A 11569: Authorizes the commissioner of health to establish nursing facility transition and diversion Medicaid waiting lists per designated waiver region, once the federally approved capacity for the waiver is reached.
<p>This bill amends the Social Services Law to authorize the Commissioner of Health to establish Medicaid waiting lists for nursing facility transition and diversion programs within designated waiver regions. The Commissioner must create these lists once federally approved capacity for a waiver is reached. When vacancies occur, the Commissioner will draw eligible individuals from the regional waiting list, prioritizing those who reside in the specific region where the vacancy exists. If the Commissioner does not choose to prioritize specific populations, such as individuals transitioning from nursing facilities, eligible persons will be selected based on the order in which they joined the waiting list. The bill takes effect immediately upon passage.</p>
- What is the current status of A 11569?
- As of June 8, 2026, A 11569 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on June 4, 2026, was "substituted by s9573".
- Did A 11569 pass?
- Not yet. A 11569 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 11569, and where is it now?
- A 11569 was authored by Asm. Manny De Los Santos.
| Jun. 04, 2026 | substituted by s9573 |
| Jun. 04, 2026 | ordered to third reading rules cal.529 |
| Jun. 04, 2026 | rules report cal.529 |
| Jun. 04, 2026 | reported |
| Jun. 04, 2026 | reported referred to rules |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 11569 IN ASSEMBLY June 2, 2026 ___________ 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: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6-a of section 366 of the social services law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph i to read as follows: 3 i. The commissioner of health is directed to establish a waiting list 4 per designated waiver region once the federally approved capacity for 5 the waiver is reached. The commissioner shall draw from the regional 6 waiting list to accommodate eligible individuals once capacity allows in 7 each region. Unless the commissioner chooses to prioritize certain popu- 8 lations, including but not limited to eligible persons transitioning 9 from nursing facilities, the commissioner shall draw eligible persons 10 who have been on the waiting list in the order in which they came on in 11 each region, provided the eligible person resides in the approved waiver 12 region from which the vacancy occurred. 13 § 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