BILL NUMBER:A10789
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to
requiring a resource test for Medicaid applicants
PURPOSE OF THE BILL: This bill requires that all Medicaid applicants are
subject to a resource test that will determine eligibility based upon
their assets as specified by law.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends clause (ii) of sub
paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 366 of the social services law
to require that all Medicaid applicants must be subject to resource test
to determine eligibility.
JUSTIFICATION: In 2010, New York State effectively eliminated the
resource test for Medicaid applicants in determining eligibility for
services:, A resource test is a tool that our local social services
departments use in order to verify that a person receiving tax payer
funded services actually needs them. The State has limited resources and
this asset test will both save money and maximize assistance to those in
need.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE: This bill may have cost savings to Medi-
caid due to strict enforce of eligibility requirements.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10789
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 21, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring a
resource test for Medicaid applicants
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Clause (ii) of subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivi-
sion 1 of section 366 of the social services law, as amended by section
58 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
(ii) such person [shall not] MUST be subject to a resource test TO
DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY AS SPECIFIED IN SUBPARAGRAPH FOUR OF PARAGRAPH (A)
OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION;
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16941-01-0
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