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Assembly Bill A8377

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Amending the social services law to include the services and care of school psychologists under Medicaid

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2023-A8377 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8594
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A1897, S1712

2023-A8377 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes the services and care of school psychologists under Medicaid for needy recipients.

2023-A8377 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8377
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to including care
   and services of school psychologists under standard coverage for Medi-
   caid recipients
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social services law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (mm) to read as follows:
   (MM) CARE AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS CERTIFIED,  OR
 OTHERWISE  AUTHORIZED  TO  PROVIDE  SUCH  CARE AND SERVICES WITHIN THEIR
 SCOPE OF PRACTICE, UNDER THE EDUCATION LAW WHERE SUCH SERVICES AND  CARE
 WOULD  OTHERWISE  BE COVERED UNDER THIS TITLE. NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH
 SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO MODIFY OR EXPAND THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF A SCHOOL
 PSYCHOLOGIST CERTIFIED, OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE SUCH CARE AND
 SERVICES UNDER THE EDUCATION LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13529-01-3

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