE
 AND FEDERAL LAW;
   (F)  LIMIT  THE  NUMBER  OF  PRESCRIPTIONS AUDITED TO NO MORE THAN ONE
 HUNDRED RANDOMLY SELECTED IN A TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD, EXCEPT IN  CASES  OF
 FRAUD;
   (G)  PROVIDE  THE PHARMACY OR ITS CONTRACTING AGENT WITH A COPY OF THE
 PRELIMINARY AUDIT REPORT WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER THE CONCLUSION  OF
 THE AUDIT;

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   (H)  BE  ALLOWED  TO  CONDUCT A FOLLOW-UP AUDIT ON-SITE IF A REMOTE OR
 DESK AUDIT REVEALS THE NECESSITY FOR A REVIEW OF ADDITIONAL CLAIMS;
   (I)  IN THE CASE OF INVOICE AUDITS, ACCEPT AS VALIDATION INVOICES FROM
 ANY WHOLESALER REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF  EDUCATION  FROM  WHICH
 THE PHARMACY HAS PURCHASED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS OR, IN THE CASE OF DURABLE
 MEDICAL  EQUIPMENT  OR  SICKROOM  SUPPLIES,  INVOICES FROM AN AUTHORIZED
 DISTRIBUTOR OTHER THAN A WHOLESALER;
   (J) PROVIDE THE PHARMACY OR ITS CONTRACTING AGENT WITH THE ABILITY  TO
 PROVIDE  DOCUMENTATION  TO  ADDRESS  A  DISCREPANCY  OR  AUDIT  FINDING,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH DOCUMENTATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE PHARMACY  BENE-
 FIT  MANAGER  NO  LATER  THAN  THE FORTY-FIFTH DAY AFTER THE PRELIMINARY
 AUDIT REPORT WAS PROVIDED TO THE PHARMACY OR ITS CONTRACTING AGENT.  THE
 PHARMACY  BENEFIT  MANAGER  SHALL CONSIDER A REASONABLE REQUEST FROM THE
 PHARMACY FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO SUBMIT DOCUMENTATION TO ADDRESS  OR
 CORRECT ANY FINDINGS IN THE REPORT; AND
   (K) PROVIDE THE PHARMACY OR ITS CONTRACTING AGENT WITH THE FINAL AUDIT
 REPORT  NO  LATER  THAN  SIXTY  DAYS  AFTER THE INITIAL AUDIT REPORT WAS
 PROVIDED TO THE PHARMACY OR ITS CONTRACTING AGENT.
   3. ANY CLAIM THAT WAS RETROACTIVELY DENIED FOR A CLERICAL ERROR, TYPO-
 GRAPHICAL ERROR, SCRIVENER'S ERROR OR COMPUTER ERROR SHALL  BE  PAID  IF
 THE  PRESCRIPTION WAS PROPERLY AND CORRECTLY DISPENSED, UNLESS A PATTERN
 OF SUCH ERRORS EXISTS,  FRAUDULENT  BILLING  IS  ALLEGED  OR  THE  ERROR
 RESULTS  IN ACTUAL FINANCIAL LOSS TO THE ENTITY.  A CLERICAL ERROR IS AN
 ERROR THAT DOES NOT RESULT IN ACTUAL FINANCIAL HARM TO THE COVERED ENTI-
 TY OR CONSUMER AND DOES NOT INCLUDE THE DISPENSING OF AN INCORRECT DOSE,
 AMOUNT OR TYPE OF MEDICATION OR DISPENSING A PRESCRIPTION  DRUG  TO  THE
 WRONG PERSON.
   4. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO:
   (A) AUDITS IN WHICH SUSPECTED FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY OR OTHER INTENTIONAL
 OR  WILLFUL  MISREPRESENTATION IS EVIDENCED BY A PHYSICAL REVIEW, REVIEW
 OF CLAIMS DATA OR STATEMENTS, OR OTHER INVESTIGATIVE METHODS; OR
   (B) AUDITS OF CLAIMS PAID FOR BY FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS; OR
   (C) CONCURRENT REVIEWS OR DESK AUDITS THAT OCCUR WITHIN THREE BUSINESS
 DAYS OF TRANSMISSION OF A CLAIM AND WHERE NO CHARGEBACK OR RECOUPMENT IS
 DEMANDED.
   § 8-bb. Section 280-a of the public health law is  amended  by  adding
 two new subdivisions 3 and 4 to read as follows:
   3.  NO  PHARMACY  BENEFIT  MANAGER  SHALL,  WITH  RESPECT TO CONTRACTS
 BETWEEN SUCH PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER AND A PHARMACY OR,  ALTERNATIVELY,
 SUCH  PHARMACY  BENEFIT MANAGER AND A PHARMACY'S CONTRACTING AGENT, SUCH
 AS A PHARMACY SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION:
   (A) PROHIBIT OR PENALIZE A PHARMACIST OR PHARMACY FROM  DISCLOSING  TO
 AN  INDIVIDUAL  PURCHASING A PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION INFORMATION REGARD-
 ING:
   (1) THE COST OF THE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION TO THE INDIVIDUAL, OR
   (2) THE AVAILABILITY OF  ANY  THERAPEUTICALLY  EQUIVALENT  ALTERNATIVE
 MEDICATIONS  OR ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF PURCHASING THE PRESCRIPTION MEDI-
 CATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PAYING A CASH PRICE; OR
   (B) CHARGE OR COLLECT FROM AN INDIVIDUAL A COPAYMENT THAT EXCEEDS  THE
 TOTAL  SUBMITTED CHARGES BY THE PHARMACY FOR WHICH THE PHARMACY IS PAID.
 IF AN INDIVIDUAL PAYS A COPAYMENT, THE PHARMACY SHALL RETAIN THE ADJUDI-
 CATED COSTS AND THE PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER SHALL NOT REDACT OR  RECOUP
 THE ADJUDICATED COST.
   4.  ANY  PROVISION  OF A CONTRACT THAT VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND UNENFORCEABLE.
   § 8-cc. Intentionally omitted.

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   § 8-dd. Intentionally omitted.
   § 8-ee. Intentionally omitted.
   § 8-ff. Intentionally omitted.
   § 8-gg. Intentionally omitted.
   § 8-hh. Intentionally omitted.
   § 9. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that:
   (a)  the amendments to paragraph (d) of subdivision 9 of section 367-a
 of the social services law made by section one of  this  act  shall  not
 affect the expiration of such subdivision and shall expire therewith;
   (b)  the  amendments  to  subdivision  1  of section 292 of the public
 health law, as added by section eight-a of this act, shall  take  effect
 on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law;
   (c)  the  provisions  of  sections eight-d, eight-e, eight-f, eight-g,
 eight-k, eight-l, eight-r, and eight-bb of this act shall take effect on
 the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law;
   (d) sections eight-h, eight-i and  eight-j  of  this  act  shall  take
 effect  on  the  first of January next succeeding the date on which this
 act shall have become a law and shall  apply  to  all  policies  issued,
 modified or renewed on and after such date;
   (e)  the  amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 3371
 of the public health law, as amended by  section  eight-n  of  this  act
 shall  be  subject  to  the expiration and reversion of such subdivision
 pursuant to section 12 of chapter 90 of the laws of  2014,  as  amended,
 when  upon such date the provisions of section eight-o of this act shall
 take effect;
   (f) sections eight-q and eight-t of this act shall take effect on  the
 one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law;
   (g)  the provisions of section eight-s of this act shall expire and be
 deemed repealed 4 years after such date;
   (h) the provisions of section eight-t of this act shall expire and  be
 deemed repealed on March 31, 2023;
   (i)  the  provisions of sections eight-u, eight-v, and eight-w of this
 act shall apply to policies and  contracts  issued,  renewed,  modified,
 altered or amended on or after such date;
   (j)  the  provisions of section eight-aa of this act shall take effect
 on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law; and
   (k) effective immediately, the addition, amendment  and/or  repeal  of
 any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on
 its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or  before
 such effective date.
 
                                  PART E
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 4 of section 365-h of the social services law,
 as separately amended by section 50 of part B and section 24 of  part  D
 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  The  commissioner of health is authorized to assume responsibility
 from a local social services official for the provision  and  reimburse-
 ment  of  transportation  costs  under this section. If the commissioner
 elects to assume such responsibility, the commissioner shall notify  the
 local  social  services official in writing as to the election, the date
 upon which the election shall be effective and such  information  as  to
 transition  of  responsibilities  as the commissioner deems prudent. The
 commissioner is authorized to contract with a transportation manager  or
 managers  to manage transportation services in any local social services
 district, other than transportation services provided  or  arranged  for

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 [enrollees  of  managed  long  term  care  plans  issued certificates of
 authority under section forty-four hundred three-f of the public  health
 law]:  ADULT  DAY HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS LOCATED AT A LICENSED RESIDENTIAL
 HEALTH  CARE  FACILITY AS DEFINED BY SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF
 THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW OR ANY APPROVED EXTENSION  SITE  THEREOF;  PARTIC-
 IPANTS  OF  A  PROGRAM DESIGNATED AS A PROGRAM OF ALL-INCLUSIVE CARE FOR
 THE ELDERLY (PACE) AS AUTHORIZED BY FEDERAL PUBLIC LAW 105-33,  SUBTITLE
 1  OF  TITLE  IV  OF THE BALANCED BUDGET ACT OF 1997; AND ENROLLEES OF A
 MANAGED LONG TERM CARE PLAN ISSUED  A  CERTIFICATE  OF  AUTHORITY  UNDER
 SECTION  FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED THREE-F OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW THAT ELECTS
 TO PROVIDE OR ARRANGE FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES DIRECTLY. THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  SHALL  OFFER MANAGED LONG TERM CARE PLANS OTHER THAN PROGRAMS OF
 ALL-INCLUSIVE CARE FOR THE ELDERLY, AND ADULT DAY HEALTH  CARE  PROGRAMS
 THE  OPTION  TO ARRANGE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTLY OR UTILIZE A TRANSPORTA-
 TION MANAGER OR MANAGERS SELECTED BY THE COMMISSIONER.  Any  transporta-
 tion  manager  or managers selected by the commissioner to manage trans-
 portation  services  shall  have  proven  experience   in   coordinating
 transportation  services in a geographic and demographic area similar to
 the area in New York state within which the contractor would manage  the
 provision  of  services under this section. Such a contract or contracts
 may include responsibility  for:  review,  approval  and  processing  of
 transportation  orders; management of the appropriate level of transpor-
 tation based on documented patient medical need; and development of  new
 technologies  leading  to  efficient  transportation  services.  If  the
 commissioner elects to assume such responsibility from  a  local  social
 services  district,  the commissioner shall examine and, if appropriate,
 adopt quality assurance measures that may include, but are  not  limited
 to,  global  positioning  tracking  system  reporting  requirements  and
 service verification mechanisms. Any and all reimbursement rates  devel-
 oped  by transportation managers under this subdivision shall be subject
 to the review and approval of the commissioner.
   § 2. Intentionally omitted.
   § 3. Intentionally omitted.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2018; provided,
 however, that section one of this act shall take effect October 1, 2018;
 provided,  further that the amendments to subdivision 4 of section 365-h
 of the social services law made by section one of  this  act  shall  not
 affect  the  repeal  of  such  section  and  shall  expire and be deemed
 repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART F
 
                           Intentionally Omitted
 
                                  PART G

   Section 1. Section 2801-a of the  public  health  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
   17.  (A) DIAGNOSTIC OR TREATMENT CENTERS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE HEALTH
 CARE SERVICES WITHIN THE SPACE OF A RETAIL BUSINESS OPERATION, SUCH AS A
 PHARMACY OR A STORE OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, OR WITHIN SPACE USED  BY
 AN  EMPLOYER FOR PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO ITS EMPLOYEES, MAY BE
 OPERATED BY LEGAL ENTITIES FORMED UNDER THE LAWS OF  THE  STATE  OF  NEW
 YORK:  (I) WHOSE STOCKHOLDERS OR MEMBERS, AS APPLICABLE, ARE NOT NATURAL
 PERSONS; (II) WHOSE PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS AND MEMBERS,  AS  APPLICABLE,

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 AND  CONTROLLING PERSONS COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
 SECTION; AND (III) THAT DEMONSTRATE, TO THE SATISFACTION OF  THE  PUBLIC
 HEALTH  AND HEALTH PLANNING COUNCIL, SUFFICIENT EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE
 IN DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY HEALTH CARE SERVICES, AND FURTHER DEMONSTRATE
 A  COMMITMENT  TO  OPERATE  LIMITED SERVICES CLINICS IN MEDICALLY UNDER-
 SERVED AREAS OF THE STATE. SUCH DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT  CENTERS  SHALL
 BE REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION AS "LIMITED SERVICES CLINICS".
   (B)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  PARAGRAPH  (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE PUBLIC
 HEALTH AND HEALTH PLANNING COUNCIL SHALL ADOPT AND AMEND RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THIS SECTION,  TO
 ADDRESS  ANY  MATTER  IT DEEMS PERTINENT TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITED
 SERVICES CLINICS. SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED TO, PROVISIONS GOVERNING OR RELATING TO: (I) ANY DIRECT OR INDI-
 RECT  CHANGES  OR  TRANSFERS  OF OWNERSHIP INTERESTS OR VOTING RIGHTS IN
 SUCH ENTITIES OR THEIR STOCKHOLDERS  OR  MEMBERS,  AS  APPLICABLE;  (II)
 PUBLIC  HEALTH  AND  HEALTH  PLANNING  COUNCIL APPROVAL OF ANY CHANGE IN
 CONTROLLING  INTERESTS,  PRINCIPAL  STOCKHOLDERS,  CONTROLLING  PERSONS,
 PARENT  COMPANY  OR  SPONSORS;  (III)  OVERSIGHT OF THE OPERATOR AND ITS
 SHAREHOLDERS OR MEMBERS, AS APPLICABLE, INCLUDING  LOCAL  GOVERNANCE  OF
 THE  LIMITED SERVICES CLINICS; AND (IV) THE CHARACTER AND COMPETENCE AND
 QUALIFICATIONS OF, AND CHANGES RELATING TO, THE DIRECTORS  AND  OFFICERS
 OF  THE  OPERATOR  AND  ITS PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS, CONTROLLING PERSONS,
 PARENT COMPANY OR SPONSORS.
   (C) THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO LIMIT-
 ED SERVICES CLINICS: (I) PARAGRAPH (A)  OF  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  THIS
 SECTION; (II) PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, RELAT-
 ING  TO  STOCKHOLDERS  AND MEMBERS OTHER THAN PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS AND
 PRINCIPAL MEMBERS; (III) PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  THIS
 SECTION, RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF STOCK OR VOTING RIGHTS; AND (IV)
 PARAGRAPH  (E)  OF  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  THIS SECTION, RELATING TO THE
 OWNERSHIP OF STOCK OR MEMBERSHIP.
   (D) A LIMITED SERVICES CLINIC SHALL BE DEEMED TO  BE  A  "HEALTH  CARE
 PROVIDER"  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF TITLE TWO-D OF ARTICLE TWO OF THIS CHAP-
 TER. A PRESCRIBER PRACTICING IN A LIMITED SERVICE CLINIC  SHALL  NOT  BE
 DEEMED TO BE IN THE EMPLOY OF A PHARMACY OR PRACTICING IN A HOSPITAL FOR
 PURPOSES  OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED SEVEN OF THE
 EDUCATION LAW.
   (E) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS SETTING FORTH OPERA-
 TIONAL AND PHYSICAL PLANT STANDARDS FOR LIMITED SERVICES CLINICS,  WHICH
 MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THE REGULATIONS OTHERWISE APPLICABLE TO DIAGNOSTIC
 OR TREATMENT CENTERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (I)  REQUIRING  THAT  LIMITED  SERVICES  CLINICS  ATTAIN  AND MAINTAIN
 ACCREDITATION AND REQUIRING TIMELY REPORTING  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT  IF  A
 LIMITED SERVICES CLINIC LOSES ITS ACCREDITATION;
   (II)  DESIGNATING  OR LIMITING THE TREATMENTS AND SERVICES THAT MAY BE
 PROVIDED, INCLUDING:
   (A) LIMITING THE SCOPE OF SERVICES TO  THE  FOLLOWING,  PROVIDED  THAT
 SUCH  SERVICES  SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE MONITORING OR TREATMENT AND SERVICES
 OVER PROLONGED PERIODS:
   (1) THE PROVISION OF TREATMENT AND  SERVICES  TO  PATIENTS  FOR  MINOR
 ACUTE EPISODIC ILLNESSES OR CONDITIONS;
   (2)  EPISODIC  PREVENTIVE AND WELLNESS TREATMENTS AND SERVICES SUCH AS
 IMMUNIZATIONS; AND
   (3) TREATMENT AND SERVICES FOR MINOR TRAUMAS THAT ARE  NOT  REASONABLY
 LIKELY  TO  BE  LIFE  THREATENING OR POTENTIALLY DISABLING IF AMBULATORY
 CARE WITHIN THE CAPACITY OF THE LIMITED SERVICES CLINIC IS PROVIDED;

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   (B) PROHIBITING THE PROVISION  OF  SERVICES  TO  PATIENTS  TWENTY-FOUR
 MONTHS OF AGE OR YOUNGER;
   (C)  THE  PROVISION OF SPECIFIC IMMUNIZATIONS TO PATIENTS YOUNGER THAN
 EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE;
   (III) REQUIRING LIMITED SERVICES CLINICS TO ACCEPT WALK-INS AND  OFFER
 EXTENDED BUSINESS HOURS;
   (IV) SETTING FORTH GUIDELINES FOR ADVERTISING AND SIGNAGE, WHICH SHALL
 INCLUDE  SIGNAGE  INDICATING  THAT  PRESCRIPTIONS  AND  OVER-THE-COUNTER
 SUPPLIES MAY BE PURCHASED BY A PATIENT FROM ANY BUSINESS AND DO NOT NEED
 TO BE PURCHASED ON-SITE;
   (V) SETTING FORTH GUIDELINES FOR DISCLOSURE  OF  OWNERSHIP  INTERESTS,
 INFORMED  CONSENT, RECORD KEEPING, REFERRAL FOR TREATMENT AND CONTINUITY
 OF CARE, CASE REPORTING TO THE PATIENT'S PRIMARY CARE  OR  OTHER  HEALTH
 CARE PROVIDERS, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, FIXTURES, AND EQUIPMENT; AND
   (VI)  REQUIRING THE OPERATOR TO DIRECTLY EMPLOY A MEDICAL DIRECTOR WHO
 IS LICENSED AND CURRENTLY REGISTERED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN  THE  STATE
 OF NEW YORK.
   (F) SUCH REGULATIONS ALSO SHALL PROMOTE AND STRENGTHEN PRIMARY CARE BY
 REQUIRING LIMITED SERVICES CLINICS TO:
   (I)  INQUIRE  OF  EACH  PATIENT  WHETHER  HE OR SHE HAS A PRIMARY CARE
 PROVIDER;
   (II) MAINTAIN AND REGULARLY  UPDATE  A  LIST  OF  LOCAL  PRIMARY  CARE
 PROVIDERS AND PROVIDE SUCH LIST TO EACH PATIENT WHO INDICATES THAT HE OR
 SHE DOES NOT HAVE A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER;
   (III)  REFER  PATIENTS TO THEIR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS OR OTHER HEALTH
 CARE PROVIDERS AS APPROPRIATE;
   (IV) TRANSMIT, BY  ELECTRONIC  MEANS  WHENEVER  POSSIBLE,  RECORDS  OF
 SERVICES TO PATIENTS' PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS;
   (V) EXECUTE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS WITH HEALTH INFORMATION ORGANIZA-
 TIONS,  ALSO  KNOWN  AS  QUALIFIED  ENTITIES,  PURSUANT TO WHICH LIMITED
 SERVICES CLINICS AGREE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STATEWIDE  HEALTH  INFORMA-
 TION NETWORK FOR NEW YORK (SHIN-NY); AND
   (VI)  DECLINE  TO  TREAT ANY PATIENT FOR THE SAME CONDITION OR ILLNESS
 MORE THAN THREE TIMES IN A YEAR.
   (G) A LIMITED SERVICES CLINIC SHALL PROVIDE TREATMENT WITHOUT DISCRIM-
 INATION AS TO SOURCE OF PAYMENT.
   (H) NOTWITHSTANDING THIS SUBDIVISION AND OTHER LAW  OR  REGULATION  TO
 THE  CONTRARY  AND  SUBJECT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT
 HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, A GENERAL HOSPITAL, A DIAGNOSTIC AND TREAT-
 MENT CENTER, COMMUNITY  HEALTH  CENTER  OR  FEDERALLY  QUALIFIED  HEALTH
 CENTER  MAY OPERATE A LIMITED SERVICES CLINIC WHICH MEETS THE REGULATION
 PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  (E)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  REGARDING
 OPERATIONAL PHYSICAL PLANT STANDARDS.
   (I)  IN  DETERMINING  WHETHER  TO  APPROVE ADDITIONAL LIMITED SERVICES
 CLINIC LOCATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSIDER WHETHER THE OPERATOR HAS
 FULFILLED  ITS  COMMITMENT  TO  OPERATE  LIMITED  SERVICES  CLINICS   IN
 MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS OF THE STATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART H
 
                           Intentionally Omitted
 
                                  PART I

 S. 7507--B                         47
 
   Section  1.  Section  364-j  of  the social services law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 34 to read as follows:
   34.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  RECOUPING  OVERPAYMENTS  RELATING TO FRAUD AND
 ABUSE, MONIES PAID BY THE DEPARTMENT TO MANAGED CARE  ORGANIZATIONS  FOR
 COVERED  MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES, EXCLUSIVE OF ANY REIMBURSEMENT FOR
 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OR CARE MANAGEMENT SERVICES ARE PUBLIC FUNDS AND
 RETAIN THEIR STATUS AS PUBLIC FUNDS WHEN PAID BY THE MANAGED CARE ORGAN-
 IZATION TO SUBCONTRACTORS OR PROVIDERS.
   § 2. Section 364-j of the social services law is amended by  adding  a
 new subdivision 35 to read as follows:
   35. RECOVERY AND RETENTION OF OVERPAYMENTS FROM NETWORK PROVIDERS. (A)
 WHERE  THE MEDICAID INSPECTOR GENERAL OR THE MEDICAID FRAUD CONTROL UNIT
 OF THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, DURING THE COURSE OF AN AUDIT  OR
 INVESTIGATION, IDENTIFIES IMPROPER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS MADE BY A
 MANAGED  CARE  ORGANIZATION  TO  ITS  SUBCONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTORS OR
 PROVIDER OR PROVIDERS, THE STATE SHALL, SUBJECT TO  PARAGRAPHS  (B)  AND
 (C)  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION HAVE THE RIGHT TO RECOVER THE IMPROPER PAYMENT
 FROM THE SUBCONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTORS, PROVIDER OR PROVIDERS, OR  THE
 MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION.
   (B)  CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE STATE AND A MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION SHALL
 SPECIFY:
   (I) THE RETENTION POLICIES FOR THE  TREATMENT  OF  RECOVERIES  OF  ALL
 OVERPAYMENTS FROM THE MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION TO A PROVIDER, INCLUDING
 SPECIFICALLY  THE  RETENTION POLICIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF RECOVERIES OF
 OVERPAYMENTS DUE TO FRAUD OR ABUSE;
   (II) THE PROCESS, TIMEFRAMES, AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR REPORTING
 THE RECOVERY OF ALL OVERPAYMENTS FROM NETWORK PROVIDERS; AND
   (III) THE PROCESS, TIMEFRAMES, AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR  PAYMENT
 OF  RECOVERIES  OF  OVERPAYMENTS  TO  THE  STATE IN SITUATIONS WHERE THE
 MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION IS NOT PERMITTED TO RETAIN SOME OR ALL OF  THE
 RECOVERIES OF OVERPAYMENTS.
   (C)  ANY  RECOVERY  FROM  A SUBCONTRACTOR OR PROVIDER PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE SHARED PROPORTIONALLY BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE MANAGED
 CARE ORGANIZATION BASED ON (I) THE ENTITY THAT  INITIATED  THE  RECOVERY
 EFFORTS AND (II) THE EFFORTS BY EACH PARTY TO SECURE THE RECOVERY.
   (D) THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY AMOUNT OF A RECOVERY TO BE
 RETAINED UNDER FALSE CLAIMS ACT CASES.
   §  3.  Section 364-j of the social services law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 36 to read as follows:
   36. REPORTING ACTS OF FRAUD. (A) ALL MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS  SHALL
 PROMPTLY REFER TO THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAID INSPECTOR GENERAL ALL CASES
 IN WHICH THERE IS A REASONABLE SUSPICION OF FRAUD OR ABUSE.
   (B)  ANY  MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION MAKING A COMPLAINT OR FURNISHING A
 REPORT, REFERRAL, INFORMATION OR RECORDS IN GOOD FAITH PURSUANT TO  THIS
 SECTION  SHALL BE IMMUNE FROM CIVIL LIABILITY FOR MAKING SUCH COMPLAINT,
 REFERRAL, OR REPORT TO THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAID INSPECTOR GENERAL.
   (C) A MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION THAT WILLFULLY FAILS TO PROMPTLY  MAKE
 A  REFERRAL TO THE MEDICAID INSPECTOR GENERAL WHEN THERE IS ACTUAL KNOW-
 LEDGE THAT AN ACT OF FRAUD IS BEING OR HAS BEEN COMMITTED  MAY,  IN  THE
 DISCRETION  OF THE COMMISSIONER, BE FINED IN AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING TEN
 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH DETERMINATION.
   § 4. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 12-e  to
 read as follows:
   §  12-E. VIOLATIONS OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM LAWS, REGULATIONS OR
 DIRECTIVES; FINES. 1. (A) ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY PARTICIPATING IN  THE
 MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  THAT  FAILS TO COMPLY WITH OR VIOLATES ANY

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 STATUTE, RULE,  REGULATION,  OR  DIRECTIVE  OF  THE  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE
 PROGRAM, MAY BE FINED IN AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND
 DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
   (B)  THE PENALTY PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION MAY
 BE INCREASED TO AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED  FIVE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR  A
 SUBSEQUENT  VIOLATION  IF  THE PERSON COMMITTED THE IDENTICAL VIOLATION,
 WITH RESPECT TO THE SAME OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR PERSONS,  WITHIN  TWELVE
 MONTHS  OF THE INITIAL VIOLATION FOR WHICH A PENALTY WAS ASSESSED PURSU-
 ANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION  AND  SAID  VIOLATIONS  WERE  A
 SERIOUS THREAT TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS.
   2.  (A)  ANY  ENTITY AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE UNDER ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR OF
 THIS CHAPTER OR ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OF THE INSURANCE LAW, INCLUDING  ANY
 SUBCONTRACTOR  OR  PROVIDER  THEREOF,  AND  PARTICIPATING IN THE MEDICAL
 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH OR  VIOLATES  ANY  STATUTE,
 RULE, REGULATION, OR DIRECTIVE OF THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, OR ANY
 TERM OF ITS CONTRACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 THE  SUBMISSION  OF COST REPORTS OR ENCOUNTER DATA THAT IS INTENTIONALLY
 OR SYSTEMATICALLY INACCURATE OR IMPROPER, MAY BE FINED IN AN AMOUNT  NOT
 EXCEEDING THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
   (B)  THE PENALTY PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION MAY
 BE INCREASED TO AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED  FIVE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR  A
 SUBSEQUENT  VIOLATION  IF  THE PERSON COMMITTED THE SAME VIOLATION, WITH
 RESPECT TO THE SAME OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR PERSONS, WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS
 OF THE INITIAL VIOLATION FOR WHICH A PENALTY WAS  ASSESSED  PURSUANT  TO
 PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION AND SAID VIOLATIONS WERE A SERIOUS
 THREAT TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS.
   (C) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING PRIOR TO ASSESSING A
 PENALTY AGAINST A MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION AND HAVE THE  DISCRETION  TO
 REDUCE OR ELIMINATE A PENALTY:
   (I)  THE EFFECT, IF ANY, ON THE QUALITY OF MEDICAL CARE PROVIDED TO OR
 ARRANGED FOR RECIPIENTS OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AS A RESULT OF THE ACTS OF
 THE MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION;
   (II) THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGES TO THE PROGRAM;
   (III) ANY PRIOR VIOLATIONS COMMITTED BY THE MANAGED CARE  ORGANIZATION
 RELATING TO THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, MEDICARE OR ANY OTHER SOCIAL
 SERVICES  PROGRAMS  WHICH  RESULTED IN EITHER CRIMINAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE
 SANCTION, PENALTY, OR FINE;
   (IV) THE DEGREE TO WHICH FACTORS GIVING RISE TO THE PROSCRIBED ACTIONS
 WERE OUT OF THE CONTROL OF THE MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION;
   (V) THE NUMBER AND NATURE OF THE VIOLATIONS OR OTHER RELATED OFFENSES;
   (VI) THE TIMELINESS OF THE MANAGED  CARE  ORGANIZATION  IN  CURING  OR
 CORRECTING VIOLATIONS;
   (VII)  WHETHER  THE VIOLATION WAS CAUSED BY THE MANAGED CARE ORGANIZA-
 TION OR A THIRD PARTY;
   (VIII) WHETHER THE MANAGED  CARE  ORGANIZATION  HAS  TAKEN  CORRECTIVE
 ACTION TO REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FUTURE VIOLATIONS;
   (IX)  WHETHER  THE  MANAGED  CARE ORGANIZATION WAS OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN
 AWARE OF SUCH VIOLATION; AND
   (X) ANY OTHER FACTS RELATING TO THE  NATURE  AND  SERIOUSNESS  OF  THE
 VIOLATIONS INCLUDING ANY EXCULPATORY FACTS.
   3.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING PRIOR TO ASSESSING A
 FINE AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY UNDER THIS  SECTION  AND  HAVE  THE
 DISCRETION TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE A FINE UNDER THIS SECTION:
   (A)  THE EFFECT, IF ANY, ON THE QUALITY OF MEDICAL CARE PROVIDED TO OR
 ARRANGED FOR RECIPIENTS OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AS A RESULT OF THE ACTS OF
 THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY;

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   (B) THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGES TO THE PROGRAM;
   (C)  THE  DEGREE OF CULPABILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY IN COMMIT-
 TING THE PROSCRIBED ACTIONS AND ANY MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES;
   (D) ANY PRIOR VIOLATIONS COMMITTED BY THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY  RELAT-
 ING  TO  THE  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM, MEDICARE OR ANY OTHER SOCIAL
 SERVICES PROGRAMS WHICH RESULTED IN EITHER  CRIMINAL  OR  ADMINISTRATIVE
 SANCTION, PENALTY, OR FINE;
   (E)  THE DEGREE TO WHICH FACTORS GIVING RISE TO THE PROSCRIBED ACTIONS
 WERE OUT OF THE CONTROL OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY;
   (F) THE NUMBER AND NATURE OF THE VIOLATIONS OR OTHER RELATED OFFENSES;
   (G) ANY OTHER FACTS RELATING TO THE  NATURE  AND  SERIOUSNESS  OF  THE
 VIOLATIONS INCLUDING ANY EXCULPATORY FACTS; AND/OR
   (H) ANY OTHER RELEVANT FACTORS.
   4.  THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY  PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS  ENUMERATING THOSE
 VIOLATIONS WHICH MAY RESULT IN A FINE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS  ONE  AND
 TWO  OF  THIS  SECTION, AND THE APPEAL RIGHTS AFFORDED TO INDIVIDUALS OR
 ENTITIES SUBJECT TO A FINE.
   § 5. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 32 of section 364-j  of  the  social
 services law, as added by section 15 of part B of chapter 59 of the laws
 of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   (d) (I) Penalties under this subdivision may be applied to any and all
 circumstances  described  in paragraph (b) of this subdivision until the
 managed care organization complies with the requirements for  submission
 of  encounter data. (II) No penalties for late, incomplete or inaccurate
 encounter data shall be assessed against managed care  organizations  in
 addition  to  those provided for in this subdivision, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL PROHIBIT THE IMPOSITION  OF  PENAL-
 TIES, IN CASES OF FRAUD OR ABUSE, OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
   §  6.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided, however, that  the  amendments  to  section
 364-j  of  the  social services law made by sections one, two, three and
 five of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section  and  shall
 be deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART J
 
   Section  1.  Section  190-a  of  the  state finance law, as amended by
 section 2 of part HH of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   § 190-a. Monies recovered. 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,
 all monies recovered or obtained under this article by a state agency or
 state  official  or  employee acting in their official capacity shall be
 subject to subdivision eleven of section four of this chapter.
   2. EXPENDITURE OF MONIES RECOVERED PURSUANT TO THE  FALSE  CLAIMS  ACT
 RELATED  TO  THE MEDICAID PROGRAM. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, ALL MONIES
 RECOVERED PURSUANT TO THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT AS IT RELATES TO THE MEDICAID
 PROGRAM RECEIVED AND/OR EXPENDED DURING A FISCAL YEAR SHALL BE ACCOUNTED
 FOR BY THE HEAD OF THE AGENCY OR ENTITY RECOVERING AND/OR EXPENDING  THE
 MONIES. THE HEAD OF THE AGENCY OR ENTITY RECOVERING AND/OR EXPENDING THE
 MONIES,  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISION OF BUDGET, SHALL REPORT ANNU-
 ALLY ON THE USE OF SUCH MONIES TO THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE,
 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, CHAIR OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, CHAIR OF
 THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, CHAIR OF THE HEALTH COMMITTEES IN
 THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY BY DECEMBER FIRST  OF  EACH  YEAR.  SUCH  REPORT
 SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ANY AND ALL FILINGS OF AN ACTION
 UNDER SECTION 190(1) OF THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT BY A LOCAL GOVERNMENT,  THE

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 AMOUNT  OF  MONIES  COLLECTED AND DISBURSED PURSUANT TO THE FALSE CLAIMS
 ACT AS IT RELATES TO THE MEDICAID PROGRAM, RECIPIENTS OF SUCH  DISBURSE-
 MENTS  AND  THE  AMOUNT  RECEIVED  BY  RECIPIENTS,  AND ESTIMATES OF ALL
 RECEIPTS, ALL DISBURSEMENTS AND ANTICIPATED RECEIPTS FOR THE CURRENT AND
 SUCCEEDING FISCAL YEARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

                                  PART K
 
   Section  1. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the depart-
 ment of health is authorized to require any  Medicaid-enrolled  licensed
 home  care services agency, and any fiscal intermediary operating pursu-
 ant to section 365-f of the social services  law,  to  report  on  costs
 incurred  in  rendering  health care services to Medicaid beneficiaries,
 including those enrolled in managed care. The department of  health  may
 specify the frequency and format of such reports, determine the type and
 amount  of  information  to  be submitted, and require the submission of
 supporting documentation. However, licensed home care services  agencies
 shall  submit  such  cost  reports  to  the department of health and the
 public health and planning council by July 1, 2018 for purposes  of  the
 review  required  by  subdivision 8 of section 3612 of the public health
 law.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 92 of part H of chapter 59 of  the  laws
 of 2011, amending the public health law and other laws relating to known
 and  projected department of health state fund medicaid expenditures, as
 amended by section 1 of part G of chapter 57 of the  laws  of  2017,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. For state fiscal years 2011-12 through 2018-19, the director of the
 budget,  in  consultation  with the commissioner of health referenced as
 "commissioner" for purposes of this section, shall assess on  a  monthly
 basis,  as  reflected in monthly reports pursuant to subdivision five of
 this section known and projected department of health state funds  medi-
 caid  expenditures  by category of service and by geographic regions, as
 defined by the commissioner, and if the director of  the  budget  deter-
 mines  that  such  expenditures are expected to cause medicaid disburse-
 ments for such period to exceed the projected department of health medi-
 caid state funds disbursements in  the  enacted  budget  financial  plan
 pursuant  to  subdivision  3 of section 23 of the state finance law, the
 commissioner of health, in consultation with the director of the budget,
 shall develop a medicaid savings allocation plan to limit such  spending
 to  the  aggregate limit level specified in the enacted budget financial
 plan, provided, however, such [projections may be adjusted by the direc-
 tor of the budget to account for any  changes  in  the  New  York  state
 federal medical assistance percentage amount established pursuant to the
 federal social security act, changes in provider revenues, reductions to
 local  social services district medical assistance administration, mini-
 mum wage increases, and beginning April 1, 2012 the operational costs of
 the New York state medical indemnity fund and  state  costs  or  savings
 from  the  basic  health plan.   Such projections may be adjusted by the
 director of the budget to account for increased or expedited  department
 of  health state funds medicaid expenditures as a result of a natural or
 other type of disaster, including a governmental declaration of emergen-
 cy] SAVINGS ALLOCATION PLAN MUST BE APPROVED  BY  LEGISLATION  PRIOR  TO
 IMPLEMENTATION.
   §  3.  Subdivision 1 of section 91 of part H of chapter 59 of the laws
 of 2011, amending the public health  law  and  other  laws  relating  to

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 general hospital reimbursement for annual rates, as amended by section 2
 of  part  A  of  chapter  56  of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent provision of state law, rule or
 regulation to the contrary, subject to federal  approval,  the  year  to
 year  rate of growth of department of health state funds Medicaid spend-
 ing shall not exceed the ten  year  [rolling]  average  of  the  medical
 component  of the consumer price index as published by the United States
 department of labor, bureau of labor statistics, for the [preceding  ten
 years]  TEN  YEAR  PERIOD  ENDING  SIX  MONTHS PRIOR TO THE START OF THE
 COMING FISCAL YEAR; provided, however, that for state fiscal year  2013-
 14  and  for  each  fiscal year thereafter, the maximum allowable annual
 increase in the amount of department  of  health  state  funds  Medicaid
 spending  shall  be  calculated  by multiplying the department of health
 state funds Medicaid spending for the previous year, minus the amount of
 any department of health state operations spending included therein,  by
 such ten year [rolling] average.
   § 4. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 206-c to
 read as follows:
   §  206-C.  KIDNEY DISEASE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PROGRAM. THE NEW YORK
 CENTER FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION SHALL,  WITHIN  AMOUNTS  APPROPRIATED,
 ESTABLISH  AND IMPLEMENT AN EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR FINANCIAL
 COORDINATORS AT KIDNEY TRANSPLANT PROGRAMS IN NEW YORK STATE  TO  ASSIST
 PATIENTS  WITH END STAGE RENAL DISEASE WHO MEET THE MEDICARE ELIGIBILITY
 REQUIREMENTS, AND WHO ARE WAITING FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS,  IN  ACCESSING
 MEDICARE  COVERAGE.    THE  CENTER SHALL ALSO ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT AN
 EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR DIALYSIS PATIENTS TO ENSURE  PATIENTS
 ARE  AWARE  OF  AND  HAVE  ACCESS  TO  OPPORTUNITIES  FOR  LIVING KIDNEY
 DONATION.
   § 5. Section 6 of part S of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017 relating to
 authorizing the commissioner of  health  to  sell  accounts  receivables
 balances  owed  to  the  state by Medicaid providers to financial insti-
 tutions, is REPEALED.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 nothing  in  this  act  shall invalidate or otherwise impact any sale of
 accounts receivable effected pursuant to section five of this act  prior
 to the repeal of such section.
 
