STATE OF NEW YORK
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7615
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 23, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- 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 expanding Medi-
caid coverage to include neuropsychological exams for dyslexia
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 (nn) to read as follows:
3 (nn) comprehensive neuropsychological examinations for dyslexia, upon
4 the referral of a physician, when performed by a health care profes-
5 sional licensed, certified, or authorized pursuant to title eight of the
6 education law and acting within their scope of practice and in accord-
7 ance with this paragraph. This paragraph shall not exclude coverage for
8 the screening, diagnosis or treatment of medical conditions.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
10 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
11 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
12 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
13 completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04514-01-5
