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Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to health returned to senate died in assembly |
Mar 27, 2017 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.509 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Mar 01, 2017 |
reported and committed to finance |
Feb 16, 2017 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S4526
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- 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
(D) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) 54th Senate District
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
2017-S4526 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S4526 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4526 Revised 03/24/17 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring medical assistance coverage for the cost of donor breast milk in certain circumstances PURPOSE : To ensure high risk, premature babies have access to one of the most effective measures of preventing death and disability. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section one amends Social Services Law § 365-a(2) to provide Medicaid coverage of donor breast milk (PDHM) for inpatient use, ordered by a licensed medical practitioner for a high risk preterm infant who is unable to receive own mother's breast milk or the own mother is unable to provide. Coverage shall be for a reasonable cost of such milk procured from a certified nonprofit milk bank, plus a reasonable handling fee. Section two provides this act takes effect the first of January succeeding its enactment.
2017-S4526 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4526 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 16, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring medical assistance coverage for the cost of donor breast milk in certain circumstances THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social services law is amended by adding a new paragraph (dd) to read as follows: (DD) THE COST OF DONOR BREAST MILK (PDHM), FOR INPATIENT USE, FOR WHICH A LICENSED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER HAS ISSUED AN ORDER FOR AN INFANT WHO IS MEDICALLY OR PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO RECEIVE MATERNAL BREAST MILK OR PARTICIPATE IN BREAST FEEDING OR WHOSE MOTHER IS MEDICALLY OR PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO PRODUCE MATERNAL BREAST MILK OR PARTICIPATE IN BREAST FEEDING DESPITE OPTIMAL LACTATION SUPPORT. SUCH INFANT MUST: (I) HAVE A DOCU- MENTED BIRTH WEIGHT OF ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED GRAMS OR LESS; OR (II) HAVE A CONGENITAL OR ACQUIRED INTESTINAL CONDITION, AND IS THEREFORE AT A HIGH RISK FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS AND/OR INFECTION. COVERAGE FOR DONOR BREAST MILK (PDHM) SHALL CONTINUE UNTIL THE INFANT IS AT AN AGE OF MEDICAL ADJUSTMENT OF THIRTY-FOUR WEEKS CORRECTED GESTATIONAL AGE AND SUCH COVERAGE SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN THE REASONABLE COST OF SUCH MILK PROCURED FROM A CERTIFIED NONPROFIT MILK BANK, PLUS REASONABLE PROCESSING AND HANDLING FEES. § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04711-02-7
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