STATE OF NEW YORK
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8230--B
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
November 6, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, McDONALD, REYES, SHIMSKY, LEVENBERG,
SIMONE, BURDICK, SEAWRIGHT, TAPIA, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, EPSTEIN, SAYEGH
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to
the Committee on Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee
with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing a
prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
2 2504-c to read as follows:
3 § 2504-c. Prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application. 1.
4 The department shall create and operate a New York-tailored, member-
5 ship-based mobile application for prenatal, pregnant and postpartum
6 individuals who are eligible for Medicaid.
7 2. (a) The commissioner is authorized to contract with a mobile devel-
8 oper to create and operate such application on a statewide basis follow-
9 ing a competitive bidding process as set forth in the state finance law.
10 (b) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of mental
11 health, shall include the following application platform deliverables in
12 the request for proposals:
13 (i) The platform shall have the capability to deliver education,
14 resources and support to prenatal, pregnant and postpartum individuals
15 and their families, including New York-specific information such as
16 links to department and other state agency programs and resources avail-
17 able to prenatal, pregnant and postpartum individuals;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (ii) The platform shall demonstrate a consistent workflow to increase
2 awareness of state agency programs and resources available to users of
3 the mobile application;
4 (iii) The platform shall allow the department and other state agencies
5 to directly interface with users of the mobile application;
6 (iv) The platform shall have the capability to allow the department to
7 share specific content and resources with users of the mobile applica-
8 tion;
9 (v) The platform shall include information and resources in the mobile
10 application that meet the standards set forth in subdivision one of
11 section three hundred sixty-five-k of the social services law; and
12 (vi) The platform shall be available in multiple languages in accord-
13 ance with section two hundred two-a of the executive law.
14 3. The selected mobile developer shall regularly provide the depart-
15 ment, the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader of the
16 senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the minority leader of the
17 assembly with aggregate, deidentified data concerning the following:
18 (a) the number of users of the mobile application that are eligible
19 for Medicaid;
20 (b) the number of users of the mobile application that are engaging
21 with New York-specific content;
22 (c) the number of users of the mobile application seeking additional
23 information about enrollment in the Medicaid program or other available
24 resources;
25 (d) the number of monthly users of the mobile application;
26 (e) the number of daily users of the mobile application;
27 (f) the average length of time a user uses the mobile application; and
28 (g) any other information requested by the department or other state
29 agencies.
30 4. The mobile application shall be available on multiple mobile plat-
31 forms.
32 5. The selected mobile developer shall not share, sell, or otherwise
33 process users' personal information except as strictly necessary for the
34 operation of the mobile application and shall not provide personally
35 identifiable information about any user to the department, the office of
36 children and family services, or any other governmental entity.
37 § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2026; provided, however, that
38 the department of health shall issue a request for proposals no later
39 than one hundred eighty days after this act shall have become a law.
