New York A 1309: Authorizes collaborative programs for community paramedicine services

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A01309 Summary:

BILL NOA01309 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05333

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSRLupardo, Woerner, Steck, Tague, Sayegh, Barclay, Buttenschon, McDonald, Hevesi, Gray, McMahon,
 Kelles

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2805-x, add §3001-a, Pub Health L

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Authorizes collaborative programs for community paramedicine services as part of the hospital-home care-physician collaboration program.

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BILL NOA01309 

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01/09/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1309

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, LUPARDO, WOERNER, STECK, TAGUE, SAYEGH,
 BARCLAY, BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing colla-
 borative programs for community paramedicine services

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

 1 Section 1. Section 2805-x of the public health law, as added by
 2 section 48 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015 and paragraph (d)
 3 of subdivision 4 as added by chapter 697 of the laws of 2023, is amended
 4 to read as follows:
 5 § 2805-x. Hospital-home care-physician collaboration program. 1. The
 6 purpose of this section shall be to facilitate innovation in hospital,
 7 home care agency and physician collaboration in meeting the community's
 8 health care needs. It shall provide a framework to support voluntary
 9 initiatives in collaboration to improve patient care access and manage-
 10 ment, patient health outcomes, cost-effectiveness in the use of health
 11 care services and community population health. Such collaborative hospi-
 12 tal-home care-physician initiatives may also include payors, skilled
 13 nursing facilities, emergency medical services and other interdiscipli-
 14 nary providers, practitioners and service entities as part of such
 15 hospital-home care-physician collaborative provided, however, that in
 16 the case of collaborative community paramedicine as set forth in this
 17 section and article thirty of this chapter, the collaborative shall
 18 minimally comprise hospital, home care, physician, and emergency medical
 19 services partners.
 20 2. For purposes of this section:
 21 (a) "Hospital" shall include a general hospital as defined in this
 22 article or other inpatient facility for rehabilitation or specialty care
 23 within the definition of hospital in this article.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03867-01-5

 A. 1309 2

 1 (b) "Home care agency" shall mean a certified home health agency, long
 2 term home health care program or licensed home care services agency as
 3 defined in article thirty-six of this chapter.
 4 (c) "Payor" shall mean a health plan approved pursuant to article
 5 forty-four of this chapter, or article thirty-two or forty-three of the
 6 insurance law.
 7 (d) "Practitioner" shall mean any of the health, mental health or
 8 health related professions licensed pursuant to title eight of the
 9 education law.
 10 (e) "Emergency medical services" (EMS) shall mean the services of an
 11 ambulance service or an advanced life support first response service
 12 certified under article thirty of this chapter staffed by emergency
 13 medical technicians or advanced emergency medical technicians to provide
 14 basic or advanced life support and, for the purposes of the community
 15 paramedicine collaboration model set forth in subdivision four of this
 16 section, also to provide such services pursuant to such models in
 17 circumstances other than the initial emergency medical care and trans-
 18 portation of sick and injured persons.
 19 3. The commissioner is authorized to provide financing including, but
 20 not limited to, grants or positive adjustments in medical assistance
 21 rates or premium payments, to the extent of funds available and allo-
 22 cated or appropriated therefor, including funds p