New York S 4862: Relates to transportation management brokers

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S04862 Summary:

BILL NOS04862 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07329

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SPONSORBAILEY

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COSPNSRADDABBO, CLEARE, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MAYER, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, STAVISKY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §365-h, Soc Serv L

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Relates to transportation management brokers; provides that transportation management brokers are no longer required to manage the transportation services for Medicaid beneficiaries.

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BILL NOS04862 

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02/13/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4862

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 13, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, ADDABBO, CLEARE, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MAYER,
 RIVERA, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered print-
 ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to transportation
 management brokers

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 365-h of the social services law,
 2 as amended by section 2 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 4. [(a)] The commissioner of health is authorized to assume responsi-
 5 bility from a local social services official for the provision and
 6 reimbursement of transportation costs under this section. If the commis-
 7 sioner elects to assume such responsibility, the commissioner shall
 8 notify the local social services official in writing as to the election,
 9 the date upon which the election shall be effective and such information
 10 as to transition of responsibilities as the commissioner deems prudent.
 11 The commissioner is authorized to contract with a transportation manager
 12 or managers to manage transportation services in any local social
 13 services district, other than transportation services provided or
 14 arranged for enrollees of managed long term care plans issued certif-
 15 icates of authority under section forty-four hundred three-f of the
 16 public health law. Any transportation manager or managers selected by
 17 the commissioner to manage transportation services shall have proven
 18 experience in coordinating transportation services in a geographic and
 19 demographic area similar to the area in New York state within which the
 20 contractor would manage the provision of services under this section.
 21 Such a contract or contracts may include responsibility for: review,
 22 approval and processing of transportation orders; management of the
 23 appropriate level of transportation based on documented patient medical
 24 need; and development of new technologies leading to efficient transpor-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09047-01-5

 S. 4862 2

 1 tation services. If the commissioner elects to assume such responsibil-
 2 ity from a local social services district, the commissioner shall exam-
 3 ine and, if appropriate, adopt quality assurance measures that may
 4 include, but are not limited to, global positioning tracking system
 5 reporting requirements and service verification mechanisms. Any and all
 6 reimbursement rates developed by transportation managers under this
 7 subdivision shall be subject to the review and approval of the commis-
 8 sioner.
 9 [(b)(i) Subject to federal financial participation, for periods on and
 10 after April first, two thousand twenty-one, in order to more cost-effec-
 11 tively provide non-emergency transportation to Medicaid beneficiaries
 12 who need access to medical care and services, the commissioner is
 13 authorized to contract with one or more transportation management
 14 brokers to manage such transportation on a statewide or regional basis,
 15 as determined by the commissioner, in accordance with the federal social
 16 security act as follows:
 17 (A) The transportation management broker or brokers shall be selected
 18 through a competitive bidding process based on an evaluation of the
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