LeadingAge New York supports this legislation to extend provisions that allow physical therapist assistants (PTAs) to work and provide physical therapy care in home care settings.

LeadingAge New York supports this legislation, which would allow certified nurse aides (CNAs) to receive advanced training and become certified medication aides (CMAs) to better serve residents in nursing homes.

LeadingAge New York strongly opposes this legislation which would repeal and replace section 4403-f of the public health law to eliminate the current MLTC program and replace it with fee-for-service (FFS) models.

LeadingAge NY Supports this legislation which amends the recently enacted 2020-21 State Budget provisions which establish certain eligibility thresholds for receiving personal care services under managed care and fee-for-service Medicaid programs. 

LeadingAge New York supports this legislation, which would establish a demonstration program allowing one or more Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) plans that operate in rural counties and that have demonstrated success in transitioning individuals in need of a nursing home level of care from the nursing home to the community to enroll and manage the care of permanently placed nursing home residents for periods longer than three months.

LeadingAge New York supports legislation which would provide due process protections to health care providers and recipients in the medical assistance program when under scrutiny by the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG).

LeadingAge New York strongly support this legislation which would authorize existing assisted living programs (ALPs) to expand their bed capacity by nine or fewer beds under an expedited approval process.

LeadingAge New York supports this legislation because it aims to increase the amount certain individuals are eligible for when receiving enhances residential care. This legislation is an important first step toward improving the inadequate ACF reimbursement rate.