New York A 8600: Relates to children's behavioral health outpatient rates

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A08600 Summary:

BILL NOA08600 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08427

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SPONSORSimon

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COSPNSRHevesi, Buttenschon, Brown K, Yeger, Levenberg, Santabarbara, O'Pharrow

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MLTSPNSR

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Add 364-k, Soc Serv L; amd 99-ss, St Fin L

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Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain behavioral health services provided to individuals under the age of twenty-one; directs that funds in the healthcare stability fund can be used for the funding of children's behavioral health outpatient rate increases.

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BILL NOA08600 

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05/22/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8600

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Health

 AN ACT to amend the social services law and the state finance law, in
 relation to increasing Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain behav-
 ioral health services provided to individuals under the age of twen-
 ty-one

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

 1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 2 364-k to read as follows:
 3 § 364-k. Children's behavioral health outpatient rates. 1. Notwith-
 4 standing any provision of law to the contrary, and subject to the
 5 approval of a plan developed by the commissioner of health and the
 6 director of the budget, beginning April first, two thousand twenty-six,
 7 Medicaid payments made for outpatient behavioral health clinic services
 8 for individuals under the age of twenty-one, provided under articles
 9 thirty-one and article thirty-two of the mental hygiene law, shall be
 10 increased by at least thirty-five percent. Such rate increase shall be
 11 subject to federal financial participation.
 12 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, and subject
 13 to the approval of a plan developed by the commissioner of health and
 14 the director of the budget, beginning April first, two thousand twenty-
 15 six, Medicaid payments made for outpatient behavioral health clinic
 16 services for individuals under the age of twenty-one, provided under
 17 articles thirty-one and article thirty-two of the mental hygiene law,
 18 shall include, where applicable, a care coordination fee of at least
 19 seven dollars and fifty cents per member, per month. Such rate increase
 20 shall be subject to federal financial participation.
 21 3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, and subject
 22 to the approval of a plan developed by the commissioner of health and
 23 the director of the budget, beginning April first, two thousand twenty-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13201-01-5

 A. 8600 2

 1 six, Medicaid payments made for outpatient behavioral health clinic
 2 services for individuals under the age of twenty-one, provided under
 3 articles thirty-one and article thirty-two of the mental hygiene law,
 4 shall include a three and two tenths percent trend factor. Such rate
 5 increase shall be subject to federal financial participation.
 6 4. By October first, two thousand twenty-five, the commissioner shall
 7 prepare and submit to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services a
 8 state plan amendment pursuant to sections one thousand nine hundred
 9 fifteen-c and one thousand one hundred fifteen of the social security
 10 act, 42 USC 1315, to implement a rate increase of at least forty-five
 11 million dollars for home and community based services and child and
 12 family and support services.
 13 5. By October first, two thousand twenty-five, the commissioner shall
 14 prepare and submit to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services a
 15 state plan amendment, pursuant to sections one thousand nine hundred
 16 fifteen-c and one thousand one hundred fifteen of the social security
 17 act, 42 USC 1315, to implement, where applicable, a care coordination
 18 fee of at least seven dollars and fifty cents p