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                                   6127
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 28, 2019
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 Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the modification
   of competitively bid contracts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 365-l of the social services  law,
 as amended by section 28 of part B of chapter 59 of the laws of 2016, is
 amended to read as follows:
   9.  The  contract  entered into by the commissioner of health prior to
 January first, two thousand thirteen pursuant to  subdivision  eight  of
 this  section  may  NOT  be  amended  or modified without the need for a
 competitive bid or request for proposal process, [and] OR without regard
 to the provisions of sections one hundred twelve and one hundred  sixty-
 three  of  the  state  finance law, section one hundred forty-two of the
 economic development law, or any other provision of law[, excepting  the
 responsible vendor requirements of the state finance law, including, but
 not  limited  to, sections one hundred sixty-three and one hundred thir-
 ty-nine-k of the state finance law, to allow the purchase of  additional
 personnel  and  services,  subject to available funding, for the limited
 purpose of assisting the department  of  health  with  implementing  the
 Balancing  Incentive  Program,  the  Fully  Integrated  Duals  Advantage
 Program, the Vital Access Provider Program, the Medicaid  waiver  amend-
 ment associated with the public hospital transformation, the addition of
 behavioral  health services as a managed care plan benefit, the delivery
 system reform incentive payment plan, activities to facilitate the tran-
 sition of vulnerable populations to managed care and/or  any  workgroups
 required  to  be  established by the chapter of the laws of two thousand
 thirteen that added this subdivision. The department  is  authorized  to
 extend such contract for a period of one year, without a competitive bid
 or  request  for  proposal process, upon determination that the existing

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 contractor is qualified to continue to provide such services;  provided,
 however, that the department of health shall submit a request for appli-
 cations  for  such  contract  during  the  time period specified in this
 subdivision  and  may  terminate the contract identified herein prior to
 expiration of the extension authorized by this subdivision].
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2018.