Relates to emergency and non-emergency transportation of medical assistance recipients; provides that such transportation may not be assigned, delegated or subcontracted to third parties.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8472--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 16, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to emergency and
non-emergency transportation of medical assistance recipients
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
2 3005-c to read as follows:
3 § 3005-c. Emergency and non-emergency transportation of medical
4 assistance recipients. 1. For purposes of this section the following
5 terms shall have the following meanings:
6 (a) "Emergency medical transportation" shall mean transportation for
7 the purpose of obtaining hospital services for a medical assistance
8 recipient who suffers from severe, life-threatening or potentially disa-
9 bling conditions which requires emergency medical services, as defined
10 in subdivision one of section three thousand one of this article, while
11 the recipient is being transported.
12 (b) "Non-emergency medical transportation" shall mean transportation
13 for the purpose of obtaining necessary medical care or services to a
14 medical assistance recipient.
15 2. Any emergency medical transportation or non-emergency medical
16 transportation of a medical assistance recipient shall be provided by an
17 individual, partnership, association, corporation, municipality or any
18 legal public entity or subdivision thereof by means of transportation
19 vehicles that are directly owned or leased by said individual, partner-
20 ship, association, corporation, municipality or any legal public entity
21 or subdivision thereof. With the exception of municipal fire depart-
22 ments, such transportation may not be assigned, delegated, or subcon-
23 tracted to third parties. Such vehicles shall be maintained and
24 inspected in accordance with rules promulgated by the commissioner.
25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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