STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1348 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 11, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- 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 notification of changes to the model contract with managed care providers under the medical assistance program and requiring the department to post certain changes on its website The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 364-j of the 2 social services law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending 3 the social services law relating to notification of changes to the model 4 contract with managed care providers under the medical assistance 5 program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 9207 and A. 9442-A, 6 is amended to read as follows: 7 (d) Whenever the commissioner of health makes changes to the terms, 8 conditions or time frames contained in the model contract that serves as 9 the basis for contracts with managed care providers in the managed care 10 program under this section, [public notice detailing] the changes shall 11 be [provided] posted on the department's website [and through publica- 12 tion as a public notice in the state register]. The department shall 13 post on its website any changes required to be submitted to the centers 14 for medicare and medicaid services (CMS) for approval prior to [finaliz- 15 ing such changes or submitting the amended contract to the Centers for 16 Medicare and Medicaid Services for approval, if required. This public 17 notice shall also apply to] submission of the changes. A summary of any 18 changes shall also be published in the state register. A notification of 19 any request for proposals issued by the department for managed care 20 providers to participate in the managed care program shall also be 21 published in the state register. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 23 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the social services law 24 relating to notification of changes to the model contract with managed 25 care providers under the medical assistance program, as proposed in 26 legislative bills numbers S. 9207 and A. 9442-A, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04039-01-3