Assembly Bill A997

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Limits availability and coverage for non-invasive prenatal testing for Medicaid patients based on age if such limits are recommended by certain federal agencies

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor

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

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2023-A997 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1342
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365-k, Soc Serv L (as proposed in S.8157 & A.8604)

2023-A997 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits availability and coverage for non-invasive prenatal testing for Medicaid patients based on age if such limits are recommended by the United States food and drug administration, the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, or the United States department of health and human services.

2023-A997 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    997
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. FORREST -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to limiting  avail-
   ability  and  coverage  for non-invasive prenatal testing for medicaid
   patients based on age if such limits are  recommended  by  the  United
   States  food  and  drug  administration,  the centers for Medicare and
   medicaid services, or the United States department of health and human
   services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision 1 of section 365-k of the
 social services law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2022, amending
 the social services law relating to increasing  access  to  non-invasive
 prenatal  testing  under  medicaid,  as  proposed  in  legislative bills
 numbers S. 8157 and A. 8604, is amended to read as follows:
   (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 OR IS OTHERWISE  RECOMMENDED  BY  SAFETY  COMMUNI-
 CATIONS  OR  GUIDANCE ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINIS-
 TRATION, THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES, OR  THE  UNITED
 STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022, amending  the  social  services
 law relating to increasing access to non-invasive prenatal testing under
 medicaid,  as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8157 and A. 8604,
 takes effect.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03984-01-3

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