Excludes outpatient blood clotting factor products, and other related services and treatments from managed care coverage for medical assistance recipients.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7581
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 3, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to excluding outpa-
tient blood clotting factor products and related services and treat-
ments from coverage by managed care provided to medical assistance
recipients
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 364-j of the social services law
2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (d-3) to read as follows:
3 (d-3) Outpatient blood clotting factor products, and other treatments
4 and services furnished in connection with the care of hemophilia and
5 other blood clotting protein deficiencies shall not be provided to
6 medical assistance recipients through managed care programs established
7 pursuant to this section, and shall continue to be provided outside of
8 managed care programs and in accordance with applicable reimbursement
9 methodologies.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
11 the amendments to subdivision 3 of section 364-j of the social services
12 law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
13 subdivision and shall be deemed to repeal therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11253-01-7
