New York A 2371: Creates a tax deduction for certain expenses of health care professionals and emergency medical technicians relating to the COVID-19 declared emergency

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A02371 Summary:

BILL NOA02371A

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SAME ASSAME AS S06650-A

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L; amd §4406, Pub Health L; amd §162, Civ Serv L; amd §364-j, Soc Serv L

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Requires contracts for insurance and medical assistance to provide value-based care for maternity coverage; defines value-based care as an arrangement that financially rewards certain positive outcomes and financially penalizes certain negative outcomes.

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BILL NOA02371A

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01/16/2025referred to insurance

01/07/2026referred to insurance

02/03/2026amend and recommit to insurance

02/03/2026print number 2371a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2371--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Insurance -- recommitted to the Committee on Insurance in accord-
 ance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, the public health law, the civil
 service law and the social services law, in relation to value-based
 care for maternity coverage

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 10 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the
 2 insurance law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (D) to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (D)(i) Coverage provided by this paragraph shall be organized and paid
 5 for through a value-based arrangement pursuant to the schedule set forth
 6 in this subparagraph. "Value-based arrangement" shall mean an arrange-
 7 ment that financially rewards certain positive outcomes and financially
 8 penalizes certain negative outcomes. For the purposes of this section,
 9 a negative outcome shall include a c-section on a low risk individual.
 10 (ii) By December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six, each insurer
 11 shall enter into value-based arrangements with hospitals, federally
 12 qualified health centers providing maternity services, and/or birthing
 13 centers that provide at least eighty-five percent of the maternity care
 14 for enrollees of such insurer.
 15 (iii) By December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-seven, each insur-
 16 er shall enter into value-based arrangements with hospitals, federally
 17 qualified health centers providing maternity services, and/or birthing
 18 centers that provide at least ninety-five percent of the maternity care
 19 for enrollees of such insurer.
 20 § 2. Paragraph 5 of subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance
 21 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05808-03-6

 A. 2371--A 2

 1 (C)(i) Coverage provided by this paragraph shall be organized and paid
 2 for through a value-based arrangement pursuant to the schedule set forth
 3 in this subparagraph. "Value-based arrangement" shall mean an arrange-
 4 ment that financially rewards certain positive outcomes and financially
 5 penalizes certain negative outcomes. For the purposes of this section,
 6 a negative outcome shall include a c-section on a low risk individual.
 7 (ii) By December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six, each insurer
 8 shall enter into value-based arrangements with hospitals, federally
 9 qualified health centers providing maternity services, and/or birthing
 10 centers that provide at least eighty-five percent of the maternity care
 11 of enrollees of such insurer.
 12 (iii) By December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-seven, each insur-
 13 er shall enter into value-based arrangements with hospitals, federally
 14 qualified health centers providing maternity services, and/or birthing
 15 centers that provide at least ninety-five percent of the maternity care
 16 of enrollees of such insurer.
 17 § 3. Paragraph 1 of subsection (c) of section 4303 of the insurance
 18 law is amende