Establishes the incontinence supplies insurance program for Medicaid beneficiaries who are also residents of the state of New York and obtain a note from a physician indicating a need for an item.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1266
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing the
incontinence supplies insurance program for Medicaid beneficiaries
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
2 363-g to read as follows:
3 § 363-g. Incontinence supplies insurance program. 1. Establishment.
4 The commissioner shall establish an incontinence supplies insurance
5 program. Such program shall provide incontinence supplies to persons
6 that meet the program eligibility requirements established in subdivi-
7 sion two of this section. For purposes of this section, "incontinence
8 supplies" shall mean products designed to help manage urinary or bowel
9 output. Such products shall be intended to protect clothing, bedding,
10 and furniture and shall consist of items including, but not limited to,
11 protective underwear, cloths, wipes, bedding protection, cleaners,
12 creams, lotions, bedpans, and urinals.
13 2. Eligibility. To qualify for coverage under this section, a person
14 shall:
15 (a) be a Medicaid beneficiary;
16 (b) be a resident of the state of New York; and
17 (c) obtain a note from a physician indicating a need for an item in
18 accordance with subdivision one of this section.
19 3. Regulations. The commissioner is authorized and directed to promul-
20 gate such regulations as they may deem necessary or appropriate to
21 effectuate the purposes of this section. However, such regulations shall
22 include:
23 (a) A cap on allowance granted under this section of eighty dollars,
24 every three months, per eligible person; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (b) Procedures for the state to recover the value of benefits or
2 payments made under this section, if any, that were based on applica-
3 tions or claims submitted in violation of any provision of this section.
4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
5 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
6 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
7 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
8 completed on or before such effective date.
