S 7615: Expands Medicaid coverage to include neuropsychological exams for dyslexia.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7615 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 23, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to expanding Medi- caid coverage to include neuropsychological exams for dyslexia The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social services law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (nn) to read as follows: 3 (nn) comprehensive neuropsychological examinations for dyslexia, upon 4 the referral of a physician, when performed by a health care profes- 5 sional licensed, certified, or authorized pursuant to title eight of the 6 education law and acting within their scope of practice and in accord- 7 ance with this paragraph. This paragraph shall not exclude coverage for 8 the screening, diagnosis or treatment of medical conditions. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 10 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 11 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 12 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 13 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04514-01-5