New York S 4462: Relates to mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse or maltreatment

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S04462 Summary:

BILL NOS04462B

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SAME ASSAME AS A00464-B

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SPONSORMAYER

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COSPNSRADDABBO, ASHBY, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, FAHY, GRIFFO, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MATTERA, PARKER, RHOADS,
 RIVERA, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, STEC, SUTTON, TEDISCO

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §365-q, Soc Serv L

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Establishes a program for specific individuals to become complex care assistants and provide private duty nursing services to certain Medicaid enrollees.

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BILL NOS04462B

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02/05/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

02/24/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

02/24/2025PRINT NUMBER 4462A

04/28/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

04/28/2025PRINT NUMBER 4462B

05/13/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/05/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/28/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/28/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1354

06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

06/04/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4462--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MAYER, ASHBY, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, FAHY, GRIFFO,
 HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MATTERA, STEC -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing
 Medicaid coverage for complex care assistant services

 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
 2 365-q to read as follows:
 3 § 365-q. Complex care assistant services program. 1. As used in this
 4 section:
 5 (a) "family member" means a person who is legally responsible for the
 6 medically fragile child; and
 7 (b) "complex care assistant" means a family member who is certified by
 8 the department after passing an in-person examination which tests the
 9 proficiency and competence of performing the tasks required to care for
 10 a medically fragile child which can include, but is not limited to, all
 11 activities of daily living skills (ADL's) and instrumental activities of
 12 daily living (IADL's), and allowable tasks for a home health aide and/or
 13 personal care assistant. Complex care assistant tasks may be performed
 14 simultaneously in the role of competent family caregiver in absence of
 15 an available private duty nurse.
 16 2. (a) No later than one year after this section shall have become a
 17 law and receipt of federal approval for the program established pursuant
 18 to this section, the department shall establish a program under which a
 19 family member of an enrollee in Medicaid may be certified as a complex
 20 care assistant and, after receiving such certification may, under the
 21 direction of a registered nurse, provide complex care assistant services

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00675-07-5

 S. 4462--B 2

 1 to the enrollee through a private duty nursing agency under the
 2 reimbursement rates established under paragraph (f) of this subdivision,
 3 provided that the enrollee is a medically fragile child as defined in
 4 section forty-four hundred one of the public health law or qualifies for
 5 private duty nursing services under Medicaid. Such program shall operate
 6 as a New York Medicaid private duty nursing benefit. The department
 7 shall develop an assessment tool that will allow the state to identify
 8 enrollees who meet these eligibility criteria.
 9 (b) The program established under this section shall require a family
 10 member to complete all training, testing, and other qualification crite-
 11 ria required under state law for certification as a complex care assist-
 12 ant. The private duty nursing agency that will employ the family member