Provides that services to medical assistance recipients suffering from traumatic brain injuries or qualifying for nursing home diversion and transition services shall be provided outside of managed programs.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1870
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 11, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- 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 the provision of
services to certain persons suffering from traumatic brain injuries or
qualifying for nursing home diversion and transition services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (d-2) of subdivision 3 of section 364-j of the
2 social services law, as added by section 20-a of part B of chapter 59 of
3 the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
4 (d-2) Services provided pursuant to waivers, granted pursuant to
5 subsection (c) of section 1915 of the federal social security act, to
6 persons suffering from traumatic brain injuries or qualifying for nurs-
7 ing home diversion and transition services, shall not be provided to
8 medical assistance recipients through managed care programs [until at
9 least January first, two thousand eighteen] established pursuant to this
10 section, and shall continue to be provided outside of managed care
11 programs and in accordance with such waiver programs as they existed on
12 January first, two thousand fifteen; provided, further that the commis-
13 sioner of health is hereby directed to take any action required, includ-
14 ing but not limited to filing waivers and waiver extensions as necessary
15 with the federal government, to continue the provision of such services.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend-
17 ments to section 364-j of the social services law, made by section one
18 of this act, shall not affect the expiration and repeal of such section,
19 and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02524-01-7
