Assembly Bill A6598

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires patient's health home to use the adverse childhood experience questionnaire in assessing the patient's health risks

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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

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2023-A6598 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§365-l-1 & 365-l-2, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9841
2017-2018: A3427
2019-2020: A2306
2021-2022: A3689

2023-A6598 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires home health care professionals to use the adverse childhood experience questionnaire in assessing the patient's health risks; makes Medicaid reimbursement of primary care providers contingent upon such use; requires the department of social services to report to the senate and assembly health committees.

2023-A6598 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6598
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   patient's  health  home  to use the adverse childhood experience ques-
   tionnaire in assessing the patient's health risks and to making  Medi-
   caid  reimbursement  of primary care providers contingent upon the use
   of the adverse childhood experience questionnaire; and to require  the
   commissioner  of  health  to submit reports to the senate and assembly
   health committees
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  social  services  law  is  amended by adding two new
 sections 365-l-1 and 365-l-2 to read as follows:
   § 365-L-1. STANDARDS FOR PROVISION OF HEALTH HOME SERVICES TO MEDICAID
 ENROLLEES WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS. CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL LAW TO ENSURE
 FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION, A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL PROVIDING  A
 PATIENT'S HEALTH HOME SHALL:
   1.  PROVIDE  COMPREHENSIVE PREVENTION AND DISEASE SCREENING FOR HIS OR
 HER PATIENTS AND MANAGING HIS OR HER  PATIENTS'  CHRONIC  CONDITIONS  BY
 COORDINATING CARE;
   2.  ENABLE  PATIENTS  TO  HAVE  ACCESS  TO PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION
 THROUGH A SECURE MEDIUM, SUCH AS THROUGH THE INTERNET,  CONSISTENT  WITH
 FEDERAL HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS;
   3.  COLLABORATE WITH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH TEAMS, INCLUDING BY DEVELOP-
 ING AND IMPLEMENTING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR PARTICIPATING PATIENTS;
   4. UTILIZE THE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE IN ASSESSING
 A PATENT'S HEALTH AND HEALTH RISKS;
   5. ENSURE ACCESS TO A  PATIENT'S  MEDICAL  RECORDS  BY  THE  COMMUNITY
 HEALTH  TEAM  MEMBERS  IN  A  MANNER COMPLIANT WITH THE HEALTH INSURANCE
 PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT, 12 V.S.A. § 1612, AND  21  V.S.A.  §
 516; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07124-01-3
              

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