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Home/Bills/A 4650New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 4650: Relates to reimbursement for Medicaid for services required by state law; provides department of health must pay 100% of the non-federal share for services required by state law, not federal.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What A 4650 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill aims to amend the Social Services Law to provide reimbursement for Medicaid services required by state law. The Department of Health will pay 100% of the non-federal share of payments for services mandated by state law, but not required by federal law. This change will ensure that the state contributes fully to the cost of services mandated by state law, regardless of any conflicting federal requirements.

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6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to health (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Jan. 07, 2026referred to health
Feb. 04, 2025referred to health
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 4, 2025 · 180 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4650 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SEMPOLINSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to reimbursement for medicaid services required by state law 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 368-a of the social services law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (aa) to read as follows: 3 (aa) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contra- 4 ry, the department of health shall pay one hundred percent of the non- 5 federal share of any payments for services required to be provided by 6 applicable state law, but not required to be provided by federal law. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07534-01-5 
Text of A 4650 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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