                                  PART L
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 369 of the social services law, as
 amended  by  section  7  of part F of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012, is
 amended to read as follows:
   7. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,  the  depart-
 ment  shall, when it determines necessary program features are in place,
 assume sole responsibility for  commencing  actions  or  proceedings  in
 accordance  with  the  provisions  of this section, sections one hundred
 one, one hundred four, one hundred four-b, paragraph (a) of  subdivision
 three  of section three hundred sixty-six, subparagraph one of paragraph
 (h) of subdivision four of section three hundred  sixty-six,  and  para-
 graph  (b)  of subdivision two of section three hundred sixty-seven-a of
 this chapter, to recover the cost of medical assistance furnished pursu-
 ant to this title and title eleven-D of this article. The department  is
 authorized  to  contract with an entity that shall conduct activities on
 behalf of the department pursuant to this subdivision, AND MAY  CONTRACT
 WITH  AN  ENTITY, PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS, TO CONDUCT

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 SIMILAR ACTIVITIES ON BEHALF  OF  THE  CHILD  HEALTH  INSURANCE  PROGRAM
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO TITLE ONE-A OF ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC
 HEALTH LAW TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW.  Prior to assuming such respon-
 sibility  from  a  social  services  district,  the department of health
 shall, in consultation with  the  district,  define  the  scope  of  the
 services  the  district  will  be  required  to perform on behalf of the
 department of health pursuant to this subdivision.
   § 2. Intentionally omitted.
   § 3. Paragraph 1 of subsection (a) of section 3231  of  the  insurance
 law,  as  amended  by  section 69 of part D of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (1) No individual health insurance policy and no group  health  insur-
 ance  policy  covering between one and fifty employees or members of the
 group [or between one and one hundred employees or members of the  group
 for  policies  issued or renewed on or after January first, two thousand
 sixteen] exclusive of spouses and dependents, hereinafter referred to as
 a small group, providing hospital  and/or  medical  benefits,  including
 medicare  supplemental  insurance,  shall be issued in this state unless
 such policy is community rated and, notwithstanding any other provisions
 of law, the underwriting of such policy involves no more than the  impo-
 sition  of a pre-existing condition limitation if otherwise permitted by
 this article.
   § 4. Paragraph 3 of subsection (a) of section 3231  of  the  insurance
 law,  as  amended  by  section 69 of part D of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (3) Once accepted for coverage, an individual or small group cannot be
 terminated by the insurer due to claims experience.   Termination of  an
 individual  or  small  group  shall  be based only on one or more of the
 reasons set forth in  subsection  (g)  of  section  three  thousand  two
 hundred  sixteen or subsection (p) of section three thousand two hundred
 twenty-one of this article.  Group  hospital  and/or  medical  coverage,
 including  medicare  supplemental insurance, obtained through an out-of-
 state trust covering a group of fifty or fewer  employees,  [or  between
 one and one hundred employees for policies issued or renewed on or after
 January  first,  two thousand sixteen,] or participating persons who are
 residents of this state must be community rated regardless of the  situs
 of  delivery of the policy. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law,
 the underwriting of such policy may involve no more than the  imposition
 of a pre-existing condition limitation if permitted by this article, and
 once  accepted  for  coverage,  an  individual  or small group cannot be
 terminated due to claims experience. Termination  of  an  individual  or
 small  group shall be based only on one or more of the reasons set forth
 in subsection (p) of section three thousand two  hundred  twenty-one  of
 this article.
   §  5.  Paragraph  1 of subsection (h) of section 3231 of the insurance
 law, as amended by chapter 12 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,  no  insurer,
 subsidiary  of  an  insurer,  or  controlled person of a holding company
 system may act as an administrator or claims paying agent, as opposed to
 an insurer, on behalf of small groups which, if  they  purchased  insur-
 ance,  would  be  subject  to  this section. No insurer may provide stop
 loss, catastrophic or reinsurance coverage to  small  groups  which,  if
 they  purchased  insurance, would be subject to this section. [Provided,
 however, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply  to:  (A)  the
 renewal of stop loss, catastrophic or reinsurance coverage issued and in

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 effect  on  January first, two thousand fifteen to small groups covering
 between fifty-one and one hundred employees or members of the group; and
 (B) the issuance between January first, two thousand sixteen and  Decem-
 ber  thirty-first,  two  thousand sixteen, of stop loss, catastrophic or
 reinsurance coverage, and any renewal thereof, to a small group covering
 between fifty-one and one hundred employees or  members  of  the  group,
 provided  that  such  group  had  stop loss, catastrophic or reinsurance
 coverage issued and in effect on January first, two thousand fifteen.]
   § 6. Paragraph 1 of subsection (a) of section 4317  of  the  insurance
 law,  as  amended  by  section 72 of part D of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (1) No individual health insurance contract and no group health insur-
 ance contract covering between one and fifty employees or members of the
 group, [or between one and one hundred employees or members of the group
 for policies issued or renewed on or after January first,  two  thousand
 sixteen]  exclusive  of  spouses and dependents, including contracts for
 which the premiums are paid by a remitting agent for a group, hereinaft-
 er referred to as a small group, providing hospital and/or medical bene-
 fits, including Medicare supplemental insurance, shall be issued in this
 state unless such contract is community rated and,  notwithstanding  any
 other  provisions  of law, the underwriting of such contract involves no
 more than the imposition  of  a  pre-existing  condition  limitation  if
 otherwise permitted by this article.
   §  7.  Paragraph  1 of subsection (e) of section 4317 of the insurance
 law, as amended by chapter 12 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,  no  insurer,
 subsidiary  of  an  insurer,  or  controlled person of a holding company
 system may act as an administrator or claims paying agent, as opposed to
 an insurer, on behalf of small groups which, if  they  purchased  insur-
 ance,  would  be  subject  to  this section. No insurer may provide stop
 loss, catastrophic or reinsurance coverage to  small  groups  which,  if
 they  purchased  insurance, would be subject to this section. [Provided,
 however, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply  to:  (A)  the
 renewal of stop loss, catastrophic or reinsurance coverage issued and in
 effect  on  January first, two thousand fifteen to small groups covering
 between fifty-one and one hundred employees or members of the group; and
 (B) the issuance between January first, two thousand sixteen, and Decem-
 ber thirty-first, two thousand sixteen, of stop  loss,  catastrophic  or
 reinsurance coverage, and any renewal thereof, to a small group covering
 between  fifty-one  and  one  hundred employees or members of the group,
 provided that such group had  stop  loss,  catastrophic  or  reinsurance
 coverage issued and in effect on January first, two thousand fifteen.]
   §  8.  Paragraph  1 of subsection (g) of section 3231 of the insurance
 law, as amended by chapter 12 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (1) [(A)] This section shall also apply to policies issued to a  group
 defined  in  subsection (c) of section four thousand two hundred thirty-
 five of this chapter, including but not limited  to  an  association  or
 trust  of  employers, if the group includes one or more member employers
 or other member groups having [one hundred] FIFTY or fewer employees  or
 members  exclusive  of  spouses  and  dependents. For a policy issued or
 renewed on or after January first, two thousand fourteen, if  the  group
 includes  one or more member small group employers eligible for coverage
 subject to this section, then such member employers shall be  classified
 as  small  groups for rating purposes and the remaining members shall be

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 rated consistent with the rating  rules  applicable  to  such  remaining
 members  pursuant to paragraph two of this subsection. [(B) Subparagraph
 A of this paragraph shall not apply to either the renewal  of  a  policy
 issued  to  a group or the issuance, between January first, two thousand
 sixteen and December thirty-first, two thousand sixteen,  of  a  policy,
 and  any  renewal thereof, to a group, provided that the following three
 requirements are met: (I) the group had been issued a policy that was in
 effect on July first, two thousand fifteen; (II) the  group  had  member
 employers,  who,  on  or  after  July  first, two thousand fifteen, have
 between fifty-one and one hundred employees, exclusive  of  spouses  and
 dependents; and (III) the group is either: (i) comprised entirely of one
 or  more  municipal corporations or districts (as such terms are defined
 in section one hundred nineteen-n of the general municipal law); or (ii)
 comprised entirely of nonpublic schools providing education in any grade
 from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.]
   § 9. Paragraph 1 of subsection (d) of section 4317  of  the  insurance
 law, as amended by chapter 12 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (1)  [(A)]  This  section  shall  also apply to a contract issued to a
 group defined in subsection (c) of section  four  thousand  two  hundred
 thirty-five of this chapter, including but not limited to an association
 or  trust of employers, if the group includes one or more member employ-
 ers or other member groups having [one hundred] FIFTY or fewer employees
 or members exclusive of spouses and dependents. For a contract issued or
 renewed on or after January first, two thousand fourteen, if  the  group
 includes  one or more member small group employers eligible for coverage
 subject to this section, then such member employers shall be  classified
 as  small  groups for rating purposes and the remaining members shall be
 rated consistent with the rating  rules  applicable  to  such  remaining
 members  pursuant to paragraph two of this subsection. [(B) Subparagraph
 A of this paragraph shall not apply to either the renewal of a  contract
 issued  to  a group or the issuance, between January first, two thousand
 sixteen and December thirty-first, two thousand sixteen, of a  contract,
 and  any  renewal thereof, to a group, provided that the following three
 requirements are met: (I) the group had been issued a contract that  was
 in effect on July first, two thousand fifteen; (II) the group had member
 employers,  who,  on  or  after  July  first, two thousand fifteen, have
 between fifty-one and one hundred employees, exclusive  of  spouses  and
 dependents; and (III) the group is either: (i) comprised entirely of one
 or  more  municipal corporations or districts (as such terms are defined
 in section one hundred nineteen-n of the general municipal law); or (ii)
 comprised entirely of nonpublic schools providing education in any grade
 from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.]
   § 10. Section 7 of chapter 12 of the laws of 2016 relating to  direct-
 ing  the  superintendent of financial services to contract with an inde-
 pendent entity to conduct an assessment  regarding  the  impact  of  the
 prohibition  on  the  sale  of  stop  loss, catastrophic and reinsurance
 coverage to the small group market, is REPEALED.
   § 10-a. Section 213 of the insurance law, as added  by  section  1  of
 part L of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   § 213. New York state health care quality and cost containment commis-
 sion.  (a)  There  is hereby established within the department a commis-
 sion, to be known as the "New York state health care  quality  and  cost
 containment  commission".  The  commission  shall  consist  of  thirteen
 members appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be the  superinten-
 dent,  one  of whom shall be the commissioner of health, and six of whom

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 shall be appointed on the recommendation of the legislative leaders, two
 on the recommendation of the temporary president of the senate,  two  on
 the  recommendation of the speaker of the assembly, one on the recommen-
 dation  of the minority leader of the senate, and one on the recommenda-
 tion of the minority leader of the assembly. All members shall serve  at
 the  pleasure  of  the governor, and vacancies shall be appointed in the
 same manner as original appointments. Members of  the  commission  shall
 serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for reasonable trav-
 el  expenses.  In  making  appointments  to the commission, the governor
 shall ensure that the interests of health care  consumers,  small  busi-
 nesses,  the  medical  community and health plans are represented on the
 commission.   THE COMMISSION SHALL BE REQUIRED  TO  MEET  ON  THE  FIRST
 MONDAY  AFTER  THE  FIRST  OF  JANUARY OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR TO CONSIDER
 OUTSTANDING REQUESTS OR DUTIES.  ANY VACANCIES SHALL BE DEEMED WAIVED BY
 THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE FIRST MEETING.  NOTHING
 IN  THIS SECTION SHALL FORFEIT THE RIGHT FOR AN APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY TO
 FILL VACANCIES WITHIN THEIR STATUTORILY ALLOWED MEMBERS.
   (b)(1) The purpose of the commission shall be to analyze the impact on
 health insurance costs and quality of proposed legislation  which  would
 mandate  that health benefits be offered or made available in individual
 and group health insurance policies, contracts and comprehensive  health
 service plans, including legislation that affects the delivery of health
 benefits or services or the reimbursement of health care providers.
   (2)  [The]  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE governor,
 the chair of the senate insurance committee and the chair of the  assem-
 bly insurance committee may request in writing that the commission eval-
 uate  a  proposed  mandated  benefit. Upon receiving such a request, the
 commission may, by a majority vote of its members, undertake  an  evalu-
 ation of such proposed mandated benefit.
   (3) In evaluating a proposed mandated benefit, the commission shall:
   (A)  investigate  the current practices of health plans with regard to
 the proposed mandated benefit, and, to the extent possible,  self-funded
 health benefit plans;
   (B)  investigate the potential premium impact of the proposed mandated
 benefits on all segments of the insurance market, as well as the  poten-
 tial  for  avoided costs through early detection and treatment of condi-
 tions, or more cost-effective delivery of medical services; and
   (C) analyze the most current medical literature regarding the proposed
 mandated benefit to determine its impact on health care quality.
   (4) In evaluating a proposed mandated benefit, the commission may hold
 one or more public hearings, and shall strive to obtain independent  and
 verifiable information from diverse sources within the healthcare indus-
 try,  medical  community  and among health care consumers with regard to
 the proposed mandated benefit.
   (c) To assist the commission in its duties, and upon the direction  of
 the  commission,  the  superintendent is authorized to enter into one or
 more contracts with independent entities and organizations  with  demon-
 strable expertise in health care quality, finance, utilization and actu-
 arial  services.  For  the  purposes of this section, the superintendent
 shall not enter into contracts with health plans, entities or  organiza-
 tions  owned or controlled by health plans, or with significant business
 relationships with health plans.
   (d) Upon completion of its evaluation of a proposed  mandated  benefit
 pursuant  to this section, the commission shall deliver a written report
 of its findings to the chair of the assembly insurance committee and the
 chair of the senate insurance committee.

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   (E) THE COMMISSION SHALL ISSUE A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE  MAJORITY
 LEADER  OF  THE  SENATE,  THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIRS OF THE
 SENATE AND ASSEMBLY INSURANCE COMMITTEES, AND THE CHAIR  OF  THE  SENATE
 TASK  FORCE  ON  LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES, CONSIDERING THE IMPACT ON
 HEALTH  INSURANCE COSTS AND QUALITY OF LEGISLATION REQUIRING COVERAGE OF
 LONG-TERM AND CHRONIC LYME DISEASE AND OTHER  TICK-BORNE  DISEASES.  THE
 COMMISSION  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED  TO  CONSIDER  ISSUES INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, THE SPECIFIC MEDICAL IMPACTS TO PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHIC  AREAS
 IN THE STATE INCLUDING THE HUDSON VALLEY AND LONG ISLAND, BEST PRACTICES
 DEVELOPED  FOR  COVERAGE FOR LONG-TERM AND CHRONIC LYME DISEASE IN OTHER
 STATES, AND THE ASSOCIATED COSTS OF MANDATED  COVERAGE  IN  ADDITION  TO
 PROJECTED  COSTS  OF UNTREATED SYMPTOMS.  THE COMMISSION SHALL DELIVER A
 WRITTEN REPORT OF ITS FINDINGS BY MAY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN.
   § 10-b. Section 1119 of the insurance law is amended by adding  a  new
 subsection (d) to read as follows:
   (D)  EXCEPT  AS  EXPRESSLY  REQUIRED  BY THIS SECTION, AN ORGANIZATION
 AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE UNDER ARTICLE FORTY-SIX OF THE PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW
 SHALL  NOT  BE  SUBJECT  TO  THE  JURISDICTION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND
 REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE  SUPERINTENDENT  ON
 MATTERS  UNRELATED TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO,  REGULATIONS  RELATING  TO  CYBERSECURITY  REQUIREMENTS  FOR
 FINANCIAL  SERVICES  COMPANIES.  SUCH  ORGANIZATIONS  SHALL  INSTEAD  BE
 SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ON SUCH  MATTERS
 UNRELATED  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION, INCLUDING ANY PERTINENT
 REGULATIONS OR OVERSIGHT REGARDING CYBERSECURITY REQUIREMENTS.
   § 11. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however  that
 the  amendments  to  paragraph  1  of  subsection (g) and paragraph 1 of
 subsection (h) of section 3231, and paragraph 1 of  subsection  (d)  and
 paragraph  1 of subsection (e) of section 4317 of the insurance law made
 by sections eight, five, nine and seven of this act  respectively  shall
 not  affect  the  expiration  and reversion of such paragraphs and shall
 expire and be deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART M
 
   Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section  18  of  chapter
 266  of  the laws of 1986, amending the civil practice law and rules and
 other laws relating to malpractice and professional medical conduct,  as
 amended  by  section  15 of part H of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) The superintendent of financial services and the  commissioner  of
 health  or  their  designee  shall, from funds available in the hospital
 excess liability pool created pursuant to subdivision 5 of this section,
 purchase a policy or policies for excess insurance coverage, as  author-
 ized  by  paragraph 1 of subsection (e) of section 5502 of the insurance
 law; or from an insurer, other than an insurer described in section 5502
 of the insurance law, duly authorized to write such coverage and actual-
 ly writing  medical  malpractice  insurance  in  this  state;  or  shall
 purchase equivalent excess coverage in a form previously approved by the
 superintendent  of  financial  services for purposes of providing equiv-
 alent excess coverage in accordance with section 19 of  chapter  294  of
 the  laws of 1985, for medical or dental malpractice occurrences between
 July 1, 1986 and June 30, 1987, between July 1, 1987 and June 30,  1988,
 between  July  1,  1988 and June 30, 1989, between July 1, 1989 and June
 30, 1990, between July 1, 1990 and June 30, 1991, between July  1,  1991
 and  June 30, 1992, between July 1, 1992 and June 30, 1993, between July

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 1, 1993 and June 30, 1994, between July  1,  1994  and  June  30,  1995,
 between  July  1,  1995 and June 30, 1996, between July 1, 1996 and June
 30, 1997, between July 1, 1997 and June 30, 1998, between July  1,  1998
 and  June 30, 1999, between July 1, 1999 and June 30, 2000, between July
 1, 2000 and June 30, 2001, between July  1,  2001  and  June  30,  2002,
 between  July  1,  2002 and June 30, 2003, between July 1, 2003 and June
 30, 2004, between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005, between July  1,  2005
 and  June 30, 2006, between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007, between July
 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008, between July  1,  2008  and  June  30,  2009,
 between  July  1,  2009 and June 30, 2010, between July 1, 2010 and June
 30, 2011, between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, between July  1,  2012
 and  June 30, 2013, between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014, between July
 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015, between July  1,  2015  and  June  30,  2016,
 between  July  1, 2016 and June 30, 2017, [and] between July 1, 2017 and
 June 30, 2018, AND BETWEEN JULY 1, 2018 AND JUNE 30, 2019  or  reimburse
 the  hospital where the hospital purchases equivalent excess coverage as
 defined in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1-a of  this
 section  for  medical  or dental malpractice occurrences between July 1,
 1987 and June 30, 1988, between July 1, 1988 and June 30, 1989,  between
 July  1, 1989 and June 30, 1990, between July 1, 1990 and June 30, 1991,
 between July 1, 1991 and June 30, 1992, between July 1,  1992  and  June
 30,  1993,  between July 1, 1993 and June 30, 1994, between July 1, 1994
 and June 30, 1995, between July 1, 1995 and June 30, 1996, between  July
 1,  1996  and  June  30,  1997,  between July 1, 1997 and June 30, 1998,
 between July 1, 1998 and June 30, 1999, between July 1,  1999  and  June
 30,  2000,  between July 1, 2000 and June 30, 2001, between July 1, 2001
 and June 30, 2002, between July 1, 2002 and June 30, 2003, between  July
 1,  2003  and  June  30,  2004,  between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005,
 between July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006, between July 1,  2006  and  June
 30,  2007,  between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008, between July 1, 2008
 and June 30, 2009, between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010, between  July
 1,  2010  and  June  30,  2011,  between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012,
 between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013, between July 1,  2013  and  June
 30,  2014,  between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015, between July 1, 2015
 and June 30, 2016, between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017, [and] between
 July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018, AND BETWEEN JULY 1, 2018  AND  JUNE  30,
 2019  for  physicians  or  dentists  certified as eligible for each such
 period or periods pursuant to subdivision 2 of this section by a general
 hospital licensed pursuant to article  28  of  the  public  health  law;
 provided  that  no single insurer shall write more than fifty percent of
 the total excess premium for a given policy year; and provided, however,
 that such eligible physicians or dentists must have in force an individ-
 ual policy, from an insurer licensed in this state of  primary  malprac-
 tice  insurance  coverage  in  amounts of no less than one million three
 hundred thousand dollars  for  each  claimant  and  three  million  nine
 hundred  thousand dollars for all claimants under that policy during the
 period of such excess coverage for such occurrences or  be  endorsed  as
 additional insureds under a hospital professional liability policy which
 is  offered  through  a  voluntary  attending  physician  ("channeling")
 program previously permitted by the superintendent of financial services
 during the period of such excess coverage for such  occurrences.  During
 such  period,  such policy for excess coverage or such equivalent excess
 coverage shall, when combined with the physician's or dentist's  primary
 malpractice  insurance coverage or coverage provided through a voluntary
 attending physician ("channeling") program, total an aggregate level  of
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 million nine hundred thousand dollars for all claimants  from  all  such
 policies  with  respect  to  occurrences in each of such years provided,
 however, if the cost of primary malpractice insurance coverage in excess
 of  one million dollars, but below the excess medical malpractice insur-
 ance coverage provided pursuant to this act, exceeds the  rate  of  nine
 percent per annum, then the required level of primary malpractice insur-
 ance  coverage  in excess of one million dollars for each claimant shall
 be in an amount of not less than the  dollar  amount  of  such  coverage
 available at nine percent per annum; the required level of such coverage
 for  all claimants under that policy shall be in an amount not less than
 three times the dollar amount of coverage for each claimant; and  excess
 coverage,  when  combined with such primary malpractice insurance cover-
 age, shall increase the aggregate level for each claimant by one million
 dollars and three  million  dollars  for  all  claimants;  and  provided
 further,  that,  with respect to policies of primary medical malpractice
 coverage that include occurrences between April 1,  2002  and  June  30,
 2002,  such  requirement  that  coverage  be in amounts no less than one
 million three hundred thousand  dollars  for  each  claimant  and  three
 million  nine hundred thousand dollars for all claimants for such occur-
 rences shall be effective April 1, 2002.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 18 of chapter 266 of the laws  of  1986,
 amending  the  civil  practice  law and rules and other laws relating to
 malpractice and professional medical conduct, as amended by  section  16
 of  part  H  of  chapter  57  of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (3)(a) The superintendent of financial services  shall  determine  and
 certify  to  each general hospital and to the commissioner of health the
 cost of excess malpractice insurance for medical or  dental  malpractice
 occurrences between July 1, 1986 and June 30, 1987, between July 1, 1988
 and  June 30, 1989, between July 1, 1989 and June 30, 1990, between July
 1, 1990 and June 30, 1991, between July  1,  1991  and  June  30,  1992,
 between  July  1,  1992 and June 30, 1993, between July 1, 1993 and June
 30, 1994, between July 1, 1994 and June 30, 1995, between July  1,  1995
 and  June 30, 1996, between July 1, 1996 and June 30, 1997, between July
 1, 1997 and June 30, 1998, between July  1,  1998  and  June  30,  1999,
 between  July  1,  1999 and June 30, 2000, between July 1, 2000 and June
 30, 2001, between July 1, 2001 and June 30, 2002, between July  1,  2002
 and  June 30, 2003, between July 1, 2003 and June 30, 2004, between July
 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005, between July  1,  2005  and  June  30,  2006,
 between  July  1,  2006 and June 30, 2007, between July 1, 2007 and June
 30, 2008, between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009, between July  1,  2009
 and  June 30, 2010, between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011, between July
 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, between July 1, 2012 and June 30,  2013,  and
 between  July  1,  2013 and June 30, 2014, between July 1, 2014 and June
 30, 2015, between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016, and  between  July  1,
 2016  and  June  30, 2017, [and] between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018,
 AND BETWEEN JULY 1, 2018 AND JUNE 30, 2019  allocable  to  each  general
 hospital  for  physicians or dentists certified as eligible for purchase
 of a policy for excess insurance coverage by such  general  hospital  in
 accordance with subdivision 2 of this section, and may amend such deter-
 mination and certification as necessary.
   (b)  The  superintendent  of  financial  services  shall determine and
 certify to each general hospital and to the commissioner of  health  the
 cost  of  excess malpractice insurance or equivalent excess coverage for
 medical or dental malpractice occurrences between July 1, 1987 and  June
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 and June 30, 1990, between July 1, 1990 and June 30, 1991, between  July
 1,  1991  and  June  30,  1992,  between July 1, 1992 and June 30, 1993,
 between July 1, 1993 and June 30, 1994, between July 1,  1994  and  June
 30,  1995,  between July 1, 1995 and June 30, 1996, between July 1, 1996
 and June 30, 1997, between July 1, 1997 and June 30, 1998, between  July
 1,  1998  and  June  30,  1999,  between July 1, 1999 and June 30, 2000,
 between July 1, 2000 and June 30, 2001, between July 1,  2001  and  June
 30,  2002,  between July 1, 2002 and June 30, 2003, between July 1, 2003
 and June 30, 2004, between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005, between  July
 1,  2005  and  June  30,  2006,  between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007,
 between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008, between July 1,  2008  and  June
 30,  2009,  between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010, between July 1, 2010
 and June 30, 2011, between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, between  July
 1,  2012  and  June  30,  2013,  between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014,
 between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015, between July 1,  2015  and  June
 30,  2016,  [and]  between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017, [and] between
 July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018, AND BETWEEN JULY 1, 2018  AND  JUNE  30,
 2019  allocable  to  each  general  hospital  for physicians or dentists
 certified as eligible for purchase of  a  policy  for  excess  insurance
 coverage  or  equivalent  excess  coverage  by  such general hospital in
 accordance with subdivision 2 of this section, and may amend such deter-
 mination and certification as necessary. The superintendent of financial
 services shall determine and certify to each general hospital and to the
 commissioner of health the ratable share of such cost allocable  to  the
 period  July 1, 1987 to December 31, 1987, to the period January 1, 1988
 to June 30, 1988, to the period July 1, 1988 to December  31,  1988,  to
 the  period January 1, 1989 to June 30, 1989, to the period July 1, 1989
 to December 31, 1989, to the period January 1, 1990 to June 30, 1990, to
 the period July 1, 1990 to December 31, 1990, to the period  January  1,
 1991  to June 30, 1991, to the period July 1, 1991 to December 31, 1991,
 to the period January 1, 1992 to June 30, 1992, to the  period  July  1,
 1992  to  December  31,  1992, to the period January 1, 1993 to June 30,
 1993, to the period July 1, 1993 to December 31,  1993,  to  the  period
 January 1, 1994 to June 30, 1994, to the period July 1, 1994 to December
 31,  1994, to the period January 1, 1995 to June 30, 1995, to the period
 July 1, 1995 to December 31, 1995, to the period January 1, 1996 to June
 30, 1996, to the period July 1, 1996 to December 31, 1996, to the period
 January 1, 1997 to June 30, 1997, to the period July 1, 1997 to December
 31, 1997, to the period January 1, 1998 to June 30, 1998, to the  period
 July 1, 1998 to December 31, 1998, to the period January 1, 1999 to June
 30, 1999, to the period July 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999, to the period
 January 1, 2000 to June 30, 2000, to the period July 1, 2000 to December
 31,  2000, to the period January 1, 2001 to June 30, 2001, to the period
 July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002, to the period July 1, 2002  to  June  30,
 2003, to the period July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004, to the period July 1,
 2004  to June 30, 2005, to the period July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006, to
 the period July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007, to the period  July  1,  2007
 and  June 30, 2008, to the period July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009, to the
 period July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010, to the period July  1,  2010  and
 June  30,  2011,  to  the  period July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, to the
 period July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013, to the period July  1,  2013  and
 June  30,  2014,  to  the  period July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015, to the
 period July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016, and between July 1, 2016 and June
 30, 2017, and to the period July 1, 2017 [and] TO June 30, 2018, AND  TO
 THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019.

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   § 3. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of subdivision 8 of section
 18  of  chapter 266 of the laws of 1986, amending the civil practice law
 and rules and  other  laws  relating  to  malpractice  and  professional
 medical conduct, as amended by section 17 of part H of chapter 57 of the
 laws of 2017, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  To  the  extent  funds available to the hospital excess liability
 pool pursuant to subdivision 5 of this section as amended, and  pursuant
 to  section  6  of part J of chapter 63 of the laws of 2001, as may from
 time to time be amended, which amended this  subdivision,  are  insuffi-
 cient  to  meet  the  costs  of  excess insurance coverage or equivalent
 excess coverage for coverage periods during the period July 1,  1992  to
 June  30,  1993, during the period July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994, during
 the period July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1995, during the period July 1, 1995
 to June 30, 1996, during the period July  1,  1996  to  June  30,  1997,
 during  the period July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998, during the period July
 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999, during the period July 1,  1999  to  June  30,
 2000, during the period July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001, during the period
 July  1,  2001  to  October 29, 2001, during the period April 1, 2002 to
 June 30, 2002, during the period July 1, 2002 to June 30,  2003,  during
 the period July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004, during the period July 1, 2004
 to  June  30,  2005,  during  the  period July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006,
 during the period July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007, during the period  July
 1,  2007  to  June  30, 2008, during the period July 1, 2008 to June 30,
 2009, during the period July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, during the period
 July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, during the period July 1,  2011  to  June
 30,  2012,  during  the period July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, during the
 period July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, during the period July 1, 2014  to
 June  30,  2015,  during the period July 1, 2015 [and] TO June 30, 2016,
 during the period July 1, 2016 [and] TO June 30, 2017, [and] during  the
 period  July  1, 2017 [and] TO June 30, 2018, AND DURING THE PERIOD JULY
 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019 allocated or  reallocated  in  accordance  with
 paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  4-a of this section to rates of payment
 applicable to state governmental agencies, each physician or dentist for
 whom a policy for excess insurance coverage or equivalent excess  cover-
 age is purchased for such period shall be responsible for payment to the
 provider  of  excess insurance coverage or equivalent excess coverage of
 an allocable share of such insufficiency, based  on  the  ratio  of  the
 total  cost  of such coverage for such physician to the sum of the total
 cost of such coverage for all physicians applied to such insufficiency.
   (b) Each provider of excess insurance coverage  or  equivalent  excess
 coverage  covering the period July 1, 1992 to June 30, 1993, or covering
 the period July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994, or covering the period July 1,
 1994 to June 30, 1995, or covering the period July 1, 1995 to  June  30,
 1996,  or covering the period July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997, or covering
 the period July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998, or covering the period July 1,
 1998 to June 30, 1999, or covering the period July 1, 1999 to  June  30,
 2000,  or covering the period July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001, or covering
 the period July 1, 2001 to October 29,  2001,  or  covering  the  period
 April  1,  2002 to June 30, 2002, or covering the period July 1, 2002 to
 June 30, 2003, or covering the period July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004,  or
 covering the period July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006, or covering the period July 1, 2006 to
 June  30, 2007, or covering the period July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008, or
 covering the period July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, or covering the period July 1, 2010 to
 June 30, 2011, or covering the period July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012,  or

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 covering the period July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, or covering the period July 1, 2014 to
 June  30, 2015, or covering the period July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016, or
 covering the period July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, OR COVERING THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2018 TO
 JUNE  30,  2019  shall  notify  a  covered physician or dentist by mail,
 mailed to the address shown on the last application for excess insurance
 coverage or equivalent excess  coverage,  of  the  amount  due  to  such
 provider  from such physician or dentist for such coverage period deter-
 mined in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subdivision. Such  amount
 shall  be  due from such physician or dentist to such provider of excess
 insurance coverage or equivalent excess coverage in a  time  and  manner
 determined by the superintendent of financial services.
   (c)  If  a physician or dentist liable for payment of a portion of the
 costs of excess insurance coverage or equivalent excess coverage  cover-
 ing  the  period  July  1, 1992 to June 30, 1993, or covering the period
 July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994, or covering the period July  1,  1994  to
 June  30, 1995, or covering the period July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1996, or
 covering the period July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998, or covering the period July 1, 1998 to
 June 30, 1999, or covering the period July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000,  or
 covering the period July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001, or covering the peri-
 od  July  1,  2001  to October 29, 2001, or covering the period April 1,
 2002 to June 30, 2002, or covering the period July 1, 2002 to  June  30,
 2003,  or covering the period July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004, or covering
 the period July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005, or covering the period July 1,
 2005 to June 30, 2006, or covering the period July 1, 2006 to  June  30,
 2007,  or covering the period July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008, or covering
 the period July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, or covering the period July 1,
 2009 to June 30, 2010, or covering the period July 1, 2010 to  June  30,
 2011,  or covering the period July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012, or covering
 the period July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, or covering the period July 1,
 2013 to June 30, 2014, or covering the period July 1, 2014 to  June  30,
 2015,  or covering the period July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016, or covering
 the period July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, or covering the period July 1,
 2017 to June 30, 2018, OR COVERING THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2018 TO  JUNE  30,
 2019  determined  in  accordance  with paragraph (a) of this subdivision
 fails, refuses or neglects to make payment to  the  provider  of  excess
 insurance coverage or equivalent excess coverage in such time and manner
 as  determined  by  the superintendent of financial services pursuant to
 paragraph (b) of this subdivision, excess insurance coverage  or  equiv-
 alent excess coverage purchased for such physician or dentist in accord-
 ance  with  this section for such coverage period shall be cancelled and
 shall be null and void as of the first day on or after the  commencement
 of  a  policy  period  where  the liability for payment pursuant to this
 subdivision has not been met.
   (d) Each provider of excess insurance coverage  or  equivalent  excess
 coverage  shall  notify the superintendent of financial services and the
 commissioner of health or their designee of each physician  and  dentist
 eligible  for  purchase  of  a  policy  for excess insurance coverage or
 equivalent excess coverage covering the period July 1, 1992 to June  30,
 1993,  or covering the period July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994, or covering
 the period July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1995, or covering the period July 1,
 1995 to June 30, 1996, or covering the period July 1, 1996 to  June  30,
 1997,  or covering the period July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998, or covering
 the period July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999, or covering the period July 1,

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 1999 to June 30, 2000, or covering the period July 1, 2000 to  June  30,
 2001, or covering the period July 1, 2001 to October 29, 2001, or cover-
 ing  the  period  April 1, 2002 to June 30, 2002, or covering the period
 July  1,  2002  to June 30, 2003, or covering the period July 1, 2003 to
 June 30, 2004, or covering the period July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005,  or
 covering the period July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007, or covering the period July 1, 2007 to
 June  30, 2008, or covering the period July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, or
 covering the period July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, or covering the period July 1, 2011 to
 June 30, 2012, or covering the period July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013,  or
 covering the period July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, or covering the peri-
 od July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015, or covering the period July 1, 2015 to
 June  30, 2016, or covering the period July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, or
 covering the period July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, OR COVERING THE PERI-
 OD JULY 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019 that has made payment to such  provider
 of excess insurance coverage or equivalent excess coverage in accordance
 with paragraph (b) of this subdivision and of each physician and dentist
 who has failed, refused or neglected to make such payment.
   (e)  A  provider  of  excess  insurance  coverage or equivalent excess
 coverage shall refund to the hospital excess liability pool  any  amount
 allocable to the period July 1, 1992 to June 30, 1993, and to the period
 July  1,  1993  to June 30, 1994, and to the period July 1, 1994 to June
 30, 1995, and to the period July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1996,  and  to  the
 period  July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997, and to the period July 1, 1997 to
 June 30, 1998, and to the period July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999,  and  to
 the period July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000, and to the period July 1, 2000
 to  June  30,  2001, and to the period July 1, 2001 to October 29, 2001,
 and to the period April 1, 2002 to June 30, 2002, and to the period July
 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003, and to the period July 1,  2003  to  June  30,
 2004, and to the period July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005, and to the period
 July  1,  2005  to June 30, 2006, and to the period July 1, 2006 to June
 30, 2007, and to the period July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008,  and  to  the
 period  July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, and to the period July 1, 2009 to
 June 30, 2010, and to the period July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011,  and  to
 the period July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012, and to the period July 1, 2012
 to  June  30, 2013, and to the period July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, and
 to the period July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015, and to the period  July  1,
 2015  to June 30, 2016, to the period July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, and
 to the period July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, AND TO THE PERIOD  JULY  1,
 2018  TO  JUNE 30, 2019 received from the hospital excess liability pool
 for purchase of excess insurance coverage or equivalent excess  coverage
 covering  the  period  July  1,  1992 to June 30, 1993, and covering the
 period July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994, and covering the  period  July  1,
 1994  to June 30, 1995, and covering the period July 1, 1995 to June 30,
 1996, and covering the period July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997, and  cover-
 ing  the  period  July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998, and covering the period
 July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999, and covering the period July 1,  1999  to
 June  30,  2000,  and covering the period July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001,
 and covering the period July 1, 2001 to October 29, 2001,  and  covering
 the  period April 1, 2002 to June 30, 2002, and covering the period July
 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003, and covering the period July 1, 2003  to  June
 30,  2004,  and  covering  the period July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005, and
 covering the period July 1, 2005 to June  30,  2006,  and  covering  the
 period  July  1,  2006 to June 30, 2007, and covering the period July 1,
 2007 to June 30, 2008, and covering the period July 1, 2008 to June  30,

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 2009,  and covering the period July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, and cover-
 ing the period July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, and  covering  the  period
 July  1,  2011 to June 30, 2012, and covering the period July 1, 2012 to
 June  30,  2013,  and covering the period July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014,
 and covering the period July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015, and covering  the
 period  July  1,  2015 to June 30, 2016, and covering the period July 1,
 2016 to June 30, 2017, and covering the period July 1, 2017 to June  30,
 2018, AND COVERING THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019 for a physi-
 cian  or  dentist  where  such  excess  insurance coverage or equivalent
 excess coverage is cancelled in accordance with paragraph  (c)  of  this
 subdivision.
   § 4. Section 40 of chapter 266 of the laws of 1986, amending the civil
 practice  law  and  rules  and  other  laws  relating to malpractice and
 professional medical conduct, as amended by section  18  of  part  H  of
 chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   §  40.  The superintendent of financial services shall establish rates
 for policies providing coverage  for  physicians  and  surgeons  medical
 malpractice  for the periods commencing July 1, 1985 and ending June 30,
 [2018] 2019; provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision
 of law, the superintendent shall not establish or approve  any  increase
 in  rates  for  the  period  commencing July 1, 2009 and ending June 30,
 2010. The superintendent shall direct insurers to  establish  segregated
 accounts  for premiums, payments, reserves and investment income attrib-
 utable to such premium periods and shall require periodic reports by the
 insurers regarding claims and expenses attributable to such  periods  to
 monitor whether such accounts will be sufficient to meet incurred claims
 and  expenses. On or after July 1, 1989, the superintendent shall impose
 a surcharge on premiums  to  satisfy  a  projected  deficiency  that  is
 attributable  to the premium levels established pursuant to this section
 for such periods; provided, however, that such  annual  surcharge  shall
 not  exceed  eight  percent of the established rate until July 1, [2018]
 2019, at which time and thereafter such surcharge shall not exceed twen-
 ty-five percent of the approved adequate  rate,  and  that  such  annual
 surcharges shall continue for such period of time as shall be sufficient
 to  satisfy  such  deficiency.  The superintendent shall not impose such
 surcharge during the period commencing July 1, 2009 and ending June  30,
 2010.  On  and  after  July  1,  1989,  the surcharge prescribed by this
 section shall be retained by insurers to the extent  that  they  insured
 physicians  and surgeons during the July 1, 1985 through June 30, [2018]
 2019 policy periods; in the event  and  to  the  extent  physicians  and
 surgeons  were  insured by another insurer during such periods, all or a
 pro rata share of the surcharge, as the case may be, shall  be  remitted
 to  such  other  insurer  in accordance with rules and regulations to be
 promulgated by the superintendent.  Surcharges collected from physicians
 and surgeons who were not insured during such policy  periods  shall  be
 apportioned  among  all insurers in proportion to the premium written by
 each insurer during such policy periods; if a physician or  surgeon  was
 insured by an insurer subject to rates established by the superintendent
 during  such  policy  periods,  and  at  any time thereafter a hospital,
 health maintenance organization, employer or institution is  responsible
 for  responding in damages for liability arising out of such physician's
 or surgeon's practice of medicine, such responsible  entity  shall  also
 remit  to  such  prior  insurer the equivalent amount that would then be
 collected as a surcharge if the physician or surgeon  had  continued  to
 remain  insured  by  such  prior  insurer. In the event any insurer that
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 property/casualty  insurance  security fund shall receive the portion of
 surcharges to which the insurer in liquidation would have been entitled.
 The surcharges authorized herein shall be deemed to be income earned for
 the  purposes of section 2303 of the insurance law.  The superintendent,
 in establishing adequate rates and in determining  any  projected  defi-
 ciency  pursuant  to  the requirements of this section and the insurance
 law, shall give substantial weight, determined  in  his  discretion  and
 judgment,  to  the  prospective  anticipated  effect  of any regulations
 promulgated and laws enacted and the  public  benefit  of    stabilizing
 malpractice rates and minimizing rate level fluctuation during the peri-
 od  of  time  necessary for the development of more reliable statistical
 experience as to the efficacy of such  laws  and  regulations  affecting
 medical, dental or podiatric malpractice enacted or promulgated in 1985,
 1986,  by this act and at any other time.  Notwithstanding any provision
 of the insurance law, rates already established and to be established by
 the superintendent pursuant to this section are deemed adequate if  such
 rates  would be adequate when taken together with the maximum authorized
 annual surcharges to be imposed for a reasonable period of time  whether
 or  not  any  such  annual surcharge has been actually imposed as of the
 establishment of such rates.
   § 5.  Section 5 and subdivisions (a) and (e) of section 6 of part J of
 chapter 63 of the laws of 2001, amending chapter  266  of  the  laws  of
 1986,  amending the civil practice law and rules and other laws relating
 to malpractice and professional medical conduct, relating to the  effec-
 tiveness of certain provisions of such chapter, as amended by section 19
 of  part  H  of  chapter  57 of the laws of 2017, are amended to read as
 follows:
   § 5. The superintendent of financial services and the commissioner  of
 health shall determine, no later than June 15, 2002, June 15, 2003, June
 15,  2004,  June  15, 2005, June 15, 2006, June 15, 2007, June 15, 2008,
 June 15, 2009, June 15, 2010, June 15, 2011, June  15,  2012,  June  15,
 2013,  June 15, 2014, June 15, 2015, June 15, 2016, June 15, 2017, [and]
 June 15, 2018, AND JUNE 15, 2019 the amount of funds  available  in  the
 hospital  excess liability pool, created pursuant to section 18 of chap-
 ter 266 of the laws of 1986, and whether such funds are  sufficient  for
 purposes  of  purchasing  excess insurance coverage for eligible partic-
 ipating physicians and dentists during the period July 1, 2001  to  June
 30,  2002, or July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003, or July 1, 2003 to June 30,
 2004, or July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005, or July  1,  2005  to  June  30,
 2006,  or  July  1,  2006  to June 30, 2007, or July 1, 2007 to June 30,
 2008, or July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, or July  1,  2009  to  June  30,
 2010,  or  July  1,  2010  to June 30, 2011, or July 1, 2011 to June 30,
 2012, or July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, or July  1,  2013  to  June  30,
 2014,  or  July  1,  2014  to June 30, 2015, or July 1, 2015 to June 30,
 2016, or July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, or [to] July 1, 2017 to June 30,
 2018, OR JULY 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019 as applicable.
   (a) This section shall be effective only upon a determination,  pursu-
 ant  to  section  five  of  this act, by the superintendent of financial
 services and the commissioner of health, and  a  certification  of  such
 determination  to  the  state  director  of the budget, the chair of the
 senate committee on finance and the chair of the assembly  committee  on
 ways  and means, that the amount of funds in the hospital excess liabil-
 ity pool, created pursuant to section 18 of chapter 266 of the  laws  of
 1986, is insufficient for purposes of purchasing excess insurance cover-
 age for eligible participating physicians and dentists during the period
 July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002, or July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003, or July

