Assembly Bill A3689

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires patient's health home to use the adverse childhood experience questionnaire in assessing the patient's health risks

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A3689 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§365-l-1 & 365-l-2, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9841
2017-2018: A3427
2019-2020: A2306
2023-2024: A6598

2021-A3689 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires home health care professionals to use the adverse childhood experience questionnaire in assessing the patient's health risks and makes Medicaid reimbursement of primary care providers contingent upon such use; requires the department of social services to report to the senate and assembly health committees.

2021-A3689 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3689
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   patient's  health  home  to use the adverse childhood experience ques-
   tionnaire in assessing the patient's health risks and to making  Medi-
   caid  reimbursement  of primary care providers contingent upon the use
   of the adverse childhood experience questionnaire; and to require  the
   commissioner  of  health  to submit reports to the senate and assembly
   health committees
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  social  services  law  is  amended by adding two new
 sections 365-l-1 and 365-l-2 to read as follows:
   § 365-L-1. STANDARDS FOR PROVISION OF HEALTH HOME SERVICES TO MEDICAID
 ENROLLEES WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS. CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL LAW TO ENSURE
 FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION, A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL PROVIDING  A
 PATIENT'S HEALTH HOME SHALL:
   1.  PROVIDE  COMPREHENSIVE PREVENTION AND DISEASE SCREENING FOR HIS OR
 HER PATIENTS AND MANAGING HIS OR HER  PATIENTS'  CHRONIC  CONDITIONS  BY
 COORDINATING CARE;
   2.  ENABLE  PATIENTS  TO  HAVE  ACCESS  TO PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION
 THROUGH A SECURE MEDIUM, SUCH AS THROUGH THE INTERNET,  CONSISTENT  WITH
 FEDERAL HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS;
   3.  COLLABORATE WITH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH TEAMS, INCLUDING BY DEVELOP-
 ING AND IMPLEMENTING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR PARTICIPATING PATIENTS;
   4. UTILIZE THE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE IN ASSESSING
 A PATENT'S HEALTH AND HEALTH RISKS;
   5. ENSURE ACCESS TO A  PATIENT'S  MEDICAL  RECORDS  BY  THE  COMMUNITY
 HEALTH  TEAM  MEMBERS  IN  A  MANNER COMPLIANT WITH THE HEALTH INSURANCE
 PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT, 12 V.S.A. § 1612, AND  21  V.S.A.  §
 516; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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