Assembly Bill A2890

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires that applications submitted by individuals with developmental disabilities for eligibility determinations and service authorizations be processed in a timely manner

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status Via S823 - Signed by Governor

  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions
Votes

co-Sponsors

2023-A2890 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S823
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13.07, Ment Hyg L (as proposed in S.8442 & A.9920)

2023-A2890 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that applications submitted by individuals with developmental disabilities for eligibility determinations and service authorizations be processed in a timely manner; provides that where such application is not reasonably clear or omits required information or where the office reasonably suspects fraud based on specific information available, the office shall notify the applicant in writing requesting the specific information needed to process such application; removes reporting requirements.

2023-A2890 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2890
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on People with Disabilities
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring that
   applications submitted by individuals with developmental  disabilities
   for eligibility determinations and service authorizations be processed
   in a timely manner

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (c-1) of section 13.07 of  the  mental  hygiene
 law,  as  added  by  a  chapter  of the laws of 2022 amending the mental
 hygiene law relating to requiring that applications submitted  by  indi-
 viduals  with  developmental disabilities for eligibility determinations
 and service authorizations be processed in a timely manner, as  proposed
 in  legislative bills numbers S. 8442 and A. 9920, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (c-1) 1. In carrying out the responsibilities identified  in  subdivi-
 sion  (c) of this section, the office shall ensure that applications for
 eligibility determinations and service authorizations are processed in a
 timely manner. [Specifically, except in a case where the application  is
 not  reasonably  clear,  omits  required information, or when there is a
 reasonable basis supported by specific information available for  review
 by the office that such application was submitted fraudulently, the] THE
 office  shall complete processing of the application within A PROCESSING
 PERIOD OF one hundred twenty days of receipt of such application  trans-
 mitted via the internet or electronic mail.
   2.  [In  the case where] WHERE the application is not reasonably clear
 or [lacks] OMITS required information, OR WHERE  THE  OFFICE  REASONABLY
 SUSPECTS  FRAUD  BASED  ON SPECIFIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE,
 the office shall notify the applicant in writing within thirty  calendar
 days  of  the  receipt  of  such application [to] AND request [all addi-
 tional] THE SPECIFIC information needed  to  process  such  application.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04013-01-3

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.