STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6033 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to directing the department of health to contract with community-based and not-for-pro- fit organizations for the provision of information on health care services and benefits available to immigrants The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (u), (v), (w), (x) and (y) of subdivision 1 of 2 section 201 of the public health law, paragraph (u) as added by chapter 3 939 of the laws of 1976, paragraph (v) as added by chapter 474 of the 4 laws of 1996, paragraph (w) as added by chapter 543 of the laws of 2019, 5 paragraph (x) as added by section 2 of subpart S of part XX of chapter 6 55 of the laws of 2020 and paragraph (y) as added by chapter 95 of the 7 laws of 2022, are amended and a new paragraph (z) is added to read as 8 follows: 9 (u) engage in research into the causes of rocky mountain spotted fever 10 and the prevention thereof and develop programs for the control of 11 ticks, insects and [anthropods] arthropods which act as vectors of 12 disease affecting [man] humans, within funds made available for such 13 purposes[.]; 14 (v) act as the single state agency for medical assistance, pursuant to 15 section three hundred sixty-three-a of the social services law, [as 16 amended by this chapter,] with responsibility to supervise the plan for 17 medical assistance as required by title XIX of the federal Social Secu- 18 rity act, or its successor, and to adopt regulations as may be necessary 19 to implement this plan[.]; 20 (w) make available to the council on children and families informa- 21 tion, in a format identified by the council, regarding home visiting 22 programs that meet the criteria as required by section four hundred 23 twenty-nine of the social services law regardless of whether such EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10629-01-5
S. 6033 2 1 program has a contract with or receive funding from the state. Such 2 information shall be provided in accordance with the requirements set 3 forth in subdivision two of section four hundred eighty-three-h of the 4 social services law. Such information shall be made available no less 5 than once a year[.]; 6 (x) produce an annual report analyzing the costs related to the sexual 7 assault examination direct reimbursement program as created under subdi- 8 vision thirteen of section six hundred thirty-one of the executive law 9 and provide such report to the office of victim services on or before 10 September first of each year. Such report shall be provided to the 11 governor, temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the 12 assembly[.]; 13 (y) To develop a form by which a coroner, coroner's physician or 14 medical examiner, pursuant to section six hundred seventy-seven of the 15 county law, shall report to the [division] department of veterans' 16 services any death which appears to be caused by suicide by a person 17 who, to the knowledge of the coroner, coroner's physician or medical 18 examiner, is a veteran. This form shall at a minimum: (i) ensure 19 compliance with the strictest privacy protections and encourage data 20 aggregation to the extent feasible; (ii) provide the address to which 21 the form is to be mailed or submitted electronically; and (iii) include 22 the county of residence and the branch of service of deceased veterans 23 during the reporting period[.]; and 24 (z)(i) within amounts appropriated therefor, contract with community- 25 based organizations and not-for-profit corporations for the provision of 26 outreach, information and educational services to naturalized citizens 27 and noncitizens on health care services and benefits which are available 28 to such persons. Such outreach, information and educational services 29 shall: 30 (A) designate which health care services are available to such persons 31 in the community in which they reside; 32 (B) include the eligibility requirements for the following programs: 33 (1) medical assistance and emergency medical assistance, pursuant to 34 title eleven of article five of the social services law, 35 (2) family health plus, pursuant to title eleven-D of article five of 36 the social services law, 37 (3) child health insurance plan, pursuant to title one-A of article 38 twenty-five of this chapter, and 39 (4) any other health benefit program the commissioner deems appropri- 40 ate; 41 (C) provide information on the manner in which to apply for such 42 programs; and 43 (D) be provided in a manner and the language which is most appropriate 44 for the community to which the outreach, information and educational 45 services are to be provided. 46 (ii) the department shall promulgate any rules and regulations neces- 47 sary to implement the provisions of this paragraph. In addition, the 48 department shall provide all educational materials necessary to imple- 49 ment the provisions of this paragraph and shall pay the costs of 50 distributing such materials. 51 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 52 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 53 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 54 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 55 completed on or before such effective date.