Assembly Bill A8604

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing certain access to non-invasive prenatal testing under medicaid

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

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2021-A8604 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8157
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365-k, Soc Serv L

2021-A8604 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that coverage and access to non-invasive prenatal testing under medicaid shall not be limited based upon the age of the pregnant patient.

2021-A8604 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8604
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. FORREST, GOTTFRIED, KELLES, SOLAGES, ANDERSON,
   MITAYNES, L. ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT -- read once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services law, in relation to increasing
   access to non-invasive prenatal testing under medicaid
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 365-k of the social services law,
 as added by chapter 484 of the laws of  2009,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  (A)  The commissioner shall establish standards and guidelines for
 the provision of prenatal care services  under  the  medical  assistance
 program. In establishing such standards and guidelines, the commissioner
 shall  consider  generally  accepted standards of professional practice,
 including, but not limited to, standards issued by the American  College
 of  Obstetricians  and  Gynecologists and the American Academy of Pedia-
 trics, and shall consult with prenatal care providers and  other  inter-
 ested parties.
   (B)  THE  STANDARDS  AND GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS SECTION FOR
 PROVIDING NON-INVASIVE PRENATAL TESTING SHALL NOT LIMIT AVAILABILITY AND
 COVERAGE FOR A TEST BASED ON THE AGE OF THE PREGNANT PATIENT, UNLESS THE
 LIMIT IS EXPLICITLY CALLED FOR BY THE GENERALLY  ACCEPTED  STANDARDS  OF
 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the first day of April after it
 shall have become a law.  Effective  immediately,  the  commissioner  of
 health  shall  make regulations, establish standards and guidelines, and
 take other actions reasonably necessary to implement this  act  on  that
 date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13583-01-1

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