Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year; repeals the state Medicaid spending cap and related processes (Part A); extends the effectiveness of various provisions relating to social services and healthcare and determines which contracts shall expire September 30, 2025 until September 30, 2026 (Part B); relates to supplemental hospital payments (Part D); shifts long-term nursing home stays from managed care to fee for service; authorizes penalties for managed care plans that do not meet contractual obligations (Part E); requires a health plan to pay the MCO provider tax for each calendar year; requires every health plan subject to the approved MCO provider tax to submit reports; imposes penalties for failure to submit such timely payments; grants the commissioner of health audit powers; relates to the healthcare stability fund; relates to Medicaid payment increases for certain medical services; makes certain Medicaid payment increases contingent upon the availability of funds within the healthcare stability fund; relates to federally qualified health center rate adequacy and general hospital inpatient reimbursement (Part F); extends portions of the New York Health Care Reform Act of 1986 (Part G); eliminates the fee paid by funeral directors for permits for burials and removals which are used to support the electronic death registration system (Part I); extends the time for awards to be granted to applications for the statewide health care facility transformation III program (Part J); relates to appointment, duties, and other related provisions to the appointment of temporary operators for general hospitals, diagnostic and treatment centers, and adult care facilities (Part K); requires general hospitals to report community benefit spending (Part M); relates to expanding the purposes of the spinal cord injury research board; increases the amount of funds available to the spinal cord injury research trust fund (Part N); authorizes practitioners in institutional dispensers to dispense controlled substances as emergency treatment for use off the premises of the institutional dispenser; replaces the words addict or addicts with the words person with substance use disorder or a variation thereof; authorizes practitioners to dispense any schedule III, IV, or V narcotic drug approved by the FDA specifically for use in maintenance or detoxification treatment to a person with a substance use disorder or habitual user (Part O); requires hospitals to provide stabilizing care to pregnant individuals; defines terms; makes related provisions; repeals provisions relating to required protocols for fetal demise (Part P); relates to improving access to and increasing coverage for infertility treatments; directs the department of health to establish an alternative payment methodology (APM) for federally qualified health centers to preserve and improve patient access to fertility care (Part Q); relates to emergency medical services; establishes a special district for the financing and operation of general ambulance services; provides for a statewide comprehensive emergency medical system plan (Part R); strengthens requirements for material transactions reporting by healthcare entities to the department of health (Part S); requires hospitals to have sexual assault forensic examiners (Part T); extends certain acute care hospital services outside the facility and into patients' residences (Part Y); extends certain provisions relating to preferred sources for entities that provide employment to certain persons; extends certain provisions relating to establishing a threshold for the amount of work needed to be performed by a preferred source which is an approved charitable non-profit-making agency for the blind (Part Z); extends provisions relating to clarifying the commissioners in the department of mental hygiene to design and implement time-limited demonstration programs (Part AA); extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to the appointment of temporary operators for the continued operation of programs and the provision of services for persons with serious mental illness and/or developmental disabilities and/or chemical dependence (Part BB); extends certain provisions relating to services for individuals with developmental disabilities (Part CC); amends the definition of minor to exclude certain homeless youth for purposes of allowing such homeless youth to consent to certain medical, dental, health and hospital services, including behavioral health services; clarifies that behavioral health services includes mental health and substance use treatment (Part DD); requires community providers to be provided notice of admission determinations and to participate in interviews and planning for release of certain persons in in-patient facilities (Part EE); establishes a targeted inflationary increase for designated human services programs (Part FF); requires the department of health to review claims for expenditures for early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment and other health services, care and supplies which are furnished to eligible children and pre-school children regardless of whether such children have handicapping conditions, are suspected of having handicapping conditions or have an individualized education plan; requires the department of health to apply for all necessary federal approvals regarding such expenditures (Part GG); requires the Medicaid inspector general to comply with standards