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A03262 Summary:

BILL NOA03262
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORConrad
 
COSPNSRMcMahon, Zaccaro, Griffin
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §2807-s, Pub Health L
 
Relates to funding early intervention services; provides that for the 2025 fiscal year there shall be an 11 percent increase in funding.
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A03262 Actions:

BILL NOA03262
 
01/27/2025referred to health
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A03262 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A3262
 
SPONSOR: Conrad
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to funding early intervention services   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Provides 11% increase in funding for Early Intervention Providers for SFY 25-26 Click here to enter text.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill amends paragraph S of the Public Health Law 2807-T - the Covered Lives assessment to provide an 11% increase to the original $40 million fund to assure that Early Intervention Providers receive increases in reimbursement rates for services provided to children ages 0-5 years with developmental delays or disabilities.   JUSTIFICATION: Reimbursement rates for Early Intervention providers are lower now than they were in the 1990s. The reduction in rates are not due to inflation but to two cuts in reimbursement payments in the 2010 and again in the 2011 NYS Budget. This loss in reimbursements have resulted in a critical shortage of Early Intervention providers across the state. The New York State Department of Health recently published data showing that Black and Brown children are more likely to experience delays in referral to Early Intervention, development of Individualized Family Service Plans, and initiation of Early Intervention services when compared to White children. Click here to enter text.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: Click here to enter text.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: Calculated adjustments made by commercial insurers to meet the 11% increase in the current Covered Lives fund. Minimal state fiscal impact. Click here to enter text.   EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon adoption of the SFY 25-26 budget
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A03262 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3262
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 27, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. CONRAD -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to funding early
          intervention services
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (g)  of subdivision 6 of section 2807-s of the
     2  public health law, as amended by section 9 of part C of  chapter  57  of
     3  the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (g)  A  further  gross  statewide amount for the state fiscal year two
     5  thousand twenty-two shall be forty million dollars;  provided,  however,
     6  for the state fiscal year two thousand twenty-five, such gross statewide
     7  amount shall be increased eleven percent.
     8    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
     9  the amendments to section 2807-s  of  the  public  health  law  made  by
    10  section  one of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section
    11  and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06704-01-5
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