Assembly Bill A1928

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to rural ambulance support

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2025-A1928 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365-h, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A9353

2025-A1928 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of health to make adjustments to payments for the provision and reimbursement of transportation costs for the purposes of providing increased access to Medicaid Basic Life Support, Advanced Life Support Level 1, Advanced Life Support Level 2, and Specialty Care Transport in rural communities.

2025-A1928 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1928
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SMULLEN, BEEPHAN -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to rural ambulance
   support
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  365-h  of  the social services law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY CONTRARY  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  AND  SUBJECT  TO
 FEDERAL  FINANCIAL  PARTICIPATION, THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL MAKE
 ADJUSTMENTS TO PAYMENTS UNDER THIS SECTION, FOR THE PURPOSES OF  PROVID-
 ING  INCREASED  ACCESS  TO  MEDICAID  BASIC  LIFE SUPPORT, ADVANCED LIFE
 SUPPORT LEVEL 1, ADVANCED LIFE  SUPPORT  LEVEL  2,  AND  SPECIALTY  CARE
 TRANSPORT  IN  RURAL COMMUNITIES.   FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "RURAL
 COMMUNITIES" INCLUDES ANY CITY,  TOWN,  OR  VILLAGE  WITH  A  POPULATION
 DENSITY LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE LOCATED WITH-
 IN A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE
 AND A POPULATION DENSITY OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE. UP
 TO  TEN MILLION DOLLARS SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR SUCH PURPOSES PURSUANT TO
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2.  Section 365-h of the social services law is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  CONTRARY  PROVISION  OF  LAW, AND SUBJECT TO
 FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION, THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH  SHALL  MAKE
 ADJUSTMENTS  TO PAYMENTS UNDER THIS SECTION, FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVID-
 ING INCREASED ACCESS TO  MEDICAID  BASIC  LIFE  SUPPORT,  ADVANCED  LIFE
 SUPPORT  LEVEL  1,  ADVANCED  LIFE  SUPPORT  LEVEL 2, AND SPECIALTY CARE
 TRANSPORT IN RURAL COMMUNITIES.  FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION,  "RURAL
 COMMUNITIES"  INCLUDES  ANY  CITY,  TOWN,  OR  VILLAGE WITH A POPULATION
 DENSITY LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE LOCATED WITH-
 IN A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04575-01-5

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.