Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 10, 2020 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S8720
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-S8720 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L
2019-S8720 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8720 SPONSOR: SAVINO TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to making behav- ioral health care within nursing homes provided by licensed clinical social workers eligible for coverage under the Medicaid program PURPOSE: Makes behavioral health services provided by licensed clinical social workers within nursing homes eligible for coverage under Medicaid. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social services law to clinical social workers licensed pursuant to Article 154 of the Educa- tion law to bill Medicaid directly for their services within their scope of practice for services in nursing homes.
2019-S8720 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8720 I N S E N A T E July 10, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to making behav- ioral health care within nursing homes provided by licensed clinical social workers eligible for coverage under the Medicaid program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social services law is amended by adding a new paragraph (gg) to read as follows: (GG) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE WITHIN NURSING HOMES AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND PROVIDED BY CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR OF THE EDUCATION LAW ACTING WITHIN THEIR SCOPE OF PRACTICE, WHERE SUCH SERVICES WOULD OTHERWISE BE COVERED UNDER THIS TITLE. § 2. This act shall take effect on April 1, 2021. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16521-02-0
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