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 1,  2003  to June 30, 2004, or July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005, or July 1,
 2005 to June 30, 2006, or July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007, or July 1, 2007
 to June 30, 2008, or July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, or July 1,  2009  to
 June 30, 2010, or July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, or July 1, 2011 to June
 30,  2012, or July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, or July 1, 2013 to June 30,
 2014, or July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015, or July  1,  2015  to  June  30,
 2016,  or  July  1,  2016  to June 30, 2017, or July 1, 2017 to June 30,
 2018, OR JULY 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019 as applicable.
   (e) The commissioner of health  shall  transfer  for  deposit  to  the
 hospital excess liability pool created pursuant to section 18 of chapter
 266  of  the laws of 1986 such amounts as directed by the superintendent
 of financial services for the purchase  of  excess  liability  insurance
 coverage  for  eligible  participating  physicians  and dentists for the
 policy year July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002, or July 1, 2002 to  June  30,
 2003,  or  July  1,  2003  to June 30, 2004, or July 1, 2004 to June 30,
 2005, or July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006, or July  1,  2006  to  June  30,
 2007,  as  applicable, and the cost of administering the hospital excess
 liability pool for such applicable policy year,  pursuant to the program
 established in chapter 266 of the laws of 1986,  as  amended,  no  later
 than  June  15,  2002, June 15, 2003, June 15, 2004, June 15, 2005, June
 15, 2006, June 15, 2007, June 15, 2008, June 15, 2009,  June  15,  2010,
 June  15,  2011,  June  15, 2012, June 15, 2013, June 15, 2014, June 15,
 2015, June 15, 2016, June 15, 2017, [and] June 15, 2018,  AND  JUNE  15,
 2019 as applicable.
   §  6. Section 20 of part H of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, amending
 the New York Health Care Reform Act of 1996 and other laws  relating  to
 extending certain provisions thereto, is amended to read as follows:
   §  20.  Notwithstanding  any  law, rule or regulation to the contrary,
 only physicians or dentists who were eligible, and for whom  the  super-
 intendent of financial services and the commissioner of health, or their
 designee, purchased, with funds available in the hospital excess liabil-
 ity  pool,  a  full  or partial policy for excess coverage or equivalent
 excess coverage for the coverage period ending the  thirtieth  of  June,
 two  thousand  [seventeen] EIGHTEEN, shall be eligible to apply for such
 coverage for the coverage period beginning the first of July, two  thou-
 sand  [seventeen]  EIGHTEEN;  provided,  however, if the total number of
 physicians or dentists for  whom  such  excess  coverage  or  equivalent
 excess  coverage  was purchased for the policy year ending the thirtieth
 of June, two thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN exceeds the total  number  of
 physicians  or  dentists  certified  as eligible for the coverage period
 beginning the first of July, two thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN, then the
 general hospitals may certify additional eligible physicians or dentists
 in a number equal to such general hospital's proportional share  of  the
 total  number  of  physicians  or  dentists  for whom excess coverage or
 equivalent excess coverage was purchased with  funds  available  in  the
 hospital excess liability pool as of the thirtieth of June, two thousand
 [seventeen] EIGHTEEN, as applied to the difference between the number of
 eligible physicians or dentists for whom a policy for excess coverage or
 equivalent  excess coverage was purchased for the coverage period ending
 the thirtieth of June, two thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN and the  number
 of  such  eligible  physicians  or  dentists who have applied for excess
 coverage or equivalent excess coverage for the coverage period beginning
 the first of July, two thousand [seventeen] EIGHTEEN.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
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   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 1 of part
 C of chapter 57 of the laws of  2006,  establishing  a  cost  of  living
 adjustment for designated human services, is amended to read as follows:
   Subject  to  available appropriations, the commissioners of the office
 of mental health, office of mental retardation and  developmental  disa-
 bilities, office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, [department
 of  health,] office of children and family services and the state office
 for the aging shall  establish  an  annual  cost  of  living  adjustment
 (COLA), subject to the approval of the director of the budget, effective
 April  first of each state fiscal year, provided, however, that in state
 fiscal year 2006-07, the cost of living  adjustment  will  be  effective
 October  first,  to  project  for the effects of inflation, for rates of
 payments, contracts or any other form of reimbursement for the  programs
 listed  in  paragraphs  (i),  (ii), (iii), (iv)[,] AND (v) [and (vi)] of
 subdivision four of this section. The  COLA  shall  be  applied  to  the
 appropriate portion of reimbursable costs or contract amounts.
   § 2. Paragraph (iv) of subdivision 4 of section 1 of part C of chapter
 57  of  the  laws  of 2006, establishing a cost of living adjustment for
 designated human services, is REPEALED and paragraphs (v) and  (vi)  are
 renumbered paragraphs (iv) and (v).
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART O
 
                           Intentionally Omitted
 
                                  PART P
 
   Section 1. Intentionally omitted.
   §  1-a. Section 2807-g of the public health law, as added by chapter 1
 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2807-g. Health workforce retraining  program.  1.  The  commissioner
 shall,  to  the  extent  of funds available therefor pursuant to section
 twenty-eight hundred seven-l of this article, make  grants  to  eligible
 organizations  to  support  the  training  and retraining of health care
 employees to address changes  in  the  health  workforce.  Requests  for
 proposals  shall  be issued by the commissioner within sixty days of the
 effective date of this section in the first year  after  it  shall  take
 effect,  and  by  the  first  day  of March in each succeeding year. All
 proposals shall be due not later than sixty days after the  issuance  of
 the  request for proposals, and all grant awards shall be made not later
 than one hundred twenty days after the date on which the  proposals  are
 due.
   2.  Grants  shall be made on a competitive basis by region, in accord-
 ance with the amount raised in the region with preference within regions
 given to areas and eligible organizations that have experienced  or  are
 likely  to  experience  job  loss  because of changes in the health care
 system. If, at the conclusion of the regional competitive contract award
 process, there are excess funds  available  within  any  regional  allo-
 cation,  such  funds  shall be redistributed to regions where there is a
 shortage of funds available for programs  which  otherwise  qualify  for
 funding pursuant to this section.
   3.  Eligible organizations shall include health worker unions, general
 hospitals, long-term care  facilities,  other  health  care  facilities,
 health  care facilities trade associations, labor-management committees,
 joint  labor-management  training  funds  established  pursuant  to  the

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 provisions  of  the  Federal  Taft-Hartley  Act,  and educational insti-
 tutions. ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS MAY ALSO INCLUDE CERTIFIED  HOME  HEALTH
 AGENCIES,  LICENSED  HOME  CARE SERVICES AGENCIES, LONG TERM HOME HEALTH
 CARE  PROGRAMS AND HOSPICES IN COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS WITH HOSPITALS AND
 LONG TERM FACILITIES FOR CROSS-TRAINING AND CROSS-UTILIZATION OF FACILI-
 TY NURSING, THERAPY, SOCIAL WORK AND OTHER DIRECT CARE PERSONNEL TO MEET
 PATIENT AND COMMUNITY NEEDS IN THE CHANGING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
   4. Eligible programs shall include programs which provide one or  more
 of the following services in connection with training an eligible worker
 to: (i) obtain a new position, (ii) continue to meet the requirements of
 an  existing  position,  or (iii) otherwise meet the requirements of the
 changing health care industry: (a) assessments to help determine  train-
 ing  needs; (b) remediation, including preparation in English for speak-
 ers or writers of other languages, instruction in basic reading or math-
 ematics, or completion of requirements for a general equivalency diploma
 (GED); (c) basic skills development; (d) reorientation; [and] (e) skills
 and educational enhancement, including, where appropriate, the provision
 of college level or college degree course work; AND  (F)  CROSS-TRAINING
 FOR THE PROVISION OF NURSING, THERAPY OR SOCIAL WORK SERVICES IN FACILI-
 TY  AND  COMMUNITY SETTINGS.   To the extent that an eligible program is
 providing services to train eligible workers to obtain a new position or
 to continue to meet the  requirements  of  an  existing  position  only,
 reimbursement  shall  also  be available to an eligible organization for
 the  actual  cost  of  any  employment  or  employment-related  expenses
 incurred  by  the  eligible  organization  in  fulfilling the duties and
 responsibilities of such employees while they are engaged in such train-
 ing programs.
   § 2. Intentionally omitted.
   § 3. Subdivision 9 of  section  2803  of  the  public  health  law  is
 REPEALED.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART Q
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2825-f to read as follows:
   § 2825-F. HEALTH CARE FACILITY TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM:  STATEWIDE III.
 1. A STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE FACILITY  TRANSFORMATION  PROGRAM  IS  HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED  UNDER  THE JOINT ADMINISTRATION OF THE COMMISSIONER AND THE
 PRESIDENT OF THE DORMITORY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW  YORK  FOR  THE
 PURPOSE  OF STRENGTHENING AND PROTECTING CONTINUED ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
 SERVICES IN COMMUNITIES. THE PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE FUNDING IN SUPPORT OF
 CAPITAL PROJECTS, DEBT RETIREMENT, WORKING CAPITAL OR OTHER  NON-CAPITAL
 PROJECTS  THAT  FACILITATE HEALTH CARE TRANSFORMATION ACTIVITIES INCLUD-
 ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MERGER,  CONSOLIDATION,  ACQUISITION  OR  OTHER
 ACTIVITIES  INTENDED  TO:  (A) CREATE FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS OF
 CARE; (B) PRESERVE OR EXPAND ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES; (C) MODERN-
 IZE OBSOLETE FACILITY PHYSICAL PLANTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE; (D) FOR  RESI-
 DENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, INCREASE THE QUALITY OF RESIDENT CARE OR
 EXPERIENCE; OR (E) IMPROVE HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE,
 INCLUDING  TELEHEALTH, TO STRENGTHEN THE ACUTE, POST-ACUTE AND LONG-TERM
 CARE CONTINUUM. GRANTS SHALL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERAT-
 ING EXPENSES. THE ISSUANCE OF ANY BONDS  OR  NOTES  HEREUNDER  SHALL  BE
 SUBJECT  TO  SECTION  SIXTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-R OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
 LAW AND THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET,  AND
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 SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES  CONTROL
 BOARD,  AS  REQUIRED  UNDER  SECTION FIFTY-ONE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
 LAW.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE DORMITORY AUTHORITY SHALL
 ENTER  INTO  AN  AGREEMENT,  SUBJECT  TO APPROVAL BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE
 BUDGET, AND SUBJECT TO SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-R  OF  THE  PUBLIC
 AUTHORITIES  LAW, FOR THE PURPOSES OF AWARDING, DISTRIBUTING, AND ADMIN-
 ISTERING THE FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.  SUCH  FUNDS
 MAY  BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR GRANTS TO GENERAL HOSPITALS,
 RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTERS AND
 CLINICS LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER OR  THE  MENTAL  HYGIENE  LAW,
 HOSPICES  LICENSED OR GRANTED AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE ACCORDING TO THIS
 CHAPTER, AND COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AS DEFINED IN  SUBDI-
 VISION  THREE  OF THIS SECTION FOR GRANTS IN SUPPORT OF THE PURPOSES SET
 FORTH IN THIS SECTION. A COPY OF  SUCH  AGREEMENT,  AND  ANY  AMENDMENTS
 THERETO, SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE,
 THE  CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, AND THE DIRECTOR OF
 THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET NO  LATER  THAN  THIRTY  DAYS  PRIOR  TO  THE
 RELEASE  OF  A  REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
 PROJECTS AWARDED, IN WHOLE OR PART, UNDER SECTIONS TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED
 TWENTY-FIVE-A  AND  TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE-B OF THIS ARTICLE
 SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS OR AWARDS  MADE  AVAILABLE  UNDER  THIS
 SECTION.
   3.  NOTWITHSTANDING  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-THREE  OF  THE STATE
 FINANCE LAW OR ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UP  TO
 FIVE  HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OF THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR THIS PROGRAM
 SHALL BE AWARDED WITHOUT A COMPETITIVE BID OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROC-
 ESS FOR  GRANTS  TO  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDERS  (HEREAFTER  "APPLICANTS").
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  A  MINIMUM OF: (A) SEVENTY MILLION DOLLARS OF
 TOTAL AWARDED FUNDS SHALL BE MADE TO COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH CARE PROVID-
 ERS, WHICH FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEFINED AS A DIAGNOSTIC
 AND TREATMENT CENTER LICENSED OR GRANTED AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE  UNDER
 THIS  ARTICLE;  A  MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC LICENSED OR GRANTED AN OPERATING
 CERTIFICATE UNDER ARTICLE  THIRTY-ONE  OF  THE  MENTAL  HYGIENE  LAW;  A
 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT CLINIC LICENSED OR GRANTED AN OPERATING
 CERTIFICATE  UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW; A CHIL-
 DREN'S RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIR-
 TY-ONE OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW; OR A  PRIMARY  CARE  PROVIDER;  (B)  A
 MINIMUM  OF  TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS OF TOTAL AWARDED FUNDS SHALL BE
 MADE TO ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAMS APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED  SIXTY-ONE-L  OF THE SOCIAL
 SERVICES LAW; OR HOSPICES LICENSED OR GRANTED AN  OPERATING  CERTIFICATE
 PURSUANT  TO ARTICLE FORTY OF THIS CHAPTER; (C) A MINIMUM OF TWENTY-FIVE
 MILLION DOLLARS OF THE TOTAL AWARDED FUNDS SHALL BE  MADE  AVAILABLE  TO
 HOME CARE PROVIDERS LICENSED OR CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX
 OF  THIS CHAPTER WITH PRIORITY GIVEN TO PROJECTS RELATED TO THE ADOPTION
 OF AN ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEM; AND (D) SIXTY  MILLION  DOLLARS
 OF  THE  TOTAL  AWARDED  FUNDS  SHALL BE MADE TO RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE
 FACILITIES, INCLUDING FACILITIES FOR  SPECIAL  NEEDS  POPULATIONS,  WITH
 PRIORITY  GIVEN  TO  PROJECTS  RELATED  TO THE ADOPTION OF AN ELECTRONIC
 MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEM.
   4. IN DETERMINING AWARDS FOR ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS UNDER  THIS  SECTION,
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSIDER CRITERIA INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (A)  THE  EXTENT  TO WHICH THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE
 INTEGRATION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES OR THE LONG TERM  SUSTAINABILITY  OF

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 THE APPLICANT OR PRESERVATION OF ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE COMMU-
 NITY OR COMMUNITIES SERVED BY THE APPLICANT;
   (B)  THE  EXTENT  TO  WHICH THE PROPOSED PROJECT OR PURPOSE IS ALIGNED
 WITH DELIVERY SYSTEM REFORM INCENTIVE PAYMENT  ("DSRIP")  PROGRAM  GOALS
 AND OBJECTIVES;
   (C) THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS;
   (D)  THE  RELATIONSHIP  BETWEEN  THE  PROPOSED  PROJECT AND IDENTIFIED
 COMMUNITY NEED;
   (E) THE EXTENT TO  WHICH  THE  APPLICANT  HAS  ACCESS  TO  ALTERNATIVE
 FINANCING;
   (F)  THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROPOSED PROJECT FURTHERS THE DEVELOPMENT
 OF PRIMARY CARE AND OTHER OUTPATIENT SERVICES;
   (G) THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROPOSED PROJECT BENEFITS MEDICAID  ENROL-
 LEES AND UNINSURED INDIVIDUALS;
   (H)  THE  EXTENT  TO  WHICH  THE  APPLICANT  HAS ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY
 AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED PROJECT  AND  THE  MANNER  IN  WHICH  COMMUNITY
 ENGAGEMENT HAS SHAPED SUCH PROJECT; AND
   (I)  THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROPOSED PROJECT ADDRESSES POTENTIAL RISK
 TO PATIENT SAFETY AND WELFARE.
   5. DISBURSEMENT OF AWARDS MADE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE
 CONDITIONED  ON  THE  AWARDEE  ACHIEVING CERTAIN PROCESS AND PERFORMANCE
 METRICS AND MILESTONES AS DETERMINED  IN  THE  SOLE  DISCRETION  OF  THE
 COMMISSIONER.  SUCH METRICS AND MILESTONES SHALL BE STRUCTURED TO ENSURE
 THAT  THE  GOALS OF THE PROJECT ARE ACHIEVED, AND SUCH METRICS AND MILE-
 STONES SHALL BE INCLUDED  IN  GRANT  DISBURSEMENT  AGREEMENTS  OR  OTHER
 CONTRACTUAL DOCUMENTS AS REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   6.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE A REPORT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TO THE
 CHAIRS OF THE SENATE FINANCE, ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS,  AND  SENATE  AND
 ASSEMBLY HEALTH COMMITTEES, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINES
 THAT  THE  PROJECTS  THAT  RECEIVE  FUNDING PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION ARE
 SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE. SUCH REPORTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED  NO  LATER  THAN
 SIXTY  DAYS  AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE QUARTER, AND SHALL INCLUDE, FOR EACH
 AWARD, THE NAME OF THE  APPLICANT,  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  PROJECT  OR
 PURPOSE,  THE  AMOUNT  OF  THE  AWARD,  DISBURSEMENT DATE, AND STATUS OF
 ACHIEVEMENT OF PROCESS AND PERFORMANCE METRICS AND  MILESTONES  PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2018.
 
                                  PART R
 
   Section 1. Intentionally omitted.
   § 2. Intentionally omitted.
   § 3. Intentionally omitted.
   § 3-a. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 8  of  section
 2168  of the public health law, as amended by chapter 154 of the laws of
 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) schools for THE  PURPOSE  OF  verifying  immunization  status  for
 eligibility  for  admission  AND  FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONFIRMING STUDENTS
 HAVE BEEN SCREENED FOR ELEVATED BLOOD LEAD LEVELS  WHEN  ENTERING  CHILD
 CARE,  PRE-SCHOOL  OR  KINDERGARTEN,  AND IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUAL STUDENT
 BLOOD LEAD INFORMATION FOR  THE  PROVISION  OF  APPROPRIATE  EDUCATIONAL
 TRAINING  ON LEAD AND THE DANGERS OF LEAD TO THE STUDENT AND THE PARENTS
 OR LEGAL GUARDIANS OF THE STUDENT AS WELL  AS  INFORMATION  ON  PROGRAMS
 THAT  ARE AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENT AND THE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS OF
 THE STUDENT;

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   § 4. Intentionally omitted.
   §  4-a.  Subdivision  1 of section 1370-b of the public health law, as
 added by section 79 of part A of chapter 62 of  the  laws  of  2011,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. The New York state advisory council on lead poisoning prevention is
 hereby  established  in  the department, to consist of the following, or
 their designees:  the  commissioner;  the  commissioner  of  labor;  the
 commissioner  of environmental conservation; the commissioner of housing
 and community renewal; the commissioner of children and family services;
 the commissioner of temporary and disability assistance;  the  secretary
 of  state;  and fifteen public members, OF WHICH NINE SHALL BE appointed
 by the governor, THREE BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THREE  BY  THE
 TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE.  The  public members shall have a
 demonstrated expertise or interest in lead poisoning prevention  and  at
 least  one  public member shall be representative of each of the follow-
 ing: local government; community  groups;  labor  unions;  real  estate;
 industry;  parents;  educators;  local housing authorities; child health
 advocates; environmental groups; professional medical organizations  and
 hospitals.  The  public members of the council shall have fixed terms of
 three years; except that five of the initial appointments shall  be  for
 two  years  and five shall be for one year. The council shall be chaired
 by the commissioner or his or her designee.
   § 5. Intentionally omitted.
   § 5-a. Section 1370-d of the public health law, as  added  by  chapter
 485 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   §  1370-d.  Lead  screening  of child care or pre-school enrollees AND
 KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS.  1. Except as provided pursuant to regulations of
 the department, each child care provider,  public  and  private  nursery
 school  and  pre-school  licensed, certified or approved by any state or
 local agency, AND EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLING STUDENTS IN KINDERGAR-
 TEN shall, prior to or within three months after initial enrollment of a
 child under [six] SEVEN years of age, obtain from a parent  or  guardian
 of the child evidence that said child has been screened for lead.
   2. Whenever there exists no evidence of lead screening as provided for
 in  subdivision  one of this section or other acceptable evidence of the
 child's screening for lead, the child care provider, principal, teacher,
 owner or person in charge of the  nursery  school  [or],  pre-school  OR
 KINDERGARTEN  shall  provide  the  parent  or guardian of the child with
 information on lead poisoning in children and lead poisoning  prevention
 and refer the parent or guardian to a primary care provider or the local
 health authority.
   3.  (a)  If  any  parent or guardian to such child is unable to obtain
 lead testing, such person may present such child to the  health  officer
 of  the  county  in  which  the child resides, who shall then perform or
 arrange for the required screening.
   (b) The local public health district shall develop and implement a fee
 schedule for households with incomes in excess of two hundred percent of
 the federal poverty level for lead screening  pursuant  to  section  six
 hundred  six  of  this  chapter,  which  shall vary depending on patient
 household income.
   § 6. Section 1114 of the public health law, as added by section  3  of
 part T of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   § 1114. Lead service line replacement grant program. 1. [To the extent
 practicable,  the]  THE  department  shall  allocate  appropriated funds
 equitably among regions of the state. Within each region, the department
 shall give priority to municipalities that have  a  high  percentage  of

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 elevated childhood blood lead levels, based on the most recent available
 data.  In  distributing  the  awards  allocated  for each region to such
 priority municipalities, the department shall also consider whether  the
 community  is low income and the number of lead service lines in need of
 replacement. The department may request that such municipalities provide
 such documentation as the department may require to confirm award eligi-
 bility.
   2. FURTHER, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE PLAN  FOR  LEAD
 SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM, AN ANALYSIS
 OF  LEAD  SERVICE LINES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, LEAD SERVICE LINES PRESENT
 IN THOSE AREAS OF HIGH RISK AS DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS  THIRTEEN
 HUNDRED  SEVENTY-B  AND  THIRTEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER,
 THE ACTUAL COST OF REPLACING LEAD  SERVICE  LINES,  RECOMMENDATIONS  FOR
 MUNICIPALITIES  ON  METHODS FOR EVALUATING THE STATUS LEAD SERVICE LINES
 PRESENT AND GUIDANCE ON REPLACEMENT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER  OR  NOT  THE
 MUNICIPALITY MEETS THE AWARD THRESHOLD.
   3. The department shall publish information, application forms, proce-
 dures  and  guidelines  relating  to the program on its website and in a
 manner that is accessible to the public and all potential award  recipi-
 ents.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART S
 
   Section 1. Intentionally omitted.
   § 2. Intentionally omitted.
   § 3. Intentionally omitted.
   § 4. Intentionally omitted.
   §  5.  Section 2805-x of the public health law, as added by section 48
 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of  2015,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  2805-x.  Hospital-home care-physician collaboration program. 1. The
 purpose of this section shall be to facilitate innovation  in  hospital,
 home  care agency and physician collaboration in meeting the community's
 health care needs. It shall provide a  framework  to  support  voluntary
 initiatives  in collaboration to improve patient care access and manage-
 ment, patient health outcomes, cost-effectiveness in the use  of  health
 care services and community population health. Such collaborative HOSPI-
 TAL-HOME  CARE-PHYSICIAN  initiatives  may  also include payors, skilled
 nursing facilities, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES and other  interdiscipli-
 nary  providers,  practitioners  and  service  entities  AS PART OF SUCH
 HOSPITAL-HOME CARE-PHYSICIAN COLLABORATIVE PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  IN
 THE  CASE  OF  COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE AS SET FORTH IN THIS
 SECTION AND ARTICLE THIRTY OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  THE  COLLABORATIVE  SHALL
 MINIMALLY COMPRISE HOSPITAL, HOME CARE, PHYSICIAN, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL
 SERVICES PARTNERS.
   2. For purposes of this section:
   (a)  "Hospital"  shall  include  a general hospital as defined in this
 article or other inpatient facility for rehabilitation or specialty care
 within the definition of hospital in this article.
   (b) "Home care agency" shall mean a certified home health agency, long
 term home health care program or licensed home care services  agency  as
 defined in article thirty-six of this chapter.
   (c)  "Payor"  shall  mean  a  health plan approved pursuant to article
 forty-four of this chapter, or article thirty-two or forty-three of  the
 insurance law.

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   (d)  "Practitioner"  shall  mean  any  of the health, mental health or
 health related professions licensed  pursuant  to  title  eight  of  the
 education law.
   (E)  "EMERGENCY  MEDICAL SERVICES" (EMS) SHALL MEAN THE SERVICES OF AN
 AMBULANCE SERVICE OR AN ADVANCED LIFE  SUPPORT  FIRST  RESPONSE  SERVICE
 CERTIFIED  UNDER  ARTICLE  THIRTY  OF  THIS CHAPTER STAFFED BY EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL TECHNICIANS OR ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS TO PROVIDE
 BASIC OR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT AND, FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THE  COMMUNITY
 PARAMEDICINE  COLLABORATION  MODEL SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS
 SECTION, ALSO TO PROVIDE  SUCH  SERVICES  PURSUANT  TO  SUCH  MODELS  IN
 CIRCUMSTANCES  OTHER  THAN THE INITIAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND TRANS-
 PORTATION OF SICK AND INJURED PERSONS.
   3. The commissioner is authorized to provide financing including,  but
 not  limited  to,  grants  or positive adjustments in medical assistance
 rates or premium payments, to the extent of funds  available  and  allo-
 cated  or  appropriated  therefor, including funds provided to the state
 through federal waivers, funds made available  through  state  appropri-
 ations  and/or  funding  through section twenty-eight hundred seven-v of
 this article, as well as waivers of regulations under title ten  of  the
 New  York  codes, rules and regulations, to support the voluntary initi-
 atives and objectives of this section.  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 CONSTRUED TO LIMIT, OR TO IMPLY THE NEED FOR STATE APPROVAL OF, COLLABO-
 RATIVE INITIATIVES  ENUMERATED  IN  THIS  SECTION  WHICH  ARE  OTHERWISE
 PERMISSIBLE  UNDER LAW OR REGULATION, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT THE APPROVAL
 OF THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR EITHER STATE FUNDING OR  REGU-
 LATORY WAIVERS AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER THIS SECTION.
   4.  Hospital-home  care-physician collaborative initiatives under this
 section may include, but shall not be limited to:
   (a) Hospital-home care-physician  integration  initiatives,  including
 but not limited to:
   (i)  transitions  in  care  initiatives to help effectively transition
 patients to post-acute care  at  home,  coordinate  follow-up  care  and
 address issues critical to care plan success and readmission avoidance;
   (ii)  clinical  pathways  for  specified conditions, guiding patients'
 progress and outcome goals, as well as effective health services use;
   (iii) application of telehealth/telemedicine  services  in  monitoring
 and  managing  patient  conditions,  and promoting self-care/management,
 improved outcomes and effective services use;
   (iv) facilitation of  physician  house  calls  to  homebound  patients
 and/or  to  patients  for whom such home visits are determined necessary
 and effective for patient care management;
   (v) additional models for prevention of  avoidable  hospital  readmis-
 sions and emergency room visits;
   (vi) health home development;
   (vii)  development  and  demonstration  of new models of integrated or
 collaborative care and care management not otherwise achievable  through
 existing models; [and]
   (viii)  bundled payment demonstrations for hospital-to-post-acute-care
 for specified conditions or categories  of  conditions,  in  particular,
 conditions  predisposed  to  high  prevalence  of readmission, including
 those currently subject to federal/state penalty, and  other  discharges
 with extensive post-acute needs; AND
   (IX) MODELS OF COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE, UNDER WHICH HOSPITALS, EMERGEN-
 CY  MEDICAL SERVICES WHO UTILIZE EMPLOYED OR VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY MEDICAL
 TECHNICIANS OR ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL  TECHNICIANS,  PHYSICIANS  AND
 HOME  CARE  AGENCIES,  IN JOINT PARTNERSHIP, MAY DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A

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 PLAN FOR THE COLLABORATIVE PROVISION OF SERVICES IN COMMUNITY  SETTINGS.
 IN  ADDITION TO EMERGENCY SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS
 CHAPTER, MODELS OF  COMMUNITY  PARAMEDICINE  MAY  INCLUDE  COLLABORATIVE
 SERVICES TO AT-RISK INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY TO PREVENT EMER-
 GENCIES,  AVOIDABLE  EMERGENCY ROOM NEED, AVOIDABLE TRANSPORT AND POTEN-
 TIALLY AVOIDABLE HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS AND READMISSIONS; COMMUNITY  PARAM-
 EDICINE  SERVICES  TO  INDIVIDUALS WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, OR
 DEVELOPMENTAL OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, SHALL  FURTHER  INCLUDE  THE
 COLLABORATION  OF  APPROPRIATE  PROVIDERS  OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
 LICENSED OR CERTIFIED UNDER THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW;
   (b) Recruitment, training and retention of hospital/home  care  direct
 care  staff  and  physicians,  in geographic or clinical areas of demon-
 strated need. Such initiatives may include, but are not limited to,  the
 following activities:
   (i)  outreach and public education about the need and value of service
 in health occupations;
   (ii) training/continuing education  and  regulatory  facilitation  for
 cross-training  to  maximize  flexibility  in  the utilization of staff,
 including:
   (A) training of hospital nurses in home care;
   (B) dual certified nurse aide/home health aide certification; [and]
   (C) dual personal care aide/HHA certification; AND
   (D) ORIENTATION AND/OR COLLABORATIVE TRAINING OF EMS,  HOSPITAL,  HOME
 CARE, PHYSICIAN AND, AS NECESSARY, OTHER PARTICIPATING PROVIDER STAFF IN
 COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE;
   (iii) salary/benefit enhancement;
   (iv) career ladder development; and
   (v) other incentives to practice in shortage areas; and
   (c)  Hospital  - home care - physician collaboratives for the care and
 management of special needs, high-risk and high-cost patients, including
 but not limited to best practices, and training and education of  direct
 care practitioners and service employees.
   5.  Hospitals  and  home care agencies which are provided financing or
 waivers pursuant to this section shall report to the commissioner on the
 patient, service and cost experiences pursuant to this section,  includ-
 ing the extent to which the project goals are achieved. The commissioner
 shall  compile  and  make  such  reports  available  on the department's
 website.
   § 5-a. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3001-a
 to read as follows:
   § 3001-A. COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE SERVICES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  INCON-
 SISTENT  PROVISION  OF  THIS ARTICLE, AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN OR
 ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN IN COURSE OF HIS OR HER WORK AS AN
 EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER OF  AN  AMBULANCE  SERVICE  OR  AN  ADVANCED  LIFE
 SUPPORT  FIRST  RESPONSE SERVICE CERTIFIED UNDER THIS ARTICLE TO PROVIDE
 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES MAY ALSO PARTICIPATE IN MODELS  OF  COMMUNITY
 PARAMEDICINE  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-X OF THIS
 CHAPTER.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                 SUBPART B
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2801 of the public health law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  397  of  the  laws  of 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:

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   1. "Hospital" means a facility or institution engaged  principally  in
 providing services by or under the supervision of a physician or, in the
 case  of  a dental clinic or dental dispensary, of a dentist, or, in the
 case of a midwifery birth center, of  a  midwife,  for  the  prevention,
 diagnosis  or  treatment  of  human  disease, pain, injury, deformity or
 physical condition, including, but not limited to, a  general  hospital,
 public  health center, diagnostic center, treatment center, dental clin-
 ic, dental dispensary, rehabilitation center other than a facility  used
 solely  for vocational rehabilitation, nursing home, tuberculosis hospi-
 tal, chronic  disease  hospital,  maternity  hospital,  midwifery  birth
 center,  lying-in-asylum,  out-patient  department,  out-patient  lodge,
 dispensary and a laboratory or central service facility serving  one  or
 more  such  institutions,  but  the  term  hospital shall not include an
 institution, sanitarium or other facility engaged principally in provid-
 ing services for the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of mental  disa-
 bility  and  which  is subject to the powers of visitation, examination,
 inspection and investigation of the department of mental hygiene  except
 for  those  distinct  parts  of  such  a facility which provide hospital
 service. The provisions of this article shall not apply to a facility or
 institution engaged principally in providing services by  or  under  the
 supervision of the bona fide members and adherents of a recognized reli-
 gious  organization  whose teachings include reliance on spiritual means
 through prayer alone for healing in the practice of the religion of such
 organization and where services are provided in  accordance  with  those
 teachings.  NO  PROVISION  OF THIS ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW
 SHALL BE CONSTRUED  TO:  (A)  LIMIT  THE  VOLUME  OF  MENTAL  HEALTH  OR
 SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER  SERVICES THAT CAN BE PROVIDED BY A PROVIDER OF
 PRIMARY CARE SERVICES LICENSED UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE  AND  AUTHORIZED  TO
 PROVIDE INTEGRATED SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS ISSUED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF
 MENTAL HEALTH AND THE COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF  ALCOHOLISM  AND
 SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  SERVICES,  INCLUDING  REGULATIONS  ISSUED  PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L  OF  THE  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  LAW OR PART L OF CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND
 TWELVE; (B) REQUIRE A PROVIDER LICENSED PURSUANT TO  ARTICLE  THIRTY-ONE
 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW OR CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO OF
 THE  MENTAL  HYGIENE  LAW  TO  OBTAIN  AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE FROM THE
 DEPARTMENT IF SUCH PROVIDER HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED  TO  PROVIDE  INTEGRATED
 SERVICES  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH REGULATIONS ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF  MENTAL  HEALTH  AND
 THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF  ALCOHOLISM  AND  SUBSTANCE ABUSE
 SERVICES, INCLUDING REGULATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN  OF
 SECTION  THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW OR PART L
 OF CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE.
   § 2. Section 31.02 of the mental hygiene law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
   (F)  NO  PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW SHALL
 BE CONSTRUED TO REQUIRE A PROVIDER LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE  TWENTY-
 EIGHT  OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW OR CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-
 TWO OF THIS CHAPTER TO OBTAIN AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE FROM  THE  OFFICE
 OF  MENTAL  HEALTH IF SUCH PROVIDER HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE INTE-
 GRATED SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS ISSUED BY THE COMMISSION-
 ER OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH IN CONSULTATION WITH THE  COMMISSIONER
 OF  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF ALCO-
 HOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, INCLUDING REGULATIONS ISSUED PURSU-
 ANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED  SIXTY-FIVE-L  OF  THE

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 SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW  OR PART L OF CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF TWO
 THOUSAND TWELVE.
   §  3.  Subdivision  (b) of section 32.05 of the mental hygiene law, as
 amended by chapter 204 of the laws  of  2007,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (b)  (I)  Methadone,  or such other controlled substance designated by
 the commissioner of health as appropriate for such use, may be  adminis-
 tered  to  an  addict, as defined in section thirty-three hundred two of
 the public health law, by individual physicians,  groups  of  physicians
 and  public  or private medical facilities certified pursuant to article
 twenty-eight or thirty-three of the public health law as part of a chem-
 ical dependence program which has been issued an  operating  certificate
 by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision (b) of section 32.09 of this
 article,  provided,  however,  that  such administration must be done in
 accordance with all applicable federal and state laws  and  regulations.
 Individual physicians or groups of physicians who have obtained authori-
 zation  from  the  federal  government  to  administer  buprenorphine to
 addicts may do so without obtaining an operating  certificate  from  the
 commissioner.  (II)  NO PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER PROVISION
 OF LAW SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO REQUIRE A  PROVIDER  LICENSED  PURSUANT  TO
 ARTICLE  TWENTY-EIGHT  OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW OR ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE OF
 THIS CHAPTER TO OBTAIN AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE FROM THE OFFICE OF ALCO-
 HOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES IF SUCH PROVIDER HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED
 TO PROVIDE INTEGRATED SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS ISSUED  BY
 THE COMMISSIONER OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES IN CONSULTA-
 TION  WITH  THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF THE OFFICE OF  MENTAL  HEALTH,  INCLUDING  REGULATIONS  ISSUED
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L OF
 THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW OR PART L OF CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX OF  THE  LAWS  OF
 TWO THOUSAND TWELVE.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law; provided, however, that the commissioner of
 the department of health, the  commissioner  of  the  office  of  mental
 health,  and  the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance
 abuse services are authorized to issue any rule or regulation  necessary
 for the implementation of this act on or before its effective date.
 
                                 SUBPART C

   Section  1. Paragraphs (s) and (t) of subdivision 2 of section 2999-cc
 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 454 of the laws of 2015,
 are amended and three new paragraphs (u), (v), and (w) are added to read
 as follows:
   (s) a hospice as defined in article forty of this chapter; [and]
   (t) CREDENTIALED ALCOHOLISM AND  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  COUNSELORS  CREDEN-
 TIALED  BY THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES OR BY A
 CREDENTIALING ENTITY APPROVED BY SUCH OFFICE PURSUANT TO  SECTION  19.07
 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW;
   (U)  PROVIDERS AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND SERVICE COORDINATION
 UNDER THE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE  OF
 THIS CHAPTER;
   (V)  CLINICS OPERATED UNDER ARTICLE SIXTEEN OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW,
 AND, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER SECTION OF LAW, CERTIFIED AND  NON-CERTI-
 FIED  DAY  AND RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS FUNDED OR OPERATED BY THE OFFICE FOR
 PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES;

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   (W)  RESIDENTIAL  HEALTH  CARE  FACILITIES  INCLUDING  FACILITIES  FOR
 SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS; AND
   (X)  any  other provider as determined by the commissioner pursuant to
 regulation OR, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER, BY THE COMMISSION-
 ER OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF
 ALCOHOLISM  AND  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  SERVICES,  OR THE COMMISSIONER OF THE
 OFFICE  FOR  PEOPLE  WITH   DEVELOPMENTAL   DISABILITIES   PURSUANT   TO
 REGULATION.
   §  2.  Subdivision  3  of section 2999-cc of the public health law, as
 separately amended by chapters 238 and 285  of  the  laws  of  2017,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   3.  "Originating  site"  means a site at which a patient is located at
 the time health care services are delivered to him or her  by  means  of
 telehealth.  Originating  sites  shall  be  limited  to  (A)  facilities
 licensed under articles twenty-eight and forty of this  chapter[,];  (B)
 facilities  as  defined in subdivision six of section 1.03 of the mental
 hygiene law[,]; (C) private physician's  or  dentist's  offices  located
 within  the  state  of  New York[,]; (D) any type of adult care facility
 licensed under title two of article seven of the social services law[,];
 (E) public, private and charter elementary and secondary schools, school
 age child care programs, and child day care centers within the state  of
 New  York;  and[,  when  a  patient is receiving health care services by
 means of remote patient monitoring,] (F) the patient's  place  of  resi-
 dence  located  within the state of New York or other temporary location
 located within or outside the state of  New  York,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  RESIDENTIAL  HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND CERTIFIED AND NON-
 CERTIFIED DAY AND RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS FUNDED OR OPERATED BY THE  OFFICE
 FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; SUBJECT TO REGULATION ISSUED
 BY  THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE COMMISSIONER OF
 THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, AND  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  OF  THE  OFFICE  FOR  PEOPLE  WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES,
 PROVIDED SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL BE CONSISTENT AND COORDINATED SO  AS  TO
 ENABLE INTEGRATION OF SERVICES AND REDUCE BARRIERS TO CARE.
   §  3.  Subdivision  7  of section 2999-cc of the public health law, as
 added by chapter 6 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   7. "Remote patient monitoring" means the use of synchronous  or  asyn-
 chronous   electronic  information  and  communication  technologies  to
 collect personal health information and medical data from a  patient  at
 an  originating  site  that is transmitted to a telehealth provider at a
 distant site for use in the treatment and management of  medical  condi-
 tions  that  require frequent monitoring.  SUCH TECHNOLOGIES MAY INCLUDE
 ADDITIONAL INTERACTION TRIGGERED  BY  PREVIOUS  TRANSMISSIONS,  SUCH  AS
 INTERACTIVE  QUERIES  CONDUCTED THROUGH COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES OR BY
 TELEPHONE. Such conditions shall include, but not be limited to, conges-
 tive heart failure, diabetes,  chronic  obstructive  pulmonary  disease,
 wound  care,  polypharmacy, mental or behavioral problems, and technolo-
 gy-dependent care such as  continuous  oxygen,  ventilator  care,  total
 parenteral  nutrition  or  enteral  feeding.   Remote patient monitoring
 shall be ordered by a physician licensed pursuant to article one hundred
 thirty-one of the education law, a nurse practitioner licensed  pursuant
 to  article  one  hundred thirty-nine of the education law, or a midwife
 licensed pursuant to article one hundred forty  of  the  education  law,
 with which the patient has a substantial and ongoing relationship.
   §  4.  The  section  heading and subdivision 2 of section 367-u of the
 social services law, the section heading as added  by  section  63-c  of

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 part  C  of  chapter 58 of the laws of 2007, subdivision 2 as amended by
 chapter 6 of the laws of 2015, are amended to read as follows:
   Payment for [home] telehealth services.
   2.  Subject to federal financial participation and the approval of the
 director of the budget, [the commissioner shall  not  exclude  from  the
 payment of medical assistance funds the delivery of health care services
 through  telehealth,] MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SHALL NOT EXCLUDE FROM COVERAGE
 A SERVICE THAT IS OTHERWISE COVERED UNDER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE
 SERVICE IS DELIVERED VIA TELEHEALTH as defined in  subdivision  four  of
 section  two  thousand  nine hundred ninety-nine-cc of the public health
 law. Such services shall meet the requirements of federal law, rules and
 regulations for the provision of medical  assistance  pursuant  to  this
 title.
   §  5. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2999-ee
 to read as follows:
   § 2999-EE.  TELEHEALTH RULES, REGULATIONS, POLICIES AND  GUIDANCE.  TO
 REDUCE BARRIERS THAT LIMIT THE USE OF TELEHEALTH SERVICES BY PRACTITION-
 ERS  AND  ENTITIES  CERTIFIED OR LICENSED UNDER THIS CHAPTER, THE MENTAL
 HYGIENE LAW OR THE EDUCATION LAW, THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH, OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, OFFICE FOR  PEOPLE  WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL
 DISABILITIES,  AND THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES
 SHALL COORDINATE TO IDENTIFY AND IMPLEMENT METHODS TO ALIGN AND  STREAM-
 LINE RULES, REGULATIONS, POLICIES AND GUIDANCE REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT
 AND  INTEGRATION OF SERVICE AS PROVIDED THROUGH TELEHEALTH. WHERE POSSI-
 BLE, SUCH METHODS  TO  ALIGN  AND  STREAMLINE  SHALL  ALSO  ENSURE  THAT
 DESCRIPTIONS  AND  DEFINITIONS  ARE  CONSISTENT  ACROSS  AGENCIES.  SUCH
 COMMISSIONERS SHALL ALSO  PROVIDE  ONGOING  COORDINATED  GUIDANCE  WHERE
 ADDITIONAL  CLARIFICATION AND UNIFORMITY IS DESIRABLE ACROSS AGENCIES IN
 ORDER TO REDUCE BARRIERS AND FACILITATE THE USE OF TELEHEALTH.
   § 6. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law;  provided,  however,  that the commissioner of the
 department of health, the commissioner of the office of  mental  health,
 the  commissioner  of  the  office  of  alcoholism  and  substance abuse
 services, and the commissioner of the office for  people  with  develop-
 mental disabilities shall issue rules or regulations for the implementa-
 tion  of  this  act on or before its effective date; provided such regu-
 lations  shall  be  consistent  and  coordinated  across  the  different
 agencies  so as to enable integration of services and reduce barriers to
 care, and further provided that such agencies shall partake  in  ongoing
 coordinated  guidance  where  additional clarification and uniformity is
 desirable across agencies in order to reduce barriers and facilitate the
 use of telehealth.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion, section or subpart of this act shall be adjudged by any  court  of
 competent  jurisdiction  to  be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall  be  confined  in
 its  operation  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
 or subpart thereof directly involved in the controversy  in  which  such
 judgment  shall  have  been  rendered.  It  is hereby declared to be the
 intent of the legislature that this act would have been enacted even  if
 such invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the applicable effective date of Subparts A through C of this act  shall
 be as specifically set forth in the last section of such Subparts.
 
