assembly Bill A9098

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to enhancing coverage and care for medically fragile children

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Jan 17, 2020 referred to insurance

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A9098 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7208
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4900, add §4903-a, Pub Health L; amd §4900, add §4903-a, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A289, S2121

A9098 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to enhancing coverage and care for medically fragile children.

A9098 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9098
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the insurance law, in relation
   to enhancing coverage and care for medically fragile children
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (iv)  of  paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
 section 4900 of the public health law, as added by section 42 of subpart
 A of part BB of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, is  amended  and  a  new
 subparagraph (v) is added to read as follows:
   (iv)  for purposes of a determination involving treatment for a mental
 health condition:
   (A) a physician who  possesses  a  current  and  valid  non-restricted
 license  to  practice  medicine and who specializes in behavioral health
 and has experience in the delivery of mental health  courses  of  treat-
 ment; or
   (B)  a  health  care  professional other than a licensed physician who
 specializes in behavioral health and has experience in the delivery of a
 mental health courses of treatment and, where  applicable,  possesses  a
 current  and  valid non-restricted license, certificate, or registration
 or, where no  provision  for  a  license,  certificate  or  registration
 exists,  is credentialed by the national accrediting body appropriate to
 the profession; [and] OR
   (V) FOR PURPOSES OF A DETERMINATION INVOLVING TREATMENT OF A MEDICALLY
 FRAGILE CHILD:
   (A) A PHYSICIAN WHO  POSSESSES  A  CURRENT  AND  VALID  NON-RESTRICTED
 LICENSE  TO PRACTICE MEDICINE AND WHO IS BOARD CERTIFIED OR BOARD ELIGI-
 BLE IN PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION, PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE, OR  NEONATOLO-
 GY; OR
   (B)  A  PHYSICIAN  WHO  POSSESSES  A  CURRENT AND VALID NON-RESTRICTED
 LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE AND  IS  BOARD  CERTIFIED  IN  A  PEDIATRIC
 SUBSPECIALTY DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL CONDITION; AND

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14313-03-0