Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 01, 2022 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1774 substituted for s8157 |
Jun 01, 2022 |
substituted by a8604 ordered to third reading cal.1774 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 26, 2022 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S8157
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 30th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A8604 - Passed Senate
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2021-S8157 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8604
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §365-k, Soc Serv L
2021-S8157 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8157 SPONSOR: CLEARE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to increasing access to non-invasive prenatal testing under medicaid PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Amends the social services law to include language that removes limits on eligibility for prenatal testing JUSTIFICATION: This bill removes an unnecessary age restriction on access to non-inva- sive prenatal testing (NIPT) for Medicaid patients. Adjusting our Medi- caid program to cover these tests will bring New York's Medicaid cover- age in line with the practices of most commercial insurance plans, as
2021-S8157 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8157 I N S E N A T E January 26, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to increasing access to non-invasive prenatal testing under medicaid THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 365-k of the social services law, as added by chapter 484 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 1. (A) The commissioner shall establish standards and guidelines for the provision of prenatal care services under the medical assistance program. In establishing such standards and guidelines, the commissioner shall consider generally accepted standards of professional practice, including, but not limited to, standards issued by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Academy of Pedia- trics, and shall consult with prenatal care providers and other inter- ested parties. (B) THE STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS SECTION FOR PROVIDING NON-INVASIVE PRENATAL TESTING SHALL NOT LIMIT AVAILABILITY AND COVERAGE FOR A TEST BASED ON THE AGE OF THE PREGNANT PATIENT, UNLESS THE LIMIT IS EXPLICITLY CALLED FOR BY THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE. § 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of April after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of health shall make regulations, establish standards and guidelines, and take other actions reasonably necessary to implement this act on that date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13583-01-1
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