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- Referred to health
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.166
- Referred to health
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Directs the Medicaid inspector general to publish all administrative law decisions from an appeal by his or her office
In Assembly Committee · Health · Sponsor Richard Gottfried
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6271
Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to directing the Medicaid inspector general to publish in electronic form, all administrative law decisions resulting from an appeal of an action by his or her office
Purpose or general idea of bill
Provides for public notification of administrative law decisions concerning appeals from actions by the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General.
Summary of provisions
Adds a new subdivision, 6-a to section 32 of the Public Health Law. This new subdivision requires electronic publication of all administrative law decisions stemming from an action by the office. These decisions must be posted on the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General's website within thirty days of the decision.
Justification
Statute charges the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) with weeding out fraud, waste and abuse in New York's Medicaid Program. Through this charge, OMIG conducts audits, reports incidents of fraud to prosecutors, and excludes certain providers from participating in Medicaid. These actions all can have an adverse impact on Medicaid providers and recipients. Thus, due process rights of these individuals must be protected.
Anyone wishing to appeal a decision by OMIG must go before an administrative law judge. However, interested groups expressed concern because, although a public record, these decisions are difficult to access. Presently, each interested group must send a FOIL (Freedom of Information Law) request to OMIG. This is a duplicative and burdensome process for both OMIG and individual requesters. For efficiency and transparency, this bill requires OMIG to post all administrative law decisions, in which OMIG is a party, to its website within thirty days.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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