Assembly Bill A7215

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides for the establishment of a medical assistance sponsor buy-in program by the department of health

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A7215 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง366 & 122, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A457
2011-2012: A3157

2013-A7215 (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.

2013-A7215 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7215

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 8, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. JACOBS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Health

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 16 to read as follows:
  16.  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.
                                                           LBD10453-01-3
              

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