Assembly Bill A6510

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of health to authorize additional reimbursement to providers of health and dental care primarily serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities for certain services

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A6510 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6663
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §365-p, Soc Serv L

2023-A6510 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to authorize additional reimbursement to providers of health and dental care primarily serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities for uncompensated time, use of staff, and services that are necessary to support treatment of a patient as a result of the patient's physical, intellectual, or developmental disability.

2023-A6510 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6510
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to directing the
   commissioner  of  health  to  authorize  additional  reimbursement  to
   providers of health and dental care primarily serving individuals with
   intellectual and developmental disabilities for certain services
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
 365-p to read as follows:
   § 365-P. ADDITIONAL REIMBURSEMENT. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION
 OF LAW, THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL REIMBURSE-
 MENT  TO  PROVIDERS OF HEALTH AND DENTAL CARE PRIMARILY SERVING INDIVID-
 UALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES FOR  UNCOMPENSATED
 TIME, USE OF STAFF, AND SERVICES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT TREATMENT
 OF  A  PATIENT  AS  A RESULT OF THE PATIENT'S PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, OR
 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY.  SUCH ADDITIONAL REIMBURSEMENT SHALL BE SUFFI-
 CIENT TO COVER THE ACTUAL  COST  OF  PROVIDING  SUCH  NECESSARY  SUPPORT
 SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH TREATMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10740-01-3

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