Assembly Bill A6346

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to eligibility for home care services under medicaid; repealer

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A6346 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S328
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §365-a sub 2 ¶(e) sub¶ (v), amd §§365-a & 365-f, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A5367, S5028

2023-A6346 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes certain restrictions on eligibility for personal and home care services under medicaid.

2023-A6346 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6346
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 5, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, SIMON, EPSTEIN, THIELE, JACKSON, ANDER-
   SON, ZEBROWSKI, FORREST, LUPARDO, STECK, JOYNER,  BRABENEC,  MITAYNES,
   MAMDANI, KELLES, L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to removing certain
   restrictions  on  access  to home care services; and to repeal certain
   provisions of such law relating thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph  (e) of subdivision 2 of
 section 365-a of the social services law, as amended  by  section  2  of
 part  MM  of  chapter  56  of  the  laws  of 2020, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (i) personal care  services,  including  personal  emergency  response
 services,  shared aide and an individual aide, subject to the provisions
 of subparagraphs (ii), (iii), (iv)[, (v)] and (vi)  of  this  paragraph,
 furnished  to  an  individual  who  is not an inpatient or resident of a
 hospital, nursing facility, intermediate care facility  for  individuals
 with  intellectual  disabilities,  or institution for mental disease, as
 determined to meet the recipient's needs for assistance when cost effec-
 tive and appropriate, and when prescribed  by  a  qualified  independent
 physician  selected  or approved by the department of health, in accord-
 ance with the recipient's plan of treatment and provided by  individuals
 who  are  qualified  to  provide  such services, who are supervised by a
 registered nurse and who are not members of the recipient's family,  and
 furnished in the recipient's home or other location;
   §  2.  Subparagraph  (v)  of paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section
 365-a of the social services law is REPEALED.
   § 3. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section  365-f  of  the  social
 services  law,  as  amended by section 3 of part MM of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02214-01-3
              

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