relating to the audit and review of medical assistance program funds (Part HH); relates to providing information to patients and the public on hospital rule-based exclusions; requires the commissioner of health to collect from each hospital a list of its hospital rule-based exclusions and publish such information on the department's website (Part II); establishes the "Sickle Cell Treatment Act" which designates sickle cell centers for excellence and outpatient treatment centers (Part JJ); relates to preserving access to affordable drugs; provides that an agreement resolving or settling, on a final or interim basis, a patent infringement claim, in connection with the sale of a pharmaceutical product, shall be presumed to have anticompetitive effects if a nonreference drug filer receives anything of value from another company asserting patent infringement and if the nonreference drug filer agrees to limit or forego research, development, manufacturing, marketing, or sales of the nonreference drug filer's product for any period of time (Part KK); creates a statewide emergency and crisis response council to work in conjunction with the commissioners of mental health and addiction services to jointly approve emergency and crisis services plans submitted by local governments, and provide supports regarding the operation and financing of high-quality emergency and crisis services provided to persons experiencing a mental health, alcohol use, or substance use crisis (Part LL); relates to clarifying which entities handle the reporting of pregnancy loss; and the responsibilities of health care providers and penalties for not protecting the identities of individuals who suffered a pregnancy loss (Part MM); establishes the New York state abortion clinical training program within the department of health for the purpose of training health care practitioners in the performance of abortion and related reproductive health care services; requires the commissioner of health to submit a report to the governor and the legislature (Part NN); requires health care plans and payors to have a minimum of twelve and one-half percent of their total expenditures on physical and mental health annually be for primary care services (Part OO); includes services provided by certified recovery peer advocates and certain services provided at inpatient facilities as part of standard coverage (Part PP); establishes a drug checking program including requirements for enhanced drug checking service delivery and public health surveillance (Part QQ); directs the commissioner of health to do a comprehensive assessment of the existing methodology used to determine payment for early intervention screenings, evaluations, services and service coordination; directs recommendations on reimbursement methodology as well as needs under the program (Part RR); authorizes licensed creative arts therapists to bill Medicaid directly for their services (Part SS); establishes an office of the state medical indemnity fund ombudsperson and a medical indemnity fund advisory panel to advocate for, assist and represent the interests of qualified plaintiffs (Part TT); expands health care services provided by telehealth to include services delivered through a facility licensed under article twenty-eight of the public health law that is eligible to be designated or has received a designation as a federally qualified health center, including those facilities that are also licensed under article thirty-one or article thirty-two of the mental hygiene law (Part UU); ensures services provided in school-based health centers are not provided to medical assistance recipients through managed care programs (Part VV); includes implants, replacement dental prosthetic appliances, crowns and root canals as medically necessary dental care and services for coverage under the Medicaid program if a qualified dentist authorizes the procedures (Part WW); relates to extending provisions of law relating to the New York state adult cystic fibrosis program until 2030 (Part XX); expands the Doctors Across New York program to include dentists (Part YY); increases the amount of the savings exemption for eligibility for Medicaid (Part ZZ); requires the department of health to publish a report on the incidence of tick-borne illnesses annually on the department's website; requires the department to submit an annual report to the governor and the leaders of the legislature; requires the superintendent of financial services to review the status of health insurance coverage for the treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne related diseases and to submit a report to the governor and the leaders of the legislature (AAA); establishes a direct support wage enhancement to employees that provide direct care support or any other form of treatment, to individuals with developmental disabilities and whose income is less than $125,000 (Part BBB); removes the expiration of certain provisions creating of a community doula expansion grant program (Part CCC); relates to reporting on funds received pursuant to a New York opioid settlement sharing agreement and on the use of funds in the opioid stewardship fund (Part DDD); excludes one-time federal assistance in the calculation of operating revenue for purposes of minimum direct resident care spending by residential health care facilities (Part EEE); relates to managed long term care plans (Part FFF); establishes the upstate CINERGY demonstration program (Part GGG).

