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S08416 Summary:
BILL NO | S08416 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A10404-A |
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SPONSOR | METZGER |
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COSPNSR | ADDABBO, CARLUCCI, COMRIE, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN, KAPLAN, LIU, MAY, RIVERA, SKOUFIS |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd 2999-cc, 2999-ee & 2999-dd, Pub Health L | |
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Includes audio-only and video-only telehealth and telemedicine services in those telehealth and telemedicine services eligible for reimbursement. |
S08416 Actions:
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05/24/2020 | REFERRED TO HEALTH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/26/2020 | REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/27/2020 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.667 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/27/2020 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/27/2020 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/27/2020 | referred to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/27/2020 | substituted for a10404a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/27/2020 | ordered to third reading rules cal.38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/27/2020 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/27/2020 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/05/2020 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2020 | SIGNED CHAP.124 |
S08416 Committee Votes:
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Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smith
Yes
Abinanti
No
Crouch
ER
Gantt
Yes
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Solages
No
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Stec
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
No
Barclay
Yes
Darling
No
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barrett
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Griffin
No
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tague
Yes
Barron
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brabenec
No
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
No
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rosenthal L
No
Walsh
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Burke
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Salka
Yes
Williams
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Wright
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
ER
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cahill
ER
Finch
No
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Friend
No
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
Yes
Cook
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S08416 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8416 IN SENATE May 24, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including audio- only and video-only telehealth and telemedicine services in those telehealth and telemedicine services eligible for reimbursement The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 2999-cc of the public health law, 2 as added by chapter 6 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 4. "Telehealth" means the use of electronic information and communi- 5 cation technologies by telehealth providers to deliver health care 6 services, which shall include the assessment, diagnosis, consultation, 7 treatment, education, care management and/or self-management of a 8 patient. Telehealth shall not include delivery of health care services 9 by means of [audio-only telephone communication,] facsimile machines, or 10 electronic messaging alone, though use of these technologies is not 11 precluded if used in conjunction with telemedicine, store and forward 12 technology, or remote patient monitoring. For purposes of this section, 13 telehealth shall be limited to telemedicine, store and forward technolo- 14 gy, [and] remote patient monitoring and audio-only telephone communi- 15 cation, except that with respect to the medical assistance program 16 established under section three hundred sixty-six of the social services 17 law, and the child health insurance plan under title one-A of article 18 twenty-five of this chapter, telehealth shall include audio-only tele- 19 phone communication only to the extent defined in regulations as may be 20 promulgated by the commissioner. This subdivision shall not preclude the 21 delivery of health care services by means of "home telehealth" as used 22 in section thirty-six hundred fourteen of this chapter. 23 § 2. Section 2999-ee of the public health law, as added by section 3 24 of part HH of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as 25 follows: 26 § 2999-ee. Increased application of telehealth. In order to increase 27 the application of telehealth in behavioral health, oral health, mater- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16310-05-0S. 8416 2 1 nity care, care management, services provided in emergency departments, 2 and services provided to certain high-need populations to the extent 3 such services are deemed appropriate for the populations served, and 4 notwithstanding the definitions set forth in section twenty-nine hundred 5 ninety-nine-cc of this article, in consultation with the commissioner of 6 the office of children and family services, the commissioner of the 7 office of mental health, the commissioner of the office of addiction 8 services and supports, or the commissioner of the office for people with 9 developmental disabilities, as applicable, the commissioner may specify 10 in regulation additional acceptable modalities for the delivery of 11 health care services via telehealth, including but not limited to audi- 12 o-only or video-only telephone communications, online portals and survey 13 applications, and may specify additional categories of originating sites 14 at which a patient may be located at the time health care services are 15 delivered to the extent such additional modalities and originating sites 16 are deemed appropriate for the populations served. 17 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 2999-dd of the public health law, as 18 amended by section 2 of part HH of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, is 19 amended to read as follows: 20 1. Health care services delivered by means of telehealth shall be 21 entitled to reimbursement under section three hundred sixty-seven-u of 22 the social services law; provided however, reimbursement for additional 23 modalities, provider categories and originating sites specified in 24 accordance with section twenty-nine hundred ninety-nine-ee of this arti- 25 cle, and audio-only telephone communication defined in regulations 26 promulgated pursuant to subdivision four of section twenty-nine hundred 27 ninety-nine-cc of this article, shall be contingent upon federal finan- 28 cial participation. 29 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.