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- Signed chap.79
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.343
- Substituted for A10018
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 58–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1227
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to health
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Extends the effectiveness of a portable x-ray demonstration program for medicaid recipients
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Crystal Peoples-Stokes
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BILL NUMBER:S7774
Title of bill
An act to amend chapter 433 of the laws of 1997, amending the public health law and other laws relating to rates of reimbursement paid to hospitals and residential health care facilities, in relation to extending the effectiveness of a portable x-ray demonstration program for medicaid recipients
Purpose
To extend the expiration date of a demonstration program established in 1997 to study the cost effectiveness of Medicaid coverage for portable x-ray services until June 30, 2017.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends subdivision (b) of section 1-b of chapter 433 of the laws of 1997 to extend the expiration date of the portable x-ray demonstration program from June 30, 2010 to June 30, 2014.
Section 2 amends subdivision (c) of section 1-b of chapter 433 of the laws of 1997 to direct the Department of Health to report to the Legislature on the demonstration program by September 1, 2015.
Section 3 states the effective date.
Justification
Portable x-ray services are important to the aged, infirm and chronically ill citizens of New York State, particularly those who are residents of long term care facilities or home bound. If an individual cannot access portable x-ray services when an x-ray is ordered by an authorized health care practitioner, then the person must be transported by ambulance to a stationary radiological site. Transporting individuals by means of ambulance is costly and often traumatizing for the patient. Many states allow for Medicaid reimbursement for portable x-ray and diagnostic ultrasound services as does the federal Medicare program. New York State took a first step by creating a demonstration program to allow portable x-ray providers to directly bill Medicaid for services provided to Medicaid recipients in residential health care facilities and intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities. This legislation requires the Health Department to submit its report due September 1, 2015.
Legislative history
Chapter 272 of the Laws of 2011.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
Immediately.
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