New York Senate Bill S01342 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1342 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 11, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to limiting avail- ability and coverage for non-invasive prenatal testing for medicaid patients based on age if such limits are recommended by the United States food and drug administration, the centers for Medicare and medicaid services, or the United States department of health and human services The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 365-k of the 2 social services law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2022, amending 3 the social services law relating to increasing access to non-invasive 4 prenatal testing under medicaid, as proposed in legislative bills 5 numbers S. 8157 and A. 8604, is amended to read as follows: 6 (b) The standards and guidelines established under this section for 7 providing non-invasive prenatal testing shall not limit availability and 8 coverage for a test based on the age of the pregnant patient, unless the 9 limit is explicitly called for by the generally accepted standards of 10 professional practice or is otherwise recommended by safety communi- 11 cations or guidance issued by the United States food and drug adminis- 12 tration, the centers for Medicare and medicaid services, or the United 13 States department of health and human services. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 15 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022, amending the social services 16 law relating to increasing access to non-invasive prenatal testing under 17 medicaid, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8157 and A. 8604, 18 takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03984-01-3