STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1928 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SMULLEN, BEEPHAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to rural ambulance support The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 365-h of the social services law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 3 7. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, and subject to 4 federal financial participation, the commissioner of health shall make 5 adjustments to payments under this section, for the purposes of provid- 6 ing increased access to Medicaid Basic Life Support, Advanced Life 7 Support Level 1, Advanced Life Support Level 2, and Specialty Care 8 Transport in rural communities. For purposes of this section, "rural 9 communities" includes any city, town, or village with a population 10 density less than two hundred fifty people per square mile located with- 11 in a county with a population of less than three hundred thousand people 12 and a population density of two hundred fifty people per square mile. Up 13 to ten million dollars shall be available for such purposes pursuant to 14 this subdivision. 15 § 2. Section 365-h of the social services law is amended by adding a 16 new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 17 4. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, and subject to 18 federal financial participation, the commissioner of health shall make 19 adjustments to payments under this section, for the purposes of provid- 20 ing increased access to Medicaid Basic Life Support, Advanced Life 21 Support Level 1, Advanced Life Support Level 2, and Specialty Care 22 Transport in rural communities. For purposes of this section, "rural 23 communities" includes any city, town, or village with a population 24 density less than two hundred fifty people per square mile located with- 25 in a county with a population of less than three hundred thousand people EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04575-01-5

A. 1928 2 1 and a population density of two hundred fifty people per square mile. Up 2 to ten million dollars shall be available for such purposes pursuant to 3 this subdivision. 4 § 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2025; provided, however, 5 that the amendments to section 365-h of the social services law made by 6 section one of this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion 7 of such section pursuant to subdivision (a) of section 40 of part B of 8 chapter 109 of the laws of 2010, as amended, when upon such date the 9 provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.

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