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Senate Bill S7161

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the coverage of air ambulance services in the child health plus program

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2021-S7161 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8104
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2510, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: S959, A1691
2025-2026: A6106

2021-S7161 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the coverage of air ambulance services in the child health plus program.

2021-S7161 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7161 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7161
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. COONEY, HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  coverage  of  air
   ambulance transport in the child health plus program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 2510 of the public health law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  428  of  the  laws  of 2013, is amended to read as
 follows:
   7. "Covered health care services" means: the services  of  physicians,
 optometrists,  nurses,  nurse  practitioners, midwives and other related
 professional personnel  which  are  provided  on  an  outpatient  basis,
 including  routine well-child visits; diagnosis and treatment of illness
 and injury; inpatient health care services; laboratory tests; diagnostic
 x-rays; prescription and  non-prescription  drugs  and  durable  medical
 equipment;  radiation  therapy;  chemotherapy;  hemodialysis; outpatient
 blood  clotting  factor  products  and  other  treatments  and  services
 furnished  in  connection  with  the  care of hemophilia and other blood
 clotting protein deficiencies; emergency room  services;  AIR  AMBULANCE
 SERVICES;  hospice  services;  emergency,  preventive and routine dental
 care, including medically necessary orthodontia but  excluding  cosmetic
 surgery;  emergency,  preventive  and  routine  vision  care,  including
 eyeglasses; speech and hearing services; and, inpatient  and  outpatient
 mental  health,  alcohol  and substance abuse services as defined by the
 commissioner in consultation with the  superintendent.  "Covered  health
 care  services" shall not include drugs, procedures and supplies for the
 treatment of erectile dysfunction when provided to,  or  prescribed  for
 use  by, a person who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant
 to article six-C of the correction law,  provided  that  any  denial  of
 coverage of such drugs, procedures or supplies shall provide the patient
 with  the  means of obtaining additional information concerning both the
 denial and the means of challenging such denial.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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