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Introduced Session

AN ACT to amend part H of chapter 59 of the laws of 2011, amending the public health law and other laws relating to general hospital reimbursement for annual rates, in relation to known and projected department of health state fund medicaid expenditures (Part A); to amend chapter 451 of the laws of 2007, amending the public health law, the social services law and the insurance law relating to providing enhanced consumer and provider protections, in relation to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to contracts between plans, insurers, or corporations and hospitals; to amend part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2007, amending the social services law and other laws relating to adjustments of rates, in relation to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to the amount of income to be applied toward the cost of medical care, services and supplies of institutionalized spouses; to amend chapter 906 of the laws of 1984, amending the social services law relating to expanding medical assistance eligibility and the scope of services available to certain persons with disabilities, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend the social services law, in relation to the age of eligibility for home and community-based services waivers; to amend chapter 313 of the laws of 2018, amending the public health law relating to body imaging scanning equipment, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 426 of the laws of 1983, amending the public health law relating to professional misconduct proceedings, in relation to the effectiveness of certain provisions thereof; to amend chapter 582 of the laws of 1984, amending the public health law relating to regulating activities of physicians, in relation to the effectiveness of certain provisions thereof; to amend the public health law, in relation to extending the demonstration period in certain physician committees; to amend chapter 505 of the laws of 1995, amending the public health law relating to the operation of department of health facilities, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend the public health law, in relation to reimbursement rate promulgation for residential health care facilities; to amend the public health law, in relation to certified home health agency services payments; to amend chapter 19 of the laws of 1998, amending the social services law relating to limiting the method of payment for prescription drugs under the medical assistance program, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend the public health law, in relation to continuing nursing home upper payment limit payments; to amend chapter 904 of the laws of 1984, amending the public health law and the social services law relating to encouraging comprehensive health services, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend part X2 of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, amending the public health law relating to allowing for the use of funds of the office of professional medical conduct for activities of the patient health information and quality improvement act of 2000, in relation to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to increasing information available to patients; to amend part H of chapter 59 of the laws of 2011, amending the public health law relating to the statewide health information network of New York and the statewide planning and research cooperative system and general powers and duties, in relation to making certain provisions permanent; to amend part A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2008, amending the elder law and other laws relating to reimbursement to participating provider pharmacies and prescription drug coverage, in relation to extending the expiration of certain provisions thereof; to amend chapter 474 of the laws of 1996, amending the education law and other laws relating to rates for residential health care facilities, in relation to extending the effectiveness of certain provisions thereof; to amend chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, amending the public health law and other laws relating to medical reimbursement and welfare reform, in relation to extending the effectiveness of certain provisions thereof; to amend the social services law, in relation to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to negotiation of supplemental rebates relating to medication assisted treatment; to amend part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, amending the social services law and other laws relating to supplemental rebates, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend part KK of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, amending the public health law relating to the designation of statewide general hospital quality and sole community pools and the reduction of capital related inpatient expenses, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend part C of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, amending the social services law relating to fair hearings within the Fully Integrated Duals Advantage program, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 779 of the laws of 1986, amending the social services law relating to authorizing services for non-residents in adult homes, residences for adults and enriched housing programs, in relation to extending the effectiveness of certain provisions thereof; to amend chapter 884 of the laws of 1990, amending the public health law relating to authorizing bad debt and charity care allowances for certified home health agencies, in relation to extending the provisions thereof; to amend chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, amending the public health law and other laws relating to medical reimbursement and welfare reform, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, amending chapter 59 of the laws of 2011 amending the public health law and other laws relating to general hospital reimbursement for annual rates, in relation to extending government rates for behavioral services and adding an alternative payment methodology requirement; and to amend the public health law, in relation to residential health care facility assessments; to amend part MM of chapter 57 of the laws of 2021 amending the public health law relating to aiding in the transition to adulthood for children with medical fragility living in pediatric nursing homes and other settings, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend chapter 471 of the laws of 2016 amending the education law and the public health law relating to authorizing certain advanced home health aides to perform certain advanced tasks, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; and to amend part R of chapter 59 of the laws of 2016 amending the public health law and the education law relating to electronic prescriptions, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part B); to amend part A3 of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003 amending the general business law and other laws relating to enacting major components necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2003-04 state fiscal year, in relation to extending the effectiveness of provisions thereof; to amend the New York Health Care Reform Act of 1996, in relation to extending certain provisions relating thereto; to amend the New York Health Care Reform Act of 2000, in relation to extending the effectiveness of provisions thereof; to amend the public health law, in relation to extending certain provisions relating to the distribution of pool allocations and graduate medical education; to amend the public health law, in relation to extending certain provisions relating to health care initiative pool distributions; to amend the social services law, in relation to extending payment provisions for general hospitals; and to amend the public health law, in relation to extending certain provisions relating to the assessments on covered lives (Part C); intentionally omitted (Part D); to amend the public health law, in relation to amending and extending the voluntary indigent care pool; in relation to establishing the definition of rural emergency hospital; and in relation to expanding eligibility for vital access provider assurance program funding; and to amend part I of chapter 57 of the laws of 2022 relating to providing a five percent across the board payment increase to all qualifying fee-for-service Medicaid rates, in relation to Medicaid payments made for the operating component of hospital inpatient services and hospital outpatient services (Part E); to amend chapter 266 of the laws of amending the civil practice law and rules and