Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Oct 21, 2013 |
signed chap.396 |
Oct 09, 2013 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 20, 2013 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.548 substituted for a7636 |
Jun 20, 2013 |
substituted by s3912a |
Jun 19, 2013 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.548 rules report cal.548 reported |
Jun 18, 2013 |
reported referred to rules |
Jun 10, 2013 |
reported referred to ways and means |
May 29, 2013 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A7636
Signed By Governor2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GOTTFRIED
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S3912 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Rhoda Jacobs
Charles Lavine
2013-A7636 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A7636 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7636 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 29, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to managed long term care plans operated by health maintenance organizations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 4403-f of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 11-a to read as follows: 11-A. IN TRANSITIONING INDIVIDUALS TO MANAGED LONG TERM CARE, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE OVERSIGHT OF LONG TERM MANAGED CARE BY ENSUR- ING: (A) PARTICIPANTS ARE APPROPRIATELY NOTIFIED OF THE UPCOMING CHANGES TO THEIR HEALTH CARE, AND THEIR RIGHTS AND OPTIONS; (B) ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE, CONSUMER ASSISTANCE AND COMPLAINT MECHANISMS; (C) ACCESS TO QUALITY CARE BY REQUIRING NETWORK TRANSPARENCY AND CHOICE OF LONG TERM CARE PLANS, ALLOWING PATIENTS TO CHOOSE THE PLAN THAT BEST FITS THEIR NEEDS; (D) TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM PROVIDERS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE A MECHANISM BY WHICH STAFF, PARTICIPANTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS CAN CONFIDENTIALLY REPORT CONCERNS RELATING TO QUALITY TO THE PLAN AND THE STATE; (E) PLANS AND PROVIDERS ARE ASSESSED PERIODICALLY AND DATA IS PUBLISHED REGARDING ENROLLMENT IN INTEGRATED CARE DESIGNS, NETWORK ADEQUACY, NEW SERVICE DESIGNS, OUTCOME MEASURES, INCLUDING THE EXTENT TO WHICH CARE PLANS ARE CONTINUED OR ALTERED BASED UPON NEW COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS, AND THE TYPES AND AMOUNTS OF SERVICES HEALTH PLANS HAVE AUTHORIZED; (F) MECHANISMS ARE IN PLACE TO STATE OVERSIGHT OF ENROLLMENT AND SERVICES TO PREVENT WASTE AND ABUSE IN THE MANAGED LONG TERM CARE SYSTEM; AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09297-04-3
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