STATE OF NEW YORK
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8604
IN ASSEMBLY
January 10, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. FORREST, GOTTFRIED, KELLES, SOLAGES, ANDERSON,
MITAYNES, L. ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to increasing
access to non-invasive prenatal testing under medicaid
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 365-k of the social services law,
2 as added by chapter 484 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 1. (a) The commissioner shall establish standards and guidelines for
5 the provision of prenatal care services under the medical assistance
6 program. In establishing such standards and guidelines, the commissioner
7 shall consider generally accepted standards of professional practice,
8 including, but not limited to, standards issued by the American College
9 of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Academy of Pedia-
10 trics, and shall consult with prenatal care providers and other inter-
11 ested parties.
12 (b) The standards and guidelines established under this section for
13 providing non-invasive prenatal testing shall not limit availability and
14 coverage for a test based on the age of the pregnant patient, unless the
15 limit is explicitly called for by the generally accepted standards of
16 professional practice.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of April after it
18 shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of
19 health shall make regulations, establish standards and guidelines, and
20 take other actions reasonably necessary to implement this act on that
21 date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13583-01-1
