New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
S 4247: Provides Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient and outpatient departments
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
S 4247 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Provides Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient and outpatient departments. Primary sponsor: Kevin Parker (Democratic/Working Families). Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO HEALTH.
Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written
Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Provides Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient, outpatient and emergency department settings and in diagnostic treatment centers; provides further that time frames for notice, approval or certification of rates of payment and to the requirement of prior notice of rates of payment are suspended, deemed without any force and effect from and after February 1, 2027 for such rates effective for the period April 1, 2027 through March 31, 2028.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic/Working Families 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Parker | Primary sponsor | Democratic/Working Families | Senate | 21 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- REFERRED TO HEALTH
- REFERRED TO HEALTH