New York A 9205: Establishes a specialized health home program to serve certain individuals with physical disabilities

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A09205 Summary:

BILL NOA09205 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01918

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SPONSORGonzalez-Rojas

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COSPNSRSantabarbara, Rosenthal, Simon, Forrest, Hevesi

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §365-l, Soc Serv L

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Establishes a specialized health home program to serve certain individuals with physical disabilities who are Medicaid eligible adults eighteen years of age or older with a diagnosis of a neurological, muscular, or neuromuscular condition, and a mobility impairment; provides that a specialized health home shall be reimbursed on a fee-for-service basis and shall receive enhanced rates of payment; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOA09205 

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11/03/2025referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9205

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 November 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Ways and Means

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to a specialized
 health home program to serve certain individuals with physical disa-
 bilities

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

 1 Section 1. Section 365-l of the social services law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 2-e to read as follows:
 3 2-e. The commissioner shall establish a specialized health home
 4 program to serve individuals with physical disabilities who are Medicaid
 5 eligible adults eighteen years of age or older with a diagnosis of a
 6 neurological, muscular, or neuromuscular condition, and a mobility
 7 impairment. A specialized health home shall be reimbursed on a fee-for-
 8 service basis and shall receive enhanced rates of payment established by
 9 the commissioner. The commissioner is authorized and directed to apply
 10 for federal waivers or state plan amendments if such action would be
 11 necessary to assist in promoting the objectives of this subdivision.
 12 Specialized health homes receiving funds under this subdivision shall
 13 document and demonstrate the effective use of funds distributed herein.
 14 The commissioner shall establish standards for operation of a special-
 15 ized health home, including regulations to implement this subdivision.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 17 have become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of health
 18 shall make regulations and take all actions reasonably necessary to
 19 implement this act on that date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04796-01-5

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