New York S 9573: Relates to a nursing facility transition and diversion Medicaid waiting list
Status: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (as of 2026-04-27)
State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 9573
Sponsors: Gustavo Rivera, Lea Webb
Bill Text
Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly • • • • • • • • Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie --> --> --> • Assembly Members • Legislative Info • Public Hearings • Speaker's Press • Assembly Reports • Committees & More • Bill Search Home • Laws • Legislative Calendar • Public Hearing Schedule • Assembly Calendars • Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: • Summary • Actions • Committee Votes • Floor Votes • Memo • Text • LFIN • Chamber Video/Transcript S09573 Summary: BILL NOS09573   SAME ASSAME AS A11569   SPONSORRIVERA   COSPNSRWEBB   MLTSPNSR   Amd §366, Soc Serv L   Authorizes the commissioner of health to establish nursing facility transition and diversion Medicaid waiting lists per designated waiver region, once the federally approved capacity for the waiver is reached. Go to top S09573 Actions: BILL NOS09573   03/25/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH 04/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.814 04/22/20262ND REPORT CAL. 04/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 06/02/2026PASSED SENATE 06/02/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY 06/02/2026referred to ways and means 06/04/2026substituted for a11569 06/04/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.529 06/04/2026passed assembly 06/04/2026returned to senate Go to topS09573 Committee Votes: Go to topS09573 Floor Votes: DATE:06/04/2026Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 141/0Yes Alvarez Yes Carroll P Yes Friend Yes Lemondes Yes Pheffer Amato Yes Slater Yes Anderson Yes Carroll RC Yes Gallagher Yes Levenberg Yes Pirozzolo Yes Smith Yes Angelino Yes Cashman Yes Gallahan Yes Lucas Yes Powers Yes Smullen Yes Bailey Yes Chandler-Waterm Yes Gandolfo Yes Lunsford Yes Pretlow Yes Solages Yes Barclay Yes Chang Yes Gibbs Yes Lupardo Yes Ra Yes Steck Yes Barrett Yes Chludzinski Yes Giglio Yes Magnarelli Yes Raga Yes Stern Yes Beephan Yes Clark Yes Glick ER Maher Yes Rajkumar Yes Stirpe Yes Bendett Yes Colton Yes Gonzalez-Rojas Yes Manktelow Yes Ramos Yes Tague ER Benedetto Yes Conrad Yes Gray Yes McDonald Yes Reilly Yes Tannousis Yes Berger Yes ‡ Cook Yes Griffin ER McDonough Yes Reyes Yes Tapia Yes Bichotte Hermel Yes Cruz Yes Hawley Yes McMahon Yes Rivera Yes Taylor Yes Blankenbush Yes Cunningham Yes Hevesi Yes Meeks Yes Romero Yes Torres Yes Blumencranz Yes Dais Yes Hooks Yes ‡ Mikulin Yes Rosenthal ER Valdez Yes Bologna Yes Davila Yes Hunter Yes Miller Yes Rozic Yes Vanel ER Bores Yes De Los Santos Yes Hyndman Yes Mitaynes Yes Santabarbara Yes Walker Yes Brabenec Yes DeStefano Yes Jackson Yes Molitor Yes Sayegh Yes Walsh Yes Braunstein ER Dilan Yes Jacobson Yes Moreno Yes Schiavoni Yes Weprin Yes Bronson Yes Dinowitz Yes Jensen Yes Morinello Yes Seawright Yes Wieder Yes Brook-Krasny Yes ‡ DiPietro Yes Kassay Yes Norber Yes Sempolinski Yes Williams Yes Brown EA Yes Durso Yes Kay Yes Novakhov Yes Septimo Yes Woerner Yes Brown K Yes Eachus Yes ‡ Kelles Yes O'Pharrow Yes Shimsky Yes Wright Yes Burdick Yes Eichenstein Yes Kim Yes Otis Yes Shrestha Yes Yeger ER Burke Yes Fall ER Lasher Yes Palmesano Yes Simon Yes Zaccaro Yes Burroughs Yes Fitzpatrick Yes Lavine Yes Paulin Yes Simone Yes Zinerman Yes Buttenschon Yes Forrest ER Lee Yes Peoples-Stokes Yes Simpson Yes Mr. Speaker ‡ Indicates voting via videoconference Go to topS09573 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9573 IN SENATE March 25, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing the commissioner of health to establish nursing facility transition and diversion Medicaid waiting lists per designated waiver region The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6-a of section 366 of the social services law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph i to read as follows: 3 i. The commissioner of health is directed to establish a waiting list 4 per designated waiver region once the federally approved capacity for 5 the waiver is reached. The commissioner shall draw from the regional 6 waiting list
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