New York S 3547: Relates to school based health centers

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S03547 Summary:

BILL NOS03547 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07419

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSRCLEARE, FERNANDEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MAY, MURRAY, OBERACKER, PERSAUD,
 RAMOS, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 49-B §§4940 - 4950, Pub Health L

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Establishes school based health centers to be organized through school, community, and health provider relationships and provide services in keeping with state and local laws and regulations, as well as established medical standards, and best practices.

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BILL NOS03547 

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01/28/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3547

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 28, 2025
 ___________

 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 public health law, in relation to school based
 health centers

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

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new article
 2 49-B to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 49-B
 4 SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTERS
 5 Section 4940. Definition.
 6 4941. Establishment of school based health centers.
 7 4942. Sponsoring entities.
 8 4943. Staffing and personnel.
 9 4944. Access to care.
 10 4945. Consent to care.
 11 4946. Services.
 12 4947. Care coordination.
 13 4948. Data management.
 14 4949. Medicaid and other third-party reimbursement.
 15 4950. Department regulations.
 16 § 4940. Definition. For the purposes of this article a "school based
 17 health center" is defined as a health center that is established direct-
 18 ly within or nearby a kindergarten through twelfth grade school facility
 19 of a school district or board or of a tribal organization and meets the
 20 following criteria: provides primary and preventive care, acute or first
 21 contact care, chronic care, mental health services directly or through
 22 referral, and referral for all other services as needed to all students
 23 at no out of pocket cost to those who enroll in the school based health
 24 center, and have provided consent pursuant to section forty-nine hundred
 25 forty-five of this article, and provides services to students including

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07843-02-5

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 1 children and adolescents within the context of their family,
 2 social/emotional, cultural, physical, and educational environment.
 3 School based health centers may also provide dental services in accord-
 4 ance with department guidelines. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
 5 article to the contrary, such guidelines shall permit the operation of a
 6 school based health center that provides only dental services, including
 7 but not limited to school based health center dental programs.
 8 § 4941. Establishment of school based health centers. 1. School based
 9 health centers shall be organized through school, community, and health
 10 provider relationships and provide services in keeping with state and
 11 local laws and regulations, as well as established medical standards,
 12 and best practices.
 13 2. School based health center services shall be developed based on
 14 local assessment of needs and resources. The commissioner shall take
 15 such actions as necessary to support the establishment of school based
 16 health centers in schools having students with the highest prevalence of
 17 unmet medical and psychosocial needs, provided that nothing in this
 18 article shall be construed as to prevent the operation of a school based
 19 health center in conjunction with any school, and the use of telehealth
 20 and mobile services in accordance with department guidelines.
 21 3. Schools that are seeking to have a school based health center shall
 22 provide space to host the school based health center at no cost to the
 23 school based health center, provided that this shall