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I N A S S E M B L Y
May 15, 2026
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Braunstein)
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to barring the
nursing diversion and transition Medicaid waiver from being carved
into Medicaid managed care
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (d-2) of subdivision 3 of section 364-j of the
social services law, as amended by chapter 41 of the laws of 2025, is
amended to read as follows:
(d-2) Services provided pursuant to a waiver, granted pursuant to
subsection (c) of section 1915 of the federal social security act, to
persons suffering from traumatic brain injuries, shall not be provided
to medical assistance recipients through managed care programs estab-
lished pursuant to this section. Services provided pursuant to a waiver,
granted pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1915 of the federal social
security act, to persons qualifying for nursing home diversion and tran-
sition services, shall not be provided to medical assistance recipients
through managed care programs [until at least January first, two thou-
sand twenty-seven].
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
ments to section 364-j of the social services law made by section one of
this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed
repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15894-01-6
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