S10730 Summary:
| BILL NO | S10730 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A11624 |
| SPONSOR | WEBER |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd ?365-a, Soc Serv L | |
| Requires Medicaid coverage of applied behavior analysis therapy rendered during school hours in certain schools. | |
S10730 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10730 IN SENATE October 28, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring Medi- caid coverage of applied behavior analysis therapy rendered during school hours 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 365-a of the social services law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (oo) to read as follows: 3 (oo) applied behavior analysis therapy rendered during school hours in 4 a public or non-public school providing education in any grade from 5 kindergarten through twelfth for the treatment of autism spectrum disor- 6 der. For the purposes of this paragraph, the terms "treatment of autism 7 spectrum disorder" and "applied behavior analysis" shall have the same 8 meaning as such terms are defined by subsection (ee) of section forty- 9 three hundred three of the insurance law. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 11 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 12 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 13 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 14 on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16178-01-6