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Assembly Bill A2173

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the appointment of the state medicaid director

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2025-A2173 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S353
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §208-a, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8082
2019-2020: S1811
2021-2022: S1592
2023-2024: A9778, S985

2025-A2173 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the appointment of the state medicaid director by the governor subject to confirmation by the senate.

2025-A2173 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2173
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the appointment of
   the state medicaid director
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 208-a to read as follows:
   §  208-A.  MEDICAID  DIRECTOR.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF
 THIS ARTICLE, THE POSITION OF MEDICAID DIRECTOR SHALL  BE  APPOINTED  BY
 THE GOVERNOR, BY AND WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a  law  and  shall  apply  to
 appointments made on or after such date.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00620-01-5

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