New York S 10561: Relates to nursing transition and diversion

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S10561 Summary:

BILL NOS10561 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11420

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §364-j, Soc Serv L

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Provides that services provided to persons qualifying for nursing home diversion and transition services shall not be provided to medical assistance recipients through managed care programs.

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BILL NOS10561 

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05/21/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10561

 IN SENATE

 May 21, 2026
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 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 barring the
 nursing diversion and transition Medicaid waiver from being carved
 into Medicaid managed care

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (d-2) of subdivision 3 of section 364-j of the
 2 social services law, as amended by chapter 41 of the laws of 2025, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (d-2) Services provided pursuant to a waiver, granted pursuant to
 5 subsection (c) of section 1915 of the federal social security act, to
 6 persons suffering from traumatic brain injuries, shall not be provided
 7 to medical assistance recipients through managed care programs estab-
 8 lished pursuant to this section. Services provided pursuant to a waiver,
 9 granted pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1915 of the federal social
 10 security act, to persons qualifying for nursing home diversion and tran-
 11 sition services, shall not be provided to medical assistance recipients
 12 through managed care programs [until at least January first, two thou-
 13 sand twenty-seven].
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
 15 ments to section 364-j of the social services law made by section one of
 16 this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed
 17 repealed therewith.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15894-01-6

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