Amd §364-j, Soc Serv L (as proposed in S.9207 & A.9442-A)
Relates to notification changes to the model contract with managed care providers under the medical assistance program; requires the department to post on its website certain changes required to be submitted to the centers for medicare and medicaid.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3770
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 7, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. SHRESTHA -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Health
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to notification of
changes to the model contract with managed care providers under the
medical assistance program and requiring the department to post
certain changes on its website
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 364-j of the
2 social services law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending
3 the social services law relating to notification of changes to the model
4 contract with managed care providers under the medical assistance
5 program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 9207 and A. 9442-A,
6 is amended to read as follows:
7 (d) Whenever the commissioner of health makes changes to the terms,
8 conditions or time frames contained in the model contract that serves as
9 the basis for contracts with managed care providers in the managed care
10 program under this section, [public notice detailing] the changes shall
11 be [provided] posted on the department's website [and through publica-
12 tion as a public notice in the state register]. The department shall
13 post on its website any changes required to be submitted to the centers
14 for medicare and medicaid services (CMS) for approval prior to [finaliz-
15 ing such changes or submitting the amended contract to the Centers for
16 Medicare and Medicaid Services for approval, if required. This public
17 notice shall also apply to] submission of the changes. A summary of any
18 changes shall also be published in the state register. A notification of
19 any request for proposals issued by the department for managed care
20 providers to participate in the managed care program shall also be
21 published in the state register.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
23 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the social services law
24 relating to notification of changes to the model contract with managed
25 care providers under the medical assistance program, as proposed in
26 legislative bills numbers S. 9207 and A. 9442-A, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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