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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2520
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 17, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, LUPARDO, COLTON, SIMON, MAHER, McDO-
NOUGH, BUTTENSCHON, SAYEGH, STIRPE, GALLAHAN, NOVAKHOV, JACKSON, SHIM-
SKY, EACHUS, PAULIN, MORINELLO, ZACCARO, HEVESI, STECK, BENEDETTO,
BURDICK, SEAWRIGHT, PALMESANO, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, DeSTEFANO, TAYLOR,
WEPRIN, MEEKS, DINOWITZ, FITZPATRICK, McMAHON, ROSENTHAL, BRABENEC --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to providing parity
to durable medical equipment providers by requiring Medicaid managed
care organizations to reimburse such providers at no less than one
hundred percent of the medical assistance durable medical equipment
and complex rehabilitation technology fee schedule for the same
service or item
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 364-j of the social services law
is amended by adding a new paragraph (x) to read as follows:
(X) MANAGED CARE PROVIDERS SHALL PAY, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FOR
DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, PROSTHETICS, ORTHOTICS, AND RELATED SUPPLIES
AT NO LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE DURABLE
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND COMPLEX REHABILITATION TECHNOLOGY FEE SCHEDULE FOR
THE SAME SERVICE OR ITEM.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to subdivision
4 of section 364-j of the social services law made by section one of
this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed
repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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