New York A 10403: Relates to a nursing facility transition and diversion Medicaid waiting list

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A10403 Summary:

BILL NOA10403A

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SAME ASSAME AS S09573, SAME AS A11569

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSRMcDonald, Lupardo, McMahon, Simon

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §366, Soc Serv L

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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 A10403 Actions:

BILL NOA10403A

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03/03/2026referred to health

03/11/2026amend and recommit to health

03/11/2026print number 10403a

03/17/2026reported referred to ways and means

06/02/2026enacting clause stricken

Go to topA10403 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HEALTH Chair:Paulin 
DATE:03/17/2026AYE/NAY:26/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means PaulinAyeJensenAye

DinowitzAyeGandolfoAye

RosenthalAyeBlumencranzAye

HevesiAyeGrayAye

SteckAyeSlaterAye

BraunsteinAyeChludzinskiAye

Bichotte HermelAyeNorberAye

SayeghAyeDursoAye

McDonaldAye

ReyesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

RajkumarAye

ForrestAye

KellesAye

LucasAye

MeeksAye

LunsfordAye

CruzAye

Go to topA10403 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA10403 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10403--A

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 3, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 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 to accommodate eligible individuals once capacity allows in
 7 each region. Unless the commissioner chooses to prioritize certain popu-
 8 lations, including but not limited to eligible persons transitioning
 9 from nursing facilities, the commissioner shall draw eligible persons
 10 who have been on the waiting list in the order in which they came on in
 11 each region, provided the eligible person resides in the approved waiver
 12 region from which the vacancy occurred.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14838-04-6

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