Assembly Bill A4178

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the Medicaid identification and anti-fraud biometric technology pilot program; appropriation

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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-A4178 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Appropriations
Laws Affected:
Add Art 2-C §§295 - 298, Pub Health L; amd §367-b, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6527
2015-2016: A751
2017-2018: A274
2019-2020: A2830

2021-A4178 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the Medicaid identification and anti-fraud biometric technology pilot program; appropriates money therefor.

2021-A4178 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4178
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. RODRIGUEZ, RA, STECK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
   of A. FRIEND, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee  on
   Health
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the
   Medicaid identification  and  anti-fraud  biometric  technology  pilot
   program; and to amend the social services law, in relation to conform-
   ing medical assistance identification with the Medicaid identification
   and  anti-fraud  biometric technology program; and making an appropri-
   ation therefor
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new article
 2-C to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 2-C
             MEDICAID IDENTIFICATION AND ANTI-FRAUD BIOMETRIC
                         TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAM
 SECTION 295. MEDICAID IDENTIFICATION AND ANTI-FRAUD BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY
                PILOT PROGRAM.
         296. DEFINITIONS.
         297. BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY USE REQUIREMENT.
         298. RULES AND REGULATIONS.
   § 295. MEDICAID IDENTIFICATION  AND  ANTI-FRAUD  BIOMETRIC  TECHNOLOGY
 PILOT  PROGRAM.  THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED THE MEDICAID IDENTIFICATION
 AND ANTI-FRAUD BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAM.
   § 296. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE:
   1. "BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY" MEANS TECHNOLOGY THAT MEASURES AND  ANALYZES
 BIOLOGICAL  DATA,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO DNA, FINGER IMAGING,
 VASCULAR PATTERNS,  EYE  RETINAS  AND  IRISES,  VOICE  PATTERNS,  FACIAL
 PATTERNS AND HAND MEASUREMENTS, FOR AUTHENTICATION PURPOSES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03043-01-1

              

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