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Assembly Bill A5838

2011-2012 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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2011-A5838 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง369-ee, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A5229

2011-A5838 (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.

2011-A5838 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5838

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 2, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. P. RIVERA, JACOBS, GOTTFRIED, V. LOPEZ, CLARK --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, GLICK, MILLMAN, ORTIZ, SCARBOR-
  OUGH, 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.
                                                           LBD00009-01-1

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