                                  PART T

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   Section  1.   Subdivision (a) of section 31 of part B of chapter 59 of
 the laws of 2016, amending the social services law and other laws relat-
 ing to authorizing the commissioner of health to apply federally  estab-
 lished consumer price index penalties for generic drugs, and authorizing
 the commissioner of health to impose penalties on managed care plans for
 reporting  late  or  incorrect  encounter  data,  is  amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) section eleven of this act shall expire  and  be  deemed  repealed
 March 31, [2018] 2019;
   § 2. Subdivision 6-a of section 93 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws
 of  2007,  amending  the  social services law and other laws relating to
 adjustments of rates, as amended by section 20 of part B of  chapter  56
 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   6-a.  section  fifty-seven  of  this  act  shall  expire and be deemed
 repealed on [December 31, 2018] MARCH 31, 2023; provided that the amend-
 ments made by such section to subdivision 4  of  section  366-c  of  the
 social  services law shall apply with respect to determining initial and
 continuing eligibility for medical assistance, including  the  continued
 eligibility  of  recipients  originally determined eligible prior to the
 effective date of this act, and provided further  that  such  amendments
 shall  not apply to any person or group of persons if it is subsequently
 determined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid  services  or  by  a
 court  of  competent  jurisdiction  that medical assistance with federal
 financial participation is available for the costs of services  provided
 to  such  person  or  persons  under  the provisions of subdivision 4 of
 section 366-c of the social services law in effect immediately prior  to
 the effective date of this act.
   §  3. Section 2 of part II of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, amending
 part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2005 authorizing reimbursements  for
 expenditures  made  by  or  on  behalf  of social services districts for
 medical assistance for needy persons and administration thereof relating
 to authorizing the commissioner of health to establish a statewide Medi-
 caid integrity and efficiency initiative, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed  repealed  [two years after it shall have become a law] MARCH 31,
 2019.
   § 4. Section 3 of chapter 906 of the laws of 1984, amending the social
 services law relating to expanding medical  assistance  eligibility  and
 the scope of services available to certain persons with disabilities, as
 amended  by section 25-a of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law  and  shall be of no further force and effect after
 [December 31, 2018] MARCH 31, 2023, at which time the provisions of this
 act shall be deemed to be repealed.
   § 5. Section 4-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, amending
 chapter 59 of the laws of 2011 amending the public health law and  other
 laws  relating to general hospital reimbursement for annual rates relat-
 ing to the cap on local Medicaid expenditures, as amended by  section  9
 of  part  I  of  chapter  57  of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 4-a. Notwithstanding paragraph (c)  of  subdivision  10  of  section
 2807-c  of the public health law, section 21 of chapter 1 of the laws of
 1999, or any other contrary provision of law, in  determining  rates  of
 payments  by state governmental agencies effective for services provided
 on and after January 1, [2019] 2017 through March 31,  2019,  for  inpa-

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 tient  and  outpatient services provided by general hospitals, for inpa-
 tient services and adult day health care outpatient services provided by
 residential health care facilities pursuant to article 28 of the  public
 health  law,  except  for residential health care facilities or units of
 such facilities providing services primarily to children  under  twenty-
 one  years  of  age,  for home health care services provided pursuant to
 article 36 of the public health law by certified home  health  agencies,
 long term home health care programs and AIDS home care programs, and for
 personal  care services provided pursuant to section 365-a of the social
 services law, the commissioner of health shall  apply  no  greater  than
 zero  trend  factors  attributable  to the 2017, 2018, AND 2019 calendar
 [year] YEARS in accordance with  paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision  10  of
 section 2807-c of the public health law, provided, however, that such no
 greater  than  zero  trend  factors attributable to such 2017, 2018, AND
 2019 calendar [year] YEARS shall also be applied  to  rates  of  payment
 provided  on and after January 1, [2019] 2017 through March 31, 2019 for
 personal  care  services  provided  in  those  local   social   services
 districts,  including  New  York  city,  whose rates of payment for such
 services are established by such local social services districts  pursu-
 ant  to a rate-setting exemption issued by the commissioner of health to
 such local social services districts in accordance with applicable regu-
 lations[,]; and provided further, however, that for rates of payment for
 assisted living program services provided on and after January 1, [2019]
 2017 through March 31, 2019, such  trend  factors  attributable  to  the
 2017,  2018,  AND  2019 calendar [year] YEARS shall be established at no
 greater than zero percent.
   § 5-a. Section 5 of chapter 426 of the  laws  of  1983,  amending  the
 public  health  law  relating to professional misconduct proceedings, as
 amended by section 22 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws  of  2013,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   §  5. This act shall take effect June 1, 1983 and shall remain in full
 force and effect until March 31, [2018] 2023.
   § 5-b. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 11 of section
 230 of the public health law, as amended by section  24  of  part  B  of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii)  Participation  and  membership during a three year demonstration
 period in a physician committee of the Medical Society of the  State  of
 New  York  or the New York State Osteopathic Society whose purpose is to
 confront and refer to treatment physicians who are thought to be suffer-
 ing from alcoholism, drug abuse, STRESS or mental illness.  Such  demon-
 stration  period  shall commence on April first, nineteen hundred eighty
 and terminate on May thirty-first, nineteen hundred  eighty-three.    An
 additional  demonstration  period shall commence on June first, nineteen
 hundred eighty-three  and  terminate  on  March  thirty-first,  nineteen
 hundred eighty-six. An additional demonstration period shall commence on
 April  first, nineteen hundred eighty-six and terminate on March thirty-
 first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine. An additional demonstration  period
 shall  commence  April first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine and terminate
 March thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-two.  An  additional  demon-
 stration  period shall commence April first, nineteen hundred ninety-two
 and terminate March thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-five. An addi-
 tional demonstration period shall  commence  on  April  first,  nineteen
 hundred  ninety-five  and  terminate  on  March  thirty-first,  nineteen
 hundred ninety-eight. An additional demonstration period shall  commence
 on  April  first,  nineteen  hundred ninety-eight and terminate on March
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 shall commence on April first, two thousand three and terminate on March
 thirty-first,  two thousand thirteen. An additional demonstration period
 shall commence April first, two thousand thirteen and terminate on March
 thirty-first,  two thousand eighteen. AN ADDITIONAL DEMONSTRATION PERIOD
 SHALL COMMENCE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND TERMINATE ON MARCH
 THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE  provided,  however,  that  the
 commissioner  may  prescribe  requirements  for the continuation of such
 demonstration program, including periodic reviews of such  programs  and
 submission  of  any  reports  and data necessary to permit such reviews.
 During these additional periods, the  provisions  of  this  subparagraph
 shall also apply to a physician committee of a county medical society.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however that the
 amendments  to  subparagraph  (ii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 11 of
 section 230 of the public health law made by section five-b of this  act
 shall not affect the expiration of such subparagraph and shall be deemed
 to expire therewith.
 
                                  PART U
 
   Section  1.  Section  2  of part NN of chapter 58 of the laws of 2015,
 amending the mental hygiene law relating to clarifying the authority  of
 the  commissioners  in  the  department  of mental hygiene to design and
 implement time-limited demonstration programs, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed March 31, [2018] 2021.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART V
 
   Section 1. Section 7 of part R2 of chapter 62 of  the  laws  of  2003,
 amending  the  mental  hygiene law and the state finance law relating to
 the community mental health support and workforce reinvestment  program,
 the  membership of subcommittees for mental health of community services
 boards and the duties of such subcommittees and creating  the  community
 mental  health and workforce reinvestment account, as amended by section
 3 of part G of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire March 31,
 [2018]  2021  when  upon  such  date the provisions of this act shall be
 deemed repealed.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART W
 
                           Intentionally Omitted
 
                                  PART X

   Section 1. Section 3 of part A of chapter 111  of  the  laws  of  2010
 amending  the  mental hygiene law relating to the receipt of federal and
 state benefits received by  individuals  receiving  care  in  facilities
 operated by an office of the department of mental hygiene, as amended by
 section  1  of  part LL of chapter 58 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
 read as follows:

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   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; and shall expire  and  be
 deemed repealed June 30, [2018] 2021.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART Y
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  10  of section 7605 of the education law, as
 added by section 4 of part AA of chapter 57 of  the  laws  of  2013,  is
 amended and a new subdivision 12 is added to read as follows:
   10.  (A)  A person without a license from: performing assessments such
 as basic information collection,  gathering  of  demographic  data,  and
 informal observations, screening and referral used for general eligibil-
 ity for a program or service and determining the functional status of an
 individual  for  the purpose of determining need for services [unrelated
 to a behavioral health diagnosis or  treatment  plan.    Such  licensure
 shall  not  be  required  to create, develop or implement a service plan
 unrelated to a behavioral health diagnosis or treatment plan];  ADVISING
 INDIVIDUALS  REGARDING THE APPROPRIATENESS OF BENEFITS THEY ARE ELIGIBLE
 FOR; PROVIDING GENERAL ADVICE AND GUIDANCE AND ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS  OR
 GROUPS  WITH  DIFFICULT  DAY TO DAY PROBLEMS SUCH AS FINDING EMPLOYMENT,
 LOCATING SOURCES OF ASSISTANCE, AND ORGANIZING COMMUNITY GROUPS TO  WORK
 ON  A  SPECIFIC PROBLEM; PROVIDING PEER SERVICES; OR TO SELECT FOR SUIT-
 ABILITY AND PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT SERVICES OR GROUP RE-ENTRY
 SERVICES TO INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IN STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
   (B) A PERSON WITHOUT A LICENSE FROM CREATING, DEVELOPING OR IMPLEMENT-
 ING A SERVICE PLAN OR RECOVERY PLAN THAT  IS  NOT  A  BEHAVIORAL  HEALTH
 DIAGNOSIS  OR  TREATMENT  PLAN.  Such  service  OR  RECOVERY plans shall
 include, but are not limited to, COORDINATING, EVALUATING OR DETERMINING
 THE NEED FOR, OR THE PROVISION OF THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:  job  training
 and  employability[,];  housing[,];  HOMELESS  SERVICES AND SHELTERS FOR
 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES; REFUGEE SERVICES; RESIDENTIAL, DAY OR
 COMMUNITY HABILITATION SERVICES; general public assistance[,];  in  home
 services and supports or home-delivered meals[, investigations conducted
 or  assessments  made  by]; RECOVERY SUPPORTS; adult or child protective
 services INCLUDING INVESTIGATIONS; DETENTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION  FIVE
 HUNDRED  TWO  OF  THE EXECUTIVE LAW; PREVENTION AND RESIDENTIAL SERVICES
 FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE;  SERVICES  FOR  RUNAWAY  AND  HOMELESS
 YOUTH; FOSTER CARE, ADOPTION, PREVENTIVE SERVICES OR SERVICES IN ACCORD-
 ANCE  WITH AN APPROVED PLAN PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF THE
 SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, INCLUDING, adoption AND  FOSTER  home  studies  and
 assessments,  family  service  plans, transition plans [and], permanency
 planning activities, AND CASE PLANNING OR CASE MANAGEMENT AS SUCH  TERMS
 ARE  DEFINED  IN PART FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT OF TITLE EIGHTEEN OF THE
 NEW YORK CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS; RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION;  HOME
 AND   COMMUNITY  BASED  SERVICES;  AND  de-escalation  techniques,  peer
 services or skill development. [A license under this article  shall  not
 be required for persons to participate]
   (C)(I)  A PERSON WITHOUT A LICENSE FROM PARTICIPATING as a member of a
 multi-disciplinary team to [implement] ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT  OF  OR
 IMPLEMENTATION  OF  a  behavioral  health  services  or  treatment plan;
 provided [however,] that such team shall include  one  or  more  profes-
 sionals  licensed under this article or articles one hundred thirty-one,
 ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE, one hundred fifty-four or  one  hundred  sixty-
 three  of  this  chapter  WHO MUST APPROVE AND OVERSEE IMPLEMENTATION OF
 SUCH TREATMENT PLAN AND WHO MUST DIRECTLY OBSERVE EACH PATIENT EITHER IN
 PERSON OR BY ELECTRONIC MEANS, PRIOR TO THE RENDERING  OF  A  DIAGNOSIS;

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 and  provided,  further, that the activities performed by members of the
 team shall be consistent with the scope of practice for each team member
 licensed or authorized under title VIII of this chapter, and  those  who
 are  not  so authorized may not engage in the following restricted prac-
 tices: the diagnosis of mental,  emotional,  behavioral,  addictive  and
 developmental  disorders and disabilities; patient assessment and evalu-
 ating; the provision of psychotherapeutic treatment;  the  provision  of
 treatment other than psychotherapeutic treatment; [and/or] OR the devel-
 opment and implementation of assessment-based treatment plans as defined
 in section seventy-seven hundred one of this [chapter] TITLE.
   (II)  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION "ASSIST" SHALL INCLUDE THE
 PROVISION OF SERVICES THAT DO NOT REQUIRE ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION, INTER-
 PRETATION OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT. SUCH SERVICES MAY INCLUDE:
   (1) HELPING A PATIENT WITH THE COMPLETION OF FORMS OR QUESTIONNAIRES;
   (2) REVIEWING EXISTING CASE RECORDS AND COLLECTING GENERAL  BACKGROUND
 INFORMATION  ABOUT  A  PATIENT WHICH MAY BE USED BY THE LICENSED PROFES-
 SIONAL OR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE SERVICES;
   (3) GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT PREVIOUS MENTAL HEALTH  INTERVENTIONS,
 HOSPITALIZATIONS,  EMERGENCY  INTERVENTIONS AND OTHER FORMS OF TREATMENT
 FOR REVIEW BY THE LICENSED PROFESSIONAL;
   (4) DISCUSSING WITH THE PATIENT HIS OR HER SITUATION, NEEDS, CONCERNS,
 AND THOUGHTS IN  ORDER  TO  HELP  IDENTIFY  SERVICES  THAT  SUPPORT  THE
 PATIENT'S GOALS, INDEPENDENCE, AND QUALITY OF LIFE;
   (5)  PROVIDING  ADVICE,  INFORMATION,  AND  ASSISTANCE TO PATIENTS AND
 FAMILY MEMBERS TO IDENTIFY NEEDS AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNI-
 TY TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PATIENT OR FAMILY MEMBER;
   (6) ENGAGING IN IMMEDIATE AND LONG TERM PROBLEM SOLVING,  ENGAGING  IN
 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL SKILLS, OR GIVING PRACTICAL HELP IN AREAS SUCH
 AS,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, CHILD CARE, PARENTING,
 COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES, AND FINANCES;
   (7) DISTRIBUTING PAPER  COPIES  OF  SELF-ADMINISTERED  TESTS  FOR  THE
 PATIENT  TO  COMPLETE WHEN SUCH TESTS DO NOT REQUIRE THE OBSERVATION AND
 JUDGMENT OF A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL;
   (8) MONITORING TREATMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THE  TREATMENT  PLAN  AND
 PROVIDING VERBAL OR WRITTEN REPORTS TO THE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM;
   (9)  IDENTIFYING GAPS IN NECESSARY SERVICES AND COORDINATING ACCESS TO
 OR ARRANGING SERVICES FOR PATIENTS SUCH AS HOME  CARE,  COMMUNITY  BASED
 SERVICES,  HOUSING,  EMPLOYMENT,  TRANSPORTATION, CHILD CARE, VOCATIONAL
 TRAINING, OR HEALTH CARE;
   (10)  OFFERING  EDUCATION  PROGRAMS  THAT  PROVIDE  INFORMATION  ABOUT
 DISEASE  IDENTIFICATION  AND RECOMMENDED TREATMENTS THAT MAY BE PROVIDED
 BY LICENSED PROFESSIONALS;
   (11) REPORTING OBSERVATIONS ABOUT BEHAVIOR, ACTION, AND  RESPONSES  TO
 TREATMENT AS PART OF A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM;
   (12)  USING  DE-ESCALATION  TECHNIQUES  TO  RESPOND  APPROPRIATELY  TO
 DANGEROUS OR THREATENING BEHAVIORS  AND  INTERVENING  AS  AUTHORIZED  TO
 ENSURE THE IMMEDIATE SAFETY OF THE PATIENT AND OTHERS; AND
   (13)  ADVOCATING WITH EDUCATIONAL, JUDICIAL OR OTHER SYSTEMS TO ENSURE
 PROTECTION  OF  THE  INDIVIDUAL'S  RIGHTS  AND  ACCESS  TO   APPROPRIATE
 SERVICES.
   (D)  Provided,  further,  that  nothing  in  this subdivision shall be
 construed as requiring a license for any particular activity or function
 based solely on the fact that the activity or function is not listed  in
 this subdivision.
   12. ANY PERSON WHO IS EMPLOYED PRIOR TO JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGH-
 TEEN IN A PROGRAM OR SERVICE OPERATED, REGULATED, FUNDED, OR APPROVED BY

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 THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  MENTAL HYGIENE OR THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
 SERVICES, OR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN  SECTION
 41.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW OR A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT AS DEFINED
 IN SECTION SIXTY-ONE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW FROM PERFORMING SERVICES
 WITHIN  THE PRACTICE OF PSYCHOLOGY, AS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED
 THAT SUCH PERSON MAINTAINS SUCH EMPLOYMENT WITH SUCH ENTITY  WITHIN  THE
 CONTEXT  OF SUCH EMPLOYMENT. ANY PERSON WHO COMMENCES EMPLOYMENT IN SUCH
 PROGRAM OR SERVICE AFTER JULY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN  SHALL  BE
 APPROPRIATELY LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 7701 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter 230 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Practice of licensed master social work.
   (a) The practice of licensed master social work shall mean the profes-
 sional application of social work theory, principles, and the methods to
 prevent,  assess,  evaluate,  formulate  and  implement a plan of action
 based on client needs and strengths, and intervene  to  address  mental,
 social,  emotional,  behavioral, developmental, and addictive disorders,
 conditions and disabilities, and of the psychosocial aspects of  illness
 and injury experienced by individuals, couples, families, groups, commu-
 nities, organizations, and society.
   (b)  Licensed  master  social  workers engage in the administration of
 tests and measures of psychosocial functioning,  social  work  advocacy,
 case  management, counseling, consultation, research, administration and
 management, and teaching.
   (c) COUNSELING IN THE PRACTICE OF LICENSED MASTER SOCIAL WORK  IS  THE
 APPLICATION  OF  SOCIAL  WORK  THEORIES,  PRINCIPLES AND METHODS USED TO
 ASSIST INDIVIDUALS IN LEARNING HOW TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND MAKE  DECISIONS
 ABOUT  PERSONAL,  HEALTH,  SOCIAL,  EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL, FINANCIAL AND
 OTHER INTERPERSONAL CONCERNS.
   (D) Licensed master social workers provide [all forms of]  ADMINISTRA-
 TIVE  supervision  [other  than]  BUT NOT supervision of the practice of
 licensed clinical social work as defined  in  subdivision  two  of  this
 section.
   [(d)]  (E)  Licensed  master social workers practice licensed clinical
 social work in facility settings or other supervised  settings  approved
 by  the  department under supervision in accordance with the commission-
 er's regulations.
   § 3. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of section 7702 of  the  education
 law,  as  amended by chapter 230 of the laws of 2004, is amended and two
 new paragraphs (m) and (n) are added to read as follows:
   (f) [Assist] GENERAL ADVICE AND GUIDANCE, AND ASSISTING individuals or
 groups with difficult day to day problems such  as  finding  employment,
 locating  sources of assistance, and organizing community groups to work
 on a specific problem.
   (M) PROVIDE PEER SERVICES.
   (N) COLLECT BASIC INFORMATION,  GATHERING  OF  DEMOGRAPHIC  DATA,  AND
 INFORMAL OBSERVATIONS, SCREENING AND REFERRAL USED FOR GENERAL ELIGIBIL-
 ITY FOR A PROGRAM OR SERVICE AND DETERMINING THE FUNCTIONAL STATUS OF AN
 INDIVIDUAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE NEED FOR SERVICES.
   §  4.  Subdivision 7 of section 7706 of the education law, as added by
 section 5 of part AA of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended and a
 new subdivision 8 is added to read as follows:
   7. (A) Prevent a person without a license from: performing assessments
 such as basic information collection, gathering of demographic data, and
 informal observations, screening and referral used for general eligibil-
 ity for a program or service and determining the functional status of an

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 individual for the purpose of determining need for  services  [unrelated
 to a behavioral health diagnosis or treatment plan. Such licensure shall
 not be required to create, develop or implement a service plan unrelated
 to  a  behavioral health diagnosis or treatment plan]; ADVISING INDIVID-
 UALS REGARDING THE APPROPRIATENESS OF BENEFITS THEY  ARE  ELIGIBLE  FOR;
 PROVIDING  GENERAL  ADVICE  AND  GUIDANCE  AND  ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS OR
 GROUPS WITH DIFFICULT DAY TO DAY PROBLEMS SUCH  AS  FINDING  EMPLOYMENT,
 LOCATING  SOURCES OF ASSISTANCE, AND ORGANIZING COMMUNITY GROUPS TO WORK
 ON A SPECIFIC PROBLEM; PROVIDING PEER SERVICES; OR TO SELECT  FOR  SUIT-
 ABILITY AND PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT SERVICES OR GROUP RE-ENTRY
 SERVICES TO INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IN STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
   (B)  PREVENT  A  PERSON WITHOUT A LICENSE FROM CREATING, DEVELOPING OR
 IMPLEMENTING A SERVICE PLAN OR RECOVERY PLAN THAT IS  NOT  A  BEHAVIORAL
 HEALTH DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT PLAN. Such service OR RECOVERY plans shall
 include, but are not limited to, COORDINATING, EVALUATING OR DETERMINING
 THE  NEED  FOR, OR THE PROVISION OF THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: job training
 and employability[,]; housing[,]; HOMELESS  SERVICES  AND  SHELTERS  FOR
 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES; REFUGEE SERVICES; RESIDENTIAL, DAY OR
 COMMUNITY  HABILITATION  SERVICES; general public assistance[,]; in home
 services and supports or home-delivered meals[, investigations conducted
 or assessments made by]; RECOVERY SUPPORTS; adult  or  child  protective
 services  INCLUDING INVESTIGATIONS; DETENTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION FIVE
 HUNDRED TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW; PREVENTION  AND  RESIDENTIAL  SERVICES
 FOR  VICTIMS  OF  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE;  SERVICES FOR RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS
 YOUTH; FOSTER CARE, ADOPTION, PREVENTIVE SERVICES OR SERVICES IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH AN APPROVED PLAN PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF  THE
 SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW,  INCLUDING,  adoption AND FOSTER home studies and
 assessments, family service plans, transition  plans  [and],  permanency
 planning  activities, AND CASE PLANNING OR CASE MANAGEMENT AS SUCH TERMS
 ARE DEFINED IN PART FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT OF TITLE EIGHTEEN  OF  THE
 NEW  YORK CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS; RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION; HOME
 AND  COMMUNITY  BASED  SERVICES;  AND  de-escalation  techniques,   peer
 services  or  skill development. [A license under this article shall not
 be required for persons to participate]
   (C)(I) PREVENT A PERSON WITHOUT A  LICENSE  FROM  PARTICIPATING  as  a
 member  of a multi-disciplinary team to [implement] ASSIST IN THE DEVEL-
 OPMENT OF OR IMPLEMENTATION OF a behavioral health services or treatment
 plan; provided [however,] that such  team  shall  include  one  or  more
 professionals  licensed under this article or articles one hundred thir-
 ty-one, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE, one hundred fifty-three or one  hundred
 sixty-three  of this chapter WHO MUST APPROVE AND OVERSEE IMPLEMENTATION
 OF SUCH TREATMENT PLAN AND WHO MUST DIRECTLY OBSERVE EACH PATIENT EITHER
 IN PERSON OR BY ELECTRONIC MEANS, PRIOR TO THE RENDERING OF A DIAGNOSIS;
 and provided, further, that the activities performed by members  of  the
 team shall be consistent with the scope of practice for each team member
 licensed  or  authorized under title VIII of this chapter, and those who
 are not so authorized may not engage in the following  restricted  prac-
 tices:    the  diagnosis of mental, emotional, behavioral, addictive and
 developmental disorders and disabilities; patient assessment and  evalu-
 ating;  the  provision  of psychotherapeutic treatment; the provision of
 treatment other than psychotherapeutic treatment; [and/or] OR the devel-
 opment and implementation of assessment-based treatment plans as defined
 in section seventy-seven hundred one of this article.
   (II) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION "ASSIST" SHALL  INCLUDE  THE
 PROVISION OF SERVICES THAT DO NOT REQUIRE ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION, INTER-
 PRETATION OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT. SUCH SERVICES MAY INCLUDE:

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   (1) HELPING A PATIENT WITH THE COMPLETION OF FORMS OR QUESTIONNAIRES;
   (2)  REVIEWING EXISTING CASE RECORDS AND COLLECTING GENERAL BACKGROUND
 INFORMATION ABOUT A PATIENT WHICH MAY BE USED BY  THE  LICENSED  PROFES-
 SIONAL OR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE SERVICES;
   (3)  GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT PREVIOUS MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS,
 HOSPITALIZATIONS, EMERGENCY INTERVENTIONS AND OTHER FORMS  OF  TREATMENT
 FOR REVIEW BY THE LICENSED PROFESSIONAL;
   (4) DISCUSSING WITH THE PATIENT HIS OR HER SITUATION, NEEDS, CONCERNS,
 AND  THOUGHTS  IN  ORDER  TO  HELP  IDENTIFY  SERVICES  THAT SUPPORT THE
 PATIENT'S GOALS, INDEPENDENCE, AND QUALITY OF LIFE;
   (5) PROVIDING ADVICE, INFORMATION,  AND  ASSISTANCE  TO  PATIENTS  AND
 FAMILY MEMBERS TO IDENTIFY NEEDS AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNI-
 TY TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PATIENT OR FAMILY MEMBER;
   (6)  ENGAGING  IN IMMEDIATE AND LONG TERM PROBLEM SOLVING, ENGAGING IN
 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL SKILLS, OR GIVING PRACTICAL HELP IN AREAS SUCH
 AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  HOUSING,  EMPLOYMENT,  CHILD  CARE,  PARENTING,
 COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES, AND FINANCES;
   (7)  DISTRIBUTING  PAPER  COPIES  OF  SELF-ADMINISTERED  TESTS FOR THE
 PATIENT TO COMPLETE WHEN SUCH TESTS DO NOT REQUIRE THE  OBSERVATION  AND
 JUDGMENT OF A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL;
   (8)  MONITORING  TREATMENT  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH THE TREATMENT PLAN AND
 PROVIDING VERBAL OR WRITTEN REPORTS TO THE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM;
   (9) IDENTIFYING GAPS IN NECESSARY SERVICES AND COORDINATING ACCESS  TO
 OR  ARRANGING  SERVICES  FOR PATIENTS SUCH AS HOME CARE, COMMUNITY BASED
 SERVICES, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, TRANSPORTATION,  CHILD  CARE,  VOCATIONAL
 TRAINING, OR HEALTH CARE;
   (10)  OFFERING  EDUCATION  PROGRAMS  THAT  PROVIDE  INFORMATION  ABOUT
 DISEASE IDENTIFICATION AND RECOMMENDED TREATMENTS THAT MAY  BE  PROVIDED
 BY LICENSED PROFESSIONALS;
   (11)  REPORTING  OBSERVATIONS ABOUT BEHAVIOR, ACTION, AND RESPONSES TO
 TREATMENT AS PART OF A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM;
   (12)  USING  DE-ESCALATION  TECHNIQUES  TO  RESPOND  APPROPRIATELY  TO
 DANGEROUS  OR  THREATENING  BEHAVIORS  AND  INTERVENING AS AUTHORIZED TO
 ENSURE THE IMMEDIATE SAFETY OF THE PATIENT AND OTHERS; AND
   (13) ADVOCATING WITH EDUCATIONAL, JUDICIAL OR OTHER SYSTEMS TO  ENSURE
 PROTECTION   OF  THE  INDIVIDUAL'S  RIGHTS  AND  ACCESS  TO  APPROPRIATE
 SERVICES.
   (D) Provided, further, that  nothing  in  this  subdivision  shall  be
 construed as requiring a license for any particular activity or function
 based  solely on the fact that the activity or function is not listed in
 this subdivision.
   8. ANY PERSON WHO IS EMPLOYED PRIOR TO JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  EIGH-
 TEEN IN A PROGRAM OR SERVICE OPERATED, REGULATED, FUNDED, OR APPROVED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  MENTAL  HYGIENE,  THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
 SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY  SUPERVISION,  THE
 OFFICE  OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE, THE STATE OFFICE FOR THE
 AGING AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT  UNIT  AS  THAT
 TERM  IS  DEFINED IN SECTION 41.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW OR A SOCIAL
 SERVICES DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN SECTION SIXTY-ONE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES
 LAW FROM PERFORMING SERVICES WITHIN  THE  PRACTICE  OF  LICENSED  MASTER
 SOCIAL  WORK AND LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK, AS DEFINED IN THIS ARTI-
 CLE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON MAINTAINS SUCH EMPLOYMENT WITH SUCH ENTI-
 TY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF  SUCH  EMPLOYMENT.  ANY  PERSON  WHO  COMMENCES
 EMPLOYMENT  IN  SUCH  PROGRAM  OR SERVICE AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 EIGHTEEN SHALL BE APPROPRIATELY LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.

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   § 5. Subdivision 8 of section 8410 of the education law, as  added  by
 section 6 of part AA of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended and a
 new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
   8. (A) Prevent a person without a license from: performing assessments
 such as basic information collection, gathering of demographic data, and
 informal observations, screening and referral used for general eligibil-
 ity for a program or service and determining the functional status of an
 individual  for  the purpose of determining need for services [unrelated
 to a behavioral health diagnosis or  treatment  plan.    Such  licensure
 shall  not  be  required  to create, develop or implement a service plan
 unrelated to a behavioral health diagnosis or treatment plan];  ADVISING
 INDIVIDUALS  REGARDING THE APPROPRIATENESS OF BENEFITS THEY ARE ELIGIBLE
 FOR; PROVIDING GENERAL ADVICE AND GUIDANCE AND ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS  OR
 GROUPS  WITH  DIFFICULT  DAY TO DAY PROBLEMS SUCH AS FINDING EMPLOYMENT,
 LOCATING SOURCES OF ASSISTANCE, AND ORGANIZING COMMUNITY GROUPS TO  WORK
 ON  A  SPECIFIC PROBLEM; PROVIDING PEER SERVICES; OR TO SELECT FOR SUIT-
 ABILITY AND PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT SERVICES OR GROUP RE-ENTRY
 SERVICES TO INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IN STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
   (B) PREVENT A PERSON WITHOUT A LICENSE FROM  CREATING,  DEVELOPING  OR
 IMPLEMENTING  A  SERVICE  PLAN OR RECOVERY PLAN THAT IS NOT A BEHAVIORAL
 HEALTH DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT PLAN. Such service OR RECOVERY plans shall
 include, but are not limited to, COORDINATING, EVALUATING OR DETERMINING
 THE NEED FOR, OR THE PROVISION OF THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:  job  training
 and  employability[,];  housing[,];  HOMELESS  SERVICES AND SHELTERS FOR
 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES; REFUGEE SERVICES; RESIDENTIAL, DAY OR
 COMMUNITY HABILITATION SERVICES; general public assistance[,];  in  home
 services and supports or home-delivered meals[, investigations conducted
 or  assessments  made  by]; RECOVERY SUPPORTS; adult or child protective
 services INCLUDING INVESTIGATIONS; DETENTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION  FIVE
 HUNDRED  TWO  OF  THE EXECUTIVE LAW; PREVENTION AND RESIDENTIAL SERVICES
 FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE;  SERVICES  FOR  RUNAWAY  AND  HOMELESS
 YOUTH; FOSTER CARE, ADOPTION, PREVENTIVE SERVICES OR SERVICES IN ACCORD-
 ANCE  WITH AN APPROVED PLAN PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF THE
 SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, INCLUDING, adoption AND  FOSTER  home  studies  and
 assessments,  family  service  plans, transition plans [and], permanency
 planning activities, AND CASE PLANNING OR CASE MANAGEMENT AS SUCH  TERMS
 ARE  DEFINED  IN PART FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT OF TITLE EIGHTEEN OF THE
 NEW YORK CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS; RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION;  HOME
 AND   COMMUNITY  BASED  SERVICES;  AND  de-escalation  techniques,  peer
 services or skill development. [A license under this article  shall  not
 be required for persons to participate]
   (C)(I)  PREVENT  A  PERSON  WITHOUT  A LICENSE FROM PARTICIPATING as a
 member of a multi-disciplinary team to [implement] ASSIST IN THE  DEVEL-
 OPMENT OF OR IMPLEMENTATION OF a behavioral health services or treatment
 plan;  provided  [however,]  that  such  team  shall include one or more
 professionals licensed under this article or articles one hundred  thir-
 ty-one,  ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE, one hundred fifty-three or one hundred
 fifty-four of this chapter WHO MUST APPROVE AND  OVERSEE  IMPLEMENTATION
 OF SUCH TREATMENT PLAN AND WHO MUST DIRECTLY OBSERVE EACH PATIENT EITHER
 IN PERSON OR BY ELECTRONIC MEANS, PRIOR TO THE RENDERING OF A DIAGNOSIS;
 and  provided,  further, that the activities performed by members of the
 team shall be consistent with the scope of practice for each team member
 licensed or authorized under title VIII of this chapter, and  those  who
 are  not  so authorized may not engage in the following restricted prac-
 tices: the diagnosis of mental,  emotional,  behavioral,  addictive  and
 developmental  disorders and disabilities; patient assessment and evalu-

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 ating; the provision of psychotherapeutic treatment;  the  provision  of
 treatment other than psychotherapeutic treatment; [and/or] OR the devel-
 opment and implementation of assessment-based treatment plans as defined
 in section seventy-seven hundred one of this chapter.
   (II)  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION "ASSIST" SHALL INCLUDE THE
 PROVISION OF SERVICES THAT DO NOT REQUIRE ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION, INTER-
 PRETATION OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT. SUCH SERVICES MAY INCLUDE:
   (1) HELPING A PATIENT WITH THE COMPLETION OF FORMS OR QUESTIONNAIRES;
   (2) REVIEWING EXISTING CASE RECORDS AND COLLECTING GENERAL  BACKGROUND
 INFORMATION  ABOUT  A  PATIENT WHICH MAY BE USED BY THE LICENSED PROFES-
 SIONAL OR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE SERVICES;
   (3) GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT PREVIOUS MENTAL HEALTH  INTERVENTIONS,
 HOSPITALIZATIONS,  EMERGENCY  INTERVENTIONS AND OTHER FORMS OF TREATMENT
 FOR REVIEW BY THE LICENSED PROFESSIONAL;
   (4) DISCUSSING WITH THE PATIENT HIS OR HER SITUATION, NEEDS, CONCERNS,
 AND THOUGHTS IN  ORDER  TO  HELP  IDENTIFY  SERVICES  THAT  SUPPORT  THE
 PATIENT'S GOALS, INDEPENDENCE, AND QUALITY OF LIFE;
   (5)  PROVIDING  ADVICE,  INFORMATION,  AND  ASSISTANCE TO PATIENTS AND
 FAMILY MEMBERS TO IDENTIFY NEEDS AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNI-
 TY TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PATIENT OR FAMILY MEMBER;
   (6) ENGAGING IN IMMEDIATE AND LONG TERM PROBLEM SOLVING,  ENGAGING  IN
 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL SKILLS, OR GIVING PRACTICAL HELP IN AREAS SUCH
 AS,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, CHILD CARE, PARENTING,
 COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES, AND FINANCES;
   (7) DISTRIBUTING PAPER  COPIES  OF  SELF-ADMINISTERED  TESTS  FOR  THE
 PATIENT  TO  COMPLETE WHEN SUCH TESTS DO NOT REQUIRE THE OBSERVATION AND
 JUDGMENT OF A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL;
   (8) MONITORING TREATMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THE  TREATMENT  PLAN  AND
 PROVIDING VERBAL OR WRITTEN REPORTS TO THE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM;
   (9)  IDENTIFYING GAPS IN NECESSARY SERVICES AND COORDINATING ACCESS TO
 OR ARRANGING SERVICES FOR PATIENTS SUCH AS HOME  CARE,  COMMUNITY  BASED
 SERVICES,  HOUSING,  EMPLOYMENT,  TRANSPORTATION, CHILD CARE, VOCATIONAL
 TRAINING, OR HEALTH CARE;
   (10)  OFFERING  EDUCATION  PROGRAMS  THAT  PROVIDE  INFORMATION  ABOUT
 DISEASE  IDENTIFICATION  AND RECOMMENDED TREATMENTS THAT MAY BE PROVIDED
 BY LICENSED PROFESSIONALS;
   (11) REPORTING OBSERVATIONS ABOUT BEHAVIOR, ACTION, AND  RESPONSES  TO
 TREATMENT AS PART OF A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM;
   (12)  USING  DE-ESCALATION  TECHNIQUES  TO  RESPOND  APPROPRIATELY  TO
 DANGEROUS OR THREATENING BEHAVIORS  AND  INTERVENING  AS  AUTHORIZED  TO
 ENSURE THE IMMEDIATE SAFETY OF THE PATIENT AND OTHERS; AND
   (13)  ADVOCATING WITH EDUCATIONAL, JUDICIAL OR OTHER SYSTEMS TO ENSURE
 PROTECTION  OF  THE  INDIVIDUAL'S  RIGHTS  AND  ACCESS  TO   APPROPRIATE
 SERVICES.
   (D)  Provided,  further,  that  nothing  in  this subdivision shall be
 construed as requiring a license for any particular activity or function
 based solely on the fact that the activity or function is not listed  in
 this subdivision.
   9.  ANY PERSON WHO IS EMPLOYED PRIOR TO JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGH-
 TEEN IN A PROGRAM OR SERVICE OPERATED, REGULATED, FUNDED, OR APPROVED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE, THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY
 SERVICES,  THE  DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, THE
 OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE, THE STATE OFFICE FOR  THE
 AGING  AND  THE  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT AS THAT
 TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 41.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW OR  A  SOCIAL
 SERVICES DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN SECTION SIXTY-ONE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES

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 LAW  FROM PERFORMING SERVICES WITHIN THE PRACTICE OF MENTAL HEALTH COUN-
 SELING, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY, CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY, AND  PSYCHO-
 ANALYSIS,  AS  DEFINED  IN THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON MAIN-
 TAINS  SUCH  EMPLOYMENT  WITH  SUCH  ENTITY  WITHIN  THE CONTEXT OF SUCH
 EMPLOYMENT.   ANY PERSON WHO COMMENCES EMPLOYMENT  IN  SUCH  PROGRAM  OR
 SERVICE  AFTER  JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SHALL BE APPROPRIATELY
 LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   § 6.  The state education department shall periodically develop formal
 guidance to identify the tasks  and  functions  restricted  to  licensed
 personnel under articles 153, 154 and 163 of the education law.
   §  7. Mental health professions taskforce. 1. Purpose. A mental health
 professions taskforce is  hereby  created  within  the  state  education
 department  in  conjunction with representatives of the office of mental
 health, the office of alcoholism and  substance  abuse,  the  office  of
 aging,  the office of people with developmental disabilities, the office
 of children and family  services,  the  department  of  corrections  and
 community  service,  the  department of health, representatives from the
 professional  associations  representing  mental  health   practitioners
 licensed  under  articles 154 and 163 of the education law and community
 mental health providers for the purpose  of  identifying  and  providing
 guidance  to  the  governor  related  to  the provision of mental health
 services and where workforce investments are required. The mental health
 professions taskforce shall deliberate and engage the mental health care
 industry stakeholders for the  purpose  of  conducting  a  comprehensive
 review  of  and  making  recommendations  to  address  matters  that may
 include, but are not limited to: identification of licensed  professions
 shortage  areas,  identification  of  barriers  to hiring licensees, the
 identification of need for resources to fortify the states mental health
 workforce.
   2. Composition of the  taskforce.  This  taskforce  shall  consist  of
 seventeen members, as follows:
   (a)  two representatives from the state education department, of which
 shall be the board secretaries for the article 154 and  article  163  of
 the education law professions or their designees;
   (b) one representative from the office of mental health;
   (c)  one  representative  from  the office of alcoholism and substance
 abuse;
   (d) one representative from the office of aging;
   (e) one representative from the office of  people  with  developmental
 disabilities;
   (f)  one  representative  from  the  office  of  children  and  family
 services;
   (g) one representative from the department of corrections and communi-
 ty service;
   (h) one representative from the department of health;
   (i) four representatives from the professional associations represent-
 ing mental health practitioners licensed under articles 154 and  163  of
 the education law; and
   (j) four representatives from the community mental health providers.
   3.  Manner  of  appointment. The governor shall appoint each represen-
 tative from the office of mental health, the office  of  alcoholism  and
 substance abuse, the office of aging, the office of people with develop-
 mental  disabilities,  the  office  of children and family services, the
 department of corrections and community supervision, and the  department
 of  health.    The  temporary  president of the senate shall appoint two
 representatives from the professional associations  representing  mental

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 health  practitioners  licensed under articles 154 and 163 of the educa-
 tion law, and two  representatives  from  the  community  mental  health
 providers.  The speaker of the assembly shall apoint two representatives
 from  the  professional  associations representing mental health practi-
 tioners licensed under articles 154 and  163,  and  two  representatives
 from  the  community  mental health providers.   The chair of the senate
 higher education shall appoint one representative from the state  educa-
 tion  department.  The  chair of the assembly higher education committee
 shall appoint one representative from the state education department.
   4. Co-chairs. The members of the taskforce shall select co-chairs from
 among the members. A majority of the  members  of  the  taskforce  shall
 constitute  a  quorum,  and  all recommendations, including those in the
 final report issued by the taskforce, shall  require  approval  of  two-
 thirds of the total members of the taskforce.
   5.  Meeting. The taskforce shall meet no less than once a month either
 in person or through electronic means.
   6. Report. The taskforce shall issue a report to the governor,  legis-
 lature, the chair of the senate higher education committee and the chair
 of  the  assembly  higher education committee, by no later than eighteen
 months after the final appointment is made to the taskforce.
   7. Expenses. Members of the taskforce shall  receive  no  compensation
 for  their  services,  but  shall  be allowed their actual and necessary
 expenses incurred in the performance of their functions  hereunder.  All
 members of the taskforce shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and
 vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments.
   8.  Cooperation.  Every agency, department, office, division of public
 authority of this state shall cooperate with the taskforce  and  furnish
 such  information  and assistance as the taskforce determines is reason-
 ably necessary to accomplish its purpose.
   § 8. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART Z

