S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1933
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 14, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, SAYEGH, SIMONE -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to determination
and approval of reimbursement rates for managed care providers under
medicaid
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 18 of section 364-j of the
social services law, as added by section 55 of part B of chapter 57 of
the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
(c) The department [of health] shall require the independent actuary
selected pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subdivision to provide a
complete actuarial memorandum, along with all actuarial assumptions made
and all other data, materials and methodologies used in the development
of rates, to managed care providers thirty days prior to submission of
such rates to the centers for medicare and medicaid services for
approval. THE ACTUARIAL MEMORANDUM SHALL INCLUDE (I) ANY ADDITIONAL
MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES
INCLUDING ACTUARIAL CERTIFICATION LETTERS, (II) ANY CORRESPONDENCE
BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES
RELATED TO THE RATES, (III) OTHER DATA, MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGIES
CONSIDERED BUT NOT USED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
RATES, AND (IV) ANY INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE DISCLOSED TO MANAGED CARE
PROVIDERS OR THE PUBLIC UNDER FEDERAL RULES. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
REQUIRE THE INDEPENDENT ACTUARY TO SEPARATELY IDENTIFY AND PRESENT IN A
COLLECTIVE GROUP THE REQUIRED MATERIAL UNDER EACH APPLICABLE SUBPARA-
GRAPH (I) THROUGH (IV) OF THIS PARAGRAPH. Managed care providers may
request THAT THE DEPARTMENT AND ITS INDEPENDENT ACTUARY CONDUCT addi-
tional review of the actuarial soundness of the rate setting process
and/or methodology. PRIOR TO SUBMISSION OF RATES TO THE CENTERS FOR
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES FOR APPROVAL, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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RESPOND TO ANY REQUEST FROM MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS FOR ADDITIONAL REVIEW
OF THE ACTUARIAL SOUNDNESS OF THE RATE SETTING PROCESS OR METHODOLOGY,
AND IN SUCH RESPONSE THE DEPARTMENT SHALL EITHER: (1) AGREE TO ADDI-
TIONAL REVIEW AND DELAY SUBMISSION OF THE RATES FOR APPROVAL TO THE
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES UNTIL THE DEPARTMENT'S REVIEW
IS COMPLETE AND SHARED WITH MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS, OR (2) DECLINE THE
REQUESTED ADDITIONAL REVIEW, STATING IN WRITING CLEAR REASONS WHY THE
REQUEST IS DENIED.
§ 2. Subdivision 18 of section 364-j of the social services law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
(F) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOTIFY MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS OF REIMBURSE-
MENT RATES PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH RATES.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
ments to section 364-j of the social services law made by sections one
and two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.