Statutes affected:
S3007: 461-l social services law, 461-l(3) social services law, 2808 public health law, 2808(17) public health law, 3614 public health law, 3614(13) public health law, 2807-d public health law, 2807-d(2) public health law, 365-a social services law, 365-a(10) social services law, 273 public health law, 273(3) public health law, 2807-k public health law, 2807-k(5-d) public health law, 602 financial services law, 364-j social services law, 364-j(3) social services law, 2807-ff public health law, 461-s social services law, 461-b social services law, 461-b(1) social services law, 2807-s public health law, 2807-s(7) public health law, 92-dd state finance law, 4148 public health law, 4148(1) public health law, 4148(5) public health law, 2825-g public health law, 2825-g(3) public health law, 18-c public health law, 250 public health law, 250(1) public health law, 251 public health law, 251(2) public health law, 3306 public health law, 3342 public health law, 3342(2) public health law, 3302 public health law, 3302(1) public health law, 3331 public health law, 3331(1) public health law, 3350 public health law, 3372 public health law, 2805-b public health law, 2599-bb public health law, 6810 education law, 6810(1) education law, 365-a(2) social services law, 3001 public health law, 3008 public health law, 122-b general municipal law, 122-b(1) general municipal law, 3000 public health law, 3020 public health law, 4552 public health law, 631 executive law, 631(13) executive law, 4100 public health law, 4100(2) public health law, 4104 public health law, 4170 public health law, 6908 education law, 6909 education law, 2803-j public health law, 2803-j(3) public health law, 6526 education law, 6801 education law, 6801(4) education law, 6802 education law, 6802(22) education law, 6841 education law, 6841(1) education law, 6542 education law, 3701 public health law, 3701(1) public health law, 3703 public health law, 902 education law, 902(2) education law, 3302(27) public health law, 6606 education law, 6606(1) education law, 2803 public health law, 22.11 mental hygiene law, 33.21 mental hygiene law, 2504 public health law, 2504(1) public health law, 9.37 mental hygiene law, 9.37(a) mental hygiene law, 9.39 mental hygiene law, 9.39(a) mental hygiene law, 9.45 mental hygiene law, 29.15 mental hygiene law
S3007A: 461-l social services law, 461-l(3) social services law, 3018 public health law, 3018(3) public health law, 2808 public health law, 2808(17) public health law, 3614 public health law, 3614(13) public health law, 2807-d public health law, 2807-d(2) public health law, 365-a social services law, 365-a(10) social services law, 273 public health law, 273(3) public health law, 2807-c public health law, 2807-c(35) public health law, 2807-k public health law, 2807-k(5-d) public health law, 602 financial services law, 364-j social services law, 364-j(3) social services law, 2807-ff public health law, 461-s social services law, 461-b social services law, 461-b(1) social services law, 2807-s public health law, 2807-s(7) public health law, 92-dd state finance law, 4148 public health law, 4148(1) public health law, 4148(5) public health law, 2825-g public health law, 2825-g(3) public health law, 18-c public health law, 250 public health law, 250(1) public health law, 251 public health law, 251(2) public health law, 3306 public health law, 3342 public health law, 3342(2) public health law, 3302 public health law, 3302(1) public health law, 3331 public health law, 3331(1) public health law, 3350 public health law, 3372 public health law, 2805-b public health law, 2599-bb public health law, 6810 education law, 6810(1) education law, 365-a(2) social services law, 3001 public health law, 3008 public health law, 122-b general municipal law, 122-b(1) general municipal law, 3000 public health law, 3020 public health law, 4552 public health law, 631 executive law, 631(13) executive law, 4100 public health law, 4100(2) public health law, 4104 public health law, 4170 public health law, 6908 education law, 6909 education law, 2803-j public health law, 2803-j(3) public health law, 6526 education law, 6801 education law, 6801(4) education law, 6802 education law, 6802(22) education law, 6841 education law, 6841(1) education law, 230-e public health law, 3701 public health law, 3703 public health law, 902 education law, 902(2) education law, 3302(27) public health