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A10375 Summary:

BILL NOA10375 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHevesi

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Add §365-q, Soc Serv L

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Establishes a family caregiver program which shall receive reimbursement from Medicaid and directs the commissioner of health to secure approval from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for family caregivers.

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03/03/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10375

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 3, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Health

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing
 Medicaid coverage for family caregiver services for children with
 intellectual or developmental disabilities; and directing the commis-
 sioner of health to submit an application for amendments and waivers
 to add family caregivers to state Medicaid coverage

 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. Family caregiver services program for persons with intellec-
 4 tual or developmental disabilities. 1. As used in this section:
 5 (a) "Eligible person" means an individual who:
 6 (i) has been determined by the office for people with developmental
 7 disabilities to have an intellectual or developmental disability as
 8 defined in section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law;
 9 (ii) resides at home with their family and participates in, or is
 10 eligible for, a self-direction or comparable home- and community-based
 11 services program administered by the office for people with develop-
 12 mental disabilities and the department; and
 13 (iii) requires assistance with activities of daily living, instru-
 14 mental activities of daily living, or other supports that exceed the
 15 type, frequency, or intensity of support ordinarily provided by a
 16 parent, legal guardian, or household member.
 17 (b) "Family caregiver" means a parent, legal guardian, or other family
 18 member who is legally responsible for, an eligible person with an intel-
 19 lectual or developmental disability and who provides care to such person
 20 in the home.
 21 2. (a) No later than one year after the effective date of this section
 22 and receipt of federal approval for the program established pursuant to
 23 this section, the department, in consultation with the office for people
 24 with developmental disabilities, shall establish a program under which a
 25 family caregiver of an eligible person may be certified to provide fami-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14488-01-6

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 1 ly caregiver services under Medicaid and be reimbursed for such
 2 services.
 3 (b) Such services shall include assistance with activities of daily
 4 living, instrumental activities of daily living, and other tasks author-
 5 ized under the eligible person's person-centered plan of care, provided
 6 such tasks substitute for services that would otherwise be performed by
 7 paid direct support staff or personal care workers under the Medicaid
 8 program.
 9 (c) The department shall establish training, testing, and competency
 10 requirements for certification as a family caregiver that are comparable
 11 to the requirements applicable to personal care assistants or direct
 12 support professionals under state law and regulation. Training may be
 13 provided by designated home care or self-direction providers, who shall
 14 be adequately reimbursed by the department for the cost of such train-
 15 ing.
 16 (d) An eligible family caregiver who becomes certified pursuant to
 17 this section shall be employed through an approved fiscal intermediary
 18 or self-direction provider agency participating in the Medicaid program.
 19 3. (a) Family caregiver services shall be reimbursed at rates estab-
 20 lished by the department consistent with reimbursement for com