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	NYLAG Submits Testimony for NYS Legislative Budget Hearing on Health & Medicaid - Under Dark Cloud of H.R. 1 Cuts in Medicaid 11 Feb, 2026 NYLAG submitted testimony at the NYS Joint Legislative Public Hearing on the Proposed 2026 Executive Budget concerning Health and Medicaid. The hearing was held on February 10, 2026. Read about NYLAG's testimony here Download a copy of NYLAG's testimony here. Testimony of some of...

	News from NYLAG Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program - Library of Past Newsletters 11 Feb, 2026 The Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program at NYLAG sends out periodic updates to interested people about developments in Medicaid in New York State affecting seniors and people with disabilities, with an emphasis on people who rely on Medicaid for long-term care services or for subsidies to help...

	CDPAP FI Transition: State discontinues CDPAP phone hotline - can use email or call different State hotlines 06 Feb, 2026 Background. The 2024-25 NYS Budget required all 280,000 Medicaid recipients who have CDPAP services to switch their "Fiscal Intermediary" (FI") the agency that manages payroll and benefits for their Personal Assistants ("PA") to a new "single FI" called Public Partnerships LLC or "PPL." FI's have...

	NYS Medicaid Redesign Team II (MRT) 2020 changes - Status of 30-month Lookback and the 3-ADL Minimum Standards for Home Care 29 Jan, 2026 This article gives updates on the Medicaid changes enacted in the 2020 NYS Budget under the "Medicaid Redesign Team II" or MRT-2. Though enached in 2020, one of these cuts - the Minimum ADL Thresholds for home care - was just implemented in Sept. 2025, and the 30-Month Lookback is still not...