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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Jan 24, 2011 |
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Assembly Bill A3157
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JACOBS
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
William Colton
2011-A3157 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A3157 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides for the establishment of a medical assistance sponsor buy-in program by the department of health; program shall provide that qualified aliens whose sponsors have signed an affidavit of support shall be eligible for medical assistance during periods in which the sponsor has made buy-in support payments.
2011-A3157 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3157 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 24, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACOBS, COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing a medical assistance sponsor buy-in program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 366 of the social services law is amended by adding a new subdivision 14 to read as follows: 14. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL ESTABLISH A MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SPONSOR BUY-IN PROGRAM. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE THAT 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 NATURALIZA- TION ACT SHALL, IF OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE, BE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAL ASSIST- ANCE FOR SUCH PERIODS OF TIME FOR WHICH THE SPONSOR HAS MADE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE BUY-IN PAYMENTS TO THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT IN WHICH SUCH ALIEN RESIDES. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE BUY-IN PAYMENT RATES. SUCH RATES SHALL REFLECT THE PROJECTED AVERAGE COST OF NON-EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE COSTS AND SHALL BE SET ON A SLIDING SCALE BASED ON THE SPON- SOR'S INCOME. S 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 122 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 214 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows: (c) The following persons, not described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subdivision, shall, if otherwise eligible, be eligible for safety net assistance and medical assistance, except that medical assistance shall be limited to care and services (not including care and services related to an organ transplant procedure) necessary for the treatment of an emergency medical condition as that term is defined in section 1903 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04325-01-1
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