What's happening
This bill requires Medicaid in New York to cover both blood and skin allergy tests as medically necessary based on established guidelines.
Why it matters
Expands access to comprehensive allergy diagnostics. by requiring Medicaid to cover both blood (serologic-specific IgE) and skin prick tests as equivalent tools, ensuring patients can access the method most appropriate for their medical needs or conditions.
Aligns coverage with up-to-date scientific standards. by mandating that Medicaid policies follow the latest National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other expert medical guidelines, promoting evidence-based care and reducing outdated or inconsistent practices.
Addresses a wide range of allergy-related conditions. including inhalant, food, venom, drug allergies, ABPA, and certain parasitic diseases—potentially improving diagnosis and management for vulnerable populations who might otherwise face barriers to testing.
May reduce long-term healthcare costs and complications. by enabling earlier and more accurate allergy detection and treatment, potentially preventing severe reactions, unnecessary emergency visits, and misdiagnosis.
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Cover Allergy Tests with Medicaid
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- Substituted by S1222
- Advanced to third reading cal.260
- Reported
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to health
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Cover Allergy Tests With Medicaid
Vetoed · Sponsor Gustavo Rivera
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STATE OF NEW YORK
807
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring Medicaid coverage of both blood testing and skin prick testing for allergies
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 365-o to read as follows:
§ 365-o. Allergy testing coverage. The commissioner shall establish standards and guidelines, consistent with National Institutes of Health guidelines and other current medical professional guidance and literature, including updating its provider bulletins, as necessary, to reference the most current professional literature and guidance related to allergy testing for the provision of allergy testing under the medical assistance program. Consistent with such professional literature and guidance, such standards, guidelines and coverage policies shall treat serologic-specific IgE tests and percutaneous skin tests as equivalent confirmatory tests in terms of their sensitivity and accuracy, and shall treat them as medically necessary for those individuals with a medical history consistent with any of the following:
(a) an inhalant allergy;
(b) a food allergy;
(c) hymenoptera venom allergy or an allergy to stinging insects;
(d) allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA);
(e) certain parasitic diseases; and
(f) allergies to specific drugs.
§ 2. This act shall take effect the first of July next succeeding the date upon which it shall become a law; provided that, effective immediately, the commissioner of health shall promulgate all rules and regulations deemed necessary and desirable to implement the provisions of this act on or before its effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02159-01-7
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