New York S 1189: Relates to licensure requirements for fiscal intermediaries; repealer

Status: REFERRED TO HEALTH (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 1189

Sponsors: Gustavo Rivera, Alexis Weik, Andrew Gounardes, Andrew J. Lanza, Anthony H. Palumbo, April Baskin, Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Brian Kavanagh, Christopher Ryan, Cordell Cleare, Dan Stec, Dean Murray, George Borrello, Jabari Brisport, Jack M. Martins, Jake Ashby, Jamaal Bailey, James Sanders Jr., James Tedisco, Jeremy Cooney, Jessica Ramos, Jessica Scarcella-Spanton, John Liu, Joseph A. Griffo, Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

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S01189 Summary:

BILL NOS01189 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02735

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSRADDABBO, ASHBY, BAILEY, BASKIN, BORRELLO, BRISPORT, BROUK, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, CHAN, CLEARE,
 COMRIE, COONEY, FAHY, FELDER, FERNANDEZ, GALLIVAN, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, GRIFFO, HARCKHAM,
 HELMING, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, LANZA, LIU, MARTINEZ, MARTINS,
 MATTERA, MAY, MAYER, MURRAY, MYRIE, OBERACKER, O'MARA, ORTT, PALUMBO, RAMOS, RHOADS, ROLISON, RYAN
 C, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SERRANO, STEC, TEDISCO, WALCZYK, WEBB, WEBER, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §365-f, rpld §365-f sub 4-a ¶(a) sub¶¶ (ii-a), (ii-b) & (ii-c), ¶(b), sub 4-a-1, Soc Serv L

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Relates to licensure requirements for fiscal intermediaries.

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BILL NOS01189 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/20/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1189

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, BORRELLO, CLEARE, COMRIE, FELDER, FERNANDEZ,
 GALLIVAN, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, GRIFFO, HARCKHAM, HELMING, HINCHEY,
 JACKSON, KRUEGER, MAYER, MYRIE, RAMOS, RHOADS, SALAZAR, STEC -- 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 the licensure of
 fiscal intermediaries, and to repeal certain provisions of such law
 relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 4-a of
 2 section 365-f of the social services law, as amended by section 1 of
 3 part HH of chapter 57 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
 4 follows:
 5 (i) "[Statewide fiscal] Fiscal intermediary" means an entity that
 6 provides fiscal intermediary services and has a contract for providing
 7 such services with [the]:
 8 (A) a local department of social services;
 9 (B) a health [and is selected through] maintenance organization certi-
 10 fied pursuant to article forty-four of the [procurement process
 11 described in paragraph (b)] public health law; or
 12 (C) an accountable care organization certified pursuant to article
 13 twenty-nine-E of [this subdivision] the public health law, or an inte-
 14 grated delivery system that is composed primarily of health care provid-
 15 ers and recognized by the department as a performing provider system
 16 under the delivery system reform incentive payment program.
 17 § 2. Subparagraphs (ii-a), (ii-b), and (ii-c) of paragraph (a) and
 18 paragraph (b) of subdivision 4-a of section 365-f of the social services
 19 law are REPEALED.
 20 § 3. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4-a of section 365-f of the social
 21 services law, as added by section 1-a of part K of chapter 57 of the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04005-01-5

 S. 1189 2

 1 laws of 2018 and relettered by section 2 of part G of chapter 57 of the
 2 laws of 2019, subparagraph (i) as amended by section 5 of part G of
 3 chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, is relettered paragraph (b) and amended
 4 and two new paragraphs (c) and (d) are added to read as follows:
 5 (b) (i) The commissioner shall require [a] each fiscal intermediary,
 6 including but not limited to fiscal intermediaries that contract with a
 7 managed care program, as defined by paragraph (c) of subdivision one of
 8 section three hundred sixty-four-j of this article, or an accountable
 9 care organization certified pursuant to article twenty-nine-E of the
 10 public health law, to report annually on:
 11 (A) the direct care and administrative costs of personal assistance
 12 services as accounted for by the fiscal intermediary;
 13 (B) the number of members serviced;
 14 (C) the fiscal intermediary's service area;
 15 (D) the number of personal assistants employed by consumers, including
 16 the number of hours worked by each such persona

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