As the dust settles on another protracted budget cycle in Albany, a familiar legislative activity is beginning in earnest. Legislators, having finished the state's spending plan, are now turning their attention to the post-budget legislative session. For those of us who pay close attention to healthcare, this period could be named “mandate season.”

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