BILL NUMBER: S8800
SPONSOR: BAILEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to the calculation of
rates for certain treatment pursuant to the medical assistance program;
and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the insurance law
relating to requiring rates paid for rehabilitation and opioid treatment
be pursuant to certain fee schedules published by the office of
addiction services and supports, as proposed in legislative bills
numbers S. 6897-A and A. 7038-A, in relation to the effectiveness ther-
eof
 
PURPOSE:
This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to provisions of L.2025,
c.660, to require the Office of Addiction Services and Supports and the
Office of Mental Health to publish a fee schedule for commercial health
plans to pay claims related to coverage enacted in Part AA of Chapter 57
of the Laws of 2024.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This legislation amends the underlying chapter by directing the Office
of Mental Health to publish information adequate to calculate the rates
that would be paid for such treatment pursuant to the medical assistance
program under title eleven of article five of the social services law.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation is a negotiated change to the underlying chapter.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Chapter amendment to Chapter 660 of the Laws of 2025. S.6897-A and
A.7038-A passed the Senate in June 2025 and Assembly in May 2025,
respectively.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a
chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the insurance law requiring rates
paid for rehabilitation and opioid treatment be pursuant to certain fee
schedules published by the office of addiction services and supports, as
proposed in legislative bills numbers S.6897-A and A.7038-A, takes
effect.