S 4013 creates a state-funded peer support program for veterans, specifically targeting women veterans through regional or county-based services. It establishes credentialing requirements for veteran peer counselors (veterans with relevant training) and mandates state agencies to develop programs offering mental health support, substance abuse counseling, family services, and legal assistance. The bill requires the mental hygiene commissioner, addiction services agency, and veterans' services department to create training pathways and certification standards for peer counselors. This policy directly affects veterans seeking mental health and substance use support by connecting them with certified peers who share military service experience.
Requires school districts, public libraries, BOCES, county vocational education and extension boards, charter schools, and non-public schools to provide and maintain on-site opioid antagonists; requires the department of health to provide such opioid antagonists to such entities upon request.
Requires insurance contracts to cover neuropsychological examinations for dyslexia when performed by a health care professional licensed, certified, or authorized pursuant to title eight of the education law and acting within their scope of practice.
Provides for an increased personal income tax deduction for medical expenses incurred by a New York taxpayer to include medical insurance premiums and long term care premiums.
Requires medical assistance to include medical care, services or supplies to monitor blood pressure that have been validated for accuracy and are furnished without prior authorization to eligible pregnant women.
Bill A 3365 limits the timeframe insurance companies have to recover overpayments from healthcare providers. It reduces the "lookback period" from the current 24 months to 12 months after the original payment was received. This means health plans must initiate overpayment recovery efforts within one year. However, this 12-month limit does not apply if the overpayment recovery is based on suspected fraud, intentional misconduct, abusive billing, or if it's initiated by a self-insured plan or government program. This bill directly affects how health insurance companies and healthcare providers manage financial discrepancies.
This bill eliminates the "look-back period" for non-institutionalized Medicaid applicants seeking home care services. It repeals a provision requiring Medicaid applicants to have no asset transfers below fair market value for 60 months prior to application, instead establishing a 30-month look-back period (pending federal approval) for home care eligibility. This change directly affects individuals applying for community-based long-term care services who previously faced eligibility delays due to past asset transfers. The policy simplifies eligibility by removing penalties for asset transfers made within the shorter look-back window.
Relates to the production of and the assessment of a surcharge for distinctive "Feeling Rural Good" license plates; establishes the feeling rural good health care fund; provides that funds deposited into the feeling rural good health care fund shall be used in rural regions of the state to expand school-based health programs, improve access to health research and education, and expand broadband access for improved access to telehealth.
This bill requires that application fees for operating certificates (such as those for healthcare facilities) be deposited into the mental illness anti-stigma fund instead of general state funds. It amends a mental hygiene law to redirect these fees to the specific fund established under state finance law, which supports programs reducing stigma around mental illness. The policy change directly affects entities applying for operating certificates by altering where their fees are allocated.
S 6290 requires state commissioners managing the opioid settlement fund to submit quarterly reports detailing all fund activity. The reports must include the current fund balance, amounts disbursed each quarter, and full details (names, addresses, amounts) for both recipients of funds and sources providing funds. This applies directly to state agencies handling opioid settlement funds and ensures public transparency by mandating regular, detailed disclosure to legislative leaders and oversight committees. The bill does not change how funds are allocated but establishes a reporting structure for accountability.
