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Assembly Bill A5229

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes a family health plus sponsor buy-in demonstration program for qualified aliens in not more than 6 social services districts

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2009-A5229 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง369-ee, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A5838

2009-A5229 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a family health plus sponsor buy-in demonstration program for qualified aliens in not more than 6 social services districts and which shall have no more than 5,000 participants.

2009-A5229 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5229

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced   by  M.  of  A.  P. RIVERA,  JACOBS,  GOTTFRIED,  ESPAILLAT,
  V. LOPEZ, CLARK -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  COLTON,  GLICK,
  GREENE,  JOHN,  MILLMAN,  ORTIZ,  SCARBOROUGH,  TOWNS -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Social Services

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  establishing  a
  family  health plus sponsor buy-in demonstration program for qualified
  aliens

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

  Section  1.  Section  369-ee  of the social services law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 2-c to read as follows:
  2-C. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE DEPART-
MENT SHALL ESTABLISH A FAMILY HEALTH PLUS SPONSOR  BUY-IN  DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAM  IN  NOT MORE THAN SIX LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS AND SHALL
PROVIDE HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO NOT MORE  THAN  FIVE  THOUSAND  PERSONS.
SUCH  DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAM  SHALL  PROVIDE ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE
SERVICES PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE  TO  QUALIFIED  ALIENS,  AS  DEFINED  IN
SECTION  431 OF THE FEDERAL PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY
RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1996(8 U.S. CODE 1641), WHOSE SPONSORS HAVE SIGNED
AN AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 213A OF THE IMMIGRATION  AND
NATURALIZATION ACT IF THE QUALIFIED ALIEN IS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE PURSUANT
TO  SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION DURING THE PERIODS OF TIME FOR WHICH
THE SPONSOR HAS MADE FAMILY HEALTH PLUS BUY-IN PAYMENTS TO  THE  DEPART-
MENT  OF  HEALTH.  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF HEALTH SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND
REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING FAMILY  HEALTH  PLUS  BUY-IN  RATES;  PROVIDED,
HOWEVER,  THAT  SUCH  RATES  SHALL NOT EXCEED TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE
COST OF THE FAMILY HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN COVERAGE PROVIDED TO THE QUALI-
FIED ALIEN PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06692-01-9

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