Authorizes the commissioner of health to make adjustments to payments for the provision and reimbursement of transportation costs for the purposes of providing increased access to Medicaid Basic Life Support, Advanced Life Support Level 1, Advanced Life Support Level 2, and Specialty Care Transport in rural communities.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1928
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SMULLEN, BEEPHAN -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to rural ambulance
support
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 365-h of the social services law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
3 7. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, and subject to
4 federal financial participation, the commissioner of health shall make
5 adjustments to payments under this section, for the purposes of provid-
6 ing increased access to Medicaid Basic Life Support, Advanced Life
7 Support Level 1, Advanced Life Support Level 2, and Specialty Care
8 Transport in rural communities. For purposes of this section, "rural
9 communities" includes any city, town, or village with a population
10 density less than two hundred fifty people per square mile located with-
11 in a county with a population of less than three hundred thousand people
12 and a population density of two hundred fifty people per square mile. Up
13 to ten million dollars shall be available for such purposes pursuant to
14 this subdivision.
15 § 2. Section 365-h of the social services law is amended by adding a
16 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
17 4. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, and subject to
18 federal financial participation, the commissioner of health shall make
19 adjustments to payments under this section, for the purposes of provid-
20 ing increased access to Medicaid Basic Life Support, Advanced Life
21 Support Level 1, Advanced Life Support Level 2, and Specialty Care
22 Transport in rural communities. For purposes of this section, "rural
23 communities" includes any city, town, or village with a population
24 density less than two hundred fifty people per square mile located with-
25 in a county with a population of less than three hundred thousand people
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 and a population density of two hundred fifty people per square mile. Up
2 to ten million dollars shall be available for such purposes pursuant to
3 this subdivision.
4 § 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2025; provided, however,
5 that the amendments to section 365-h of the social services law made by
6 section one of this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion
7 of such section pursuant to subdivision (a) of section 40 of part B of
8 chapter 109 of the laws of 2010, as amended, when upon such date the
9 provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.