   Section 1. Subparagraph (vii) of paragraph (e)  of  subdivision  3  of
 section  364-j  of  the social services law, as amended by section 38 of
 part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (vii) a  person  with  a  developmental  or  physical  disability  who
 receives  home  and  community-based  services  or care-at-home services
 through A DEMONSTRATION WAIVER UNDER SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED  FIFTEEN  OF
 THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, existing waivers under section nineteen
 hundred fifteen (c) of the federal social security act, or who has char-
 acteristics and needs similar to such persons;
   § 2. Clause (x) of subparagraph 1 of paragraph (e) of subdivision 5 of
 section 366 of the social services law, as added by section 26-a of part
 C of chapter 109 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
   (x)  "nursing facility services" means nursing care and health related
 services provided in a nursing facility; a level of care provided  in  a
 hospital  which is equivalent to the care which is provided in a nursing
 facility; and care, services or supplies provided pursuant to  a  waiver
 granted pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1915 of the federal social
 security act OR SUCCESSOR FEDERAL WAIVER.
   § 3. Section 366 of the social services law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 7-c to read as follows:
   7-C.  THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER
 OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IS AUTHORIZED TO  SUBMIT  THE  APPROPRIATE
 WAIVERS,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO, THOSE AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO

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 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL  SECURITY  ACT,  IN
 ORDER  TO  ACHIEVE  THE PURPOSES OF HIGH-QUALITY AND INTEGRATED CARE AND
 SERVICES FOR A POPULATION OF PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AS
 SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
   §  4.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 2 of section 366-c of the social
 services law, as amended by section 68 of part A of chapter  56  of  the
 laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  For  purposes  of this section an "institutionalized spouse" is a
 person (i) who is in a  medical  institution  or  nursing  facility  and
 expected  to  remain in such facility or institution for at least thirty
 consecutive days; or (ii) who is receiving care, services  and  supplies
 pursuant  to  a  waiver  pursuant  to subsection (c) of section nineteen
 hundred fifteen of the federal social security act, OR SUCCESSOR TO SUCH
 WAIVER, or is receiving care, services and supplies in a  managed  long-
 term  care plan pursuant to section eleven hundred fifteen of the social
 security act; and (iii) who is married to a  person  who  is  not  in  a
 medical  institution  or  nursing  facility  or  is not receiving waiver
 services described in subparagraph (ii)  of  this  paragraph;  provided,
 however,  that  medical  assistance  shall be furnished pursuant to this
 paragraph only if, for so long as, and to the extent that federal finan-
 cial participation is available therefor.   The commissioner  of  health
 shall  make  any amendments to the state plan for medical assistance, or
 apply for any waiver or approval under the federal social  security  act
 that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this paragraph.
   §  5.  The  closing paragraph of subdivision 4 of section 366-c of the
 social services law, as amended by section 42 of part D of chapter 58 of
 the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
 provided, however, that, to the extent  required  by  federal  law,  the
 terms  of  this subdivision shall not apply to persons who are receiving
 care, services and supplies pursuant  to  the  following  waivers  under
 section 1915(c) of the federal social security act: the nursing facility
 transition and diversion waiver authorized pursuant to subdivision six-a
 of  section  three  hundred sixty-six of this title; the traumatic brain
 injury waiver authorized pursuant to section twenty-seven hundred  forty
 of  the public health law, the long term home health care program waiver
 authorized pursuant to  section  three  hundred  sixty-seven-c  of  this
 title, and the home and community based services waiver for persons with
 developmental disabilities, OR SUCCESSOR TO SUCH WAIVER, administered by
 the  office  [of  mental  retardation and] FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental
 disabilities pursuant to an agreement with the federal centers for medi-
 care and Medicaid services.
   § 6. Paragraph 4 of subdivision (a) of section  16.03  of  the  mental
 hygiene  law, as added by section 6 of part MM of chapter 58 of the laws
 of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (4) The provision of home and community based services approved  under
 a  waiver  program authorized pursuant to SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN
 OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OR subdivision (c) of  section  nine-
 teen hundred fifteen of the federal social security act and subdivisions
 seven  and  seven-a  of  section  three  hundred sixty-six of the social
 services law, provided that an operating certificate issued pursuant  to
 this  paragraph  shall  only  authorize  services in a home or community
 setting.
   § 7. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) of section  16.11  of  the  mental
 hygiene law, as added by section 10 of part MM of chapter 58 of the laws
 of 2015, is amended to read as follows:

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   (2)  The review of providers of services, as defined in paragraph four
 of subdivision (a) of section 16.03 of this article, shall  ensure  that
 the  provider  of  services  complies  with  all the requirements of the
 applicable federal home and community based services waiver program,  OR
 OTHER  SUCCESSOR  MEDICAID  WAIVER PROGRAM, and applicable federal regu-
 lation, subdivisions seven and seven-a of section three  hundred  sixty-
 six  of the social services law and rules and regulations adopted by the
 commissioner.
   § 8. Subdivision (b) of section 80.03 of the mental  hygiene  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  37  of  the  laws  of  2011, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (b) "A patient in need of surrogate decision-making" means  a  patient
 as  defined  in subdivision twenty-three of section 1.03 of this chapter
 who is: a resident of a mental hygiene facility including a resident  of
 housing  programs funded by an office of the department or whose federal
 funding application was approved by an office of the department  or  for
 whom  such  facility  maintains  legal  admission  status  therefor; or,
 receiving home and community-based  services  for  persons  with  mental
 disabilities  provided  pursuant  to section 1915 OR 1115 of the federal
 social security act; or receiving individualized support  services;  or,
 case management or service coordination funded, approved, or provided by
 the  office  for  people  with developmental disabilities; and, for whom
 major medical treatment is proposed, and who is determined by the surro-
 gate decision-making committee to lack the  ability  to  consent  to  or
 refuse  such  treatment,  but  shall  not include minors with parents or
 persons with legal guardians, committees or conservators who are legally
 authorized, available and willing to make such  health  care  decisions.
 Once a person is eligible for surrogate decision-making, such person may
 continue  to  receive  surrogate  decision-making  as authorized by this
 section regardless of a change in residential status.
   § 9. Subdivision 1-a of section 84 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2013, amending the social services law and  other  laws  relating  to
 enacting  the major components of legislation necessary to implement the
 health and mental hygiene budget for the 2013-2014 state fiscal year, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1-a. sections seventy-three  through  eighty-a  shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed September 30, [2019] 2020;
   §  10.  Paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 8 of section 4403 of the public
 health law, as amended by chapter 474 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (a-1) If the commissioner and  the  commissioner  of  the  office  for
 people  with developmental disabilities determine that such organization
 lacks the experience required in paragraph (a) of this subdivision,  the
 organization  shall  have  an  affiliation arrangement with an entity or
 entities that are CONTROLLED BY non-profit ORGANIZATIONS with experience
 serving persons with  developmental  disabilities,  AS  DEMONSTRATED  BY
 CRITERIA  TO  BE  DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF
 THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, WITH SUCH  CRITE-
 RIA  including,  but  not  limited  to, residential, day, and employment
 services such that  the  affiliated  entity  will  coordinate  and  plan
 services  operated,  certified,  funded,  authorized  or approved by the
 office for people with developmental disabilities or  will  oversee  and
 approve such coordination and planning;
   §  11.  Section  97  of  chapter 659 of the laws of 1997, amending the
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 retirement communities, as amended by section 20 of part D of chapter 57
 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   §  97. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
 the amendments to subdivision 4 of section 854 of the general  municipal
 law  made by section seventy of this act shall not affect the expiration
 of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith and provided
 further that sections sixty-seven and  sixty-eight  of  this  act  shall
 apply  to  taxable  years  beginning  on  or  after  January 1, 1998 and
 provided further that sections eighty-one through eighty-seven  of  this
 act  shall expire and be deemed repealed on December 31, [2019] 2024 and
 provided further, however, that the amendments to section ninety of this
 act shall take effect January 1, 1998 and shall apply to  all  policies,
 contracts,  certificates,  riders or other evidences of coverage of long
 term care insurance issued, renewed, altered  or  modified  pursuant  to
 section 3229 of the insurance law on or after such date.
   §  12.  Paragraph  (a-1)  of  subdivision  12 of section 4403-f of the
 public health law, as amended by chapter 474 of the  laws  of  2015,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a-1)  If  the  commissioner  and  the  commissioner of the office for
 people with developmental disabilities determine that  such  plan  lacks
 the  experience  required in paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the plan
 shall have an affiliation arrangement with an entity  or  entities  that
 are  CONTROLLED  BY  non-profit  ORGANIZATIONS  with  experience serving
 persons with developmental disabilities, AS DEMONSTRATED BY CRITERIA  TO
 BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR
 PEOPLE  WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES, WITH SUCH CRITERIA including,
 but not limited to, residential, day and employment services, such  that
 the affiliated entity will coordinate and plan services operated, certi-
 fied,  funded,  authorized  or  approved  by  the office for people with
 developmental disabilities or will oversee and approve such coordination
 and planning;
   § 13. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 4403-g of  the  public
 health  law,  as added by section 73 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (d) "Health and long term care services"  means  COMPREHENSIVE  HEALTH
 services  AND  OTHER  SERVICES AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND THE
 COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES,
 whether  provided by state-operated programs or not-for-profit entities,
 including, but not limited to, habilitation services, home and  communi-
 ty-based  and  institution-based  long term care services, and ancillary
 services, that shall include medical supplies  and  nutritional  supple-
 ments,  that are necessary to meet the needs of persons whom the plan is
 authorized to enroll[, and may include primary care and  acute  care  if
 the  DISCO is authorized to provide or arrange for such services].  Each
 person enrolled in a DISCO shall  receive  health  and  long  term  care
 services  designed  to  achieve person-centered outcomes, to enable that
 person to live in  the  most  integrated  setting  appropriate  to  that
 person's  needs,  and to enable that person to interact with nondisabled
 persons to the fullest extent possible in social,  workplace  and  other
 community  settings, provided that all such services are consistent with
 such person's wishes to the extent that such wishes  are  known  and  in
 accordance with such person's needs.
   §  14.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 4403-g of the public
 health law, as added by section 73 of part A of chapter 56 of  the  laws
 of 2013, is amended to read as follows:

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   (b)  A  description of the services to be covered by such DISCO, WHICH
 MUST INCLUDE ALL HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE SERVICES, AS DEFINED IN PARA-
 GRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS  SECTION,  AND  OTHER  SERVICES  AS
 DETERMINED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR
 PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES;
   §  15.  Paragraph (j) of subdivision 4 of section 4403-g of the public
 health law, as added by section 73 of part A of chapter 56 of  the  laws
 of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (j)  Readiness and capability [to arrange and manage covered services]
 OF ORGANIZING, MARKETING, MANAGING, PROMOTING AND OPERATING A HEALTH AND
 LONG TERM CARE SERVICES PLAN, OR HAS AN AFFILIATION  AGREEMENT  WITH  AN
 ENTITY THAT HAS SUCH READINESS AND CAPABILITY;
   §  16.  Subdivision  (c)  of  section 62 of chapter 165 of the laws of
 1991, amending the public health law and other laws relating  to  estab-
 lishing  payments  for  medical  assistance, as amended by section 17 of
 part D of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (c) section 364-j of the social services law, as  amended  by  section
 eight  of  this  act  and  subdivision  6 of section 367-a of the social
 services law as added by section twelve of this act shall expire and  be
 deemed  repealed on March 31, [2019] 2024 and provided further, that the
 amendments to the provisions of section 364-j of the social services law
 made by section eight of this act  shall  only  apply  to  managed  care
 programs approved on or after the effective date of this act;
   §  17.  Subdivision (c) of section 13.40 of the mental hygiene law, as
 added by section 72-b of part A of chapter 56 of the laws  of  2013,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c)  No  person  with  a  developmental disability who is receiving or
 applying for medical assistance and who is  receiving,  or  eligible  to
 receive, services operated, funded, certified, authorized or approved by
 the office, shall be required to enroll in a DISCO, HMO or MLTC in order
 to  receive such services until program features and reimbursement rates
 are approved by the commissioner and the  commissioner  of  health,  and
 until  such  commissioners  determine  that a sufficient number of plans
 that are authorized to coordinate care for individuals pursuant to  this
 section  or  that  are  authorized  to operate and to exclusively enroll
 persons with developmental disabilities pursuant to subdivision  twenty-
 seven  of  section three hundred sixty-four-j of the social services law
 are operating in such person's county of residence to meet the needs  of
 persons with developmental disabilities, and that such entities meet the
 standards  of  this  section. No person shall be required to enroll in a
 DISCO, HMO or MLTC in order to receive services operated, funded, certi-
 fied, authorized or approved by the office until there are at least  two
 entities  operating  under this section in such person's county of resi-
 dence, unless federal approval is secured  to  require  enrollment  when
 there are less than two such entities operating in such county. NOTWITH-
 STANDING THE FOREGOING OR ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY HEALTH CARE
 PROVIDER: (I) ENROLLED IN THE MEDICAID PROGRAM AND (II) RENDERING HOSPI-
 TAL  SERVICES,  AS  SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED
 ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, TO  AN  INDIVIDUAL  WITH  A  DEVELOPMENTAL
 DISABILITY  WHO IS ENROLLED IN A DISCO, HMO OR MLTC, OR A PREPAID HEALTH
 SERVICES PLAN OPERATING PURSUANT TO SECTION FORTY-FOUR  HUNDRED  THREE-A
 OF  THE  PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AN INDIVIDUAL
 WHO IS ENROLLED IN A PLAN AUTHORIZED BY  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-
 FOUR-J  OR  THE  SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, SHALL ACCEPT AS FULL REIMBURSEMENT
 THE NEGOTIATED RATE OR, IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS NO  NEGOTIATED  RATE,

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 THE  RATE  OF PAYMENT THAT THE APPLICABLE GOVERNMENT AGENCY WOULD OTHER-
 WISE PAY FOR SUCH RENDERED HOSPITAL SERVICES.
   §  18.  Section  11  of  chapter 710 of the laws of 1988, amending the
 social services law and the education law relating to medical assistance
 eligibility of certain persons and providing for  managed  medical  care
 demonstration  programs, as amended by section 1 of part F of chapter 73
 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   § 11.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately;  except  that  the
 provisions  of sections one, two, three, four, eight and ten of this act
 shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law;
 and except that the provisions of sections five, six and seven  of  this
 act  shall  take effect January 1, 1989; and except that effective imme-
 diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
 effective date; provided, however, that the provisions of section  364-j
 of  the  social  services law, as added by section one of this act shall
 expire and be deemed repealed on and after March 31,  [2019]  2024,  the
 provisions  of  section  364-k  of  the social services law, as added by
 section two of this act, except subdivision 10 of  such  section,  shall
 expire  and  be  deemed  repealed  on and after January 1, 1994, and the
 provisions of subdivision 10 of section 364-k  of  the  social  services
 law,  as  added  by  section two of this act, shall expire and be deemed
 repealed on January 1, 1995.
   § 19. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however,  that
 the  amendments to subparagraph (vii) of paragraph e of subdivision 3 of
 section 364-j of the social services law made by section one of this act
 shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed
 therewith; provided further, however, that the amendments to subdivision
 4 of section 366-c of the social services law made by  section  five  of
 this  act  shall not affect the expiration of such subdivision and shall
 be deemed to expire therewith; provided, further, that the amendments to
 paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 8 of section 4403 of  the  public  health
 law  made by section ten of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
 subdivision and shall be deemed repealed  therewith;  provided  further,
 however,  that  the  amendments  to paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 12 of
 section 4403-f of the public health law made by section twelve  of  this
 act shall not affect the repeal of such subdivision and such section and
 shall  be  deemed  to be repealed therewith; and provided, further, that
 the amendments to section 4403-g  of  the  public  health  law  made  by
 sections thirteen, fourteen and fifteen of this act shall not affect the
 repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART AA
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 3-b and 3-c of section 1 of part C of chapter
 57 of the laws of 2006,  relating  to  establishing  a  cost  of  living
 adjustment for designated human services programs, as amended by section
 1  of  part  Q of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, are amended to read as
 follows:
   3-b. Notwithstanding any  inconsistent  provision  of  law,  beginning
 April  1, 2009 and ending March 31, 2016 and beginning April 1, 2017 and
 ending March 31, [2018] 2019, the commissioners shall not include a COLA
 for the purpose of establishing rates  of  payments,  contracts  or  any
 other  form  of  reimbursement,  provided  that the commissioners of the
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 health,  and the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services shall
 not include a COLA beginning April 1, 2017 and ending March  31,  [2019]
 2023.
   3-c.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of law, beginning
 April 1, [2018] 2019 and ending March 31, [2021] 2022, the commissioners
 shall develop the COLA under this section using the actual U.S. consumer
 price index for all urban consumers  (CPI-U)  published  by  the  United
 States  department  of  labor, bureau of labor statistics for the twelve
 month period ending in July of the  budget  year  prior  to  such  state
 fiscal  year,  for  the  purpose  of  establishing  rates  of  payments,
 contracts or any other form of reimbursement.
   § 1-a. Subdivision 3-e of section 1 of part C of  chapter  57  of  the
 laws  of  2006, relating to establishing a cost of living adjustment for
 designated human services programs, as added by section 2 of part  Q  of
 chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   3-e.  (i)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of subdivision 3-b of this
 section or any other inconsistent provision of law, and subject  to  the
 availability  of  the appropriation therefor, for the programs listed in
 paragraphs (i), (ii), and (iii) of subdivision 4 of  this  section,  the
 commissioners  shall  provide  funding to support (1) an overall average
 three and one-quarter percent (3.25%) increase  to  total  salaries  for
 direct care staff, direct support professionals for each eligible state-
 funded  program  beginning January 1, 2018; [and] (2) an overall average
 three and one-quarter percent (3.25%) increase  to  total  salaries  for
 direct  care staff and direct support professionals, and clinical staff,
 INCLUDING POSITION CODE 351 RELATING TO MEDICAID  SERVICE  COORDINATION,
 for  each  eligible state-funded program beginning April 1, 2018; (3) AN
 OVERALL AVERAGE THREE AND ONE-QUARTER PERCENT (3.25%) INCREASE TO  TOTAL
 SALARIES  FOR  DIRECT  CARE  STAFF AND DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS, AND
 CLINICAL STAFF, INCLUDING POSITION CODE 351 RELATING TO MEDICAID SERVICE
 COORDINATION, FOR EACH ELIGIBLE STATE-FUNDED PROGRAM BEGINNING APRIL  1,
 2019;  (4)  AN  OVERALL  AVERAGE  THREE  AND ONE-QUARTER PERCENT (3.25%)
 INCREASE TO TOTAL SALARIES FOR DIRECT  CARE  STAFF  AND  DIRECT  SUPPORT
 PROFESSIONALS,  AND CLINICAL STAFF, INCLUDING POSITION CODE 351 RELATING
 TO MEDICAID SERVICE COORDINATION, FOR EACH ELIGIBLE STATE-FUNDED PROGRAM
 BEGINNING APRIL 1, 2020; (5) AN OVERALL AVERAGE  THREE  AND  ONE-QUARTER
 PERCENT  (3.25%)  INCREASE  TO  TOTAL SALARIES FOR DIRECT CARE STAFF AND
 DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS, AND  CLINICAL  STAFF,  INCLUDING  POSITION
 CODE  351  RELATING  TO MEDICAID SERVICE COORDINATION, FOR EACH ELIGIBLE
 STATE-FUNDED PROGRAM BEGINNING APRIL 1, 2021; AND (6) AN OVERALL AVERAGE
 THREE AND ONE-QUARTER PERCENT (3.25%) INCREASE  TO  TOTAL  SALARIES  FOR
 DIRECT  CARE STAFF AND DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS, AND CLINICAL STAFF,
 INCLUDING POSITION CODE 351 RELATING TO MEDICAID  SERVICE  COORDINATION,
 FOR EACH ELIGIBLE STATE-FUNDED PROGRAM BEGINNING APRIL 1, 2022.  For the
 purpose of this funding increase, direct support professionals are indi-
 viduals  employed  in consolidated fiscal reporting position title codes
 ranging from 100 to 199; direct care staff are individuals  employed  in
 consolidated  fiscal  reporting position title codes ranging from 200 to
 299; and clinical staff are individuals employed in consolidated  fiscal
 reporting  position  title  codes  ranging from 300 to 399, SPECIFICALLY
 INCLUDING POSITION CODE 351 RELATING TO MEDICAID SERVICE COORDINATION.
   (ii) The funding made available pursuant  to  paragraph  (i)  of  this
 subdivision  shall  be  used:  (1) to help alleviate the recruitment and
 retention challenges of direct care staff, direct support  professionals
 and  clinical  staff  employed  in eligible programs, INCLUDING MEDICAID
 SERVICE COORDINATION; and (2) to  continue  and  to  expand  efforts  to

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 support  the  professionalism  of  the direct care workforce. Each local
 government unit or direct contract provider receiving such funding shall
 have flexibility in allocating such funding to support salary  increases
 to  particular  job  titles to best address the needs of its direct care
 staff, direct support professionals and clinical staff, INCLUDING  MEDI-
 CAID  SERVICE  COORDINATION.    Each  local  government  unit  or direct
 contract provider receiving such funding shall  also  submit  a  written
 certification,  in such form and at such time as each commissioner shall
 prescribe, attesting to how  such  funding  will  be  or  was  used  for
 purposes  eligible under this section. Further, providers shall submit a
 resolution from their governing body to  the  appropriate  commissioner,
 attesting that the funding received will be used solely to support sala-
 ry  and  salary-related  fringe benefit increases for direct care staff,
 direct support professionals  and  clinical  staff,  INCLUDING  MEDICAID
 SERVICE  COORDINATION,  pursuant  to  paragraph (i) of this subdivision.
 Salary increases that take effect on and after April 1, 2017 may be used
 to demonstrate compliance with the  January  1,  2018  funding  increase
 authorized  by  this  section,  except for salary increases necessary to
 comply with state minimum wage requirements. Such commissioners shall be
 authorized to recoup any funds as appropriated herein determined to have
 been used in a manner inconsistent with such standards  or  inconsistent
 with the provisions of this subdivision, and such commissioners shall be
 authorized to employ any legal mechanism to recoup such funds, including
 an  offset  of other funds that are owed to such local governmental unit
 or provider.
   (iii) Where appropriate, transfers to the department of  health  shall
 be made as reimbursement for the state share of medical assistance.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2018; provided,
 however, that the amendments to section 1 of part C of chapter 57 of the
 laws of 2006 made by sections one and one-a of this act shall not affect
 the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART BB
 
   Section 1. Section 3302 of the public health law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 44 to read as follows:
   44. "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ANALOG" MEANS
   (A)  A  CAPSULE, LIQUID, PILL, POWDER, PRODUCT, SPRAY, TABLET OR OTHER
 SUBSTANCE, HOWEVER CONSTITUTED:
   (I) THE CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF WHICH IS DERIVATIVE OF, OR SUBSTANTIALLY
 SIMILAR TO, THE CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; OR
   (II) WHICH HAS A STIMULANT, DEPRESSANT, OR  HALLUCINOGENIC  EFFECT  ON
 THE  CENTRAL  NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO OR GREATER
 THAN THE STIMULANT, DEPRESSANT, OR HALLUCINOGENIC EFFECT ON THE  CENTRAL
 NERVOUS SYSTEM OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; OR
   (III)  WITH  RESPECT TO A PARTICULAR PERSON, WHICH SUCH PERSON REPRES-
 ENTS OR INTENDS TO HAVE THE  STIMULANT,  DEPRESSANT,  OR  HALLUCINOGENIC
 EFFECT ON THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO OR
 GREATER  THAN THE STIMULANT, DEPRESSANT, OR HALLUCINOGENIC EFFECT ON THE
 CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
   (B) "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ANALOG" DOES NOT INCLUDE:
   (I) A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE;
   (II) ANY SUBSTANCE FOR WHICH THERE IS AN APPROVED  NEW  DRUG  APPLICA-
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   (III)  WITH  RESPECT  TO  A  PARTICULAR  PERSON,  ANY SUBSTANCE, IF AN
 EXEMPTION IS IN EFFECT FOR INVESTIGATIONAL USE, FOR THAT  PERSON,  UNDER
 21  USCA  § 355, TO THE EXTENT THE CONDUCT WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBSTANCE
 IS PURSUANT TO SUCH EXEMPTION;
   (IV)  ANY PRODUCT APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINIS-
 TRATION AS A DRUG OR MEDICAL DEVICE, OR APPROVED  FOR  USE  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE; OR
   (V) ANY COMPOUND, MIXTURE, OR PREPARATION THAT CONTAINS ANY CONTROLLED
 SUBSTANCE  OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ANALOG THAT IS NOT FOR ADMINISTRATION
 TO A HUMAN BEING OR ANIMAL, AND THAT IS  PACKAGED  IN  SUCH  A  FORM  OR
 CONCENTRATION,  OR  WITH ADULTERANTS OR DENATURANTS, SO THAT AS PACKAGED
 IT DOES NOT PRESENT ANY SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE.
   (C) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ANALOG TREATED AS A SCHEDULE I  SUBSTANCE.  A
 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ANALOG MUST BE TREATED, FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY NEW
 YORK  STATE STATUTE OR REGULATION, AS A SUBSTANCE INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE I
 OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIX OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. Subdivision (a) of schedule I  of  section  3306  of  the  public
 health  law,  as added by chapter 664 of the laws of 1985, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (a) Schedule I shall consist of the drugs  and  other  substances,  by
 whatever  official  name,  common or usual name, chemical name, or brand
 name designated,  listed  in  this  section,  AND  CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCE
 ANALOGS  AS  DEFINED  BY  SUBDIVISION FORTY-FOUR OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE
 HUNDRED TWO OF THIS TITLE.
   § 3. Subdivision 5 of section 220.00 of the penal law, as  amended  by
 chapter 537 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  "Controlled  substance"  means any substance listed in schedule I,
 II, III, IV or V of section  thirty-three  hundred  six  of  the  public
 health  law other than marihuana, but including concentrated cannabis as
 defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision  four  of  section  thirty-three
 hundred  two  of such law, AND INCLUDING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ANALOGS AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FORTY-FOUR OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED TWO OF
 SUCH LAW.
   § 4. Subdivision (b) of schedule I  of  section  3306  of  the  public
 health  law  is  amended by adding twenty-one new paragraphs 56, 57, 58,
 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74,  75  and
 76 to read as follows:
   (56) 3,4-DICHLORO-N-{(1-DIMETHYLAMINO)     CYCLOHEXYLMETHYL}BENZAMIDE.
 SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: AH-7921.
   (57) N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLACETAMIDE  (ACETYL   FENTA-
 NYL).
   (58) N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLBUTYRAMIDE  (BUTYRYL FENTA-
 NYL).
   (59) N-{1-{2-HYDROXY-2-(THIOPHEN-2-YL)ETHYL}PIPERIDIN-4-YL}-N-PHENYL-
 PROPIONAMIDE (BETA-HYDROXYTHIOFENTANYL).
   (60) N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLFURAN-2-CARBOXAMIDE  (FURA-
 NYL FENTANYL).
   (61) U-47700(3,4-DICHLORO-N-{2-(DIMETHYLAMINIO)CYCLOHEXYL}-N-  METHYL-
 BENZAMIDE).
   (62) N-PHENYL-N-{1-(2-PHENYLETHYL)PIPERIDIN-4-YL}PROP-2-ENAMIDE (ACRYL
 FENTANYL   OR   ACRYLOYLFANTANYL).   SOME   TRADE   OR   OTHER    NAMES:
 N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLACRYLAMIDE;      N-PHENYL-N-{1-(2-
 PHENYLETHYL)-4-PIPERIDINYL}-2-PROPENAMIDE.
   (63) N-(4-FLUOROPHENYL)-N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)ISOBUTYRAMIDE.
 OTHER NAMES: 4-FLUOROISOBUTYRYL FENTANYL,  PARA-FLUOROISOBUTYRYL  FENTA-
 NYL).

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   (64) N-(2-FLUOROPHENYL)-N-(1-PHENELTHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)PROPIONAMIDE(OR-
 THO-FLUOROFENTANYL OR 2-FLUOROFENTANYL).
   (65) N-(1-PHENELTHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLTETRAHYDROFURAN-2-CARBOXA-
 MIDE(TETRAHYDROFURANYL FENTANYL).
   (66) 2-METHOXY-N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLACETAMIDE(METHOX-
 YACETYL FENTANYL).
   (67) N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLCYCLOPROPANECARBOXAMIDE.
 SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: CYCLOPROPYL FENTANYL.
   (68) N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLPENTAMIDE.  SOME  TRADE  OR
 OTHER NAMES: VALERYL FENTANYL.
   (69) N-(4-FLUROPHENYL)-N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)BUTYRAMIDE.   SOME
 TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: PARA-FLUOROBUTYRYL FENTANYL.
   (70) N-(4-METHOXYPHENYL)-N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)BUTYRAMIDE. SOME
 TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: PARA-METHOXYBUTYRYL FENTANYL.
   (71) N-(4-CHLOROPHENYL)-N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)ISOBUTYRAMIDE.
 SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: PARA-CHLORISOBUTYRYL FENTANYL.
   (72) N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLISOBUTYRAMIDE.  SOME  TRADE
 OR OTHER NAMES: ISOBUTYRYL FENTANYL.
   (73) N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLCYCLOPENTANECARBOXAMIDE.
 SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: CYCLOPENTYL FENTANYL.
   (74) N-(2-FLUROPHENYL)-2-METHOXY-N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)ACETAMI-
 DE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: OCFENTANIL.
   (75) 4-CHLORO-N-[1-[2-(4-nitrophenyl)ethyl]-2-PIPERIDINYLIDENE]-BENZEN
 ESULFONAMIDE (W18).
   (76) CARFENTANIL.
   § 5. Subdivision (d) of schedule I  of  section  3306  of  the  public
 health  law  is  amended by adding thirty-six new paragraphs 36, 37, 38,
 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55,  56,
 57,  58,  59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, and 71 to read
 as follows:
   (36) 5-METHOXY-N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE.
   (37) ALPHA-METHYLTRYPTAMINE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: AMT.
   (38) 5-METHOXY-N,N-DIISOPROPYLTRYPTAMINE. SOME TRADE OR  OTHER  NAMES:
 5-MEO-DIPT.
   (39) 5-(1.1-DIMETHYLHEPTYL)-2-{(1R,3S)-3-HYDROXYCYCLOHEXYL}-PHENO1.
 SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: CP-47,497.
   (40) 5-(1,1-DIMETHYLOCTYL)-2-{(1R,3S)-3-HYDROXYCYCLOHEXYL}-PHENOL.
 SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: CANNABICYCLOHEXANOL OR CP-47,497 C8-HOMOLOG.
   (41) 1-PENTYL-3-(1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE.   SOME   TRADE  OF  OTHER  NAMES:
 JWH-018 AND AM678.
   (42) 1-BUTYL-3-(1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE.  SOME  TRADE   OF   OTHER   NAMES:
 JWH-073.
   (43) 1-HEXYL-3-(1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE.   SOME   TRADE   OF  OTHER  NAMES:
 JWH-019.
   (44) 1-{2-(4-MORPHOLINYL)ETHYL}-3-(1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE. SOME  TRADE  OR
 OTHER NAMES: JWH-200.
   (45) 1-PENTYL-3-(2-METHOXYPHENYLACETYL)INDOLE.  SOME  TRADE  OR  OTHER
 NAMES: JWH-250.
   (46) 1-PENTYL-3-{1-(4-METHOXYNAPHTHOYL)}INDOLE. SOME  TRADE  OR  OTHER
 NAMES: JWH-081.
   (47) 1-PENTYL-3-(4-METHYL-1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE.   SOME  TRADE  OR  OTHER
 NAMES: JWH-122.
   (48) 1-PENTYL-3-(4-CHLORO-1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE.  SOME  TRADE  OR   OTHER
 NAMES: JWH-398.
   (49) 1-(5-FLUOROPENTYL)-3-(1-NAPHTHOYL)INDOLE.  SOME  TRADE  OR  OTHER
 NAMES: AM2201.

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   (50) 1-(5-FLUOROPENTYL)-3-(2-IODOBENZOYL)INDOLE. SOME TRADE  OR  OTHER
 NAMES: AM694.
   (51) 1-PENTYL-3-{(4-METHOXY)-BENZOYL}INDOLE.  SOME  TRADE  OR OR OTHER
 NAMES: SR-19 AND RCS-4.
   (52) 1-CYCLOHEXYLETHYL-3-(2-METHOXYPHENYLACETYL)INDOLE. SOME TRADE  OR
 OTHER NAMES: SR-18 AND RCS-8.
   (53) 1-PENTYL-3-(2-CHLOROPHENYLACETYL)  INDOLE.  SOME  TRADE  OR OTHER
 NAMES:  JWH-203.
   (54) (1-PENTYL-1H-INDOL-3-YL)(2,2,3,3-TETRAMETHYLCYCLOPROPYL)   METHA-
 NONE.  SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: UR-144.
   (55) {1-(5-FLUORO-PENTYL)-1H-INDOL-3-YL}(2,2,3,3-TETRAMETHYLCYCLOPROP-
 YL) METHANONE. SOME TRADE NAMES OR OTHER NAMES: 5-FLUORO-UR-144, XLR11.
   (56) N-(1-ADAMANTYL)-1-PENTYL-1H-INDAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDE. SOME TRADE OR
 OTHER NAMES: APINACA, AKB48.
   (57) QUINOLIN-8-YL  1-PENTYL-1H-INDOLE-3-CARBOXYLATE.  SOME  TRADE  OR
 OTHER NAMES: PB-22; QUPIC.
   (58) QUINOLIN-8-YL  1-(5-FLUOROPENTYL)-1H-INDOLE-3-CARBOXYLATE.   SOME
 TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: 5-FLUORO-PB-22; 5F-PB-22.
   (59) N-(1-AMINO-3-METHYL-1-OXOBUTAN-2-YL)-1-(4-FLUOROBENZYL)-1H-INDAZ-
 OLE-3-CARBOXAMIDE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: AB-FUBINACA.
   (60) N-(1-AMINO-3,3-DIMETHYL-1-OXOBUTAN-2-YL)-1-PENTYL-1H-
 INDAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: ADB-PINACA.
   (61) N-(1-AMINO-3-METHYL-1-OXOBUTAN-2-YL)-1-(CYCLOHEXYLMETHYL)-1H-
 INDAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: AB-CHMINACA.
   (62) N-(1-AMINO-3-METHYL-1-OXOBUTAN-2-YL)-1-PENTYL-1H-INDAZOLE- 3-CAR-
 BOXAMIDE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: AB-PINACA.
   (63) {1-(5-FLUOROPENTYL)-1H-INDAZOL-3-YL}(NAPHTHALEN-1-Y1)METHANONE.
 SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: THJ-2201.
   (64) N-(1-AMINO-3,3-DIMETHYL-1-OXOBUTAN-2-Y1)-1-(CYCLOHEXYLMETHYL)-1H-
 INDAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDE.  SOME  TRADE  OR  OTHER  NAMES:    MAB-CHMINACA;
 ADB-CHMINACA.
   (65) METHYL 2-(1-(5-FLUOROPENTYL)-1H-INDAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDO)-3,  3-DI-
 METHYLBUTANOATE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: 5F-ADB; 5F-MDMB-PINACA.
   (66) METHYL 2-(1-(5-FLUOROPENTYL)-1H-INDAZOLE-3- CARBOXAMIDO-3-METHYL-
 BUTANOATE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: 5F-AMB.
   (67) N-(ADAMANTAN-1-YL)-1-(5-FLUOROPENTYL)-1H-INDAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDE.
 SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: 5F-APINACA, 5F-AKB48.
   (68) N-(1-AMINO-3,3-DIMETHYL-1-OXOBUTAN-2-YL)-1-(4-FLUOROBENZYL)-1H-I-
 NDAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDE.  SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: ADB-FUBINACA.
   (69) METHYL 2-(1-CYCLOHEXLMETHYL)-1H-INDOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDO)-3,3-DIMETH-
 YLBUTANOATE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: MDMB-CHMICA, MMB-CHMINACA.
   (70) METHYL 2-(1-(4-FLUOROBENZYL)-1H-INDAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDO)-3,3-DIME-
 THYLBUTANOATE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: MDMB-FUBINACA.
   (71) METHYL-2(1-(4-FLUROBENZYL)-1H-INDAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDO)-3-METHYLBU-
 TANOATE. SOME TRADE OR OTHER NAMES: FUB-AMB, MMB-FUBINACA, AMB-FUBINACA.
   § 6. Intentionally omitted.
   §  6-a.  Paragraph 6 of subdivision (c) of schedule II of section 3306
 of the public health law is REPEALED.
   § 6-b. Paragraph 11 of subdivision (d) of schedule I of  section  3306
 of  the  public health law, as added by chapter 664 of the laws of 1985,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (11) [Ibogane] IBOGAINE Some trade and other names: 7-ethyl-6, 6&,  7,
 8,  9,  10, 12, 13-octahydro-2-methoxy-6, [9-methano-5h-pyrido] 9-METHA-
 NO-5H-PYRIDO {1',2':1,2} azepino {5,4-b} indole: tabernanthe iboga.
   § 6-c. Subdivision (c) of schedule II of section 3306  of  the  public
 health law is amended by adding a new paragraph 29 to read as follows:

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   (29) THIAFENTANIL (4-(METHOXYCARBONYL)-4-(N-PHENMETHOXYACETAMIDO)-1-[2
 -(THIENYL)ETHYL]PIPERIDINE).
   §  6-d.  Subdivision (c) of schedule III of section 3306 of the public
 health law is amended by adding a new paragraph 15 to read as follows:
   (15) XYLAZINE (N-(2,6-DIMETHYLPHENYL)-5,6-DIHYDRO-4H-1,3 THIAZIN-2-AMI-
 NE).
   § 7. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
                                  PART CC
 
                           Intentionally Omitted
 
                                  PART DD
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 6801 of the education law,
 as amended by chapter 46 of the laws of 2015, are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  A  licensed  pharmacist may execute a non-patient specific regimen
 prescribed or ordered by a physician licensed in  this  state  or  nurse
 practitioner  certified in this state, pursuant to rules and regulations
 promulgated by the commissioner. When a licensed pharmacist  administers
 an immunizing agent, he or she shall:
   (a)  report  such administration by electronic transmission or [fasci-
 mile] FACSIMILE to the patient's attending primary health  care  practi-
 tioner  or  practitioners,  if any, and, to the extent practicable, make
 himself or herself available to discuss the outcome  of  such  immuniza-
 tion, including any adverse reactions, with the attending primary health
 care  practitioner,  or  to  the  statewide immunization registry or the
 citywide immunization registry, as established pursuant to section twen-
 ty-one hundred sixty-eight of the public health law; and
   (b) provide information to  the  patient  OR,  WHERE  APPLICABLE,  THE
 PERSON  LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PATIENT, on the importance of having
 a primary health care practitioner, developed  by  the  commissioner  of
 health; and
   (c)  report  such administration, absent of any individually identifi-
 able health information,  to  the  department  of  health  in  a  manner
 required by the commissioner of health[.]; AND
   (d)  prior  to  administering the immunization, inform the patient OR,
 WHERE APPLICABLE, THE PERSON LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PATIENT, of the
 total cost of the immunization or immunizations, subtracting any  health
 insurance  subsidization, if applicable. In the case the immunization is
 not covered, the pharmacist must inform the patient OR,  WHERE  APPLICA-
 BLE,  THE PERSON LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PATIENT, of the possibility
 that the immunization may be covered when administered by a primary care
 physician or practitioner; and
   (e) administer the immunization or immunizations according to the most
 current recommendations by the advisory committee for immunization prac-
 tices (ACIP), provided however, that a  pharmacist  may  administer  any
 immunization  authorized  under this section when specified by a patient
 specific order.
   4. When administering an immunization  in  a  pharmacy,  the  licensed
 pharmacist  shall provide an area for the immunization that provides for
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   A. a clearly visible posting of the most  current  "Recommended  Adult
 Immunization Schedule" published by the advisory committee for immuniza-
 tion practices (ACIP); AND
   (B)  EDUCATION  MATERIALS  ON  INFLUENZA  VACCINATIONS FOR CHILDREN AS
 DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
   § 2. Subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the education law,  as  amended
 by chapter 46 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   22.  "Administer",  for the purpose of section sixty-eight hundred one
 of this article, means:
   A. the direct application of an immunizing agent to adults, whether by
 injection, ingestion, INHALATION or  any  other  means,  pursuant  to  a
 patient  specific  order  or  non-patient specific regimen prescribed or
 ordered by a physician or certified nurse practitioner, who has a  prac-
 tice site in the county or adjoining county in which the immunization is
 administered,  for  immunizations  to  prevent  influenza, pneumococcal,
 acute herpes zoster, meningococcal,  tetanus,  diphtheria  or  pertussis
 disease and medications required for emergency treatment of anaphylaxis.
 If  the  commissioner  of health determines that there is an outbreak of
 disease, or that there is the imminent threat of an outbreak of disease,
 then the commissioner of health may issue a non-patient specific regimen
 applicable statewide.
   B. THE DIRECT APPLICATION OF AN IMMUNIZING AGENT TO  CHILDREN  BETWEEN
 THE  AGES OF TWO AND EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, WHETHER BY INJECTION, INGES-
 TION, INHALATION OR ANY OTHER MEANS,  PURSUANT  TO  A  PATIENT  SPECIFIC
 ORDER  OR NON-PATIENT SPECIFIC REGIMEN PRESCRIBED OR ORDERED BY A PHYSI-
 CIAN OR CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER, WHO HAS A  PRACTICE  SITE  IN  THE
 COUNTY  OR  ADJOINING  COUNTY IN WHICH THE IMMUNIZATION IS ADMINISTERED,
 FOR IMMUNIZATION TO PREVENT INFLUENZA AND MEDICATIONS REQUIRED FOR EMER-
 GENCY TREATMENT OF ANAPHYLAXIS RESULTING FROM SUCH IMMUNIZATION. IF  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF HEALTH DETERMINES THAT THERE IS AN OUTBREAK OF INFLUEN-
 ZA, OR THAT THERE IS THE IMMINENT THREAT OF AN  OUTBREAK  OF  INFLUENZA,
 THEN THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH MAY ISSUE A NON-PATIENT SPECIFIC REGIMEN
 APPLICABLE STATEWIDE.
   § 3. Section 8 of chapter 563 of the laws of 2008, amending the educa-
 tion  law  and the public health law relating to immunizing agents to be
 administered to adults by pharmacists, as amended by chapter 46  of  the
 laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   §  8.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed [July 1, 2019]
 DECEMBER 31, 2021.
   § 4. Section 5 of chapter 116 of the laws of 2012, amending the educa-
 tion law relating to authorizing a  licensed  pharmacist  and  certified
 nurse  practitioner  to administer certain immunizing agents, as amended
 by chapter 46 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   § 5.  This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after  it  shall
 have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed [July 1, 2019]
 DECEMBER 31, 2021 provided, that:
   (a)  the  amendments to subdivision 7 of section 6527 of the education
 law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of  such
 subdivision and shall be deemed to be repealed therewith;
   (b)  the  amendments to subdivision 7 of section 6909 of the education
 law, made by section two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
 subdivision and shall be deemed to be repealed therewith;
   (c) the amendments to subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the  education
 law  made  by  section  three of this act shall not affect the repeal of
 such subdivision and shall be deemed to be repealed therewith; and

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   (d) the amendments to section  6801  of  the  education  law  made  by
 section four of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section
 and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
   §  5. Section 5 of chapter 21 of the laws of 2011, amending the educa-
 tion law relating to authorizing pharmacists  to  perform  collaborative
 drug  therapy management with physicians in certain settings, as amended
 by chapter 238 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law and shall expire [7 years after  such  effec-
 tive  date  when upon such date the provisions of this act shall] AND be
 deemed repealed JULY 1, 2021; provided, however, that the amendments  to
 subdivision  1  of section 6801 of the education law made by section one
 of this act shall be subject to the expiration  and  reversion  of  such
 subdivision  pursuant  to  section 8 of chapter 563 of the laws of 2008,
 when upon such date the provisions of section one-a of  this  act  shall
 take  effect;  provided,  further, that effective immediately, the addi-
 tion, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  necessary  for
 the  implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized and
 directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART EE
 
   Section 1. Section 473 of the social services law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. (A) WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED THEREFOR, THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN
 AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  SHALL  ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE, TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE
 NUMBER (A "HOTLINE") TO RECEIVE REPORTS CONSISTENT WITH SUBDIVISION  ONE
 OF  THIS  SECTION.  THE  HOTLINE SHALL RECEIVE REPORTS OF ALLEGATIONS OF
 REPORTABLE INCIDENTS TWENTY-FOUR HOURS PER DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.   THE
 HOTLINE SHALL ACCEPT ANONYMOUS CALLS.
   (B)  WHEN ANY ALLEGATION THAT COULD REASONABLY CONSTITUTE A REPORTABLE
 INCIDENT IS RECEIVED BY THE HOTLINE, THE HOTLINE SHALL ACCEPT AND  IMME-
 DIATELY  TRANSMIT  NOTICE OF THE REPORT ORALLY AND ELECTRONICALLY TO ANY
 APPROPRIATE STATE AGENCIES OR LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICE.  WHENEVER  A
 TELEPHONE  CALL OR ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION TO THE HOTLINE ALLEGES AN ACT
 OR CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAY CONSTITUTE A CRIMINAL OFFENSE OR AN  IMMEDIATE
 THREAT  TO  AN INDIVIDUAL'S HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE, THE HOTLINE SHALL
 CONVEY, BY THE MOST EXPEDIENT MEANS AVAILABLE, THE INFORMATION CONTAINED
 IN SUCH CALL OR TRANSMISSION TO THE APPROPRIATE LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY
 OR DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND, TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY, THE APPROPRIATE EMER-
 GENCY  RESPONDER, AND THE RELEVANT STATE AGENCY OR LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES
 OFFICE.
   (C) THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
 TO FACILITATE THE IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF THE HOTLINE, INCLUDING
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCEDURES FOR  TIMELY  AND  ACCURATE  REFERRALS  TO
 OTHER  STATE  AGENCIES  OR ENTITIES THAT MAY HAVE INVESTIGATIVE OR OVER-
 SIGHT AUTHORITY REGARDING REPORTED INCIDENTS.
   § 2. Subdivision 16 of section 202 of the elder law, as added by chap-
 ter 455 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   16. to the extent appropriations are available,  and  in  consultation
 with the office of children and family services, conduct a public educa-
 tion  campaign  that  emphasizes  zero-tolerance  for  elder abuse. Such
 campaign shall include information about the signs and symptoms of elder
 abuse, identification of potential  causes  of  elder  abuse,  resources
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 elder abuse can be reported, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  INFORMATION
 REGARDING  THE  STATEWIDE  HOTLINE  AS  PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF
 SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED  SEVENTY-THREE  OF  THE  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  LAW,  contact  information  for  programs offering services to
 victims of elder abuse such as counseling, and assistance with arranging
 personal care and shelter. Such campaign may include, but not be limited
 to: printed educational and informational materials; audio, video, elec-
 tronic, other media; and public service announcements or advertisements.
   § 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2019.
 
