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A00645 Summary:

BILL NO	A00645A
SAME AS	SAME AS S02998-A
SPONSOR	Rosenthal L
COSPNSR	Barron
MLTSPNSR
Amd §2999-cc, Pub Health L
Authorizes peer recovery advocate telehealth services and credentialed family peer advocates for reimbursement.

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A00645 Actions:

BILL NO	A00645A
01/06/2021	referred to health
03/01/2021	reported referred to ways and means
03/10/2021	amend and recommit to ways and means
03/10/2021	print number 645a
01/05/2022	referred to ways and means

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A00645 Committee Votes:

Committee:HEALTH   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:03/01/2021AYE/NAY:26/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Gottfried
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Galef
Aye
McDonough
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Byrnes
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Ashby
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Miller
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Salka
Aye
Gunther
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Rosenthal L 
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Steck
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Solages
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Barron
Aye
Sayegh
Aye
Rosenthal D 
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Reyes
Aye

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A00645 Floor Votes:

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A00645 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         645--A
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, BARRON -- read once and referred to
          the  Committee  on Health -- reported and referred to the Committee on
          Ways  and  Means  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to making certified
          peer recovery advocate telehealth  services  and  credentialed  family
          peer advocates eligible for reimbursement
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 2999-cc of the public  health  law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (t-1) to read as follows:
     3    (t-1) certified peer recovery advocate services providers certified by
     4  the  commissioner of addiction services and supports pursuant to section
     5  19.18-b of the mental hygiene law and peer advocates recognized  by  the
     6  office  of  mental  health, including family peer advocates certified or
     7  credentialed by the office of mental health;
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00293-03-1

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