Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 12, 2012 | held for consideration in social services |
Jan 04, 2012 | referred to social services |
Jan 14, 2011 | referred to social services |
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Co-Sponsors
"William Boyland
Mark J.F. Schroeder
Dennis H. Gabryszak
Donald R. Miller
Multi-Sponsors
Joseph Giglio
Earlene Hooper
William Magee
Naomi Rivera
A2285 (ACTIVE) - Details
A2285 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes local social services to choose which state-required but not federally-required medicaid services to provide to eligible persons and which categories of eligibility to cover; directs the commissioner of health to apply for necessary waivers, promulgate rules and regulations, and establish necessary procedures.
A2285 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2285 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 14, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, BOYLAND, SCHROEDER, GABRYSZAK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GIGLIO, HOOPER, MAGEE, N. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to allowing local social services districts discretion to provide certain medicaid services and to cover certain categories of eligibility THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 365-a of the social services law is amended by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows: 10. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR OF ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR OTHER LAW, EACH LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO DETERMINE WHICH, IF ANY, SERVICES IT CHOOSES TO PROVIDE TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS OF THOSE SERVICES OTHERWISE REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE STATE LAW BUT NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY FEDERAL LAW. S 2. Section 366 of the social services law is amended by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows: 10. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR OF ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR OTHER LAW, EACH LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO DETERMINE TO WHICH, IF ANY, CATEGORIES OF ELIGIBILITY IT CHOOSES TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE OTHERWISE REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE STATE LAW BUT NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY FEDERAL LAW. S 3. The commissioner of health: 1. is authorized and directed to apply for any and all federal waiv- ers required to implement the provisions of subdivision 10 of section 365-a and subdivision 10 of section 366 of the social services law; 2. shall promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement this act, including but not limit- ed to developing a services and eligibility plan and distributing the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02600-01-1