New York S 1912: Relates to medical assistance coverage for medically tailored meals

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S01912 Summary:

BILL NOS01912A

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SAME ASSAME AS A07365

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSRADDABBO, BROUK, RAMOS, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L

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Requires medical assistance coverage for medically tailored meals and medical nutrition therapy for the purpose of disease management.

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BILL NOS01912A

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

02/12/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

03/04/20251ST REPORT CAL.472

03/05/2025AMENDED 1912A

03/05/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/27/2025PASSED SENATE

03/27/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/27/2025referred to health

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

02/24/20261ST REPORT CAL.388

02/25/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/16/2026PASSED SENATE

04/16/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/16/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1912--A
 Cal. No. 472

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, BROUK, RAMOS, WEBB -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Commit-
 tee on Finance -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to
 first report, amended on first report, ordered to a second report and
 ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to medical assist-
 ance coverage for medically tailored meals and medical nutrition ther-
 apy for the purpose of disease management

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social services law
 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (nn) to read as follows:
 3 (nn) medically tailored meals and medical nutrition therapy. As used
 4 in this paragraph, "medically tailored meals and medical nutrition ther-
 5 apy" means nutritional assessment, nutritional therapy, and nutritional
 6 counseling provided by a certified dietician or certified nutritionist,
 7 and the provision of any food indicated by such assessment, therapy or
 8 counseling and, ordered by a health care professional acting within
 9 their lawful scope of practice under title eight of the education law,
 10 for the purpose of treating one or more chronic conditions for an indi-
 11 vidual who is limited in their activities of daily living; and provided
 12 that there is federal financial participation in the costs of services
 13 provided under this paragraph.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 15 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of
 16 health shall adopt regulations and take other actions reasonably neces-
 17 sary to implement this act on that date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04026-02-5

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