New York S 6033: Directs department of health to contract with community organizations for distribution of information on health care services and benefits available to immigrants

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S06033 Summary:

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Directs the department of health to contract with community-based organizations and not-for-profit corporations for the provision of outreach, information and educational services to immigrants on the availability of health care services, medical assistance, emergency medical assistance, the family health plus program and the child health insurance plan.

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03/05/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6033

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to directing the
 department of health to contract with community-based and not-for-pro-
 fit organizations for the provision of information on health care
 services and benefits available to immigrants

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (u), (v), (w), (x) and (y) of subdivision 1 of
 2 section 201 of the public health law, paragraph (u) as added by chapter
 3 939 of the laws of 1976, paragraph (v) as added by chapter 474 of the
 4 laws of 1996, paragraph (w) as added by chapter 543 of the laws of 2019,
 5 paragraph (x) as added by section 2 of subpart S of part XX of chapter
 6 55 of the laws of 2020 and paragraph (y) as added by chapter 95 of the
 7 laws of 2022, are amended and a new paragraph (z) is added to read as
 8 follows:
 9 (u) engage in research into the causes of rocky mountain spotted fever
 10 and the prevention thereof and develop programs for the control of
 11 ticks, insects and [anthropods] arthropods which act as vectors of
 12 disease affecting [man] humans, within funds made available for such
 13 purposes[.];
 14 (v) act as the single state agency for medical assistance, pursuant to
 15 section three hundred sixty-three-a of the social services law, [as
 16 amended by this chapter,] with responsibility to supervise the plan for
 17 medical assistance as required by title XIX of the federal Social Secu-
 18 rity act, or its successor, and to adopt regulations as may be necessary
 19 to implement this plan[.];
 20 (w) make available to the council on children and families informa-
 21 tion, in a format identified by the council, regarding home visiting
 22 programs that meet the criteria as required by section four hundred
 23 twenty-nine of the social services law regardless of whether such

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10629-01-5

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 1 program has a contract with or receive funding from the state. Such
 2 information shall be provided in accordance with the requirements set
 3 forth in subdivision two of section four hundred eighty-three-h of the
 4 social services law. Such information shall be made available no less
 5 than once a year[.];
 6 (x) produce an annual report analyzing the costs related to the sexual
 7 assault examination direct reimbursement program as created under subdi-
 8 vision thirteen of section six hundred thirty-one of the executive law
 9 and provide such report to the office of victim services on or before
 10 September first of each year. Such report shall be provided to the
 11 governor, temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the
 12 assembly[.];
 13 (y) To develop a form by which a coroner, coroner's physician or
 14 medical examiner, pursuant to section six hundred seventy-seven of the
 15 county law, shall report to the [division] department of veterans'
 16 services any death which appears to be caused by suicide by a person
 17 who, to the knowledge of the coroner, coroner's physician or medical
 18 examiner, is a veteran. This form shall at a minimum: (i) ensure
 19 compliance with the strictest privacy protectio