A 11569

                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   11569
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
                               June 2, 2026
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 Introduced   by   COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  (at  request  of  M.  of  A.
   De Los Santos) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways  and
   Means
 AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing the
   commissioner of health to establish nursing  facility  transition  and
   diversion Medicaid waiting lists per designated waiver region
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   Section 1. Subdivision 6-a of section 366 of the social  services  law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph i to read as follows:
   I.  THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH IS DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH A WAITING LIST
 PER DESIGNATED WAIVER REGION ONCE THE FEDERALLY  APPROVED  CAPACITY  FOR
 THE  WAIVER  IS  REACHED.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DRAW FROM THE REGIONAL
 WAITING LIST TO ACCOMMODATE ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS ONCE CAPACITY ALLOWS IN
 EACH REGION. UNLESS THE COMMISSIONER CHOOSES TO PRIORITIZE CERTAIN POPU-
 LATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED  TO  ELIGIBLE  PERSONS  TRANSITIONING
 FROM  NURSING  FACILITIES,  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DRAW ELIGIBLE PERSONS
 WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE WAITING LIST IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY CAME ON  IN
 EACH REGION, PROVIDED THE ELIGIBLE PERSON RESIDES IN THE APPROVED WAIVER
 REGION FROM WHICH THE VACANCY OCCURRED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14838-05-6