Assembly Bill A289C

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to enhancing coverage and care for medically fragile children

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A289 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2121
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§4900 & 4403, add §4903-a, Pub Health L; amd §4900, add §§4903-a, 3217-j & 4306-i, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A9098, S7208

2021-A289 - Summary

Relates to enhancing coverage and care for medically fragile children; requires that health plans adopt policies and procedures tailored to the unique healthcare needs of this population.

2021-A289 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    289
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GOTTFRIED, PAULIN, SOLAGES, WEPRIN, ABINANTI,
   COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the insurance law, in relation
   to enhancing coverage and care for medically fragile children

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (iv)  of  paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
 section 4900 of the public health law, as added by section 42 of subpart
 A of part BB of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, is  amended  and  a  new
 subparagraph (v) is added to read as follows:
   (iv)  for purposes of a determination involving treatment for a mental
 health condition:
   (A) a physician who  possesses  a  current  and  valid  non-restricted
 license  to  practice  medicine and who specializes in behavioral health
 and has experience in the delivery of mental health  courses  of  treat-
 ment; or
   (B)  a  health  care  professional other than a licensed physician who
 specializes in behavioral health and has experience in the delivery of a
 mental health courses of treatment and, where  applicable,  possesses  a
 current  and  valid non-restricted license, certificate, or registration
 or, where no  provision  for  a  license,  certificate  or  registration
 exists,  is credentialed by the national accrediting body appropriate to
 the profession; [and] OR
   (V) FOR PURPOSES OF A DETERMINATION INVOLVING TREATMENT OF A MEDICALLY
 FRAGILE CHILD:
   (A) A PHYSICIAN WHO  POSSESSES  A  CURRENT  AND  VALID  NON-RESTRICTED
 LICENSE  TO PRACTICE MEDICINE AND WHO IS BOARD CERTIFIED OR BOARD ELIGI-
 BLE IN PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION, PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE, OR  NEONATOLO-
 GY; OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2021-A289A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2121
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§4900 & 4403, add §4903-a, Pub Health L; amd §4900, add §§4903-a, 3217-j & 4306-i, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A9098, S7208

2021-A289A - Summary

Relates to enhancing coverage and care for medically fragile children; requires that health plans adopt policies and procedures tailored to the unique healthcare needs of this population.

2021-A289A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  289--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GOTTFRIED, PAULIN, SOLAGES, WEPRIN, ABINANTI,
   COOK, GALLAGHER -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Insur-
   ance  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the insurance law, in relation
   to enhancing coverage and care for medically fragile children
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (iv)  of  paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
 section 4900 of the public health law, as added by section 42 of subpart
 A of part BB of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, is  amended  and  a  new
 subparagraph (v) is added to read as follows:
   (iv)  for purposes of a determination involving treatment for a mental
 health condition:
   (A) a physician who  possesses  a  current  and  valid  non-restricted
 license  to  practice  medicine and who specializes in behavioral health
 and has experience in the delivery of mental health  courses  of  treat-
 ment; or
   (B)  a  health  care  professional other than a licensed physician who
 specializes in behavioral health and has experience in the delivery of a
 mental health courses of treatment and, where  applicable,  possesses  a
 current  and  valid non-restricted license, certificate, or registration
 or, where no  provision  for  a  license,  certificate  or  registration
 exists,  is credentialed by the national accrediting body appropriate to
 the profession; [and] OR
   (V) FOR PURPOSES OF A DETERMINATION INVOLVING TREATMENT OF A MEDICALLY
 FRAGILE CHILD:
   (A) A PHYSICIAN WHO  POSSESSES  A  CURRENT  AND  VALID  NON-RESTRICTED
 LICENSE  TO PRACTICE MEDICINE AND WHO IS BOARD CERTIFIED OR BOARD ELIGI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2021-A289B - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2121
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§4900 & 4403, add §4903-a, Pub Health L; amd §4900, add §§4903-a, 3217-j & 4306-i, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A9098, S7208

2021-A289B - Summary

Relates to enhancing coverage and care for medically fragile children; requires that health plans adopt policies and procedures tailored to the unique healthcare needs of this population.

2021-A289B - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  289--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GOTTFRIED, PAULIN, SOLAGES, WEPRIN, ABINANTI,
   COOK, GALLAGHER, GALEF, GUNTHER, JACOBSON -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Insurance  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
   reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the insurance law, in relation
   to enhancing coverage and care for medically fragile children
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  2  of
 section 4900 of the public health law, as added by section 42 of subpart
 A  of  part  BB  of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, is amended and a new
 subparagraph (v) is added to read as follows:
   (iv) for purposes of a determination involving treatment for a  mental
 health condition:
   (A)  a  physician  who  possesses  a  current and valid non-restricted
 license to practice medicine and who specializes  in  behavioral  health
 and  has  experience  in the delivery of mental health courses of treat-
 ment; or
   (B) a health care professional other than  a  licensed  physician  who
 specializes in behavioral health and has experience in the delivery of a
 mental  health  courses  of treatment and, where applicable, possesses a
 current and valid non-restricted license, certificate,  or  registration
 or,  where  no  provision  for  a  license,  certificate or registration
 exists, is credentialed by the national accrediting body appropriate  to
 the profession; [and] OR
   (V) FOR PURPOSES OF A DETERMINATION INVOLVING TREATMENT OF A MEDICALLY
 FRAGILE CHILD:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

co-Sponsors

2021-A289C (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2121
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§4900 & 4403, add §4903-a, Pub Health L; amd §4900, add §§4903-a, 3217-j & 4306-i, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A9098, S7208

2021-A289C (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to enhancing coverage and care for medically fragile children; requires that health plans adopt policies and procedures tailored to the unique healthcare needs of this population.

2021-A289C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  289--C
                                                          Cal. No. 20
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GOTTFRIED, PAULIN, SOLAGES, WEPRIN, ABINANTI,
   COOK, GALLAGHER, GALEF, GUNTHER, JACOBSON, REYES, OTIS  --  read  once
   and  referred  to  the Committee on Insurance -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee  -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --  ordered to a third reading,
   amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  on  the  order  of
   third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the insurance law, in relation
   to enhancing coverage and care for medically fragile children
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  2  of
 section 4900 of the public health law, as added by section 42 of subpart
 A  of  part  BB  of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, is amended and a new
 subparagraph (v) is added to read as follows:
   (iv) for purposes of a determination involving treatment for a  mental
 health condition:
   (A)  a  physician  who  possesses  a  current and valid non-restricted
 license to practice medicine and who specializes  in  behavioral  health
 and  has  experience  in the delivery of mental health courses of treat-
 ment; or
   (B) a health care professional other than  a  licensed  physician  who
 specializes in behavioral health and has experience in the delivery of a
 mental  health  courses  of treatment and, where applicable, possesses a
 current and valid non-restricted license, certificate,  or  registration
 or,  where  no  provision  for  a  license,  certificate or registration
 exists, is credentialed by the national accrediting body appropriate  to
 the profession; [and] OR

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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