                                  PART FF
 
   Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
 9.65 to read as follows:
 § 9.65 TREATMENT OF SEX OFFENDERS IN CERTAIN FACILITIES.
   ANY  FACILITY  OPERATED  BY  THE  STATE, WHICH PROVIDES NON-EMERGENCY,
 CLINICAL OUTPATIENT OR INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT AND  WHICH  OPER-
 ATES IN THE SAME BUILDING OR PHYSICAL LOCATION AS A CHILDREN'S PSYCHIAT-
 RIC CENTER OPERATED BY THE STATE SHALL DETERMINE, PRIOR TO THE TREATMENT
 OR  ADMISSION  OF  ANY PERSON, WHETHER SUCH PERSON IS A SEX OFFENDER, AS
 DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-A  OF  THE
 CORRECTION LAW. NO FACILITY WHICH OPERATES IN THE SAME BUILDING OR PHYS-
 ICAL  LOCATION AS A CHILDREN'S PSYCHIATRIC CENTER SHALL ADMIT OR TREAT A
 REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER AT SUCH LOCATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
                                  PART GG
 
   Section  1. Subdivision (c) of section 7.17 of the mental hygiene law,
 as added by chapter 978 of the laws of  1977,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (c)  The  commissioner  shall  establish the areas which each facility
 under his jurisdiction shall serve and the categories of patients  which
 each  such  facility shall receive, retain, or treat; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT THE WESTERN NEW YORK CHILDREN'S PSYCHIATRIC CENTER SHALL  BE  MAIN-
 TAINED  IN  A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION BETWEEN NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND
 ONE MILLION PEOPLE AS A SEPARATE  AND  DISTINCT  ENTITY  BOTH  ORGANIZA-
 TIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY WITHIN THE OFFICE AND SHALL NOT BE COLLOCATED OR
 MERGED WITH ANY OTHER FACILITY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART HH
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  3  of  subdivision  (e) of section 7.17 of the
 mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 83 of the  laws  of  1995,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   3. provide for a mechanism which may reasonably be expected to provide
 notice  to  local  governments,  community organizations, employee labor
 organizations, managerial and confidential employees, consumer and advo-
 cacy groups of the potential for significant service reductions at  such
 state-operated hospitals and state-operated research institutes at least
 twelve  months  AND  AT MOST TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS prior to commencing such
 service reduction, provided, however, that  this  requirement  shall  be
 deemed satisfied with respect to reductions at Central Islip Psychiatric
 Center,  Gowanda  Psychiatric  Center, Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center,

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 Kings Park Psychiatric Center, Willard Psychiatric Center and  Manhattan
 Children's Psychiatric Center; and
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 any notice issued pursuant to paragraph 3 of subdivision (e) of  section
 7.17  of  the mental hygiene law prior to the effective date of this act
 shall expire twelve months from the effective date of this act.
 
                                  PART II

   Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision d of section 13.17 of the mental
 hygiene law, as added by section 1 of part Q of chapter 59 of  the  laws
 of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   1. provide appropriate and timely notification to the temporary presi-
 dent  of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly, and to appropriate
 representatives of impacted labor organizations.  Such  notification  to
 the  representatives  of  impacted  labor organizations shall be made as
 soon as practicable, but no less than [forty-five]  ONE  HUNDRED  EIGHTY
 days  prior to COMMENCING such closure or transfer except in the case of
 exigent circumstances impacting the health, safety, or  welfare  of  the
 residents  of  the  IRA  as determined by the office. Provided, however,
 that nothing herein shall limit the ability of the office to  effectuate
 such closure or transfer; and
   §  2.  Section 2 of part Q of chapter 59 of the laws of 2016, amending
 the mental hygiene law relating to the closure or transfer of  a  state-
 operated  individualized  residential alternative, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed March 31, [2018] 2022.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to subdivision d of section 13.17 of the  mental  hygiene
 law  made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
 subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART JJ
 
   Section 1. Section 25.01 of the mental hygiene law, as added by  chap-
 ter  471  of  the  laws of 1980, paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 as amended and
 paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 8 of subdivision (a) as added  by  section  3  of
 part G of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
 § 25.01 Definitions.
   [(a)] As used [herein] IN THIS ARTICLE:
   1. "Local  governmental  unit"  shall  have  the  same meaning as that
 contained in article forty-one of this chapter.
   2. "Operating expenses" shall mean expenditures approved by the office
 and incurred for the maintenance and operation of substance use disorder
 and/or compulsive  gambling  programs,  including  but  not  limited  to
 expenditures  for  treatment, administration, personnel, and contractual
 services. Operating expenses do  not  include  capital  costs  and  debt
 service unless such expenses are related to the rent, financing or refi-
 nancing  of the design, construction, acquisition, reconstruction, reha-
 bilitation or improvement of a substance use disorder and/or  compulsive
 gambling  program  facility  pursuant  to  the mental hygiene facilities
 finance program through the dormitory authority [of  the  state  of  New
 York]  (DASNY;  successor to the Facilities Development Corporation), or
 otherwise approved by the office.

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   3. "Debt service" shall mean amounts, subject to the approval  of  the
 office,  required to be paid to amortize obligations including principal
 and interest, assumed by or on behalf of [a voluntary] AN  agency  or  a
 program operated by a local governmental unit.
   4. "Capital  costs"  shall  mean  the costs of a program operated by a
 local governmental unit or [a voluntary] AN agency with respect  to  the
 acquisition  of real property estates, interests, and cooperative inter-
 ests in realty, their design,  construction,  reconstruction,  rehabili-
 tation  and improvement, original furnishings and equipment, site devel-
 opment, and appurtenances of a facility.
   5. "State aid" shall mean financial support provided through appropri-
 ations of the office to support the provision of substance use  disorder
 treatment, compulsive gambling, prevention or other authorized services,
 with  the exclusion of appropriations for the purpose of medical assist-
 ance.
   6. ["Voluntary  agency]  "AGENCY  contributions"  shall  mean  revenue
 sources  of  [voluntary]  agencies  exclusive of state aid and local tax
 levy.
   7. "Approved net operating cost" shall mean  the  remainder  of  total
 operating  expenses approved by the office, less all sources of revenue,
 including [voluntary] agency contributions and local tax levy.
   8. ["Voluntary agency"] "AGENCY" shall mean a corporation organized or
 existing pursuant to the not-for-profit corporation law for the  purpose
 of,  OR ANY BUSINESS ENTITY providing substance use disorder, treatment,
 compulsive gambling, prevention or other authorized services.
   § 2. Section 25.03 of the mental hygiene law, as  amended  by  chapter
 223  of the laws of 1992, subdivisions (a) and (b) as amended and subdi-
 vision (d) as added by section 4 of part G of chapter 56 of the laws  of
 2013, is amended to read as follows:
 § 25.03 Financial support and disbursement of funds.
   (a)  In  accordance  with  the  provisions of this article, and within
 appropriations made available, the office may provide  state  aid  to  a
 program  operated  by a local governmental unit or [voluntary] AN agency
 up to one hundred per centum of the approved net operating costs of such
 program operated by a local governmental unit or [voluntary] AN  agency,
 and  state  aid  may  also  be  granted to a program operated by a local
 governmental unit or [a voluntary] AN agency for capital  costs  associ-
 ated  with  the  provision  of  services  at a rate of up to one hundred
 percent of approved capital costs. Such state aid shall not  be  granted
 unless  and  until such program operated by a local governmental unit or
 [voluntary] AN agency is in compliance with all regulations  promulgated
 by  the  commissioner  regarding the financing of capital projects. Such
 state aid for approved net operating costs shall be  made  available  by
 way  of  advance or reimbursement, through either contracts entered into
 between the office and such [voluntary] agency  or  by  distribution  of
 such  state  aid  to  local  governmental  units through a grant process
 pursuant to section 25.11 of this article.
   (b) Financial support by the office shall be subject to  the  approval
 of the director of the budget and within available appropriations.
   (c)  All  federal  financial  assistance  granted  or allocated to the
 office by the United States shall only be paid  out  on  the  audit  and
 warrant of the comptroller on the certificate of the commissioner or his
 authorized representative.
   (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the state to
 increase  such  state  aid  should  a  local governmental unit choose to
 remove any portion of its local tax levy support  of  [voluntary]  agen-

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 cies, although the state may choose to do so to address an urgent public
 need,  or  conversely, may choose to reduce its state aid up to the same
 percentage as the reduction in local tax levy.
   §  3. Section 25.05 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by section 5
 of part G of chapter 56 of the laws of  2013,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
 § 25.05 Reimbursement from other sources.
   The  office  shall  not  provide  [a voluntary] AN agency or a program
 operated by a local governmental unit with financial support  for  obli-
 gations incurred by or on behalf of such program or agency for substance
 use disorder and/or compulsive gambling services for which reimbursement
 is or may be claimed under any provision of law other than this article.
   §  4. Section 25.07 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by section 7
 of part G of chapter 56 of the laws of  2013,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
 § 25.07 Non-substitution.
   [A  voluntary] AN agency or a program operated by a local governmental
 unit shall not substitute state monies for cash  contributions,  federal
 aid  otherwise  committed  to  or intended for use in such program or by
 such agency, revenues derived from the  operation  of  such  program  or
 agency, or the other resources available for use in the operation of the
 program or agency.
   §  5. Section 25.09 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by section 8
 of part G of chapter 56 of the laws of  2013,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
 § 25.09 Administrative costs.
   Subject  to  the  approval  of  the director of the budget, the office
 shall establish a limit on the amount of financial support which may  be
 advanced  or reimbursed to [a voluntary] AN agency or a program operated
 by a local governmental unit for the administration of a program.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART KK
 
   Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
 19.18-b to read as follows:
 § 19.18-B SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER PEER TO PEER SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM.
   1.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION "PEER TO PEER SUPPORT SERVICES"
 MEANS PARTICIPANT-CENTERED SERVICES THAT EMPHASIZE KNOWLEDGE AND  WISDOM
 THROUGH  LIVED  EXPERIENCE  IN WHICH PEERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SHARE THEIR
 OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND FIRST-HAND  KNOWLEDGE  OF  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE,
 ADDICTION, AND RECOVERY TO SUPPORT THE RECOVERY GOALS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO
 USE DRUGS AND/OR ALCOHOL.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 SHALL DEVELOP AND ADMINISTER A CERTIFICATION PROCESS  AND  STANDARDS  OF
 TRAINING   AND  COMPETENCY  FOR  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER  PEER  SUPPORT
 SERVICES.
   3. CERTIFIED PEER TO PEER SUPPORT SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE  BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED TO:
   (A) DEVELOPING RECOVERY PLANS;
   (B) RAISING AWARENESS OF EXISTING SOCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES;
   (C) MODELING COPING SKILLS;
   (D) ASSISTING WITH APPLYING FOR BENEFITS;
   (E) ACCOMPANYING CLIENTS TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS;
   (F) PROVIDING NON-CLINICAL CRISIS SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY AFTER PERIODS OF
 HOSPITALIZATION OR INCARCERATION;

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   (G) ACCOMPANYING CLIENTS TO COURT APPEARANCES AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS;
   (H) WORKING WITH PARTICIPANTS TO IDENTIFY STRENGTHS;
   (I)  LINKING  PARTICIPANTS TO FORMAL RECOVERY SUPPORTS, INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO, MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT;
   (J) EDUCATING PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ABOUT VARIOUS  MODES  OF  RECOVERY,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT;
   (K)  PEER  ENGAGEMENT COORDINATION WITH HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICES TO
 ASSIST ANY PATIENT THAT HAS BEEN ADMINISTERED AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST BY  A
 MEDICAL  PROVIDER  TO ESTABLISH CONNECTIONS TO TREATMENT, INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO, MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT AND OTHER  SUPPORTS  AFTER
 AN  OPIOID  OVERDOSE  REVERSAL OR AFTER DISCHARGE FROM ANOTHER SUBSTANCE
 ABUSE RELATED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT; AND
   (L) PEER ENGAGEMENT COORDINATION  WITH  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  DEPARTMENTS,
 FIRE  DEPARTMENTS  AND  OTHER  FIRST RESPONDER DEPARTMENTS TO ASSIST ANY
 INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS BEEN ADMINISTERED AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST  BY  A  FIRST
 RESPONDER  TO  ESTABLISH  CONNECTIONS  TO  TREATMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT  AND  OTHER  SUPPORT  SERVICES
 AFTER AN OPIOID OVERDOSE REVERSAL.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
 tive date are authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or
 before such effective date.
 
                                  PART LL
 
   Section  1.  The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
 32.06 to read as follows:
 § 32.06 PROHIBITION ON DECEPTIVE ACTS AND PRACTICES.
   (A) DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL
 HAVE  THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS, UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEARLY REQUIRES OTHER-
 WISE:
   (1) "ADDICTION PROFESSIONAL" SHALL MEAN A PROFESSIONAL WHO, WITHIN THE
 SCOPE OF THEIR LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF  THE  EDUCATION
 LAW  OR  CREDENTIAL ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 19.07 OF THIS CHAPTER, IF
 WORKING  IN  AN  INDIVIDUAL  CAPACITY,  PROVIDES  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE   AND
 PREVENTION SERVICES.
   (2) "CREDENTIALED PROFESSIONAL" SHALL INCLUDE ANY PERSON WHO IS IN THE
 PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR A CREDENTIAL ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT
 TO  SECTION 19.07 OF THIS CHAPTER, OR WHO HAS A VALID CREDENTIAL, OR WHO
 IS ELIGIBLE FOR CREDENTIAL RENEWAL;
   (3) "HEALTH CARE PROVIDER" SHALL MEAN A PRACTITIONER IN AN  INDIVIDUAL
 PRACTICE, GROUP PRACTICE, PARTNERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION OR OTHER
 AUTHORIZED FORM OF ASSOCIATION, A HOSPITAL OR OTHER HEALTH CARE INSTITU-
 TION ISSUED AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF
 THE  PUBLIC HEALTH LAW OR ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE OR THIS ARTI-
 CLE, AND ANY OTHER  PURVEYOR  OF  HEALTH  OR  HEALTH  RELATED  ITEMS  OR
 SERVICES.
   (4)  "POTENTIAL  SERVICE  RECIPIENT"  SHALL  MEAN  A  PERSON  WHO IS A
 SUBSTANCE ABUSER, SUBSTANCE DEPENDENT, IN  NEED  OF  SERVICES  TO  AVOID
 BECOMING A SUBSTANCE ABUSER, OR SUBSTANCE DEPENDENT.
   (5) "SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PERSON,
 CORPORATION,  PARTNERSHIP, AGENCY, EITHER PROFIT OR NON-PROFIT, OR STATE
 OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT WHICH PROVIDES, OR HOLDS ITSELF OUT  AS  PROVID-
 ING,  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  SERVICES,  IN EITHER A RESIDENTIAL OR AMBULATORY
 SETTING, TO PERSONS WHO ARE SUBSTANCE ABUSERS, SUBSTANCE  DEPENDENT,  IN

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 NEED  OF SERVICES TO AVOID BECOMING SUBSTANCE ABUSERS, SUBSTANCE DEPEND-
 ENT OR TO SIGNIFICANT OTHERS.
   (6)  "SUBSTANCE  ABUSE SERVICES" SHALL INCLUDE SERVICES TO INHIBIT THE
 ONSET OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCE; TO ADDRESS THE  SOCIAL
 DYSFUNCTION,  MEDICAL  PROBLEMS  AND  OTHER DISABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCE,  AND  TO  REHABILITATE  PERSONS
 SUFFERING FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE.
   (B) IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON, INCLUDING ANY INDIVIDUAL, ADDICTION
 PROFESSIONAL,  CREDENTIALED  PROFESSIONAL,  HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, HEALTH
 CARE FACILITY OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM TO:
   (1) PROMOTE, OFFER,  GIVE,  SOLICIT  OR  PAY  ANY  COMMISSION,  BONUS,
 REBATE,  KICKBACK, OR BRIBE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN CASH OR IN KIND,
 OR ENGAGE IN ANY SPLIT-FEE ARRANGEMENT, TO  INDUCE  THE  REFERRAL  OF  A
 POTENTIAL  SERVICE  RECIPIENT OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF A
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICE;
   (2) SOLICIT, AGREE  TO  RECEIVE  OR  RECEIVE  ANY  COMMISSION,  BONUS,
 REBATE,  KICKBACK, OR BRIBE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN CASH OR IN KIND,
 OR ENGAGE IN ANY SPLIT-FEE  ARRANGEMENT,  IN  ANY  FORM  WHATSOEVER,  IN
 RETURN FOR REFERRING A POTENTIAL SERVICE RECIPIENT OR IN CONNECTION WITH
 THE PERFORMANCE OF A SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICE; OR
   (3) AID, ABET, ADVISE, OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATE IN THE CONDUCT PROHIB-
 ITED UNDER PARAGRAPH ONE OR TWO OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (C) THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO:
   (1)  ANY DISCOUNT, PAYMENT, WAIVER OF PAYMENT, OR PAYMENT PRACTICE NOT
 PROHIBITED BY 42 U.S.C. § 1320A-7B(B) OR REGULATIONS PROMULGATED  THERE-
 UNDER.
   (2)  PAYMENTS  TO  AN  ADDICTION  PROFESSIONAL,  HEALTH CARE PROVIDER,
 HEALTH CARE FACILITY OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM FOR PROFESSIONAL CONSUL-
 TATION SERVICES.
   (3) COMMISSIONS, FEES, OR OTHER REMUNERATION LAWFULLY PAID  TO  INSUR-
 ANCE AGENTS AS PROVIDED UNDER THE INSURANCE LAW.
   (4)  PAYMENTS  BY A HEALTH INSURER WHO REIMBURSES, PROVIDES, OFFERS TO
 PROVIDE, OR  ADMINISTERS  HEALTH,  MENTAL  HEALTH,  OR  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE
 SERVICES UNDER A HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN.
   (5) PAYMENTS TO OR BY AN ADDICTION PROFESSIONAL, HEALTH CARE PROVIDER,
 HEALTH  CARE  FACILITY,  A  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDER  NETWORK ENTITY, OR A
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM, THAT HAS CONTRACTED WITH A  HEALTH  INSURER,  A
 HEALTH  CARE  PURCHASING  GROUP,  OR THE MEDICARE OR MEDICAID PROGRAM TO
 PROVIDE HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH,  OR  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  SERVICES  UNDER  A
 HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN WHEN SUCH PAYMENTS ARE FOR SERVICES UNDER THE PLAN.
   (6)  PAYMENTS  BY  AN  ADDICTION  PROFESSIONAL,  HEALTH CARE PROVIDER,
 HEALTH CARE FACILITY OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE  PROGRAM  TO  A  HEALTH,  MENTAL
 HEALTH, OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE INFORMATION SERVICE THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION
 UPON  REQUEST  AND  WITHOUT  CHARGE  TO  CONSUMERS  ABOUT  PROVIDERS  OF
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES  TO  ENABLE  CONSUMERS  TO  SELECT  APPROPRIATE
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS, PROVIDED THAT SUCH INFORMATION SERVICE:
   I. DOES NOT ATTEMPT THROUGH ITS STANDARD QUESTIONS FOR SOLICITATION OF
 CONSUMER CRITERIA OR THROUGH ANY OTHER MEANS TO STEER OR LEAD A CONSUMER
 TO  SELECT OR CONSIDER SELECTION OF A PARTICULAR ADDICTION PROFESSIONAL,
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM;
   II. DOES NOT PROVIDE OR REPRESENT ITSELF AS  PROVIDING  DIAGNOSTIC  OR
 COUNSELING SERVICES OR ASSESSMENTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S NEED FOR SUBSTANCE
 ABUSE  SERVICES  AND DOES NOT MAKE ANY PROMISES OF CURE OR GUARANTEES OF
 TREATMENT;
   III. DOES NOT PROVIDE OR ARRANGE FOR TRANSPORTATION OF A  CONSUMER  TO
 OR FROM THE LOCATION OF A SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICE OR PROGRAM; AND

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   IV.  CHARGES  AND COLLECTS FEES FROM AN ADDICTION PROFESSIONAL, HEALTH
 CARE PROVIDER, HEALTH CARE FACILITY OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE  PROGRAM  PARTIC-
 IPATING IN ITS SERVICES THAT ARE SET IN ADVANCE, ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE
 FAIR  MARKET  VALUE FOR THOSE INFORMATION SERVICES, AND ARE NOT BASED ON
 THE  POTENTIAL VALUE OF A POTENTIAL SERVICE RECIPIENT OR RECIPIENTS TO A
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM OR OF THE GOODS  OR  SERVICES  PROVIDED  BY  THE
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM.
   (D) ANY INDIVIDUAL, INCLUDING AN OFFICER, PARTNER, AGENT, ATTORNEY, OR
 OTHER REPRESENTATIVE OF A PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, CORPORATION, LIMITED
 LIABILITY  COMPANY  OR PARTNERSHIP, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE AGENCY OR ANY PART
 THEREOF WHO KNOWINGLY FAILS  TO  COMPLY  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AS DEFINED IN THE PENAL LAW.
   (E)  IF  THE COMMISSIONER HAS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS AN INDI-
 VIDUAL, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, CORPORATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
 OR PARTNERSHIP, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE AGENCY OR ANY PART  THEREOF  VIOLATING
 SUBDIVISION  (B)  OF  THIS  SECTION, HE OR SHE SHALL PROCEED PURSUANT TO
 APPLICABLE SECTIONS  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO
 SECTIONS 32.13, 32.15, 32.19 AND 32.27 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (F)  THE  PARTY  BRINGING  AN  ACTION  UNDER  THIS SECTION MAY RECOVER
 REASONABLE EXPENSES IN OBTAINING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  INVESTIGATIVE  COSTS,  COURT  COSTS, REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S
 FEES, WITNESS COSTS, AND DEPOSITION EXPENSES.
   (G) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION ARE IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER CIVIL,
 ADMINISTRATIVE, OR CRIMINAL ACTIONS PROVIDED BY LAW AND MAY  BE  IMPOSED
 AGAINST BOTH CORPORATE AND INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART MM
 
   Section  1.  The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
 19.18-b to read as follows:
 § 19.18-B FAMILY SUPPORT AND RECOVERY SERVICES DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
   1. WITHIN AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  DEVELOP  A
 FAMILY SUPPORT AND RECOVERY SERVICES PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE
 FAMILY  SUPPORT  AND RECOVERY SERVICES TO ADOLESCENT AND ADULT PATIENTS,
 AND THEIR FAMILIES, DURING TREATMENT, INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
 INPATIENT  AND  OUTPATIENT  TREATMENT,  AND  SHALL  BE AVAILABLE TO SUCH
 PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR UP TO TWELVE MONTHS AFTER COMPLETION  OF
 SUCH TREATMENT PROGRAM. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL IDENTIFY WHERE THE FAMILY
 SUPPORT  AND  RECOVERY  SERVICES  PROGRAM WILL BE ESTABLISHED, PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT ONE SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE IN WESTERN NEW YORK AND  ANOTHER
 SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE IN LONG ISLAND.
   2. FAMILY SUPPORT AND RECOVERY SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE:
   (A) TREATMENT PLACEMENT SERVICES;
   (B) HOUSING PLACEMENT SERVICES;
   (C) PEER SUPPORTS, INCLUDING PEER TO PEER SUPPORT GROUPS;
   (D) EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT; AND
   (E) TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE.
   3.  NOT  LATER  THAN APRIL 1, 2021, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE THE
 GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE  SENATE,  THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE
 ASSEMBLY,  THE  CHAIR OF THE SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON ALCOHOLISM AND
 DRUG ABUSE AND THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY  COMMITTEE  ON  ALCOHOLISM  AND
 DRUG  ABUSE  WITH  A WRITTEN EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM.  SUCH EVALUATION
 SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, ADDRESS THE OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS  PROGRAM,
 IDENTIFY  BEST  PRACTICES  FOR  FAMILY  SUPPORT  AND  RECOVERY  SERVICES
 PROVIDED UNDER THIS PROGRAM,  AND  ANY  ADDITIONAL  FAMILY  SUPPORT  AND

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 RECOVERY  SERVICES  THAT  MAY BE APPROPRIATE WITHIN EACH TYPE OF PROGRAM
 OPERATED, REGULATED, FUNDED, OR APPROVED BY THE  OFFICE.    THE  WRITTEN
 EVALUATION SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE OFFICE'S WEBSITE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed on April 1, 2021.
 
                                  PART NN
 
   Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
 22.13 to read as follows:
 § 22.13 ALCOHOL AND DRUG FREE HOUSING.
   (A)  AS  USED  IN  THIS  SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING WORDS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEARLY REQUIRES OTHERWISE:
   1. "ALCOHOL AND DRUG FREE HOUSING", A RESIDENCE, COMMONLY KNOWN  AS  A
 SOBER  HOME,  WHICH  PROVIDES OR ADVERTISES AS PROVIDING, AN ALCOHOL AND
 DRUG FREE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE RECOVERING FROM  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISOR-
 DERS;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT, ALCOHOL AND DRUG FREE HOUSING SHALL NOT
 INCLUDE A HALFWAY HOUSE, TREATMENT UNIT OR DETOXIFICATION FACILITY REGU-
 LATED UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO OF THIS CHAPTER  OR  ANY  OTHER  FACILITY
 LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT-A OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   2.  "CERTIFIED  ALCOHOL  AND DRUG FREE HOUSING", ALCOHOL AND DRUG FREE
 HOUSING THAT HAS BEEN ACCREDITED BY THE BUREAU PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   3. "OPERATOR", THE LAWFUL OWNER OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG FREE HOUSING OR  A
 PERSON EMPLOYED AND DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE PRIMARY RESPONSIBIL-
 ITY  FOR  THE DAILY OPERATION OF SUCH HOUSING AND FOR MAINTAINING STAND-
 ARDS AND CONDITIONS IN SUCH HOUSING THAT CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT  SUPPORT-
 IVE OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER RECOVERY.
   (B)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH  AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINIS-
 TRATION OF A VOLUNTARY TRAINING AND ACCREDITATION PROGRAM FOR  OPERATORS
 OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG FREE HOUSING SEEKING CERTIFICATION UNDER SUBDIVISION
 (D) OF THIS SECTION.
   (C)  THE  ACCREDITATION  PROGRAM  ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
 SHALL MAINTAIN STANDARDS AND PRACTICES WHICH:
   1. UPHOLD INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES AND  SUPPORT  A  SAFE,  HEALTHY  AND
 EFFECTIVE RECOVERY ENVIRONMENT;
   2.  EVALUATE  THE  ABILITY  TO  ASSIST  PERSONS IN ACHIEVING LONG-TERM
 RECOVERY GOALS;
   3. PROVIDE FOR APPROPRIATE TRAINING FOR THE OPERATORS  AND  STAFF  AND
 ENSURE SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF SUCH TRAINING;
   4.  PROTECT  OCCUPANTS OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG FREE HOUSING AGAINST UNREA-
 SONABLE AND UNFAIR PRACTICES IN SETTING AND  COLLECTING  RENT  PAYMENTS;
 AND
   5.  VERIFY  GOOD STANDING WITH REGARD TO LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS
 AND ANY REGULATIONS AND ORDINANCES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BUILD-
 ING, MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY, FIRE SAFETY AND SANITATION CODES.
   (D) THE OFFICE SHALL INCLUDE A RESIDENCE ON A LIST OF CERTIFIED  ALCO-
 HOL  AND  DRUG  FREE  HOUSING  AS  DESCRIBED  IN SUBDIVISION (F) OF THIS
 SECTION UPON RECEIPT AND REVIEW OF:
   1. THE COMPLETION OF TRAINING AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION (C) OF  THIS
 SECTION;
   2.  A  DEED, TRUST DOCUMENT, ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, LEASE OR OTHER
 DOCUMENT ACCEPTABLE TO THE DIRECTOR EVIDENCING THAT  THE  INDIVIDUAL  OR
 ENTITY SEEKING CERTIFICATION IS THE LAWFUL OWNER OR LESSEE OF THE PARCEL
 WHERE THE HOUSING SHALL BE LOCATED; AND

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   3.  APPROPRIATE  DOCUMENTATION  INDICATING  THAT THERE ARE NO TAXES OR
 OTHER ASSESSMENTS WHICH CONSTITUTE LIENS ON THE PARCEL  OF  REAL  ESTATE
 UPON WHICH THE HOUSING SHALL BE LOCATED.
   (E) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PERIODICALLY EVALUATE THE QUALITY OF TRAIN-
 ING  BEING PROVIDED TO OPERATORS SEEKING CERTIFICATION AND THE INTEGRITY
 AND EFFICACY OF THE ACCREDITATION PROGRAM.
   (F) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PREPARE, PUBLISH AND DISSEMINATE A LIST  OF
 ALCOHOL  AND  DRUG  FREE  HOUSING  CERTIFIED  PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION;
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH LIST SHALL BE UPDATED BIMONTHLY.  THE  LIST
 SHALL  BE  DISSEMINATED  TO EACH STATE AGENCY OR VENDOR WITH A STATEWIDE
 CONTRACT THAT PROVIDES SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER  TREATMENT  SERVICES.  THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL INFORM ALL LOCAL PROBATION DEPARTMENTS AND ALL COURTS
 WITHIN  THE STATE WHO MAY ISSUE A SENTENCE OF PROBATION ON HOW TO ACCESS
 THE LIST. SUCH LIST SHALL ALSO BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE OFFICE.
   (G) THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH, SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLE-
 MENT THIS SECTION THAT SHALL INCLUDE A PROCESS FOR RECEIVING  COMPLAINTS
 AGAINST  CERTIFIED  ALCOHOL  AND DRUG FREE HOUSING AND CRITERIA BY WHICH
 THE COMMISSIONER MAY EXCLUDE A RESIDENCE FROM THE  LIST  PREPARED  UNDER
 SUBDIVISION  (F)  OF  THIS  SECTION  IF  THE  FREQUENCY  AND SEVERITY OF
 COMPLAINTS RECEIVED SUPPORTS A DETERMINATION THAT THE ALCOHOL  AND  DRUG
 FREE HOUSING IN QUESTION DOES NOT MAINTAIN STANDARDS OR PROVIDE AN ENVI-
 RONMENT THAT APPROPRIATELY SUPPORTS THE RECOVERY GOALS OF ITS RESIDENTS.
   (H)  A  STATE  AGENCY  OR  VENDOR  WITH  A STATEWIDE CONTRACT WHICH IS
 PROVIDING TREATMENT OR SERVICES TO A PERSON, OR A STATE AGENCY OR  OFFI-
 CER SETTING TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE RELEASE, PAROLE OR DISCHARGE OF
 A PERSON FROM CUSTODY OR TREATMENT, SHALL NOT REFER SUCH PERSON TO ALCO-
 HOL  AND DRUG FREE HOUSING AND SHALL NOT OTHERWISE INCLUDE IN SUCH TERMS
 AND CONDITIONS A REFERRAL TO ALCOHOL AND DRUG FREE HOUSING  UNLESS  SUCH
 ALCOHOL  AND  DRUG  FREE  HOUSING IS CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
 NOTHING IN THIS  SECTION  SHALL  PROHIBIT  A  RESIDENCE  WHICH  HAS  NOT
 RECEIVED CERTIFICATION FROM OPERATING OR ADVERTISING AS ALCOHOL AND DRUG
 FREE  HOUSING  OR  FROM  OFFERING  RESIDENCE  TO PERSONS RECOVERING FROM
 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to
 be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
                                  PART OO
 
   Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  article
 23 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 23
             ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE
 SECTION 23.01 ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
         23.03 DEFINITIONS.
         23.05 CRITERIA  FOR  ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE
                 ABUSE.
         23.07 PETITION TO THE COURT.
         23.09 SERVICE.
         23.11 RIGHT TO COUNSEL.
         23.13 HEARING.
         23.15 WRITTEN TREATMENT PLAN.
         23.17 DISPOSITION.

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         23.19 PETITIONS FOR ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF  TREATMENT;  PETITIONS
                 FOR AN ORDER TO STAY, VACATE OR MODIFY; AND APPEALS.
         23.21 FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT.
         23.23 EFFECT  OF  DETERMINATION  THAT  A  PERSON  IS  IN NEED OF
                 ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT.
         23.25 FALSE PETITION.
         23.27 EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
         23.29 THE ASSISTED  OUTPATIENT  TREATMENT  FOR  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE
                 ADVISORY COUNCIL.
 § 23.01 ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
   THERE  IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED  THE  ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM.  THIS  PROGRAM  SHALL  SERVE  INDIVIDUALS  WITH
 SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDERS  WHO, DUE TO OPIOID ABUSE, REQUIRE SERVICES TO
 PREVENT THEM FROM CAUSING HARM TO THEMSELVES AND OTHERS. THE COMMISSION-
 ER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH
 AND  THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, AND IN CONJUNCTION
 WITH THE ASSISTED OUTPATIENT  TREATMENT  FOR  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  ADVISORY
 COUNCIL,  SHALL PROMULGATE ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLE-
 MENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
 § 23.03 DEFINITIONS.
   FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  ARTICLE,  THE  FOLLOWING  DEFINITIONS  SHALL
 APPLY:
   (A)  "ASSISTED  OUTPATIENT  TREATMENT  FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE" SHALL MEAN
 CATEGORIES OF SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN ORDERED BY THE COURT  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  ARTICLE.  SUCH TREATMENT SHALL INCLUDE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO
 PROVIDE CARE COORDINATION, AND MAY ALSO INCLUDE  ANY  OF  THE  FOLLOWING
 CATEGORIES  OF SERVICES: SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES, DETOXIFICATION
 AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE PURSUANT TO A WRITTEN TREATMENT  PLAN;  MEDICATION
 SUPPORTED  RECOVERY;  INDIVIDUAL  OR  GROUP  THERAPY; DAY OR PARTIAL DAY
 PROGRAMMING ACTIVITIES; TESTS FOR THE PRESENCE  OF  ALCOHOL  OR  ILLEGAL
 DRUGS;  SUPERVISION  OF  LIVING ARRANGEMENTS; TREATMENT FOR CO-OCCURRING
 DISORDERS; AND ANY OTHER  SERVICES  PRESCRIBED  TO  TREAT  THE  PERSON'S
 SUBSTANCE  USE DISORDER AND TO ASSIST THE PERSON IN LIVING AND FUNCTION-
 ING IN THE COMMUNITY, OR TO ATTEMPT TO  PREVENT  A  RELAPSE  OR  DETERI-
 ORATION  THAT  MAY  REASONABLY  BE  PREDICTED  TO RESULT IN THE NEED FOR
 HOSPITALIZATION OR SERIOUS HARM TO THE PERSON OR OTHERS.
   (B) "ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM"  SHALL
 MEAN  A SYSTEM TO ARRANGE FOR, AND COORDINATE THE PROVISION OF, ASSISTED
 OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TO MONITOR  TREATMENT  COMPLI-
 ANCE  BY  ASSISTED OUTPATIENTS; TO TAKE APPROPRIATE STEPS TO ADDRESS THE
 NEEDS OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS; AND TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH COURT ORDERS.
   (C) "ASSISTED OUTPATIENT" SHALL MEAN THE PERSON UNDER A COURT ORDER TO
 RECEIVE ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT  FOR  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  DUE  TO  A
 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
   (D)  "OPIOID" SHALL MEAN AN OPIATE, OPIUM, OPIUM POPPY OR POPPY STRAW;
 AND ANY SALT, COMPOUND, DERIVATIVE, OR PREPARATION OF  THEREOF  THAT  IS
 CHEMICALLY EQUIVALENT OR IDENTICAL TO SUCH SUBSTANCES.
   (E)  "SUBJECT  OF THE PETITION" OR "SUBJECT" SHALL MEAN THE PERSON WHO
 IS ALLEGED IN A PETITION, FILED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE,  TO  MEET  THE  CRITERIA  FOR  ASSISTED  OUTPATIENT  TREATMENT  FOR
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
   (F)  "SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER" SHALL MEAN THE MISUSE OF, DEPENDENCE ON,
 OR ADDICTION TO A LEGAL OR ILLEGAL OPIOID LEADING TO  EFFECTS  THAT  ARE
 DETRIMENTAL  TO  THE  INDIVIDUAL'S  PHYSICAL  AND  MENTAL HEALTH, OR THE
 WELFARE OF OTHERS.
 § 23.05 CRITERIA FOR ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

