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                                   8762
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 3, 2017
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 Introduced  by  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.    Clause  (F)  of  subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of
 subdivision 4 of section 364-j of the social services law, as relettered
 by chapter 37 of the laws of 2010, is relettered clause (G)  and  a  new
 clause (F) is added to read as follows:
   (F) THE SERVICES ARE PODIATRIC SERVICES AND ARE PROVIDED BY A DIAGNOS-
 TIC  AND TREATMENT CENTER LICENSED BY ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC
 HEALTH LAW WHICH IS AFFILIATED WITH AN ACADEMIC PODIATRIC  CENTER  WHICH
 HAS  BEEN  GRANTED  AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-
 EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW TO PROVIDE SUCH PODIATRIC  SERVICES.  ANY
 DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTER PROVIDING PODIATRIC SERVICES PURSUANT TO
 THIS  CLAUSE SHALL PRIOR TO JUNE FIRST OF EACH YEAR REPORT TO THE GOVER-
 NOR, TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND SPEAKER OF  THE  ASSEMBLY  ON
 THE  FOLLOWING:  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER OF VISITS MADE BY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
 RECIPIENTS DURING THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR; THE NUMBER OF
 VISITS MADE BY MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  RECIPIENTS  DURING  THE  IMMEDIATELY
 PRECEDING  CALENDAR YEAR BY RECIPIENTS WHO WERE ENROLLED IN MANAGED CARE
 PROGRAMS; THE NUMBER OF VISITS MADE  BY  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  RECIPIENTS
 DURING  THE  IMMEDIATELY  PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR BY RECIPIENTS WHO WERE
 ENROLLED IN MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE PODIATRIC BENEFITS  AS  A
 COVERED  SERVICE;  AND THE NUMBER OF VISITS MADE BY THE UNINSURED DURING
 THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR; OR
   § 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 shall be deemed to be repealed therewith.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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