New York State Psychiatric Ass'n v. New York State Department of Health

In a hybrid action, inter alia, for a judgment declaring that those portions of sections 53 and 54 of part C of the New York State 2008 budget bill (L 2008, ch 58, part C, §§ 53, 54, adding L 2006, ch 109, part C, § 2 [e]) which provide that licensed psychiatrists are not entitled to be paid the full Medicare Part B coinsurance amount for services rendered between April 1, 2007, and April 11, 2008, to certain individuals who are eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare benefits and/or for claims processed between April 1, 2007, and April 11, 2008, are unconstitutional, and, in effect,…