What's happening
This bill allows retroactive reimbursement to local service providers for disability services pending state approval, with repayment required if approval is denied.
Why it matters
Enables local service providers to receive payment for disability services delivered before those services are formally approved by the state, reducing financial risk when responding urgently to client needs.
Supports continuity and flexibility of care for people with disabilities, ensuring they can access new or different programs without waiting for state approval, which can often be a lengthy process.
Introduces a financial safeguard for the state by requiring providers to repay funds if the service or program is ultimately not approved, placing responsibility on providers to assess the likelihood of approval before proceeding.
May incentivize service providers to innovate or expand offerings, knowing they won’t automatically face unreimbursed costs for serving individuals in need during the interim approval period.
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- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to mental health
- Referred to mental health
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Reimburse Disability Service Providers
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Patty Ritchie
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7868
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 18, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to reimbursement of certain programs and services for persons with a disability
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 43.13 to read as follows: § 43.13 Reimbursement of certain programs and services for persons with
a disability.
If a person who qualifies for and has entered into a program and/or received a service furnished by a local service provider pursuant to subdivision (a) of section 13.15 of this chapter subsequently enters into a different program and/or receives a different service not yet approved by the commissioner, provided such approval is ultimately granted, the local service provider shall be reimbursed, after such services have been rendered and approved, the cost of such program and/or service as if it had been approved prior to such person's admission into such program or receipt of such service. If a service is ultimately not approved and reimbursement has already occurred, such reimbursement shall be returned to the office for people with developmental disabilities within sixty days of notice of such denial.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07612-01-7
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