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Assembly Bill A10464

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to Medicaid accountability

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2025-A10464 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9219
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§37, 38 & 39, amd §35, Pub Health L; amd §364-j, Soc Serv L

2025-A10464 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to improving Medicaid accountability; verifies Medicaid enrollment data; audits certain Medicaid program areas; creates managed care payment safeguards

2025-A10464 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10464
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the social  services  law,  in
   relation to Medicaid accountability
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. 1. The  legislature  finds
 that  audits  and reviews conducted by the state comptroller, the office
 of the Medicaid inspector general, and  other  oversight  entities  have
 repeatedly identified improper Medicaid payments arising from enrollment
 inaccuracies,  delayed eligibility verification, claims processing weak-
 nesses, and  inconsistent  follow-through  after  audit  findings.  Such
 improper payments include payments made on behalf of individuals who are
 deceased,  duplicatively  enrolled, not a resident of New York State, no
 longer eligible, or otherwise inaccurately reflected in program records.
   2. The legislature  further  finds  that  improving  payment  accuracy
 requires  clear statutory expectations, predictable administrative proc-
 esses, and timely corrective action,  while  maintaining  continuity  of
 care for eligible beneficiaries and operational clarity for managed care
 plans and providers.
   3.  The purpose of this act is to strengthen Medicaid payment account-
 ability by  requiring  routine  eligibility  verification  cross-checks,
 mandating  audits  in  defined  high-risk areas, establishing structured
 payment safeguards with notice and  response  periods,  and  authorizing
 limited verification tools to confirm service delivery, while preserving
 existing eligibility standards, benefits, and due process protections.
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding three new sections 37,
 38 and 39 to read as follows:
   §  37. ROUTINE ELIGIBILITY AND ENROLLMENT VERIFICATION. 1. THE DEPART-
 MENT, IN COORDINATION WITH THE OFFICE AND THE OFFICE  OF  TEMPORARY  AND
 DISABILITY ASSISTANCE, SHALL CONDUCT CROSS-CHECKS OF MEDICAID ENROLLMENT
 DATA  NO  LESS  THAN ONCE ANNUALLY, FOR THE PURPOSE OF VERIFYING ONGOING
 ELIGIBILITY AND ENROLLMENT ACCURACY.
   2. SUCH CROSS-CHECKS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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