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NY A00733
Bill
Status
1/7/2009
Primary Sponsor
Kenneth Zebrowski
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of Health Commissioner to adjust Medicaid inpatient payment rates at hospitals to reimburse costs of interpretation services for patients with limited English proficiency, including health care, billing, and appointment-related interpretation.
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Requires the Commissioner to adjust Medicaid outpatient and emergency department payment rates at hospitals to reimburse interpretation service costs for patients with limited English proficiency.
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Requires the Commissioner to adjust Medicaid payment rates for diagnostic and treatment centers to reimburse interpretation service costs for patients with limited English proficiency.
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Defines "patients with limited English proficiency" as those whose primary language is not English and who cannot effectively communicate in English with health care providers, and requires interpretation services to be provided by qualified bilingual individuals with demonstrated competency in medical interpretation.
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Suspends regulatory requirements for notice, approval, and certification of rate changes through March 31 of the initial implementation year and applies the act to hospital discharges and services beginning April 1 after enactment.
Legislative Description
Provides Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient, outpatient and emergency department settings and in diagnostic treatment centers; provides further that time frames for notice, approval or certification of rates of payment and to the requirement of prior notice of rates of payment are suspended deemed without any force and effect from and after February 1, for such rates effective for the period April 1 through March 31 in the initial year of implementation.
Last Action
held for consideration in ways and means
7/1/2010