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   (A) A PERSON MAY BE ORDERED TO RECEIVE ASSISTED  OUTPATIENT  TREATMENT
 FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE IF THE COURT FINDS THAT SUCH PERSON:
   (1) IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER; AND
   (2) IS SUFFERING FROM A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER; AND
   (3)  IS  UNLIKELY  TO  SURVIVE  SAFELY IN THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT SUPER-
 VISION, BASED ON A CLINICAL DETERMINATION; AND
   (4) HAS A HISTORY OF LACK OF COMPLIANCE WITH TREATMENT FOR A SUBSTANCE
 USE DISORDER, AS EVIDENCED BY:
   (I) PRIOR TO THE FILING OF THE PETITION, AT  LEAST  TWICE  WITHIN  THE
 LAST  THIRTY-SIX  MONTHS,  HIS  OR HER SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER HAS BEEN A
 SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN NECESSITATING HOSPITALIZATION IN  A  HOSPITAL,  AS
 DEFINED  IN ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, OR RECEIPT OF
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT SERVICES IN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR A LOCAL
 CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, NOT  INCLUDING  ANY  CURRENT  PERIOD,  OR  PERIOD
 ENDING  WITHIN  THE  LAST  SIX MONTHS, DURING WHICH THE PERSON WAS OR IS
 HOSPITALIZED OR INCARCERATED; OR
   (II) PRIOR TO THE FILING OF THE PETITION, RESULTED IN ONE OR MORE ACTS
 OF SERIOUS VIOLENT BEHAVIOR TOWARD SELF OR  OTHERS  OR  THREATS  OF,  OR
 ATTEMPTS  AT,  SERIOUS  PHYSICAL  HARM TO SELF OR OTHERS WITHIN THE LAST
 FORTY-EIGHT MONTHS, NOT INCLUDING ANY CURRENT PERIOD, OR  PERIOD  ENDING
 WITHIN  THE  LAST SIX MONTHS, IN WHICH THE PERSON WAS OR IS HOSPITALIZED
 OR INCARCERATED; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT USE OF AN  OPIOID  ALONE  SHALL
 NOT BE DEEMED AS SATISFYING THIS REQUIREMENT; AND
   (5)  IS, AS A RESULT OF HIS OR HER SUBSTANCE ABUSE, UNLIKELY TO VOLUN-
 TARILY PARTICIPATE IN SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES THAT WOULD  ENABLE
 HIM OR HER TO LIVE SAFELY IN THE COMMUNITY; AND
   (6)  IN  VIEW OF HIS OR HER TREATMENT HISTORY AND CURRENT BEHAVIOR, IS
 IN NEED OF ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN ORDER TO
 PREVENT A RELAPSE OR DETERIORATION THAT WOULD BE  LIKELY  TO  RESULT  IN
 SERIOUS HARM TO THE PERSON OR OTHERS; AND
   (7)  IS  LIKELY  TO  BENEFIT  FROM  ASSISTED  OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
 § 23.07 PETITION TO THE COURT.
   (A) A PETITION FOR AN ORDER AUTHORIZING ASSISTED OUTPATIENT  TREATMENT
 FOR  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE MAY BE FILED IN THE SUPREME OR COUNTY COURT IN THE
 COUNTY IN WHICH THE SUBJECT OF THE PETITION  IS  PRESENT  OR  REASONABLY
 BELIEVED  TO  BE  PRESENT.  A  PETITION  TO  OBTAIN AN ORDER AUTHORIZING
 ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE MAY BE INITIATED  ONLY
 BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS:
   (1) ANY PERSON EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER WITH WHOM THE SUBJECT OF
 THE PETITION RESIDES; OR
   (2)  THE PARENT, SPOUSE, SIBLING, OR CHILD OF THE SUBJECT OF THE PETI-
 TION WHO IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER; OR
   (3) ANY OTHER PERSON DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE COMMISSIONER  IN  REGU-
 LATION.
   (B) THE PETITION SHALL STATE:
   (1)  EACH  OF  THE  CRITERIA  FOR  ASSISTED  OUTPATIENT  TREATMENT FOR
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 23.05 OF THIS ARTICLE;
   (2) FACTS WHICH SUPPORT THE PETITIONER'S BELIEF THAT  THE  SUBJECT  OF
 THE  PETITION  MEETS  EACH  CRITERION,  PROVIDED THAT THE HEARING ON THE
 PETITION NEED NOT BE LIMITED TO THE STATED FACTS; AND
   (3) THAT THE SUBJECT OF THE PETITION  IS  PRESENT,  OR  IS  REASONABLY
 BELIEVED TO BE PRESENT, WITHIN THE COUNTY WHERE SUCH PETITION IS FILED.
   (C)  THE  PETITION SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN AFFIRMATION OR AFFIDAVIT
 OF A PHYSICIAN, WHO SHALL NOT BE THE PETITIONER, STATING EITHER THAT:

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   (1) SUCH PHYSICIAN HAS PERSONALLY EXAMINED THE SUBJECT OF THE PETITION
 NO MORE THAN TEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE SUBMISSION OF  THE  PETITION,  RECOM-
 MENDS  ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE FOR THE SUBJECT
 OF THE PETITION, AND IS WILLING AND ABLE TO TESTIFY AT  THE  HEARING  ON
 THE PETITION; OR
   (2)  NO  MORE  THAN TEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE FILING OF THE PETITION, SUCH
 PHYSICIAN OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE HAS MADE APPROPRIATE ATTEMPTS, BUT  HAS
 NOT  BEEN  SUCCESSFUL IN ELICITING THE COOPERATION OF THE SUBJECT OF THE
 PETITION TO SUBMIT TO AN  EXAMINATION;  SUCH  PHYSICIAN  HAS  REASON  TO
 SUSPECT THAT THE SUBJECT OF THE PETITION MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR ASSISTED
 OUTPATIENT  TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE; AND SUCH PHYSICIAN IS WILLING
 AND ABLE TO EXAMINE THE SUBJECT OF THE PETITION AND TESTIFY AT THE HEAR-
 ING ON THE PETITION.
   (D) IN COUNTIES WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN SEVENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND,
 THE AFFIRMATION OR AFFIDAVIT REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION (C) OF THIS SECTION
 MAY BE MADE BY A PHYSICIAN WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE OFFICE.  THE OFFICE
 IS  AUTHORIZED  TO MAKE AVAILABLE, AT NO COST TO THE COUNTY, A QUALIFIED
 PHYSICIAN FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF  MAKING  SUCH  AFFIRMATION  OR  AFFIDAVIT
 CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH SUBDIVISION.
 § 23.09 SERVICE.
   THE  PETITIONER SHALL CAUSE WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE PETITION TO BE GIVEN
 TO THE SUBJECT  OF  THE  PETITION,  AND  A  COPY  THEREOF  TO  BE  GIVEN
 PERSONALLY  OR  BY  MAIL TO SUCH OTHER PERSONS AS THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS
 APPROPRIATE IN REGULATION.
 § 23.11 RIGHT TO COUNSEL.
   THE SUBJECT OF THE PETITION SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED  BY
 COUNSEL AT ALL STAGES OF A PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER THIS SECTION.
 § 23.13 HEARING.
   (A)  UPON  RECEIPT OF THE PETITION, THE COURT SHALL FIX THE DATE FOR A
 HEARING. SUCH DATE SHALL BE NO LATER THAN THREE DAYS FROM THE DATE  SUCH
 PETITION  IS  RECEIVED  BY  THE  COURT, EXCLUDING SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND
 HOLIDAYS. ADJOURNMENTS SHALL BE PERMITTED ONLY FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN.  IN
 GRANTING  ADJOURNMENTS,  THE  COURT  SHALL CONSIDER THE NEED FOR FURTHER
 EXAMINATION BY A PHYSICIAN OR THE POTENTIAL  NEED  TO  PROVIDE  ASSISTED
 OUTPATIENT  TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE EXPEDITIOUSLY. THE COURT SHALL
 CAUSE THE SUBJECT OF THE PETITION, ANY  OTHER  PERSON  RECEIVING  NOTICE
 PURSUANT TO SECTION 23.09 OF THIS ARTICLE, THE PETITIONER, THE PHYSICIAN
 WHOSE  AFFIRMATION OR AFFIDAVIT ACCOMPANIED THE PETITION, AND SUCH OTHER
 PERSONS AS THE COURT MAY DETERMINE TO BE ADVISED OF SUCH DATE. UPON SUCH
 DATE, OR UPON SUCH OTHER DATE TO WHICH THE PROCEEDING MAY BE  ADJOURNED,
 THE  COURT  SHALL  HEAR TESTIMONY AND, IF IT BE DEEMED ADVISABLE AND THE
 SUBJECT OF THE PETITION IS AVAILABLE, EXAMINE THE SUBJECT OF  THE  PETI-
 TION  IN OR OUT OF COURT. IF THE SUBJECT OF THE PETITION DOES NOT APPEAR
 AT THE HEARING, AND APPROPRIATE ATTEMPTS TO ELICIT THE ATTENDANCE OF THE
 SUBJECT HAVE FAILED, THE COURT MAY CONDUCT THE HEARING IN THE  SUBJECT'S
 ABSENCE.  IN  SUCH CASE, THE COURT SHALL SET FORTH THE FACTUAL BASIS FOR
 CONDUCTING THE HEARING WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF THE SUBJECT OF THE  PETI-
 TION.
   (B)  THE  COURT  SHALL  NOT  ORDER  ASSISTED  OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE UNLESS AN EXAMINING PHYSICIAN, WHO  RECOMMENDS  ASSISTED
 OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND HAS PERSONALLY EXAMINED THE
 SUBJECT OF THE PETITION NO MORE THAN SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE FILING OF THE
 PETITION, TESTIFIES IN PERSON AT THE HEARING. SUCH PHYSICIAN SHALL STATE
 THE  FACTS  AND CLINICAL DETERMINATIONS THAT SUPPORT THE ALLEGATION THAT
 THE SUBJECT OF THE PETITION MEETS EACH  OF  THE  CRITERIA  FOR  ASSISTED
 OUTPATIENT  TREATMENT  FOR  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL IN

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 REGULATION ADDRESS INSTANCES  IN  WHICH  THE  SUBJECT  OF  THE  PETITION
 REFUSES EXAMINATION BY A PHYSICIAN.
   (C)  A  PHYSICIAN  WHO  TESTIFIES  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (B) OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL STATE: (I) THE FACTS THAT SUPPORT THE ALLEGATION THAT  THE
 SUBJECT MEETS EACH OF THE CRITERIA FOR ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE, (II) THAT THE TREATMENT IS THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE ALTER-
 NATIVE,   (III)   THE  RECOMMENDED  ASSISTED  OUTPATIENT  TREATMENT  FOR
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND (IV) THE RATIONALE  FOR  THE  RECOMMENDED  ASSISTED
 OUTPATIENT  TREATMENT  FOR  SUBSTANCE ABUSE. IF THE RECOMMENDED ASSISTED
 OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE INCLUDES  MEDICATION  SUPPORTED
 RECOVERY,  SUCH  PHYSICIAN'S TESTIMONY SHALL PROVIDE SUCH DETAILS AS THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE IN REGULATION.
   (D) THE SUBJECT OF THE PETITION SHALL BE AFFORDED  AN  OPPORTUNITY  TO
 PRESENT  EVIDENCE, TO CALL WITNESSES ON HIS OR HER BEHALF, AND TO CROSS-
 EXAMINE ADVERSE WITNESSES.
 § 23.15 WRITTEN TREATMENT PLAN.
   (A) THE COURT  SHALL  NOT  ORDER  ASSISTED  OUTPATIENT  TREATMENT  FOR
 SUBSTANCE  ABUSE UNLESS A PHYSICIAN DEVELOPS AND PROVIDES TO THE COURT A
 PROPOSED WRITTEN TREATMENT PLAN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS  PROMUL-
 GATED BY THE COMMISSIONER. THE WRITTEN TREATMENT PLAN SHALL INCLUDE CASE
 MANAGEMENT  SERVICES TO PROVIDE CARE COORDINATION. THE WRITTEN TREATMENT
 PLAN ALSO SHALL INCLUDE ALL CATEGORIES OF SERVICES THAT  SUCH  PHYSICIAN
 RECOMMENDS THAT THE SUBJECT OF THE PETITION RECEIVE. ALL SUBSTANCE ABUSE
 PROGRAMS  SHALL  BE  NOTIFIED  REGARDING  THEIR INCLUSION IN THE WRITTEN
 TREATMENT PLAN.
   (B) THE PHYSICIAN APPOINTED TO  DEVELOP  THE  WRITTEN  TREATMENT  PLAN
 SHALL  PROVIDE  THE  FOLLOWING  PERSONS  WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTIVELY
 PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH PLAN: THE SUBJECT  OF  THE  PETI-
 TION;  THE  TREATING  PHYSICIAN,  IF  ANY;  AND  UPON THE REQUEST OF THE
 SUBJECT OF THE  PETITION,  AN  INDIVIDUAL  SIGNIFICANT  TO  THE  SUBJECT
 INCLUDING  ANY  RELATIVE, CLOSE FRIEND OR INDIVIDUAL OTHERWISE CONCERNED
 WITH THE WELFARE OF THE SUBJECT. IF THE  SUBJECT  OF  THE  PETITION  HAS
 EXECUTED A HEALTH CARE PROXY, THE APPOINTED PHYSICIAN SHALL CONSIDER ANY
 DIRECTIONS  INCLUDED  IN  SUCH PROXY IN DEVELOPING THE WRITTEN TREATMENT
 PLAN.
   (C) THE COURT  SHALL  NOT  ORDER  ASSISTED  OUTPATIENT  TREATMENT  FOR
 SUBSTANCE  ABUSE UNLESS A PHYSICIAN WHO DEVELOPED SUCH PLAN TESTIFIES TO
 EXPLAIN THE PROPOSED WRITTEN TREATMENT PLAN. SUCH PHYSICIAN SHALL  STATE
 THE  CATEGORIES  OF  ASSISTED  OUTPATIENT  TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE
 RECOMMENDED, THE RATIONALE FOR EACH SUCH CATEGORY, FACTS WHICH ESTABLISH
 THAT SUCH TREATMENT IS THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE ALTERNATIVE, AND ANY  OTHER
 INFORMATION  REQUIRED  BY THE COMMISSIONER IN REGULATION. IF THE SUBJECT
 OF THE PETITION HAS EXECUTED A HEALTH CARE PROXY, SUCH  PHYSICIAN  SHALL
 STATE  THE  CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO ANY DIRECTIONS INCLUDED IN SUCH PROXY
 IN DEVELOPING THE WRITTEN TREATMENT PLAN.
 § 23.17 DISPOSITION.
   (A) IF AFTER HEARING ALL RELEVANT EVIDENCE, THE COURT DOES NOT FIND BY
 CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT THE SUBJECT OF THE PETITION MEETS THE
 CRITERIA FOR ASSISTED OUTPATIENT  TREATMENT  FOR  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE,  THE
 COURT SHALL DISMISS THE PETITION.
   (B)  IF  AFTER HEARING ALL RELEVANT EVIDENCE, THE COURT FINDS BY CLEAR
 AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT THE  SUBJECT  OF  THE  PETITION  MEETS  THE
 CRITERIA  FOR  ASSISTED  OUTPATIENT  TREATMENT  FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND
 THERE IS NO APPROPRIATE AND FEASIBLE LESS RESTRICTIVE  ALTERNATIVE,  THE
 COURT MAY ORDER THE SUBJECT TO RECEIVE ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR
 SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  FOR  AN  INITIAL  PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED SIX MONTHS.  IN

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 FASHIONING THE ORDER, THE COURT  SHALL  SPECIFICALLY  MAKE  FINDINGS  BY
 CLEAR  AND  CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT THE PROPOSED TREATMENT IS THE LEAST
 RESTRICTIVE TREATMENT APPROPRIATE AND  FEASIBLE  FOR  THE  SUBJECT.  THE
 ORDER  SHALL  STATE AN ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE
 PLAN, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE ALL CATEGORIES OF ASSISTED  OUTPATIENT  TREAT-
 MENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE THAT THE ASSISTED OUTPATIENT IS TO RECEIVE, BUT
 SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE  ANY  SUCH CATEGORY THAT HAS NOT BEEN RECOMMENDED IN
 BOTH THE PROPOSED WRITTEN TREATMENT PLAN AND THE TESTIMONY  PROVIDED  TO
 THE COURT PURSUANT TO SECTION 23.15 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (C)  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH IN REGULATION PROCEDURES FOR THE
 PROVISION OR ARRANGEMENT  FOR  ALL  CATEGORIES  OF  ASSISTED  OUTPATIENT
 TREATMENT  FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TO THE ASSISTED OUTPATIENT THROUGHOUT THE
 PERIOD OF THE ORDER.
   (D) THE DIRECTOR SHALL CAUSE A COPY OF ANY COURT ORDER ISSUED PURSUANT
 TO THIS SECTION TO BE SERVED PERSONALLY, OR BY MAIL, FACSIMILE OR  ELEC-
 TRONIC  MEANS,  UPON  THE  ASSISTED  OUTPATIENT, OR ANYONE ACTING ON THE
 ASSISTED  OUTPATIENT'S  BEHALF,  THE  ORIGINAL  PETITIONER,   IDENTIFIED
 SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND ALL OTHERS ENTITLED TO NOTICE UNDER SECTION 23.09
 OF THIS ARTICLE.
 § 23.19 PETITIONS  FOR ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF TREATMENT; PETITIONS FOR AN
           ORDER TO STAY, VACATE OR MODIFY; AND APPEALS.
   THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH IN REGULATION SUCH RULES  AND  PROCE-
 DURES TO ENSURE THAT ASSISTED OUTPATIENTS: RECEIVE APPROPRIATE SUBSTANCE
 USE DISORDER SERVICES; ARE AFFORDED ALL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES AVAILABLE BY
 LAW  WITH  RESPECT  TO  THE  ORDER FOR ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO PETITION THE  COURT  TO  STAY,
 VACATE  OR  MODIFY THE ORDER; AND ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL AN
 ORDER ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
 § 23.21 FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT.
   WHERE THE SUBJECT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH  THE  ASSISTED  OUTPATIENT  FOR
 SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  TREATMENT  PLAN  SET  FORTH IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 23.15 OF THIS ARTICLE, THE SUBJECT SHALL BE BROUGHT  TO  A  FACILITY  OR
 TREATMENT  PROGRAM  FOR  EMERGENCY SERVICES PURSUANT TO SECTION 22.09 OF
 THIS TITLE.
 § 23.23 EFFECT OF DETERMINATION THAT A PERSON IS  IN  NEED  OF  ASSISTED
           OUTPATIENT TREATMENT.
   THE  DETERMINATION  BY  A  COURT  THAT A PERSON IS IN NEED OF ASSISTED
 OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE SHALL NOT BE  CONSTRUED  AS  OR
 DEEMED  TO BE A DETERMINATION THAT SUCH PERSON IS INCAPACITATED PURSUANT
 TO ARTICLE EIGHTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER.
 § 23.25 FALSE PETITION.
   A PERSON MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT OR PROVIDING  FALSE  INFORMATION  OR
 FALSE  TESTIMONY  IN  A  PETITION OR HEARING UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE  HUNDRED  SEVEN-
 TY-FIVE OR ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED TEN OF THE PENAL LAW.
 § 23.27 EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
   (A)  THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, IN CONSUL-
 TATION WITH THE OFFICE OF COURT  ADMINISTRATION,  SHALL  PREPARE  EDUCA-
 TIONAL AND TRAINING MATERIALS ON THE USE OF THIS SECTION, WHICH SHALL BE
 MADE AVAILABLE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNITS, PROVIDERS OF SERVICES, JUDG-
 ES, COURT PERSONNEL, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
   (B)  THE  OFFICE,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINIS-
 TRATION, SHALL ESTABLISH A SUBSTANCE ABUSE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR  SUPREME
 AND  COUNTY  COURT JUDGES AND COURT PERSONNEL. SUCH TRAINING SHALL FOCUS
 ON THE USE OF THIS SECTION AND  GENERALLY  ADDRESS  ISSUES  RELATING  TO
 HEROIN AND OPIOID ADDICTION.

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 § 23.29 THE  ASSISTED  OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE ADVISORY
           COUNCIL.
   THERE   IS  HEREBY  CREATED  THE  ASSISTED  OUTPATIENT  TREATMENT  FOR
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE ADVISORY COUNCIL.  (A) THE COUNCIL SHALL CONSIST OF: THE
 COMMISSIONER, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE; THE COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH,
 OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE; THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, OR HIS OR HER DESIG-
 NEE; AND FOURTEEN MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE  GOVERNOR  BY  AND  WITH  THE
 ADVICE  AND  CONSENT  OF THE SENATE. THE GOVERNOR SHALL DESIGNATE ONE OF
 THE APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AS CHAIR, WHO SHALL SERVE  AS  SUCH
 FOR A THREE YEAR TERM. MEMBERSHIP SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PUBLIC,
 SHALL  HAVE  BROAD  PROGRAMMATIC  AND  GEOGRAPHIC  REPRESENTATION, SHALL
 INCLUDE BOTH NOT-FOR-PROFIT AND PROPRIETARY PROVIDERS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE
 SERVICES, AND SHALL INCLUDE:
   (1) FIVE CONSUMER REPRESENTATIVES, INCLUDING PERSONS WHO ARE  RECOVER-
 ING  FROM  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDERS,  THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, AND PATIENT
 ADVOCATES.
   (2) FIVE REPRESENTATIVES OF PROVIDERS  OF  SERVICES  TO  PERSONS  WITH
 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO REPRESENTATIVES OF
 FREE STANDING SUBSTANCE ABUSE FACILITIES, GENERAL HOSPITALS, RESIDENTIAL
 FACILITIES  FOR  PERSONS WHO ABUSE OR ARE DEPENDENT UPON OPIOIDS, METHA-
 DONE MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS, AND OUTPATIENT  FACILITIES  FOR  PERSONS  WHO
 ABUSE  OR  ARE DEPENDENT ON OPIOIDS. OF THESE APPOINTMENTS, AT LEAST ONE
 REPRESENTATIVE MUST BE A PHYSICIAN.
   (3) FOUR REPRESENTATIVES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT,  LOCAL  GOVERNMENTS,  AND
 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PAYORS OF ALCOHOLISM SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.
   (B)  MEMBERS  SHALL  BE  APPOINTED  FOR TERMS OF THREE YEARS, PROVIDED
 HOWEVER, THAT  OF  THE  MEMBERS  FIRST  APPOINTED,  ONE-THIRD  SHALL  BE
 APPOINTED  FOR  ONE  YEAR TERMS AND ONE-THIRD SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR TWO
 YEAR TERMS. VACANCIES SHALL BE FILLED IN THE  SAME  MANNER  AS  ORIGINAL
 APPOINTMENTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF ANY UNEXPIRED TERM.
   (C)  THE COUNCIL SHALL MEET AT THE REQUEST OF ITS CHAIR OR THE COMMIS-
 SIONER, BUT NO LESS FREQUENTLY THAN FOUR TIMES  IN  EACH  FULL  CALENDAR
 YEAR.
   (D)  THE  COUNCIL  SHALL  PROVIDE  RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSIONER
 REGARDING POLICIES, RULES AND REGULATIONS  NECESSARY  TO  IMPLEMENT  THE
 ASSISTED  OUTPATIENT  TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM ACCORDING TO
 THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
 necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
 effective date.
 
                                  PART PP

   Section  1.  Subdivision (b) of section 5.07 of the mental hygiene law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph 5 to read as follows:
   (5) THE COMMISSIONER OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES  SHALL
 ALSO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IN THE PORTION OF THE STATEWIDE COMPREHENSIVE
 PLAN REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION FOR SERVICES TO PERSONS WITH SUBSTANCE
 USE OR COMPULSIVE GAMBLING DISORDERS:
   (I)  AN ASSESSMENT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND RECOV-
 ERY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES LICENSED, CERTIFIED OR OPERATED BY THE OFFICE;
 AS WELL AS AN UPDATE ON THE EFFICACY  OF  THE  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  THESE
 PROGRAMS.  THE  PURPOSE  OF  THIS  ASSESSMENT  IS TO EXAMINE THE CURRENT

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 STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OPIOID/HEROIN TREATMENT, PREVENTION  AND
 RECOVERY     SUPPORT     SERVICES    EXPANSION,    SERVICES    TARGETING
 ADOLESCENTS/YOUTH IN TRANSITION, CROSS SYSTEM COLLABORATION WITH  CRIMI-
 NAL  AND  JUVENILE  JUSTICE  SYSTEMS, SCHOOLS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT;
 PROVIDE DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUALS  USING  SERVICES;  AND
 PROVIDE DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WORKFORCE;
   (II)  FOR  EACH EXPANDED SERVICE, DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION ON THE POPU-
 LATION ACCESSING THIS SERVICE INCLUDING: CHARACTERISTICS  OF  THE  POPU-
 LATION SERVED; AGE, SEX, RACE AND ETHNICITY, EDUCATIONAL STATUS, STUDENT
 STATUS,  MARITAL  STATUS, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, EMPLOYMENT STATUS, HOUSING
 STATUS, AND U.S.  MILITARY  STATUS,  CURRENT  CRIMINAL  JUSTICE  STATUS,
 NUMBER  OF PAST ARRESTS, SUBSTANCE OR SUBSTANCES USED IN THE LAST THIRTY
 DAYS, NUMBER OF DAYS IN DRUG AND/OR  ALCOHOL  INPATIENT  DETOXIFICATION,
 NUMBER  OF  EMERGENCY ROOM EPISODES FOR WHICH THE CLIENT RECEIVED TREAT-
 MENT, NUMBER OF DAYS THE CLIENT WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR  NON-DETOXIFICATION
 SERVICES,  HOSPITALIZATIONS  AND  REASON, CURRENT OPIATE ADDICTION MEDI-
 CINE, ADDICTION MEDICATIONS USED, PHYSICAL OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH  RELATED
 CONDITIONS AND NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN RECOVERY;
   (III) FOR EACH EXPANSION SERVICE, THE NUMBER OF ADDICTION SPECIALISTS,
 OF  THIS  NUMBER, THE NUMBER OF PROVIDERS WHO HAVE ENHANCED THEIR SKILLS
 THROUGH FETAL ALCOHOL DISORDER TRAINING AND OVERDOSE  PREVENTION  TRAIN-
 ING;
   (IV)  FOR  CERTIFIED  PEERS  AND FAMILY SUPPORT NAVIGATORS, THE NUMBER
 WORKING AT EXPANDED SITES, THE  NUMBER  OF  FACE-TO-FACE  CONTACTS  WITH
 INDIVIDUALS IN TREATMENT FACILITIES, INCLUDING EMERGENCY ROOMS AND INPA-
 TIENT SETTINGS, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND SUPPORT GROUPS; AND
   (V) THE NUMBER OF PEER ADVOCATE SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED.
   §  2.  On or before July 1, 2020, the office shall provide the results
 of the effectiveness between opioid/heroin treatment services, retention
 in treatment and outcomes using national outcome measures  developed  by
 the  Substance  Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
 to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of  the  assembly,
 and  the  chairs of the senate and assembly committees on alcoholism and
 drug abuse.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART QQ
 
   Section 1. Section 19.07 of the  mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision (l) to read as follows:
   (L)  (1)  THE  OFFICE  SHALL  ESTABLISH,  EITHER  DIRECTLY  OR THROUGH
 CONTRACT, AN OMBUDSMAN FOR SUBSTANCE USE  DISORDER  INSURANCE  COVERAGE.
 SUCH  OMBUDSMAN SHALL HAVE EXPERTISE IN SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT
 AND ADVOCACY, EXPERIENCE WITH INSURANCE COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS, AND  SUCH
 OTHER  QUALIFICATIONS  AS  SHALL  BE  DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.
   (2) THE OMBUDSMAN FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER INSURANCE COVERAGE SHALL:
   (I) IDENTIFY, ACCEPT, INVESTIGATE, REFER AND RESOLVE  COMPLAINTS  THAT
 ARE  MADE  BY  OR  ON  BEHALF  OF CONSUMERS RELATIVE TO HEALTH INSURANCE
 COVERAGE OF AND ACCESS TO INITIAL AND CONTINUING SUBSTANCE USE  DISORDER
 CARE, INCLUDING MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT, BOTH INPATIENT AND OUTPA-
 TIENT;
   (II)  ACCEPT,  INVESTIGATE, REFER AND RESOLVE COMPLAINTS THAT ARE MADE
 BY TREATMENT PROVIDERS RELATIVE TO  HEALTH  INSURANCE  COVERAGE  OF  AND
 REIMBURSEMENT  FOR  INITIAL  OR  CONTINUING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER CARE,
 INCLUDING MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT, BOTH INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT;

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   (III) ACCEPT, INVESTIGATE, REFER AND RESOLVE COMPLAINTS THAT ARE  MADE
 BY OR ON BEHALF OF CONSUMERS OR BY PROVIDERS RELATIVE TO NETWORK ADEQUA-
 CY  FOR  ACCESS TO AND CONTINUING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER CARE, INCLUDING
 MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT, BOTH INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT; AND
   (IV)  MAKE  RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSIONER AND THE SUPERINTENDENT
 OF FINANCIAL SERVICES BIENNIALLY BEGINNING OCTOBER FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 NINETEEN,  ON  REGULATORY  AND/OR  STATUTORY CHANGES NECESSARY TO ENSURE
 ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE CARE, AND SUCH  RECOMMENDATIONS  SHALL  BE  SHARED
 WITH  THE  LEGISLATURE  UPON  ISSUANCE.  SUCH  RECOMMENDATIONS  MAY ALSO
 INCLUDE WHETHER THE OMBUDSMAN ROLE SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE BROADER
 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INSURANCE COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
                                  PART RR
 
   Section  1.  The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
 19.18-c to read as follows:
 § 19.18-C JAIL-BASED SUBSTANCE USE  DISORDER  TREATMENT  AND  TRANSITION
             SERVICES.
   1.  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNITS,
 COUNTY SHERIFFS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS,  SHALL  IMPLEMENT  A  JAIL-BASED
 SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER  TREATMENT AND TRANSITION SERVICES PROGRAM THAT
 SUPPORTS THE INITIATION, OPERATION  AND  ENHANCEMENT  OF  SUBSTANCE  USE
 DISORDER  TREATMENT  AND  TRANSITION SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH SUBSTANCE
 USE DISORDER WHO ARE INCARCERATED IN JAILS IN COUNTIES OTHER THAN IN THE
 CITY OF NEW YORK OR THE COUNTIES CONTAINED THEREIN.
   2. THE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE IN  ACCORDANCE
 WITH  PLANS  DEVELOPED  BY  PARTICIPATING  LOCAL  GOVERNMENTAL UNITS, IN
 COLLABORATION WITH COUNTY SHERIFFS AND APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER  AND
 MAY INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:
   A. ALCOHOL, HEROIN AND OPIOID WITHDRAWAL MANAGEMENT;
   B. MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENTS;
   C. GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING AND CLINICAL SUPPORT;
   D. PEER SUPPORT;
   E. DISCHARGE PLANNING; AND
   F. RE-ENTRY AND TRANSITIONAL SUPPORTS.
   3.  WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED THEREFOR, FUNDING SHALL BE MADE AVAIL-
 ABLE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNITS PURSUANT TO CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THE
 OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES IN  CONSULTATION  WITH
 LOCAL  GOVERNMENTAL UNITS, WHICH SHALL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE LOCAL
 NEEDS AND RESOURCES AS IDENTIFIED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNITS, THE AVER-
 AGE DAILY JAIL POPULATION, THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF PERSONS INCARCERATED IN
 THE JAIL THAT REQUIRE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER  SERVICES  AND  SUCH  OTHER
 FACTORS AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
                                  PART SS
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 1112-a to read as follows:
   §  1112-A.  EMERGENT  CONTAMINANT  CONTINGENCY FUND. 1. THE DEPARTMENT
 SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A SEPARATE FUND FOR THE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES
 WHICH ARE NECESSARY TO PROVIDE FOR:
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   (B) WATER FILTRATION SYSTEMS; OR
   (C) REMEDIATION MEASURES.
   2.  THE  MONIES  IN  THE  FUND SHALL BE PAID OR LOANED TO PUBLIC WATER
 SUPPLY SYSTEMS, TO THE EXTENT APPROPRIATIONS ARE AVAILABLE, IN THE EVENT
 ONE OR MORE EMERGENT CONTAMINANTS EXCEED ACCEPTABLE LEVELS IN THE  WATER
 OF  A  GIVEN  SUPPLY SYSTEM DUE TO EITHER NEWLY AMENDED EMERGENT CONTAM-
 INANT LEVELS OR TO NEW CONTAMINATION. PRIORITY SHALL BE GIVEN  TO  THOSE
 SUPPLY  SYSTEMS  IN JEOPARDY OF LOSING THE ABILITY TO ADEQUATELY FURNISH
 WATER TO THEIR RESIDENTS. THE  PRESENCE  OF  THE  EMERGENT  CONTAMINANTS
 SHALL  BE MEASURED AT A LEVEL SET FORTH IN SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED TWELVE
 OF THIS ARTICLE. THE EMERGING CONTAMINANT CONTINGENCY FUND SHALL CONSIST
 OF MONIES APPROPRIATED BY THE CLEAN  WATER  INFRASTRUCTURE  ACT  OF  TWO
 THOUSAND SEVENTEEN.
   § 2. Subdivision 11 of section 1112 of the public health law, as added
 by  section 1 of part M of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is amended to
 read as follows:
   11. The commissioner [may] SHALL promulgate  regulations  pursuant  to
 which  the  department  may  provide financial assistance for compliance
 with the testing requirements of this section,  to  any  covered  public
 water  system  upon  a  showing  that  the costs associated with testing
 drinking water in compliance with this section would impose a  financial
 hardship. Such regulations shall, when prioritizing public water systems
 for  eligibility  for  financial assistance, incorporate provisions that
 give preference to public water systems serving less than  ten  thousand
 individuals.
   §  3.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 1108-a
 to read as follows:
   § 1108-A. PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM  COORDINATION  SUMMITS.  THE  DEPARTMENT
 SHALL  CONVENE NO LESS THAN SIX PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM COORDINATION SUMMITS
 INTENDED TO SUPPORT THE SAFETY  AND  QUALITY  OF  PUBLIC  WATER  SYSTEMS
 SUPPLIES.  THE SUMMITS SHALL BE HELD REGIONALLY AS FOLLOWS: THE MID-HUD-
 SON REGION OF THE STATE, THE CENTRAL REGION  OF  THE  STATE,  THE  NORTH
 COUNTRY  REGION  OF THE STATE, THE FINGER LAKES REGION, LONG ISLAND, AND
 THE WESTERN REGION OF THE STATE. THE DEPARTMENT  SHALL  INVITE  NATIONAL
 AND  STATE EXPERTS APPROPRIATE FOR PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM QUALITY AND SAFE-
 TY, INCLUDING WATERSHED EXPERTS, PUBLIC WATER ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZA-
 TIONS, AND WATER SUPPLIERS, THE MEMBERS OF THE  DRINKING  WATER  QUALITY
 COUNCIL  ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED THIRTEEN OF THIS
 TITLE AND MEMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE REPRESENTING  THE  REGION  IN
 WHICH  THE  SUMMIT  TAKES PLACE. SUMMIT TOPICS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO: WATER  INFRASTRUCTURE,  ADDITIONAL  TESTING  IN  AREAS  THAT
 PREVIOUSLY  DETECTED  UNREGULATED CONTAMINANTS MONITORED PURSUANT TO THE
 FEDERAL SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (42 USC  §  300G-1),  CHALLENGES  FACING
 SMALL  AND  RURAL WATER UTILITIES, AND SYSTEMATIC WAYS TO IDENTIFY PROB-
 LEMS AND SET PRIORITIES. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL EXTEND SUMMIT  INVITATIONS
 TO  COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS, TRANSIENT NON-COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS, NON-
 TRANSIENT NON-COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS IN EACH COUNTY  ACROSS  THE  STATE
 AND  SHALL  INVITE SYSTEMS REPRESENTING RURAL, SUBURBAN AND URBAN AREAS.
 ALL FOUR SUMMITS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE OPEN  MEETINGS  LAW  AND  SHALL
 TAKE  PLACE  BETWEEN  APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND JULY FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL POST RECOMMENDATIONS ON  ITS
 WEBSITE WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF THE CONCLUSION OF EACH SUMMIT.
   §  4.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 1114-a
 to read as follows:
   § 1114-A. VOLUNTARY PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION STUDY. 1.  THERE
 SHALL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE DEPARTMENT, BY THE COMMISSIONER, A VOLUNTARY

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 PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION STUDY DESIGNED TO EVALUATE THE  FEASI-
 BILITY  OF THE JOINING OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE WATER
 QUALITY. SUCH STUDY SHALL INCLUDE:
   (A)  THE FEASIBILITY OF JOINING OF TWO OR MORE PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS TO
 FORM ONE WATER SYSTEM;
   (B) THE FEASIBILITY OF THE CONSOLIDATION OF ONE OR MORE  PUBLIC  WATER
 SYSTEMS INTO A LARGER PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM;
   (C)  THE  APPROPRIATE  TECHNICAL,  MANAGERIAL  AND  FINANCIAL CAPACITY
 NECESSARY FOR CONSOLIDATION,  INCLUDING  STATE  FUNDING  MECHANISMS  AND
 INCENTIVES THAT COULD BE UTILIZED;
   (D) POTENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS OF CONSOLIDATION, INCLUDING ABILI-
 TY  TO  MEET  LEGALLY REQUIRED WATER QUALITY STANDARDS AND THE IMPACT ON
 MONITORING, REPORTING AND ENFORCEMENT OF DRINKING WATER STANDARDS;
   (E) APPROPRIATE AND SUFFICIENT GUIDANCE FROM THE DEPARTMENT  NECESSARY
 FOR THOSE PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS INTERESTED IN CONSOLIDATION; AND
   (F)  RECOMMENDATIONS  FOR PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS INTERESTED IN VOLUNTARY
 CONSOLIDATION.
   2. SUCH STUDY SHALL BE FUNDED WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED. THE DEPART-
 MENT SHALL PREPARE AND SUBMIT A REPORT AND SUPPORTING MATERIALS  TO  THE
 GOVERNOR,  THE  TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE
 ASSEMBLY SETTING FORTH THE INFORMATION GATHERED AND  RECOMMENDATIONS  TO
 THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY FIRST OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART TT
 
   Section  1. Section 2405 of the public health law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REPORT TO THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND  THE
 TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF THE SENATE BY JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINE-
 TEEN AND JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, AND  BIANNUALLY  THEREAFTER,
 ON  THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PROGRAM, THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS
 THE AMOUNTS, PURPOSES AND AWARDEES BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA  OF  ANY  GRANTS
 PROVIDED UNDER THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  Subdivision  1  of  section  4140  of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 352 of the laws  of  2013,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1. The death of each person who has died in this state shall be regis-
 tered  immediately  and  not later than seventy-two hours after death or
 the finding of a dead human body, by filing with the  registrar  of  the
 district in which the death occurred or the body was found a certificate
 of such death, in a manner and format as prescribed by the commissioner,
 which  shall  [include]  BE  through electronic means in accordance with
 section forty-one hundred forty-eight of this title.
   § 2-a. Section 4148 of the public health law, as added by chapter  352
 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   §  4148.  Electronic  death  registration system. 1. The department is
 hereby authorized and directed to design, FULLY implement  and  maintain
 an electronic death registration system for collecting, storing, record-
 ing,  transmitting, amending, correcting and authenticating information,
 as necessary and appropriate to complete a death  registration,  and  to
 generate such documents as determined by the department in relation to a
 death  occurring in this state. As part of the design and FULL implemen-
 tation of the system established by this section, the  department  shall
 consult  with  all  persons  authorized to use such system to the extent
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 this section shall be collected for each burial or removal permit issued
 on  or  after  the  effective  date  of this section from the REGISTERED
 FUNERAL FIRM REPRESENTED BY THE licensed funeral director or  undertaker
 to whom such permit is issued, in the manner specified by the department
 and  shall  be used solely for the purpose set forth in subdivision five
 of this section. Except as specifically provided in  this  section,  the
 existing  general duties of, and remuneration received by, local regist-
 rars in accepting and filing certificates of death  and  issuing  burial
 and removal permits pursuant to any statute or regulation shall be main-
 tained, and not altered or abridged in any way by this section.
   2.  Commencing  on  the  implementation  date[,  the  department shall
 require that] ALL deaths occurring within this state must be  registered
 using  the  electronic  death  registration  system  established in this
 section.  Electronic death registration may be phased in, as  determined
 by  the commissioner, for deaths occurring in the state [until the elec-
 tronic death registration system is  fully  implemented  in  the  state]
 PRIOR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE.  As used in this section, "implementa-
 tion  date"  means  the  [first]  SIXTIETH day [in January in the second
 year] after [this] THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN THAT
 AMEND THIS section becomes a law[, or as soon thereafter as the  commis-
 sioner  reasonably  determines by regulation is feasible in light of the
 intent of this section]. VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT  TO
 SECTIONS  TWELVE AND TWELVE-B OF THIS CHAPTER, PROVIDED THAT SUBDIVISION
 FOUR OF SECTION TWELVE OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL NOT APPLY.
   3. Commencing on the implementation  date,  all  persons  required  to
 register  a death or file a certificate of death under this article, and
 such others as may be authorized by the commissioner, shall have  access
 to  the electronic death registration system for the purpose of entering
 information required to execute, complete  and  file  a  certificate  of
 death or to retrieve such information or generate documentation from the
 electronic  death registration system. The confidentiality provisions in
 section forty-one hundred forty-seven  of  this  title  shall  apply  to
 information maintained in this system.
   4. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, commencing on
 or  after  January  first, two thousand fifteen[, or on such date deter-
 mined by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision two of  this  section]
 BUT NO LATER THAN THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE, any requirement of this title
 for  a  signature  of any person shall be deemed satisfied by the use by
 such person of digital signature provided such person is  authorized  in
 accordance  with  this  section to use the electronic death registration
 system.
   5. [Licensed] FOR BURIAL AND REMOVAL PERMITS, LICENSED funeral  direc-
 tors  and undertakers shall support the establishment and maintenance of
 the electronic death registration system through a payment, tendered for
 each burial and removal permit issued to a licensed funeral director  or
 undertaker,  in the amount of twenty dollars, provided that such payment
 shall be considered a cost of operation  and  the  funeral  director  or
 undertaker  shall  not charge any additional fee related to such payment
 for funeral or other services.
   § 2-b. Subdivision 3 of section 4171 of  the  public  health  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  352  of  the  laws  of 2013, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. All certificates, either of birth or death, shall be written  legi-
 bly,  in  durable  black  ink, provided, however, that commencing on [or
 after] the implementation date under section  forty-one  hundred  forty-
 eight  of this article, death certificates shall be completed in accord-

