Assembly Bill A5144

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  5144

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2009
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  P. RIVERA,  JACOBS,  ESPAILLAT, GOTTFRIED --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALFANO, AUBRY,  BARRA,  CLARK,  COLTON,
  GLICK, HIKIND, V. LOPEZ, ORTIZ, SCARBOROUGH, TOWNS, WEINSTEIN, WEISEN-
  BERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to directing the
  department of health to contract with community-based and not-for-pro-
  fit organizations for the provision  of  information  on  health  care
  services and benefits available to immigrants

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraphs (u) and (v) of subdivision 1 of section  201  of
the public health law, paragraph (u) as added by chapter 939 of the laws
of  1976  and paragraph (v) as added by chapter 474 of the laws of 1996,
are amended and a new paragraph (w) is added to read as follows:
  (u)  engage in research into the  causes  of  rocky  mountain  spotted
fever and the prevention thereof and develop programs for the control of
ticks,  insects  and  [anthropods]  ARTHROPODS  which  act as vectors of
disease affecting man, within funds made available for such purposes[.];
  (v) act as the single state agency for medical assistance, pursuant to
section three hundred sixty-three-a of  the  social  services  law,  [as
amended  by this chapter,] with responsibility to supervise the plan for
medical assistance as required by title XIX of the federal Social  Secu-
rity act, or its successor, and to adopt regulations as may be necessary
to implement this plan[.]; AND
  (W)(I)  WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED THEREFOR, CONTRACT WITH COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS FOR THE PROVISION OF
OUTREACH, INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO  NATURALIZED  CITIZENS
AND  ALIENS  ON HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND BENEFITS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE TO
SUCH PERSONS. SUCH OUTREACH, INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL:
  (A) DESIGNATE WHICH HEALTH CARE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO SUCH PERSONS
IN THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY RESIDE;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  (B) INCLUDE THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS:
  (1)  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, PURSUANT TO
TITLE ELEVEN OF ARTICLE FIVE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW,
  (2) FAMILY HEALTH PLUS, PURSUANT TO TITLE ELEVEN-D OF ARTICLE FIVE  OF
THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW,
  (3)  CHILD  HEALTH  INSURANCE PLAN, PURSUANT TO TITLE ONE-A OF ARTICLE
TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, AND
  (4) ANY OTHER HEALTH BENEFIT PROGRAM THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS  APPROPRI-
ATE;
  (C)  PROVIDE  INFORMATION  ON  THE  MANNER  IN WHICH TO APPLY FOR SUCH
PROGRAMS; AND
  (D) BE PROVIDED IN A MANNER AND THE LANGUAGE WHICH IS MOST APPROPRIATE
FOR THE COMMUNITY TO WHICH THE  OUTREACH,  INFORMATION  AND  EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES ARE TO BE PROVIDED.
  (II)  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS NECES-
SARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  PARAGRAPH.  IN  ADDITION,  THE
DEPARTMENT  SHALL  PROVIDE ALL EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS NECESSARY TO IMPLE-
MENT THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH  AND  SHALL  PAY  THE  COSTS  OF
DISTRIBUTING SUCH MATERIALS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it  shall  have become a law; provided, however, that any actions neces-
sary for the implementation of the provisions of this act on its  effec-
tive  date  are  authorized  and  directed to be taken on or before such
date.