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
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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
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PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
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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.
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EFFECTIVE DATE:
Upon adoption of the SFY 25-26 budget
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3262
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 27, 2025
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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.
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