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                                        980--A

                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                                   I N  S E N A T E

                                      (PREFILED)

                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced by Sens. HASSELL-THOMPSON, DIAZ, HUNTLEY, MONTGOMERY, PARKER,
         SERRANO  --  read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be
         committed to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to  the  Committee
         on  Health  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee

       AN ACT to amend  the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  medicaid
         reimbursement of private duty nursing services and care

         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

    1    Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
    2  365-o to read as follows:
    3    S  365-O.  REIMBURSEMENT  OF  PRIVATE  DUTY NURSING SERVICES AND CARE.
    4  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, RATES  OF  PAYMENT
    5  FOR  CARE  AND  SERVICES  FURNISHED  BY  A PRIVATE DUTY NURSE THAT WOULD
    6  OTHERWISE QUALIFY FOR REIMBURSEMENT PURSUANT  TO  THIS  TITLE  SHALL  BE
    7  INCREASED  BY  AN  AMOUNT  NOT  TO EXCEED FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS IN THE
    8  AGGREGATE FOR THE PERIOD JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE TO MARCH  THIR-
    9  TY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  THIRTEEN,  AND TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY
   10  THEREAFTER FOR EACH PERIOD OF APRIL FIRST TO MARCH THIRTY-FIRST.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.




        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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