June 11, 2024
The NYS Council Regulatory Affairs Committee will meet on Thursday, June 13 from 11:00 – 12:30. We will be collecting member comments re: a recently released OMH proposed rulemaking that advances increased thresholds for the provision of medical and mental health services (attached).
Below please find the note we sent to members of the Committee on May 29th regarding our upcoming meeting. We look forward to hearing your comments re: the Proposed Rule.
The Zoom information to access the meeting on the 13th is directly below.
Have a good day!
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Topic: NYS Council Regulatory Affairs Meeting
Time: Jun 13, 2024 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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(Sent to members of NYS Council Regulatory Affairs Committee on 5/29, with a reminder sent again on June 6:)May 29, 2024
Good afternoon,
On May 1 the NYS Office of Mental Health issued a proposed regulation (see attached document – page 34) in the NYS Register that would expand existing licensure thresholds for the provision of primary care services in Article 31 outpatient clinics. As we discussed with DoH officials last fall, the proposed regulation would allow OMH MHOTRS programs to provide up to 30% of their annual visits as medical visits, an increase from the 5% threshold currently in place. Importantly, Health Monitoring and Health Screening services can continue being provided outside of this threshold. We are keeping our eyes peeled for a similar proposed regulation from OASAS.
The formal public comment on this proposed regulation commenced May 1 and continues for 60 days, or until June 30th. The NYS Council will be submitting comments based on member feedback.
I am sending this note to you based on your interest in and/or prior participation as a member of the NYS Council Regulatory Affairs Committee. A moment ago I sent a note to our main listserv asking that our member agency lead work with their appointed Regulatory Affairs Committee representative to provide feedback regarding the proposed regulation to the NYS Council during our next committee meeting. The next meeting of the Committee was scheduled for tomorrow, but since you need time to gather the feedback requested, I am proposing that we push the meeting back to Thursday, June 13 from 11-12:30 so you have time to collect your agency feedback.
I hope you plan to join with your NYS Council colleagues on Thursday, June 13 from 11-12:30 for the next meeting of the NYS Council Regulatory Affairs Committee. I look forward to seeing everyone and hearing the feedback you will be collecting from your team.
Thank you!!