Establishes a developmental disability, mental health, and behavioral condition community stakeholder committee to examine effective evidence-based developmental, mental, and behavioral health screening methods for children in kindergarten through fifth grade.
Provides that services to medical assistance recipients suffering from traumatic brain injuries or qualifying for nursing home diversion and transition services shall be provided outside of managed care programs.
Maddy summaryThis bill updates the definition of a primary care practitioner within New York's Medicaid managed care plans to explicitly include physician assistants alongside physicians and nurse practitioners. It requires managed care providers to ensure access to these qualified providers and allows them to utilize physician assistants as part of their network to deliver medical services. The legislation aims to clarify the roles of different medical professionals in the Medicaid system without changing the overall structure of the program.
Provides that a business must provide notification of a data breach within 30 days of such breach; includes the department of financial services to the list of entities that must be notified of a data breach that affects any New York resident.
Maddy summaryThis bill updates existing laws to require mediation before certain health care contracts are terminated or not renewed. It mandates that hospitals and health care plans must use a mediator at least sixty days before ending their agreements, while giving physicians and physician groups the option to do the same with insurers and corporations. The process requires parties to share written explanations of their positions one week before mediation, but the results of these discussions are not legally binding. These changes aim to provide a structured way for health care providers and payers to resolve contractual disputes without immediately resorting to litigation.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires New York state agencies that collect demographic data to create separate categories for White, Middle Eastern, and North African populations. It mandates that these groups be listed individually, including specific nationalities like Egyptian, Iranian, and Palestinian, while also allowing respondents to select multiple categories. Agencies must publish this updated data online by December 2025, with certain departments given an additional year to comply. The law applies to all relevant state entities except for labor, criminal justice, mental health, and disability assistance offices, which are exempt until two years after the bill becomes effective.
Provides that members of a retirement system who retire from such system and later rejoin the retirement system are reinstated with the same rights, benefits and privileges they had prior to retirement.
Relates to first responders, including correction officers, coming into contact with saliva by spitting, throwing, tossing, or expelling from or by an individual.
Provides for medicaid reimbursement for ambulance services when treatment in place is administered and/or when transportation is provided to alternative health care settings instead of a general hospital.
Requires a utilization review agent to follow certain rules when establishing a step therapy protocol; requires that the protocol accepts any attestation submitted by the insured's health care professional stating that a required drug has failed as prima facie evidence that the required drug has failed.
