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Jan 05, 2022 | referred to health |
Mar 18, 2021 | referred to health |
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
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Co-Sponsors
Chris Burdick
Jonathan Jacobson
John T. McDonald III
William Magnarelli
A6479 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S5962
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §365-f, Soc Serv L
A6479 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6479 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 18, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to fiscal interme- diary services under the consumer directed personal assistance program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 4-a of section 365-f of the social services law is amended by adding two new paragraphs (d) and (e) to read as follows: (D) (I) THIS PARAGRAPH APPLIES TO A FISCAL INTERMEDIARY THAT IS AN ELIGIBLE ENTITY UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND HAS PROVIDED FISCAL INTERMEDIARY SERVICES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY DECLARED BY THE GOVERNOR, NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION. (II) THE FISCAL INTERMEDIARY IS ENTITLED TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FISCAL INTERMEDIARY SERVICES UNDER THE TERMS APPLICABLE ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AND SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CONTINUE DOING SO UNDER THOSE TERMS THROUGH APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO. (III) THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT PREVENT AN ACTION TAKEN UNDER, AND CONSISTENT WITH, SUBDIVISION FOUR-B OF THIS SECTION. (E) (I) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH, ISSUE A NEW REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS FOR CONTRACTS UNDER PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION. APPLICANTS SHALL BE SCORED INCREMENTALLY ON THE CRITERIA IN THAT PARAGRAPH, PROVIDED THAT THE PROCESS MAKES SURE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE, THERE ARE FISCAL INTERMEDIARIES PROVIDING SERVICES TO APPROPRIATELY SERVE INDIVID- UALS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM, WITH GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION THAT ENSURES ACCESS IN RURAL AND UNDERSERVED AREAS, WITH DEMONSTRATED CULTURAL AND LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES SPECIFIC TO THE POPULATION OF CONSUM- ERS AND THOSE OF THE AVAILABLE WORKFORCE, WITH ABILITY TO PROVIDE TIMELY CONSUMER ASSISTANCE, WITH EXPERIENCE SERVING INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILI- TIES, WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF CONSUMER PEER SUPPORT, AND WITH DEMON- STRATED COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS AND REGU- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.