What's happening
This bill allows for the creation and funding of collaborative programs to reduce health care disparities in underserved populations across New York.
Why it matters
Targets a broad range of specific health conditions and service gaps. the bill lists diseases like sickle cell, lupus, diabetes, and PTSD (especially among veterans), as well as issues like lack of culturally or linguistically compatible care and shortages in primary or specialty care, indicating a focus on both medical and systemic disparities.
Enables new types of collaboration and flexibility. by allowing for collaborative models between hospitals, home care, physicians, and other partners, and permitting regulatory waivers, the bill aims to break down traditional barriers to coordinated, person-centered care in underserved areas.
Emphasizes workforce diversity and education. the legislation includes efforts to recruit minorities into medical professions and mandates continuing education and training for healthcare providers, which could help address provider shortages and improve culturally competent care.
Bakes in accountability and innovation. funded programs must use evidence-based approaches, collect data, and undergo efficacy evaluations, while also allowing for innovations approved by the health commissioner, potentially leading to more effective and sustainable interventions.
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Who cares
- Likely support
Hospitals, home care agencies and physicians
The bill would support collaborative programs to reduce health care disparities while allowing these providers to apply individually for grants.
Patients in underserved populations
Programs could target disparities in chronic diseases, cancer and access to primary, specialty, home health, and culturally and linguistically compatible care.
Veterans
Programs could address post-traumatic stress disorder and other conditions more prevalent among veterans of the United States military services.
State health commissioner and consumer representatives
The commissioner would have to consult consumers, providers, their statewide associations and disparities experts when developing processes for grant funding, rate adjustments and state regulatory waivers.
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Collaborate to Reduce Health Disparities
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Sponsors
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History
- Referred to health
- Referred to health
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Tackle Health Care Gaps
In Senate Committee · Health · Sponsor James Sanders Jr.
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6772
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 19, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to collaborative models for addressing health care disparities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 2805-x of the public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
(d) Collaborative programs to address disparities in health care access or treatment, and/or conditions of higher prevalence, in certain populations, where such collaborative programs could provide and manage services in a more effective, person-centered and cost-efficient manner for reduction or elimination of such disparities.
(i) Such programs may target one or more disparate conditions, or areas of under-service, evidenced in defined populations, including but not be limited to:
(A) cardiovascular disease;
(B) hypertension;
(C) diabetes;
(D) obesity;
(E) asthma;
(F) sickle cell disease;
(G) sepsis;
(H) lupus;
(I) breast, lung, prostate and colorectal cancers;
(J) geographic shortage of primary care, prenatal/obstetric care, specialty medical care, home health care, or culturally and linguistically compatible care;
(K) alcohol, tobacco, or substance abuse;
(L) post-traumatic stress disorder and other conditions more prevalent among veterans of the United States military services;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(M) attracting members of minority populations to the field and practice of medicine; and
(N) such other areas approved by the commissioner.
(ii) Collaborative hospital-home care-physician, and as applicable additional partner, models may include under such disparities programs:
(A) service planning and design;
(B) recruitment of specialty personnel and/or specialty training of professionals or other direct care personnel (including physicians, home care and hospital staffs), patients and informal caregivers;
(C) continuing medical education and clinical training for physicians, follow-up evaluations, and supporting educational materials;
(D) use of evidenced-based approaches and/or best practices to treatment;
(E) reimbursement of uncovered services;
(F) bundled or other integrated payment methods to support the necessary, coordinated and cost-effective services;
(G) regulatory waivers to facilitate flexibility in provider collaboration and person-centered care;
(H) patient/family peer support and education;
(I) data collection, research and evaluation of efficacy; and/or
(J) other components or innovations satisfactory to the commissioner.
(iii) Nothing contained in this paragraph shall prevent a physician, physicians group, home care agency, or hospital from individually applying for said grant.
(iv) The commissioner shall consult with physicians, home care agencies, hospitals, consumers, statewide associations representative of such participants, and other experts in health care disparities, in developing an application process for grant funding or rate adjustment, and for request of state regulatory waivers, to facilitate implementation of disparities programs under this paragraph.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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