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Assembly Bill A7772

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to providing extended speech, physical or occupational therapy under Medicaid

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2017-A7772 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A4846

2017-A7772 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows for speech, physical or occupational therapy under Medicaid beyond twenty visits where the provider of the therapy or services attests to the medical necessity of the additional visits.

2017-A7772 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7772
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BARRETT, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  providing
   extended speech, physical or occupational therapy under Medicaid
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 2  of  section  365-a  of  the
 social  services  law, as amended by chapter 220 of the laws of 2011, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (h) speech therapy, and when provided at the direction of a  physician
 or nurse practitioner, physical therapy including related rehabilitative
 services and occupational therapy; provided, however, that speech thera-
 py,  physical  therapy and occupational therapy each shall be limited to
 coverage of twenty visits per year  UNLESS  THE  PROFESSIONAL  AT  WHOSE
 DIRECTION  THE  THERAPY  OR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED OR THE PROVIDER OF THE
 THERAPY OR SERVICES ATTESTS  TO  THE  MEDICAL  NECESSITY  OF  ADDITIONAL
 VISITS;  such  limitation  shall not apply to persons with developmental
 disabilities or, notwithstanding any  other  provision  of  law  to  the
 contrary, to persons with traumatic brain injury;
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have  become a law; provided that, effective immediately, the
 addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rules and  regulations  neces-
 sary  to  implement the provisions of this act on its effective date are
 authorized and directed to be completed  on  or  before  such  effective
 date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11217-01-7

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