2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health › Title 2 - Prenatal Care › 2530 - Nurse-Family Partnership.

§ 2530. Nurse-family partnership. 1. The commissioner is authorized to
establish, subject to federal financial participation and within amounts
appropriated  therefor, the nurse-family partnership program, a Medicaid
program subject to title eleven of article five of the  social  services
law, aimed at improving the health of eligible participants.
2.  As  used  in  this  section,  the  following  terms shall have the
following meanings:
(a)  "Eligible  participant"  means  a  person  enrolled  in   medical
assistance under title eleven of article five of the social services law
who  is  a  pregnant  woman  who  will  be  a first-time mother; and her
newborn,  either  or  both  of  whom  is  at  risk  for  poor  outcomes.
"Participant"  means an eligible participant who is participating in the
nurse-family partnership program.
(b)  "Nurse-family  partnership  program"  or  "program"   means   the
nurse-family partnership program established under this section.
(c)  "Nurse-family  partnership provider" or "provider" means a county
health department, including the health department of the  city  of  New
York,  or an entity in contract with such a health department to provide
services under the program or an entity that contracts directly with the
commissioner to provide services under this program.
(d)  "Case  management  services"  means  services   that   assist   a
participant  in  gaining  access to needed medical, social, educational,
and other services, including: an assessment to determine service needs;
development of a care plan based on the assessment; referral to medical,
social, educational  and  other  providers;  and  monitoring  and  other
follow-up  activities  to  ensure  that  the  care  plan  is effectively
implemented and addresses the assessed needs.
3. The nurse-family  partnership  program  is  a  nurse  home-visiting
program  in  which  a  nurse-family  partnership  provider provides case
management  and  nursing  services  (primarily  nurse  home  visits   to
participants)   to  eligible  participants  up  to  the  child's  second
birthday. Participation in the program shall be voluntary  for  eligible
participants.
4.  A  nurse-family  partnership  provider  shall  be  approved  by  a
nationally-recognized   organization    involved    with    nurse-family
partnership  programs,  designated  by  the commissioner, and shall meet
such other criteria as established by the commissioner.
5. The commissioner may establish the nurse-family partnership program
in one or more social  services  districts  and  may  establish  program
enrollment   limits   based   on   analysis   of   need   and  available
appropriations.
6. Nurse-family partnership program services provided by a provider to
an eligible participant under this section shall be deemed to be medical
assistance services under title eleven of article  five  of  the  social
services law. The commissioner may establish, subject to the approval of
the  director  of  the  division  of  the  budget,  rates  of payment to
nurse-family   partnership   providers   for   providing    nurse-family
partnership program services.
7.  The  commissioner  shall  submit all appropriate amendments to the
state plan for medical assistance  and  shall  submit  applications  for
waivers  of  the  federal  social  security act as shall be necessary to
obtain federal financial participation in the costs of services provided
pursuant to this section.