| Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state fiscal plan relating to health and mental hygiene; implements the Medicaid redesign team recommendations; aligns Child Health Plus rates with Medicaid managed care rates; continues authorization of previously enacted Medicaid savings initiatives; relates to payment of indigent care pool funds; establishes an assessment on insurers that will sustain NY State of Health Operations; removes barriers to obtaining HIV/AIDS treatment; authorizes advanced home health aides to perform certain tasks; streamlines the certificate of need process for hospitals; relates to enhanced oversight of office-based surgery; requires notification before discontinuing fluoridation of public water supply; conducts a study to determine the need of creating an office of community living for older adults; relates to educational opportunities for children in office of mental health hospitals; relates to problem gambling evaluation; relates to compulsive gambling assistance; relates to medical malpractice; establishes a presumptive eligibility for Medicaid for inmates; establishes a crisis intervention team program; requires a geographic analysis of supports and services for individuals with developmental disabilities; relates to transformation workgroups. |
