Alliance Advocacy Center

Our Advocacy Priorities

NYS Legislature Adds $3.8M to State's $17M in Funding in the State Budget for SBHCs SBHCs saw success in the 2023-24 State budget, maintaining the same level of state funding we received in the previous fiscal year, $17M plus $3.8M generously provided by the Senate and Assembly. We're happy to report that the Alliance will also see another $84k legislative grant to support our operations and programs. Separately, SBHCs will see a 10% increase to the reimbursement rate, equivalent to $1.4M, retroactive to April 1st of this year, as part of a larger enacted State Medicaid enhancement package. An informational webinar focused on Medicaid-specific priorities was held this morning and will be made available on the NYS DOH Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) Budget Information webpage here. Many thanks our NYSBHA leaders and policy committee, GNYHA, 1199SEIU, HANYS, NYSUT, AFT, our lobbying team of Marcy Savage and Kayla Bogdanowicz from Reid, McNally & Savage, LLC, our many peer and partner organizations and our MEMBERS for the support you have given to the Alliance and the field. Strength in numbers and strategy have proven successful - THANK YOU!

Keeping SBHCs Carved Out of Managed Care - SBHC Legislation Passes in Both Houses In 2023, the Assembly joined the Senate in introducing a bill, A6029 for a permanent SBHC Medicaid Managed Care Carve-out and that the bills - S2339 and A6029 have passed in both the Assembly and Senate. We thank both Houses, particularly Health Committee Chairs Senator Rivera and Assemblymember Amy Paulin for recognizing the value of our centers to their constituents and for this tremendous show of support! NYSBHA has issued a press release outlining this legislative victory and detailing the need to keep SBHCs carved out of Managed Care. See press release linked in button above.

Victories in 2023-2024 Budget

Extended (Delayed) SBHC's Carved-Out Medicaid Managed Care

The final Article VII Health and Mental Hygiene budget bill, provides that services provided in SBHCs shall not be provided to medical assistance recipients through managed care programs until at least April 1, two thousand twenty-four.
While this is a shorter delay than we had hoped for, it provides for another year our advocacy efforts

New York's SBHCs See 10% Medicaid Reimbursement Increase

SBHCs will see a 10% increase to the reimbursement rate, equivalent to $1.4M, retroactive to April 1st of this year, as part of a larger enacted State Medicaid enhancement package. An informational webinar focused on Medicaid-specific priorities was held this morning and will be made available on the NYS DOH Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) Budget Information webpage

Interested in advocating for New York’s SBHCs? Use our sbhc-legislator match list to see representative by sbhc address or use the Assembly and Senate buttons below.

NYSBHA's Legislative Center

Find your Assembly Member

Follow the button and input your street address and zip code to find your New York State Assembly Representative.

Visit your Assembly member’s page and locate the “Contact Me” button on the left to gather the phone numbers, email address, and contact form for your Assembly Member.

Find your Senator

Follow the button and input your street address and zip code to find your New York State Senator.

Click the button “Message Senator” and follow site instructions to create and account and send your Senator a message.

See Our SBHC/Legislator Match List!

Use the link to the right to see NYSBHA’s current sbhc directory and corresponding legislator list to find the right representative.

For any further questions or concerns regarding advocacy, contact us at: nysbha@gmail.com