New York S 1544: Requires Medicare and Medicaid managed care providers to provide coverage for certain out-of-network health care

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S01544 Summary:

BILL NOS01544 

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COSPNSRADDABBO, BRISPORT, CLEARE, COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY,
 HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, RAMOS, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, WEBB

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Add §66-x, Pub Serv L; add §1885, Pub Auth L

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Establishes energy efficiency measures by the public service commission and NYSERDA including requiring utilities to hire and train employees who are from priority populations or living in areas designated as environmental justice communities.

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/27/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1544

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, ADDABBO, BRISPORT, CLEARE, COMRIE, FERNAN-
 DEZ, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL,
 JACKSON, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, RAMOS, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, WEBB
 -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications

 AN ACT to amend the public service law and the public authorities law,
 in relation to establishing energy efficiency measures by the public
 service commission and the New York energy research and development
 authority

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

 1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 2 66-x to read as follows:
 3 § 66-x. Energy efficiency program. 1. As used in this section, the
 4 following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "energy efficiency" means the reduction in overall energy use,
 6 expressed as a percentage against a prior baseline of historical use, or
 7 in British thermal units (BTUs). Energy efficiency shall include envi-
 8 ronmentally beneficial electrification;
 9 (b) "energy efficiency measure" means a particular good or practice
 10 that provides an energy efficiency benefit;
 11 (c) "environmentally beneficial electrification" means a replacement
 12 of direct fossil fuel use with electricity such that the replacement
 13 reduces overall emissions;
 14 (d) "disadvantaged communities" shall have the same meaning as subdi-
 15 vision five of section 75-0101 of the environmental conservation law;
 16 (e) "residential building" means a building having primary use as a
 17 domicile;
 18 (f) "small commercial building" means a building operated by a busi-
 19 ness or not-for-profit organization with one hundred employees or fewer;
 20 provided they (i) own their building or (ii) lease or manage all or part

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04478-01-5

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 1 of the building and have a release from the building owner to apply for
 2 financing through the program; and
 3 (g) "priority populations" means groups that include veterans, indi-
 4 viduals with disabilities, low-income individuals, unemployed power
 5 plant workers, previously incarcerated individuals, persons aged eigh-
 6 teen through twenty-four participating in work preparedness training
 7 programs, or residents of disadvantaged communities.
 8 2. In order to stimulate the growth and adoption of a more efficient
 9 use of energy in disadvantaged communities and to promote the hiring and
 10 training of employees from disadvantaged communities and priority popu-
 11 lations, the commission shall develop, oversee and issue guidelines to
 12 be used as part of any energy efficiency proceeding or utility program,
 13 which shall include the following elements:
 14 (a) any job training funding administered by utilities for energy
 15 efficiency implementation shall serve individuals from priority popu-
 16 lations or trainees living in disadvantaged communities, at a minimum
 17 proportional to these areas' percentage share of the total resi