other laws relating to malpractice and professional medical conduct, in relation to extending the effectiveness of certain provisions thereof; to amend part J of chapter 63 of the laws of 2001 amending chapter 266 of the laws of 1986 amending the civil practice law and rules and other laws relating to malpractice and professional medical conduct, in relation to extending certain provisions concerning the hospital excess liability pool; and to amend part H of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017 amending the New York Health Care Reform Act of 1996 and other laws relating to extending certain provisions relating thereto, in relation to extending provisions relating to excess coverage (Part F); to amend the elder law, in relation to programs for the aging (Part G); to amend section 5 of part AAA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, amending the social services law relating to expanding Medicaid eligibility requirements for seniors and disabled individuals, in relation to the effectiveness of the basic health plan program; to amend the social services law, in relation to enacting the 1332 state innovation program; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the 1332 state innovation program fund (Part H); to amend the public health law, in relation to extending authority to enroll certain recipients in need of more than 120 days of community basedlong term care in a managed long term care plan; to amend the public health law, in relation to extending the moratorium on the processing and approval of applications seeking a certificate of authority as a managed long term care plan and setting performance standards for managed long term care plans; to amend part H of chapter 59 of the laws of 2011 amending the public health law and other laws relating to known and projected department of health state fund medical expenditures, in relation to extending the provisions thereof; and to amend part I of chapter 57 of the laws of 2022 providing a one percent across the board payment increase to all qualifying fee-for-service Medicaid rates, in relation to providing an additional increase to all qualifying fee-for-service Medicaid rates for the operating component of residential health care facilities services and an additional increase to all qualifying fee-for-service Medicaid rates for the operating component of assisted living programs (Part I); intentionally omitted (Part J); to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing Medicaid eligibility for certain services provided to individuals who are in a correctional institution, and for certain services provided to individuals who are in an institution for mental disease (Part K); to amend the insurance law and the public health law, in relation to site of service review and coverage for services provided at hospital-based outpatient clinics (Part L); to amend the public health law, in relation to review and oversight of material transactions (Part M); to amend the social services law, in relation to expanding the Medicaid Buy-In program for people with disabilities (Part N); intentionally omitted (Part O); to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a new statewide health care transformative program; and to amend the public health law, in relation to adding debt retirement, working capital or other non-capital projects to existing health care facility transformation programs (Part P); to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing Medicaid reimbursement for community health workers (CHWs) for high-risk populations; and to amend the public health law, in relation to permitting licensed mental health counselors and licensed marriage and family therapists in community health centers to be reimbursed (Part Q); to amend the social services law and the public health law, in relation to expanding Medicaid coverage of preventative health care services (Part R); to amend the public health law and the civil service law, in relation to modernizing the state of New York's emergency medical system and workforce (Part S); to amend the public health law, in relation to lead testing in certain multiple dwellings; to amend the executive law, in relation to expanding the powers of the secretary of state with respect to the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions of the public health law upon expiration thereof (Part T); to amend the general business law, in relation to safeguarding abortion access through data privacy protection (Part U); intentionally omitted (Part V); to amend chapter 471 of the laws of 2016 amending the education law and the public health law relating to authorizing certain advanced home health aides to perform certain advanced tasks, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part W); to amend the public health law, in relation to providing for the registration of temporary health care services agencies (Part X); to amend the civil practice law and rules and the judiciary law, in relation to affidavits for medical debt actions (Subpart A); Intentionally omitted (Subpart B); to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospitals participating in the general hospital indigent care pool to use certain forms for the collection of medical debt (Subpart C); and to amend the insurance law, in relation to guaranty fund coverage for insurers writing health insurance; and to direct the superintendent of financial services to develop an assessment offset plan to limit the impact of certain assessments (Subpart D) (Part Y); intentionally omitted (Part Z); to amend the public health law, in relation to hepatitis C screening and requiring third trimester syphilis testing; and to amend chapter 425 of the laws of 2013 amending the public health law relating to requiring hospitals to offer hepatitis C testing, in relation to extending such provisions thereof (Part AA); to amend the public health law, in relation to adding certain fentanyl analogs to the schedules of controlled substances (Part BB); intentionally omitted (Part CC); in relation to establishing a cost of living adjustment for designated human services programs (Part DD); to amend part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, amending the social services law and other laws relating to enacting the major components of legislation necessary to implement the health and mental hygiene budget for the -2014 state fiscal year, in relation to the effectiveness of certain provisions thereof (Part EE); intentionally omitted (Part FF); intentionally omitted (Part GG); to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to certified community behavioral health clinics (Part HH); to amend the insurance law and the financial services law, in relation to insurance coverage for behavioral health services (Subpart A); to amend the insurance law, in relation to utilization review standards for mental health services (Subpart B); intentionally omitted (Subpart C); intentionally omitted (Subpart D); to amend the insurance law, in relation to substance use disorder treatment (Subpart E); and to amend the insurance law and the public health law, in relation to network adequacy for mental health and substance use disorder services (Subpart F) (Part II); to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the imposition of sanctions by the commissioner of mental health (Part JJ); to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing the independent developmental disability ombudsman program (Part KK); to amend the insurance law, in relation to coverage for abortion services (Part LL); to amend the public health law and the insurance law, in relation to the definition of clinical peer reviewer (Part MM); to amend the public health law, in relation to wage adjustments for home care aides; to amend the social services law, in relation to electronic visit certifications; and to repeal certain provisions of the social services law, relating to definitions and to preclaim review for participating providers of medical assistance program services and items (Part NN); to direct the office of mental health to convene a task force on implementing mental health crisis response and diversion for mental health, alcohol use, and substance use crises; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof (Part OO); and directing the commissioner of mental health to establish a maternal mental health workgroup to study and issue recommendations related to maternal mental health and perinatal and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders; and providing for the repeal of such provision upon expiration thereof (Part PP)

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SIGNED CHAP.57 (on 05/03/2023)

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