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NY S09584
Bill
Status
10/26/2022
Primary Sponsor
Gustavo Rivera
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AI Summary
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Expands telehealth reimbursement to cover additional modalities, provider categories, and originating sites as specified in regulations, contingent upon federal financial participation.
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Removes the April 1, 2024 sunset date for telehealth reimbursement provisions, making the telehealth expansion permanent rather than temporary.
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Clarifies that mental hygiene law services (articles 16, 31, and 32) delivered via telehealth shall be reimbursed at in-person rates unless a specific service is deemed inappropriate by the relevant commissioner.
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Eliminates language requiring telehealth services to be "deemed appropriate by the relevant commissioner" and replaces it with language allowing commissioners to deem services inappropriate on a case-by-case basis.
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Applies retroactively to April 1, 2022 but takes effect 60 days after enactment for the substantive reimbursement changes.
Legislative Description
Expands the healthcare services provided by telehealth; removes the sunset date of such expansion.
Last Action
REFERRED TO RULES
10/26/2022