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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8486--C
            Cal. No. 1400
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 5, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  HINCHEY, MAY, ASHBY, BORRELLO, GALLIVAN, HELMING,
          MATTERA, OBERACKER, O'MARA, PALUMBO, ROLISON,  STEC,  WEBER,  WEIK  --
          read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
          the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to  said  committee  --  reported
          favorably  from  said  committee  and  committed  to  the Committee on
          Finance -- reported favorably from said committee,  ordered  to  first
          report,  amended  on  first  report,  ordered  to  a second report and
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of  second  report
          --  reported  favorably from said committee, ordered to second report,
          ordered to a third reading, passed by  Senate  and  delivered  to  the
          Assembly,  recalled,  vote  reconsidered,  restored  to third reading,
          amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of
          third reading
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services  law,  in relation to Medicaid
          reimbursement for treatment in place and transportation to alternative
          health care settings by ambulance services
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
     2  367-y to read as follows:
     3    § 367-y. Reimbursement for treatment in place  and  transportation  to
     4  alternative  health  care  settings. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of
     5  law  to  the  contrary,  any  provision  of  this  title  providing  for
     6  reimbursement  of  transportation  costs  for an ambulance service shall
     7  also apply where, instead  of  providing  transportation  to  a  general
     8  hospital, such ambulance service when responding to an emergency call:
     9    (a) Administers treatment in place, including but not limited to tele-
    10  health  visits approved by Medicaid for reimbursement when deemed neces-
    11  sary; and/or
    12    (b) Transports an individual to an alternative health care setting.
    13    2. For the purposes of this section, the following  terms  shall  have
    14  the following meanings:
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14413-08-4
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     1    (a)  "Alternative  health care setting" means the following facilities
     2  or institutions approved by Medicaid  for  reimbursement  and  accepting
     3  Medicaid recipients:
     4    (i)  a  crisis  stabilization center or certified community behavioral
     5  health clinic operating pursuant to article  thirty-six  of  the  mental
     6  hygiene law;
     7    (ii) a facility under section 7.17 of the mental hygiene law;
     8    (iii)  a  facility providing addiction disorder services or behavioral
     9  health services, as such terms are defined by section 1.03 of the mental
    10  hygiene law;
    11    (iv) a diagnostic and treatment center established pursuant to article
    12  twenty-eight of the public health law, or  an  upgraded  diagnostic  and
    13  treatment  center  designated  as  such  pursuant to section twenty-nine
    14  hundred fifty-six of the public health law;
    15    (v) a federally qualified health center; or
    16    (vi) an urgent care center, which for the  purposes  of  this  section
    17  shall  mean  a  facility that provides episodic care related to an acute
    18  illness or minor traumas that are not  life-threatening  or  permanently
    19  disabling.
    20    (b)  "Ambulance  service"  shall  have  the same meaning as defined by
    21  section three thousand one of the public health law.
    22    (c) "General hospital" shall have  the  same  meaning  as  defined  by
    23  section twenty-eight hundred one of the public health law.
    24    (d) "Treatment in place" means the administration of emergency medical
    25  services,  as defined by section three thousand one of the public health
    26  law, by an employee or volunteer of an ambulance service. Such  services
    27  shall be consistent with protocols promulgated pursuant to article thir-
    28  ty of the public health law.
    29    3.  This section shall be effective if, and as long as, federal finan-
    30  cial participation is available therefor.
    31     4. Nothing in this section shall be  deemed  to  allow  a  person  to
    32  provide  any service for which a license, registration, certification or
    33  other authorization under title eight of the education law  is  required
    34  and which the person does not possess.
    35    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of October next succeed-
    36  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.