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Assembly Bill A10654

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides managed care enrollees access to the services of the foot center of New York

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2011-A10654 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง364-j, Soc Serv L

2011-A10654 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides managed care enrollees access to the services of the foot center of New York.

2011-A10654 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10654

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 12, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rodriguez)
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  providing
  managed  care  enrollees  access to the services of the foot center of
  New York

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraphs  (d),  (e),  (j)  and  (k) of subdivision 1 of
section 364-j of the social services law, paragraph (d)  as  amended  by
chapter  653  of  the  laws  of  1997 and paragraphs (e), (j) and (k) as
amended by chapter 649 of the laws of  1996,  are  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (d) "Medical services provider". A physician, nurse, nurse practition-
er,  physician assistant, licensed midwife, dentist, optometrist, DOCTOR
OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE or other licensed health care practitioner author-
ized to provide medical assistance services.
  (e) "Center of excellence." [A] THE FOOT CENTER OF NEW  YORK  AND  ANY
health  care facility certified to operate under article twenty-eight of
the public health law that offers specialized treatment expertise in HIV
care services as defined by the commissioner of health.
  (j) "Specialty care center". A "specialty care center" shall mean  THE
FOOT  CENTER  OF    NEW  YORK AND only such centers as are accredited or
designated by an agency of the state  or  federal  government  or  by  a
voluntary  national  health  organization as having special expertise in
treating the disease or condition for which it is accredited  or  desig-
nated.
  (k) "Special care". Care, services and supplies relating to the treat-
ment  of mental illness, mental retardation, developmental disabilities,
DIABETES,  alcoholism,  alcohol  abuse  or  substance  abuse,   or   HIV
infection/AIDS.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately, provided however, that
the amendments to section 364-j of  the  social  services  law  made  by
section  one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
shall be deemed to repeal therewith.

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

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