law, 3711 public health law, 1501 business corporation law, 1503 business corporation law, 1515 business corporation law, 1525 business corporation law, 1530 business corporation law, 1201 limited liability company law, 1203 limited liability company law, 1215 limited liability company law, 1301 limited liability company law, 1306 limited liability company law, 6502 education law, 6502(3-a) education law, 6505-d education law, 6507 education law, 6507(2) education law, 6514 education law, 6514(1) education law, 230-a public health law, 2803-e public health law, 2803-e(1) public health law, 2995-a public health law, 2995-a(4) public health law, 2997-l public health law, 2999-u public health law, 2999-u(2) public health law, 3515 public health law, 3515(1-a) public health law, 140.10 criminal procedure law, 140.10(3-b) criminal procedure law, 570.19 criminal procedure law, 3119 civil practice law, 837-x executive law, 490 social services law, 490(2) social services law, 6508 education law, 6508(1) education law, 259-s executive law, 259-s(2) executive law, 2807-n public health law, 2807-n(1) public health law, 2803 public health law, 2803(1) public health law, 3000-a public health law, 3000-a(1) public health law, 8216 education law, 8216(1) education law, 24-a correction law, 910 education law, 6502-a education law, 6502-a(1) education law, 6510-b education law, 6510-b(1) education law, 7906 education law, 7906(1) education law, 8609 education law, 8609(1) education law, 8850 education law, 8850(3) education law, 522 executive law, 789 general business law, 789(9) general business law, 33.16 mental hygiene law, 14 public health law, 18 public health law, 18(1) public health law, 19 public health law, 19(1) public health law, 462 public health law, 462(1) public health law, 470 public health law, 470(2) public health law, 2509-c public health law, 2511 public health law, 2511(17) public health law, 2805-u public health law, 2805-u(1) public health law, 2998-e public health law, 2998-e(3) public health law, 3383 public health law, 3383(4) public health law, 4405-b public health law, 4405-b(1) public health law, 4702 public health law, 4702(2) public health law, 130.00 penal law, 130.00(12) penal law, 17-357 administrative code of the city of New York as added by local law, 17-357(b) administrative code of the city of New York as added by local law, 20-815 administrative code of the city of New York as added by local law, 20-815(e) administrative code of the city of New York as added by local law, 160.57 criminal procedure law, 160.57(1) criminal procedure law, 6606 education law, 6606(1) education law, 22.11 mental hygiene law, 33.21 mental hygiene law, 2504 public health law, 2504(1) public health law, 9.37 mental hygiene law, 9.37(a) mental hygiene law, 9.39 mental hygiene law, 9.39(a) mental hygiene law, 9.45 mental hygiene law, 29.15 mental hygiene law
S3007B: 3018 public health law, 3018(3) public health law, 2808 public health law, 2808(17) public health law, 3614 public health law, 3614(13) public health law, 2807-d public health law, 2807-d(2) public health law, 365-a social services law, 365-a(10) social services law, 2807-c public health law, 2807-c(35) public health law, 2807-k public health law, 2807-k(5-d) public health law, 364-j social services law, 364-j(3) social services law, 2807-ff public health law, 2807 public health law, 2807(8) public health law, 2808(2-b) public health law, 2807-c(8) public health law, 4148 public health law, 4148(1) public health law, 4148(5) public health law, 2825-g public health law, 2825-g(3) public health law, 250 public health law, 250(1) public health law, 251 public health law, 251(2) public health law, 99-f state finance law, 99-f(2) state finance law, 3342 public health law, 3342(2) public health law, 35 judiciary law, 35(1) judiciary law, 35(4) judiciary law, 32.05 mental hygiene law, 32.09 mental hygiene law, 3302 public health law, 3302(1) public health law, 3331 public health law, 3331(1) public health law, 3350 public health law, 3372 public health law, 2803-o-1 public health law, 365-a(2) social services law, 122-b general municipal law, 122-b(1) general municipal law, 3000 public health law, 3001 public health law, 3001(1) public health law, 3020 public health law, 4552 public health law, 631 executive law, 631(13) executive law, 2803 public health law, 22.11 mental hygiene law, 33.21 mental