New York A 11329: Relates to licensure of PACE organizations

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A11329 Summary:

BILL NOA11329 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRules (Paulin)

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2999-u & 2999-y, Pub Health L

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Relates to requirements for licensure of PACE organizations and to the authority of the commissioner of health to process applications for licensure of PACE organizations when regulations of such commissioner are pending.

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BILL NOA11329 

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05/11/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 11329

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 11, 2026
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Paulin) --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to licensure of PACE
 organizations

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

 1 Section 1. Section 2999-u of the public health law, as amended by
 2 chapter 90 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 2999-u. Licensure. 1. The commissioner shall license an entity
 4 applying for licensure as a PACE organization if the applicant demon-
 5 strates to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the applicant will:
 6 (a) comply with the requirements of a PACE organization under applica-
 7 ble federal law and regulations;
 8 (b) provide a facility or facilities at which primary care and other
 9 services are furnished to enrollees;
 10 (c) provide an interdisciplinary team approach to care management,
 11 care delivery and care planning;
 12 (d) comply with this article[, the applicable provisions of articles
 13 twenty-eight, thirty-six and forty-four of this chapter and regulations
 14 thereunder,] and regulations of the commissioner under this article; and
 15 (e) enter into a PACE organization contract and agreement with the
 16 department and CMS.
 17 2. (a) A PACE organization shall serve an approved geographic service
 18 area.
 19 (b) A PACE organization and its incorporators, directors, sponsors,
 20 stockholders, members, and operators shall have the experience, compe-
 21 tence, and standing in the community as to give reasonable assurance of
 22 their ability to operate the organization to provide a consistently high
 23 level of care for enrollees and comply with this article. A PACE organ-
 24 ization shall demonstrate that where any incorporator, director, spon-
 25 sor, stockholder, member, or operator of the organization holds, or
 26 within the past seven years has held, a controlling interest or been a
 27 controlling person in an organization or facility licensed under this

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15777-01-6

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 1 chapter, a consistently high level of care has been rendered in each
 2 such organization or facility.
 3 (c) A PACE organization shall not be required to meet requirements for
 4 financial solvency [under paragraph (c) of subdivision one of section
 5 forty-four hundred three of this chapter, including a contingent reserve
 6 requirement which may, by regulations of the commissioner, be different
 7 from that required by that paragraph] in excess of federal requirements
 8 regarding fiscal soundness of PACE programs.
 9 (d) A PACE organization shall be deemed to be a health maintenance
 10 organization under article forty-four of this chapter for purposes of
 11 subdivision one of section sixty-five hundred twenty-seven of the educa-
 12 tion law.
 13 3. (a) The commissioner shall establish in regulation a streamlined
 14 and unified licensure process for PACE organizations that includes the
 15 applicable program requirements of this article and [articles twenty-
 16 eight, thirty-six and forty-four of this chapter] reflects applicable
 17 federal regulations and process.
 18 (b) A license under this article shall require approval of the public
 19 health and health planning council.
 20 § 2. Section 2999-y of the public health law, as amended by chapter 90
 21 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 22 § 299