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 ance with section forty-one hundred  forty-eight  of  this  article.  No
 certificate[,  whether  filed  in  paper form or death certificate filed
 electronically in accordance with section forty-one hundred  forty-eight
 of this article,] shall be held to be complete and correct that does not
 supply  all of the items of information called for therein, or satisfac-
 torily account for their omission.
   § 3. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 206-c to
 read as follows:
   § 206-C. COURT ORDERED GUARDIANSHIP DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.  1.  WITHIN
 AMOUNTS  APPROPRIATED THEREFOR, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A COURT
 ORDERED GUARDIANSHIP DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IN A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION
 OF NOT LESS THAN ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE THOUSAND AND  NOT
 MORE  THAN  ONE  MILLION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND ACCORDING TO THE
 TWO THOUSAND TEN FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS, WHICH  SHALL  FACILITATE  THE
 USE OF GERIATRIC SOCIAL WORKERS, AND/OR OTHER NON-ATTORNEYS, TO SERVE AS
 GUARDIANS  APPOINTED  BY A COURT, UNDER ARTICLE EIGHTY-ONE OF THE MENTAL
 HYGIENE LAW, FOR INCAPACITATED ADULTS WHO LACK FINANCIAL  RESOURCES  AND
 APPROPRIATE  FAMILY  SUPPORTS.  THE  DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE
 FUNDING FOR GERIATRIC SOCIAL WORKERS,  OR  OTHER  NON-LAWYER  GUARDIANS,
 WHEN  APPOINTED  BY A COURT TO ASSIST ELDERLY OR DISABLED ADULTS WHO ARE
 DEEMED INCAPACITATED AND ARE FOUND  APPROPRIATE  FOR  THE  DEMONSTRATION
 PROGRAM BY THE COURT.
   2. THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SHALL, IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING GUARDIAN-
 SHIP  SERVICES,  STUDY  THE  COSTS AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING
 SUCH GUARDIANSHIP SERVICES THROUGH THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM, THE  INDI-
 VIDUAL'S  ABILITY  TO  MAINTAIN  INDEPENDENCE IN AND CONNECTION TO THEIR
 COMMUNITY, THE COST AVOIDANCE TO THE STATE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BY
 MAINTAINING THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE COMMUNITY RATHER THAN REQUIRING HIGHER
 LEVELS OF CARE, ANY BEST PRACTICES LEARNED AS A  RESULT  OF  THE  DEMON-
 STRATION  PROGRAM  AND  OTHER FACTORS WHICH EXAMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
 UTILIZING GERIATRIC SOCIAL WORKERS OR OTHER NON-LAWYERS AS GUARDIANS.  A
 REPORT  DETAILING  THE  FINDINGS OF THE STUDY AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS
 FOR MODIFICATION, CONTINUATION AND/OR EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM SHALL  BE
 COMPLETED  WITHIN  EIGHTEEN  MONTHS  OF  THE  START OF THE DEMONSTRATION
 PROGRAM AND SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNOR, THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT
 OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF ASSEMBLY.
   § 4. Section 2006 of the public health law, as added by chapter 657 of
 the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2006.  Grants.  Subject to amounts expressly appropriated therefor,
 the commissioner is authorized to award grants to applicants approved by
 the department for the Alzheimer's Community Assistance  Program  (ACAP)
 which  is  hereby established within the department. Applicants shall be
 limited to not-for-profit  corporations  which  have  as  their  primary
 purpose  providing  family  intervention services related to Alzheimer's
 disease, which are designed to postpone or prevent nursing  home  place-
 ments  [on  a statewide basis].   THE COMMISSIONER SHALL AWARD GRANTS TO
 NOT-FOR-PROFIT  CORPORATIONS  WHICH  HAVE  DEMONSTRATED  A  CAPACITY  TO
 PROVIDE  THESE  SERVICES  WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS AND
 SHALL ENDEAVOR TO ENSURE THAT THESE  REGIONAL  GRANT  AWARDS  RESULT  IN
 SERVICES BEING AVAILABLE ON A STATEWIDE BASIS.
   §  5.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the commissioner
 of the New York state department of  health  is  hereby  authorized  and
 directed  to prepare or have prepared a study of and a remedial plan for
 the high incidence of asthma and  related  pulmonary  disorders  in  the
 boroughs  of  Brooklyn and Manhattan in the city of New York. Such study
 shall include an analysis of high risk neighborhoods examining  dispari-

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 ties in: income, race and ethnicity, public and private housing, proxim-
 ity  to  major  sources of air pollution, including, but not limited to,
 highly trafficked roadways and solid waste processing facilities, and an
 evaluation of the effectiveness of existing medical facilities.
   § 5-a. The study and remedial plan authorized pursuant to section five
 of  this  act  shall  be completed within twelve months of the effective
 date of this act.
   § 6. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the depart-
 ment of financial  services,  in  cooperation  with  the  department  of
 health,  shall examine the language of current state insurance laws, and
 health insurance policies and contracts issued pursuant to such laws, to
 determine their efficacy in relation to fertility and in vitro  fertili-
 zation  coverage  benefits. The department of financial services, in its
 examination, shall analyze how  various  suggested  changes  to  statute
 would impact utilization, and the effect they may have on premium rates.
 The  study shall be completed, and a report delivered by June 1, 2018 to
 the majority leader of the senate, the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  the
 chairs  of  the senate and assembly health and insurance committees, and
 to the secretary of state for publication in the state register.
   § 7. The public buildings law is amended by adding a new  section  144
 to read as follows:
   § 144. LACTATION ROOM IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "COVERED PUBLIC BUILDING" MEANS A PUBLIC BUILDING OF THE STATE OF
 NEW YORK AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER THAT IS OPEN TO THE
 PUBLIC AND CONTAINS A PUBLIC RESTROOM; AND
   (B) "LACTATION ROOM" MEANS A HYGIENIC PLACE, OTHER  THAN  A  BATHROOM,
 THAT:
   (1) IS SHIELDED FROM VIEW;
   (2) IS FREE FROM INTRUSION; AND
   (3)  CONTAINS  A CHAIR, A WORKING SURFACE, AND, IF THE PUBLIC BUILDING
 IS OTHERWISE SUPPLIED WITH ELECTRICITY, AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET.
   2. A COVERED PUBLIC BUILDING SHALL CONTAIN A LACTATION  ROOM  THAT  IS
 MADE  AVAILABLE  FOR  USE  BY  A  MEMBER  OF THE PUBLIC TO BREASTFEED OR
 EXPRESS BREAST MILK.
   3. A COVERED PUBLIC BUILDING SHALL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION IF THE PUBLIC BUILDING:
   (A) DOES NOT CONTAIN A LACTATION ROOM FOR EMPLOYEES WHO  WORK  IN  THE
 BUILDING; AND
   (B)  DOES NOT HAVE A ROOM THAT COULD BE REPURPOSED AS A LACTATION ROOM
 OR A SPACE THAT COULD BE MADE PRIVATE, AT A REASONABLE COST; OR
   (C) NEW CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE REQUIRED TO CREATE A LACTATION  ROOM  IN
 THE PUBLIC BUILDING AND THE COST OF SUCH CONSTRUCTION IS UNFEASIBLE.
   4. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO AUTHORIZE AN INDIVID-
 UAL  TO  ENTER  A  PUBLIC  BUILDING THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT OTHERWISE
 AUTHORIZED TO ENTER.
   § 8. Subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 34 to read as follows:
   (34) EVERY POLICY THAT PROVIDES COVERAGE  FOR  HOSPITAL,  SURGICAL  OR
 MEDICAL  CARE SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING COVERAGE FOR PASTEURIZED DONOR
 HUMAN MILK (PDHM), WHICH MAY INCLUDE FORTIFIERS AS MEDICALLY  INDICATED,
 FOR  INPATIENT USE, FOR WHICH A LICENSED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER HAS ISSUED
 AN ORDER FOR AN INFANT WHO IS MEDICALLY OR PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO  RECEIVE
 MATERNAL BREAST MILK OR PARTICIPATE IN BREAST FEEDING OR WHOSE MOTHER IS
 MEDICALLY OR PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO PRODUCE MATERNAL BREAST MILK AT ALL OR
 IN  SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES OR PARTICIPATE IN BREAST FEEDING DESPITE OPTI-
 MAL LACTATION SUPPORT. SUCH INFANT SHALL: (I) HAVE  A  DOCUMENTED  BIRTH

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 WEIGHT  OF  LESS  THAN  ONE  THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED GRAMS; OR (II) HAVE A
 CONGENITAL OR ACQUIRED CONDITION THAT PLACES THE INFANT AT A  HIGH  RISK
 FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS.
   § 9. Subsection (1) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 20 to read as follows:
   (20)  EVERY  INSURER DELIVERING A GROUP OR BLANKET POLICY OR ISSUING A
 GROUP OR BLANKET POLICY FOR DELIVERY IN THIS STATE THAT PROVIDES  COVER-
 AGE  FOR  HOSPITAL, SURGICAL OR MEDICAL CARE SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING
 COVERAGE FOR PASTEURIZED DONOR HUMAN  MILK  (PDHM),  WHICH  MAY  INCLUDE
 FORTIFIERS  AS  MEDICALLY  INDICATED,  FOR  INPATIENT  USE,  FOR WHICH A
 LICENSED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER HAS ISSUED AN ORDER FOR AN INFANT  WHO  IS
 MEDICALLY  OR  PHYSICALLY  UNABLE  TO  RECEIVE  MATERNAL  BREAST MILK OR
 PARTICIPATE IN BREAST FEEDING OR WHOSE MOTHER IS MEDICALLY OR PHYSICALLY
 UNABLE TO PRODUCE MATERNAL BREAST MILK AT ALL OR IN  SUFFICIENT  QUANTI-
 TIES OR PARTICIPATE IN BREAST FEEDING DESPITE OPTIMAL LACTATION SUPPORT.
 SUCH  INFANT  SHALL: (I) HAVE A DOCUMENTED BIRTH WEIGHT OF LESS THAN ONE
 THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED GRAMS; OR  (II)  HAVE  A  CONGENITAL  OR  ACQUIRED
 CONDITION  THAT  PLACES  THE  INFANT  AT  A HIGH RISK FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
 NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS.
   § 10. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subsection (oo) to read as follows:
   (OO)  A  MEDICAL  EXPENSE  INDEMNITY  CORPORATION,  A HOSPITAL SERVICE
 CORPORATION OR A HEALTH SERVICE CORPORATION THAT PROVIDES  COVERAGE  FOR
 HOSPITAL,  SURGICAL OR MEDICAL CARE SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING COVERAGE
 FOR PASTEURIZED DONOR HUMAN MILK (PDHM), WHICH MAY INCLUDE FORTIFIERS AS
 MEDICALLY INDICATED, FOR INPATIENT USE, FOR  WHICH  A  LICENSED  MEDICAL
 PRACTITIONER HAS ISSUED AN ORDER FOR AN INFANT WHO IS MEDICALLY OR PHYS-
 ICALLY  UNABLE  TO RECEIVE MATERNAL BREAST MILK OR PARTICIPATE IN BREAST
 FEEDING OR WHOSE MOTHER IS MEDICALLY OR  PHYSICALLY  UNABLE  TO  PRODUCE
 MATERNAL  BREAST  MILK AT ALL OR IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES OR PARTICIPATE
 IN BREAST FEEDING DESPITE OPTIMAL LACTATION SUPPORT. SUCH INFANT  SHALL:
 (I)  HAVE  A  DOCUMENTED  BIRTH  WEIGHT  OF  LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND FIVE
 HUNDRED GRAMS; OR (II) HAVE A  CONGENITAL  OR  ACQUIRED  CONDITION  THAT
 PLACES  THE INFANT AT A HIGH RISK FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NECROTIZING ENTERO-
 COLITIS.
   § 11. Subdivision 15 of section 378 of the executive law is renumbered
 as subdivision 18.
   § 12. Subdivision 16 of section 378 of the executive law is renumbered
 subdivision 15 and two new subdivisions 16 and 17 are added to  read  as
 follows:
   16.  STANDARDS  REQUIRING THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF AT LEAST
 ONE SAFE, SANITARY, AND CONVENIENT DIAPER CHANGING STATION, DECK, TABLE,
 OR SIMILAR AMENITY WHICH SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR USE  BY  BOTH  MALE  AND
 FEMALE  OCCUPANTS  AND  WHICH  SHALL  COMPLY  WITH SECTION 603.5 (DIAPER
 CHANGING TABLES) OF THE TWO THOUSAND NINE  EDITION  OF  THE  PUBLICATION
 ENTITLED  ICC  A117.1,  ACCESSIBLE  AND USABLE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES,
 PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL, INC., ON AT LEAST ONE FLOOR
 LEVEL CONTAINING A PUBLIC TOILET ROOM IN ALL NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS
 IN THE STATE THAT HAVE ONE OR MORE AREAS CLASSIFIED AS ASSEMBLY GROUP  A
 OCCUPANCIES OR MERCANTILE GROUP M OCCUPANCIES AND IN ALL EXISTING BUILD-
 INGS  IN  THE  STATE  THAT HAVE ONE OR MORE AREAS CLASSIFIED AS ASSEMBLY
 GROUP A OCCUPANCIES OR MERCANTILE GROUP  M  OCCUPANCIES  AND  UNDERGO  A
 SUBSTANTIAL  RENOVATION.  THE  COUNCIL SHALL PRESCRIBE THE TYPE OF RENO-
 VATION TO BE DEEMED TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION.  THE  COUNCIL  MAY EXEMPT HISTORIC BUILDINGS FROM THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.

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   17. STANDARDS REQUIRING THAT, IN EACH BUILDING THAT HAS  ONE  OR  MORE
 AREAS  CLASSIFIED  AS ASSEMBLY GROUP A OCCUPANCIES OR MERCANTILE GROUP M
 OCCUPANCIES AND IN WHICH AT LEAST ONE  DIAPER  CHANGING  STATION,  DECK,
 TABLE,  OR  SIMILAR  AMENITY  IS  INSTALLED, A SIGN SHALL BE POSTED IN A
 CONSPICUOUS  PLACE IN EACH PUBLIC TOILET ROOM INDICATING THE LOCATION OF
 THE NEAREST DIAPER CHANGING STATION, DECK,  TABLE,  OR  SIMILAR  AMENITY
 THAT  IS  AVAILABLE FOR USE BY THE GENDER USING SUCH PUBLIC TOILET ROOM.
 THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  APPLY  WITHOUT  REGARD  TO
 WHETHER THE DIAPER CHANGING STATION, DECK, TABLE, OR SIMILAR AMENITY WAS
 INSTALLED VOLUNTARILY OR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN OF THIS SECTION
 OR  ANY OTHER APPLICABLE LAW, STATUTE, RULE, OR REGULATION. NO SUCH SIGN
 SHALL BE REQUIRED IN A PUBLIC TOILET ROOM IN WHICH ANY  DIAPER  CHANGING
 STATION, DECK, TABLE, OR SIMILAR AMENITY IS LOCATED.
   § 13. The public building law is amended by adding a new section 54 to
 read as follows:
   §  54.  RESTROOM  ACCESSIBILITY  AND EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC
 BUILDINGS. 1. IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE BUILD-
 ING CODE REFERENCED IN SECTION FIFTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, ALL  BUILDINGS
 COVERED  BY  THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM, AT
 LEAST ONE FAMILY RESTROOM, ACCESSIBLE FROM ANY POINT WITHIN THE BUILDING
 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH IS TO BE EQUIPPED SUCH  THAT  A  CAREGIVER  IS
 ABLE TO ATTEND TO THE SANITARY AND HYGIENIC NEEDS OF ANY PERSON AFFECTED
 BY  ANY  COMBINATION OF PHYSICAL AND/OR COGNITIVE DISABILITIES SUCH THAT
 THEY REQUIRE CONSTANT  ASSISTANCE  WITH  ACTIVITIES  FOR  DAILY  LIVING,
 INCLUDING,  BUT  ARE  NOT  STRICTLY  LIMITED TO, AN INABILITY TO UTILIZE
 CONVENTIONAL RESTROOM FACILITIES.
   2. THE PRECISE CONFIGURATION AND EQUIPMENT  TO  BE  INCLUDED  IN  SUCH
 FAMILY  RESTROOM  FACILITIES  SHALL  BE DETERMINED PURSUANT TO RULES AND
 REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE  CODES  DIVISION,  IN
 COOPERATION WITH THE OFFICE FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES,
 AND  WITH  THE INPUT OF AN INDEPENDENT PARTY, APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR,
 WHO IS THE PARENT OR LEGAL  GUARDIAN  OF  A  PERSON  WHOSE  DISABILITIES
 PREVENT  THEIR USE OF CONVENTIONAL RESTROOM FACILITIES. THE EQUIPMENT IS
 TO INCLUDE A HORIZONTAL FLAT RAISED SURFACE  AREA  SUITABLE  FOR  SAFELY
 DIAPERING  AN  ADULT  PERSON OF AT LEAST TWO HUNDRED FIFTY POUNDS WEIGHT
 AND EQUIPPED WITH A SYSTEM TO TEMPORARILY COVER THE SURFACE WITH A SANI-
 TARY DISPOSABLE COVERING.  ALL  SUCH  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  SHALL  BE
 PROMULGATED AND IMPLEMENTED WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OF THE EFFEC-
 TIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   §  14.  Subdivision  1  of section 2805-i of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 504 of the laws of 1994 and paragraph (c) as  amended
 by chapter 39 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Every  hospital providing treatment to alleged victims of a sexual
 offense shall be responsible for:
   (a) maintaining sexual offense evidence and the chain  of  custody  as
 provided in subdivision two of this section[.];
   (b)  contacting  a  rape  crisis or victim assistance organization, if
 any, providing victim assistance to the geographic area served  by  that
 hospital to establish the coordination of non-medical services to sexual
 offense victims who request such coordination and services[.];
   (c) offering and making available appropriate HIV post-exposure treat-
 ment  therapies; including a seven day starter pack of HIV post-exposure
 prophylaxis, in cases where it has been determined, in  accordance  with
 guidelines  issued  by  the commissioner, that a significant exposure to
 HIV has occurred, and informing the victim that payment  assistance  for
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 pursuant to the provisions of article twenty-two of the  executive  law.
 With  the  consent of the victim of a sexual assault, the hospital emer-
 gency room department shall provide or arrange for  an  appointment  for
 medical  follow-up  related  to  HIV post-exposure prophylaxis and other
 care as appropriate; AND
   (D) ENSURING SEXUAL  ASSAULT  SURVIVORS  ARE  NOT  BILLED  FOR  SEXUAL
 ASSAULT  FORENSIC  EXAMS  AND  ARE NOTIFIED ORALLY AND IN WRITING OF THE
 OPTION TO DECLINE TO PROVIDE PRIVATE HEALTH  INSURANCE  INFORMATION  AND
 HAVE  THE  OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES REIMBURSE THE HOSPITAL FOR THE EXAM
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF SECTION SIX  HUNDRED  THIRTY-ONE  OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   §  15.  Subdivision 13 of section 631 of the executive law, as amended
 by chapter 39 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   13. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regulation to
 the contrary, when any New York state  accredited  hospital,  accredited
 sexual  assault  examiner  program,  or  licensed  health  care provider
 furnishes services to any sexual assault  survivor,  including  but  not
 limited to a health care forensic examination in accordance with the sex
 offense  evidence  collection  protocol and standards established by the
 department of health, such hospital, sexual assault examiner program, or
 licensed healthcare provider shall provide such services to  the  person
 without  charge  and  shall  bill  the  office  directly. The office, in
 consultation with the department of health, shall  define  the  specific
 services to be covered by the sexual assault forensic exam reimbursement
 fee,  which must include at a minimum forensic examiner services, hospi-
 tal or healthcare facility services related to  the  exam,  and  related
 laboratory tests and necessary pharmaceuticals; including but not limit-
 ed  to  HIV  post-exposure  prophylaxis provided by a hospital emergency
 room at the time of the forensic rape examination pursuant to  paragraph
 (c)  of  subdivision  one  of section twenty-eight hundred five-i of the
 public health law. Follow-up HIV post-exposure prophylaxis  costs  shall
 continue to be reimbursed according to established office procedure. The
 office, in consultation with the department of health, shall also gener-
 ate  the  necessary  regulations  and forms for the direct reimbursement
 procedure. The rate for reimbursement shall be the  amount  of  itemized
 charges not exceeding eight hundred dollars, to be reviewed and adjusted
 annually  by  the  office in consultation with the department of health.
 The hospital, sexual assault examiner program, or licensed  health  care
 provider  must  accept  this  fee as payment in full for these specified
 services. No additional billing of the survivor  for  said  services  is
 permissible.  A  sexual  assault  survivor  may  voluntarily  assign any
 private insurance benefits to which  she  or  he  is  entitled  for  the
 healthcare  forensic  examination, in which case the hospital or health-
 care provider may not charge the office; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, IN THE EVENT
 THE SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR ASSIGNS ANY PRIVATE HEALTH  INSURANCE  BENE-
 FIT, SUCH COVERAGE SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES OR COINSU-
 RANCE  OR  BALANCE  BILLING  BY  THE  HOSPITAL,  SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAMINER
 PROGRAM OR LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.   A hospital,  sexual  assault
 examiner  program or licensed health care provider shall, at the time of
 the initial visit, request assignment of any  private  health  insurance
 benefits  to  which  the  sexual  assault survivor is entitled on a form
 prescribed by the office; provided, however, such sexual assault  survi-
 vor shall be advised orally and in writing that he or she may decline to
 provide  such information regarding private health insurance benefits if
 he or she believes that the provision of such information would substan-
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 event, the sexual assault forensic exam fee shall be paid by the office.
 Such  sexual  assault survivor shall also be advised that providing such
 information may provide additional resources  to  pay  for  services  to
 other  sexual  assault  victims.  If  he or she declines to provide such
 health insurance information, he or she shall indicate such decision  on
 the  form  provided  by the hospital, sexual assault examiner program or
 licensed health care provider, which form shall  be  prescribed  by  the
 office.
   §  16.  Subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph 34 to read as follows:
   (34) HEALTH CARE FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS PERFORMED PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED  FIVE-I OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW COVERED UNDER THE
 POLICY SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES OR COINSURANCE.
   § 17. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law  is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph 20 to read as follows:
   (20)  HEALTH  CARE FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS PERFORMED PURSUANT TO SECTION
 TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-I OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW COVERED  UNDER  THE
 POLICY SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES OR COINSURANCE.
   §  18.  Section  4303  of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
 subsection (rr) to read as follows:
   (RR) HEALTH CARE FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS PERFORMED PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED  FIVE-I OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW COVERED UNDER THE
 CONTRACT SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES OR COINSURANCE.
   § 19. Subdivision 2 of section 2805-i of the  public  health  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  504  of  the  laws  of 1994, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. The sexual offense evidence shall be collected and kept in a locked
 separate and secure area for not less than thirty days unless: (a)  such
 evidence  is  not privileged and the police request its surrender before
 that time, which request shall be complied with; or (b) such evidence is
 privileged and (i) the alleged sexual offense victim nevertheless  gives
 permission  to  turn  such privileged evidence over to the police before
 that time, or (ii) the alleged sexual offense victim signs  a  statement
 directing the hospital to not collect and keep such privileged evidence,
 which  direction  shall  be  complied  with. The sexual offense evidence
 shall include, but not be limited to, slides, cotton swabs, clothing and
 other items. Where appropriate such items must be refrigerated  and  the
 clothes  and swabs must be dried, stored in paper bags and labeled. Each
 item of evidence shall be marked and logged with a  code  number  corre-
 sponding  to  the  patient's  medical record. The alleged sexual offense
 [victim] SURVIVOR shall be notified [that after thirty days, the refrig-
 erated] TEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER OF SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE,  THAT
 THE  evidence  will  be  [discarded  in  compliance with state and local
 health codes and the alleged sexual offense  victim's  clothes  will  be
 returned  to the alleged sexual offense victim upon request] TRANSFERRED
 TO A CENTRALIZED LOCATION TO BE MAINTAINED FOR  AT  LEAST  TWENTY  YEARS
 PURSUANT  TO  SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
 THE SURVIVOR SHALL BE GIVEN THE OPTION OF PROVIDING CONTACT  INFORMATION
 SHOULD  HE  OR  SHE WISH TO RECEIVE NOTICE OF THE PLANNED DESTRUCTION OF
 THE EVIDENCE AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE TWENTY YEAR PERIOD.
   § 20. Subdivision 6 of section 2805-i of  the  public  health  law  is
 renumbered  subdivision  7  and  a new subdivision 6 is added to read as
 follows:
   6. (A) THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL
 JUSTICE  SERVICES,  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  LAW  AND  THE  OFFICE OF VICTIM
 SERVICES, IN CONSULTATION WITH HOSPITALS, OTHER  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDERS

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 AND  VICTIM  ADVOCACY  ORGANIZATIONS,  SHALL  ESTABLISH A SEXUAL ASSAULT
 SURVIVOR BILL OF RIGHTS FOR PURPOSES OF INFORMING SEXUAL OFFENSE VICTIMS
 OF THEIR RIGHTS UNDER STATE LAW. SUCH BILL OF RIGHTS SHALL BE IN  PLAIN,
 EASY TO UNDERSTAND LANGUAGE, AND INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM:
   (1)  THE  RIGHT  OF  THE VICTIM TO CONSULT WITH A LOCAL RAPE CRISIS OR
 VICTIM ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATION, TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH  ORGAN-
 IZATION  ACCOMPANY  THE  VICTIM  THROUGH  THE SEXUAL OFFENSE EXAMINATION
 UNDER PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE AND  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  AND  TO  HAVE  SUCH AN ORGANIZATION BE SUMMONED BY THE MEDICAL
 FACILITY, POLICE AGENCY OR PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY BEFORE THE  COMMENCEMENT
 OF  THE  PHYSICAL  EXAMINATION  OR  INTERVIEW,  UNLESS NO RAPE CRISIS OR
 VICTIM ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATION CAN BE SUMMONED;
   (2) THE RIGHT OF THE VICTIM TO BE OFFERED AND HAVE MADE  AVAILABLE  AT
 NO COST APPROPRIATE POST-EXPOSURE TREATMENT THERAPIES, INCLUDING A SEVEN
 DAY STARTER PACK OF HIV POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS UNDER PARAGRAPH (C) OF
 SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION AND SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF SECTION SIX
 HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW;
   (3) THE RIGHT TO A HEALTH CARE FORENSIC EXAMINATION AT NO COST AND THE
 RIGHT TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE OPTION TO DECLINE TO PROVIDE PRIVATE  HEALTH
 INSURANCE  INFORMATION  AND HAVE THE OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES REIMBURSE
 THE HOSPITAL FOR THE EXAMINATION UNDER SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN  OF  SECTION
 SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW;
   (4)  THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE INFORMATION RELATING TO AND THE PROVISION OF
 EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION UNDER SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED  FIVE-P  OF
 THIS ARTICLE;
   (5)  THE RIGHT TO BE OFFERED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE POLICE AGENCY
 OR PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE SEXUAL OFFENSE AND BE
 INFORMED, UPON REQUEST OF THE  VICTIM,  WITH  NOTICE  OF  THE  DATE  AND
 LOCATION  UPON  WHICH THEIR SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT WAS ASSESSED FOR
 COMBINED DNA INDEX SYSTEM (CODIS) ELIGIBILITY AND  ANALYZED,  WHETHER  A
 CODIS ELIGIBLE PROFILE WAS DEVELOPED AND/OR A DNA MATCH WAS IDENTIFIED;
   (6)  THE  RIGHT  TO BE NOTIFIED PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER OF AN UNREPORTED
 SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT FROM THE HOSPITAL TO A  CENTRALIZED  STORAGE
 FACILITY,  THE  RIGHT  TO HAVE AN UNREPORTED SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT
 MAINTAINED AT A CENTRALIZED STORAGE FACILITY FOR AT LEAST  TWENTY  YEARS
 AND  THE  RIGHT  TO BE NOTIFIED BY SUCH FACILITY IN A MANNER OF COMMUNI-
 CATION DESIGNATED BY THE VICTIM AT  LEAST  THIRTY  DAYS  IN  ADVANCE  OF
 PLANNED  DESTRUCTION  OF  THE  SEXUAL  OFFENSE  EVIDENCE KIT PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT-A OF  THE  EXECU-
 TIVE LAW; AND
   (7) THE RIGHT TO BE INFORMED WHEN THERE IS ANY CHANGE IN THE STATUS OF
 HIS OR HER CASE OR REOPENING OF THE CASE.
   (B)  BEFORE  A  MEDICAL FACILITY COMMENCES A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF A
 SEXUAL OFFENSE VICTIM,  OR  A  POLICE  AGENCY  OR  PROSECUTORIAL  AGENCY
 COMMENCES  AN  INTERVIEW  OF  A  SEXUAL  OFFENSE VICTIM, THE HEALTH CARE
 PROFESSIONAL CONDUCTING THE EXAM, POLICE AGENCY OR PROSECUTORIAL  AGENCY
 SHALL  INFORM  THE VICTIM OF HIS OR HER RIGHTS AND PROVIDE A COPY OF THE
 SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR BILL OF RIGHTS.
   § 21. Section 838-a of the executive law, as amended by chapter  6  of
 the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   § 838-a. Maintenance of sexual offense evidence kits. 1. The following
 requirements  shall  apply to all sexual offense evidence kits REPORTED,
 surrendered to or collected by, at the request of, or  with  cooperation
 of  a  police  agency  or  prosecutorial agency, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
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   (a) Each such police agency and prosecutorial agency shall submit  any
 sexual offense evidence kits in its custody or control to an appropriate
 forensic laboratory within ten days of receipt.
   (b)  Each  forensic  laboratory receiving sexual offense evidence kits
 after the effective date of this  section  shall  assess  case  specific
 information  for  Combined  DNA Index System (CODIS) eligibility and, if
 eligible, analyze  the  kits  and  attempt  to  develop  CODIS  eligible
 profiles  of any potential perpetrators from the evidence submitted. The
 forensic lab shall report the  results  to  the  submitting  agency  and
 appropriate  prosecutorial  entity within ninety days after receipt of a
 kit.
   (c) Each police agency and prosecutorial agency that has one  or  more
 sexual  offense  evidence  kit  in  its custody or control shall, within
 ninety days after the effective date of this paragraph,  inventory  such
 kits and report the total number of such kits to the division and to the
 forensic  laboratory where such kits will be submitted pursuant to para-
 graph (a) of this subdivision. The division shall provide such  invento-
 ries  to  the  senate  and assembly leaders by March first, two thousand
 seventeen. Every police  and  prosecutorial  agency  shall  update  this
 report each month thereafter until paragraph (a) of this subdivision has
 become effective.
   (d)  Each  police  agency  and prosecutorial agency that, prior to the
 effective date of paragraph (a) of this subdivision,  has  one  or  more
 sexual  offense  evidence  kits  in its custody or control shall, within
 thirty days after  the  effective  date  of  this  section,  submit  all
 untested  kits  in  its possession or control to an appropriate forensic
 laboratory.
   (e) Each forensic laboratory, within one  hundred  twenty  days  after
 receiving  each sexual offense evidence kit pursuant to paragraph (d) of
 this subdivision shall assess case specific information for CODIS eligi-
 bility and, if eligible, analyze the kits and attempt to  develop  CODIS
 eligible profiles for any potential perpetrators and shall, within nine-
 ty  days of such assessment, report the results to the submitting agency
 and the appropriate prosecutorial entity.
   (f) The failure of any such police  agency,  prosecutorial  agency  or
 forensic  laboratory  to  comply  with  [a time limit specified in] this
 section OR SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT-B OF  THIS  ARTICLE  shall
 not,  in  and  of  itself,  constitute  a basis for a motion to suppress
 evidence in accordance with section 710.20  of  the  criminal  procedure
 law.
   2. (a) Each forensic laboratory in the state shall report to the divi-
 sion,  on  a  quarterly basis, in writing, on (i) the number of REPORTED
 sexual offense evidence kits it received UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  (ii)  the  number  of  such  kits processed for the purpose of
 developing Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) eligible  profiles  of  any
 potential  perpetrators, and (iii) the number of REPORTED kits not proc-
 essed for testing, including, the reason such kits were  ineligible  for
 processing.
   (b)  Each  police  agency and prosecutorial agency shall report to the
 division on a quarterly basis, in writing, on (i) the number of all  the
 sexual  offense  evidence kits it received, (ii) the number of such kits
 it submitted to a forensic laboratory for processing, (iii)  the  number
 of kits in its custody or control that have not been processed for test-
 ing,  and  (iv)  the  length  of time between receipt of any such sexual
 offense evidence kit and the submission of any such kit to the  forensic
 laboratory.

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   (c) The division shall provide to the senate and assembly leaders such
 quarterly  reports received from the forensic labs and police and prose-
 cutorial agencies pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision
 by January first, two thousand eighteen and annually thereafter.
   3. EACH POLICE AGENCY AND PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY WITHIN THIS STATE SHALL
 ADOPT  POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES CONCERNING CONTACT WITH THE VICTIMS AND
 THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO VICTIMS, UPON REQUEST, CONCERNING  THEIR
 SEXUAL  OFFENSE  EVIDENCE  KITS.  THE  POLICIES  AND PROCEDURES SHALL BE
 SURVIVOR-FOCUSED,  MEANING  SYSTEMATICALLY  FOCUSED  ON  THE  NEEDS  AND
 CONCERNS  OF A VICTIM TO ENSURE THE COMPASSIONATE AND SENSITIVE DELIVERY
 OF SERVICES IN A NONJUDGEMENTAL MANNER, AND SHALL INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM,
 A REQUIREMENT THAT:
   (A) THE POLICE AGENCY AND PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY DESIGNATE AT LEAST  ONE
 PERSON,  WHO  IS TRAINED IN TRAUMA AND VICTIM RESPONSE THROUGH A PROGRAM
 MEETING MINIMUM  STANDARDS  ESTABLISHED  BY  THE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL
 JUSTICE  SERVICES FOLLOWING NATIONAL GUIDELINES FROM THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE
 AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, WITHIN ITS AGENCY TO  RECEIVE
 ALL INQUIRIES CONCERNING SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KITS FROM VICTIMS; AND
   (B)  AT  THE  TIME  THAT A SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT IS COLLECTED, A
 VICTIM SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH CONTACT  INFORMATION,  INCLUDING  A  PHONE
 NUMBER  AND E-MAIL ADDRESS, FOR THE INDIVIDUAL DESIGNATED BY SUBDIVISION
 TWO OF THIS SECTION AT THE POLICE AGENCY AND PROSECUTORIAL  AGENCY  WITH
 JURISDICTION OVER THE SEXUAL ASSAULT OFFENSE.
   4.  UNREPORTED  SEXUAL  OFFENSE  EVIDENCE KITS, MEANING SEXUAL OFFENSE
 EVIDENCE KITS COLLECTED IN INSTANCES IN WHICH A VICTIM HAS NOT CONSENTED
 TO REPORT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, SHALL BE MAINTAINED FOR  AT  LEAST  TWENTY
 YEARS  IN  A  SECURE, CENTRALIZED LOCATION DESIGNATED BY THE DIVISION OF
 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,
 THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND THE OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES, IN CONSULTATION
 WITH HOSPITALS, OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND VICTIM  ADVOCACY  ORGAN-
 IZATIONS, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION FEDERAL GUIDANCE PERTAINING TO MAIN-
 TENANCE  OF  SEXUAL  OFFENSE EVIDENCE KITS. SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KITS
 MAINTAINED FOR TWENTY YEARS  OR  MORE  SHALL  ONLY  BE  DESTRUCTED  UPON
 PROVIDING  AT  LEAST  THIRTY  DAYS  NOTICE TO THE VICTIM, IN THE FORM OF
 COMMUNICATION DESIGNATED BY THE VICTIM, OF SUCH PLANNED DESTRUCTION.
   5. The division shall undertake actions designed to  ensure  that  all
 police agencies and prosecutorial agencies in the state and all forensic
 laboratories are educated and aware of the provisions of this section.
   §  22.  The  executive law is amended by adding a new section 838-b to
 read as follows:
   § 838-B. VICTIM'S RIGHT TO NOTICE. EACH POLICE AGENCY AND PROSECUTORI-
 AL AGENCY WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE SEXUAL ASSAULT OFFENSE SHALL,  UPON
 REQUEST  OF  THE  VICTIM WHO HAS CONSENTED TO REPORT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT,
 PROVIDE THE SEXUAL OFFENSE VICTIM WITH NOTICE OF THE DATE  AND  LOCATION
 UPON WHICH HIS OR HER SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT WAS ASSESSED FOR CODIS
 ELIGIBILITY  AND  ANALYZED,  AND  WHETHER  A  CODIS ELIGIBLE PROFILE WAS
 DEVELOPED AND/OR A DNA MATCH WAS IDENTIFIED. THE POLICE OR PROSECUTORIAL
 AGENCY IN POSSESSION OF THE REPORTED SEXUAL ASSAULT OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT
 SHALL NOTIFY THE SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS  IN  ADVANCE
 OF  ANY  PLANNED  DESTRUCTION  OF THEIR SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT IN A
 MANNER OF COMMUNICATION DESIGNATED BY THE VICTIM, UNLESS  SUCH  INFORMA-
 TION WOULD IMPEDE AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION.
   §  23.  The  executive law is amended by adding a new section 838-c to
 read as follows:
   § 838-C. STUDY AND REPORT ON ESTABLISHING A STATEWIDE  SEXUAL  OFFENSE
 EVIDENCE  KIT  TRACKING  SYSTEM.  THE DIVISION SHALL CONDUCT A STUDY AND

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 DEVELOP A PLAN, IN CONSULTATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS  INCLUDING  HOSPITALS,
 OTHER  HEALTH  CARE PROVIDERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, EVIDENCE MANAG-
 ERS, FORENSIC LABORATORIES, PROSECUTORS, AND VICTIM  ADVOCACY  ORGANIZA-
 TIONS,  TO  ESTABLISH  A  STATEWIDE SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT TRACKING
 SYSTEM, TO STREAMLINE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRACKING, CREATE GREATER TRANSPAR-
 ENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE AND  TO
 PROVIDE  A WAY FOR SURVIVORS TO CHECK THE STATUS OF THEIR SEXUAL OFFENSE
 EVIDENCE  KIT  THROUGHOUT  THE  ENTIRE  PROCESS,  FROM   COLLECTION   TO
 CONVICTION.  THE  TRACKING SYSTEM SHALL BE SECURE AND ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY
 AUTHORIZED ENTITIES OR INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS  HOSPITALS,  LAW  ENFORCEMENT
 AGENCIES,  EVIDENCE  MANGERS,  PROSECUTORS,  AND VICTIMS AND DESIGNED TO
 PROVIDE SECURE ELECTRONIC ACCESS THROUGH WHICH A VICTIM CAN  ANONYMOUSLY
 TRACK  THE STATUS OF THEIR SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE KIT. THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT OF THE DIVISION'S FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS  TO
 THE  GOVERNOR,  THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF
 THE ASSEMBLY ON OR BEFORE MAY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN.
   § 24. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2805-ii
 to read as follows:
   § 2805-II. SEXUAL  ASSAULT  FORENSIC  EXAMINATION  TELEMEDICINE  PILOT
 PROGRAM. 1. SAFE PILOT ESTABLISHMENT. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A
 SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMINATION (SAFE) TELEMEDICINE PILOT PROGRAM TO
 ASSIST  IN  PROVIDING EXPERT, COMPREHENSIVE, COMPASSIONATE CARE TO ADULT
 AND ADOLESCENT PATIENTS AND TRAINING TO SUPPORT PROVIDERS IN HEALTH CARE
 FACILITIES THAT DO NOT HAVE A DESIGNATED SEXUAL ASSAULT  FORENSIC  EXAM-
 INATION  PROGRAM.    THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSULT WITH THE DIVISION OF
 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES, WHERE APPROPRIATE, IN  THE  ESTABLISHMENT  OF
 SUCH PILOT PROGRAM.  SUCH SAFE TELEMEDICINE PILOT SHALL:
   (A)  SUPPORT PATIENT CARE AND PROVIDE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER INSTRUCTION
 AND SUPPORT IN A TIMELY MANNER ON A TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY, SEVEN  DAYS
 A  WEEK BASIS TO ANY VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR ABUSE WHO PRESENTS AT A
 FACILITY PARTICIPATING IN SUCH PILOT FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH SEXUAL
 ASSAULT OR ABUSE, AND CONSENTS TO SUCH SERVICES;
   (B) HAVE PROFESSIONALS SPECIALLY TRAINED, EXPERIENCED AND CERTIFIED AS
 SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMINERS TO SUPPORT  EMERGENCY  ROOM  STAFF  IN
 CARING FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR ABUSE AND APPROPRIATELY SECURING
 FORENSIC EVIDENCE THROUGH LIVE AUDIO VIDEO TECHNOLOGY;
   (C)  OFFER  TO  PROVIDE  SUPPORT  THROUGH TELEMEDICINE TO NO LESS THAN
 FORTY-SIX HOSPITALS UPON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS  SECTION,  INCLUDING
 ALL  CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS AND MANY HOSPITALS IN RURAL AND/OR UNDER-
 SERVED AREAS OF THE STATE;
   (D) ENSURE THE MEDICAL RECORDS OF  BOTH  PROVIDERS,  WHERE  APPLICABLE
 COMPLY  WITH  ALL  APPLICABLE  LAWS  AND REGULATION RELATING TO EVIDENCE
 PRESERVATION; AND
   (E) MEET ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   2. SAFE PILOT EVALUATION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL EVALUATE, OR CONTRACT
 WITH AN ENTITY TO EVALUATE, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH SAFE PILOT PROGRAM
 AND PREPARE A REPORT ON THE PROCESS OF CARE, THE OUTCOMES DELIVERED  AND
 THE  OUTCOMES  RECEIVED.  SUCH REPORT SHALL ALSO EVALUATE HOW SUCH PILOT
 CAN SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITION TO A SELF-SUSTAINING PROGRAM WHERE  NON-SAFE
 HOSPITALS  COULD  SUBSCRIBE  TO A SAFE TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM. SUCH REPORT
 SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE  GOVERNOR,  THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE
 SENATE  AND  THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY BY DECEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY.
   § 25. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, that:

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   (a) section four of this act shall apply to any grants  made  pursuant
 to the Alzheimer's Community Assistance Program (ACAP) on or after Janu-
 ary 1, 2018;
   (b)  section  five  of  this  act shall take effect on the one hundred
 twentieth day after it shall have become a law and the  results  of  the
 study and the remedial plan authorized by section five of this act shall
 be  provided  to the governor and the legislature no later than eighteen
 months from the beginning of such study;
   (c) section seven of this act shall take  effect  one  year  after  it
 shall have become a law;
   (d) section eleven of this act shall take effect January 1, 2019;
   (e)  sections  fourteen,  fifteen,  sixteen, seventeen and eighteen of
 this act shall apply to all  policies  and  contracts  issued,  renewed,
 modified,  altered  or  amended  on  or  after the first of January next
 succeeding such effective date;
   (f) the division of criminal  justice  services  shall  designate  and
 establish  the  secure centralized location required by subdivision 4 of
 section 838-a of the executive law, as added by  section  twenty-one  of
 this  act,  within  180  days  of  the  effective  date of this act; and
 provided, further, that notwithstanding the provisions of section 2805-i
 of the public health law to the contrary, every  hospital  shall  retain
 custody  of  unreported  sexual offense evidence kits until such time as
 the centralized storage facility is established and designated  pursuant
 to subdivision 4 of section 838-a of the executive law;
   (g)  such  sexual  assault  forensic  examination  telemedicine  pilot
 program, as added by section twenty-four of this act,  shall  be  estab-
 lished by the commissioner of health no later than the one hundred twen-
 tieth day after it shall have become a law; and
   (h)  effective  immediately,  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of
 any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this  act  on
 its  effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before
 such effective date.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion, section or part of this act shall be  adjudged  by  any  court  of
 competent  jurisdiction  to be invalid, such judgement shall not affect,
 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall  be  confined  in
 its  operation  to  clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or
 part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which  such  judge-
 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
 the  legislature  that  this  act  would  have been enacted even if such
 invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately  provided,  however,  that
 the applicable effective date of Parts A through TT of this act shall be
 as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.