Senate Bill S1542

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  1542

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 13, 2015
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Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  directing  the
  department of health to contract with community-based and not-for-pro-
  fit  organizations  for  the  provision  of information on health care
  services and benefits available to immigrants

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

  Section  1.  Paragraphs (u) and (v) of subdivision 1 of section 201 of
the public health law, paragraph (u) as added by chapter 939 of the laws
of 1976 and paragraph (v) as added by chapter 474 of the laws  of  1996,
are amended and a new paragraph (w) is added to read as follows:
  (u)    engage  in  research  into the causes of rocky mountain spotted
fever and the prevention thereof and develop programs for the control of
ticks, insects and [anthropods]  ARTHROPODS  which  act  as  vectors  of
disease affecting man, within funds made available for such purposes[.];
  (v) act as the single state agency for medical assistance, pursuant to
section  three  hundred  sixty-three-a  of  the social services law, [as
amended by this chapter,] with responsibility to supervise the plan  for
medical  assistance as required by title XIX of the federal Social Secu-
rity act, or its successor, and to adopt regulations as may be necessary
to implement this plan[.]; AND
  (W)(I) WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED THEREFOR, CONTRACT WITH  COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS FOR THE PROVISION OF
OUTREACH,  INFORMATION  AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO NATURALIZED CITIZENS
AND ALIENS ON HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND BENEFITS WHICH ARE  AVAILABLE  TO
SUCH PERSONS. SUCH OUTREACH, INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL:
  (A) DESIGNATE WHICH HEALTH CARE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO SUCH PERSONS
IN THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY RESIDE;
  (B) INCLUDE THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06840-01-5

              

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  (1)  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, PURSUANT TO
TITLE ELEVEN OF ARTICLE FIVE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW,
  (2)  FAMILY HEALTH PLUS, PURSUANT TO TITLE ELEVEN-D OF ARTICLE FIVE OF
THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW,
  (3) CHILD HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN, PURSUANT TO TITLE  ONE-A  OF  ARTICLE
TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, AND
  (4)  ANY OTHER HEALTH BENEFIT PROGRAM THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS APPROPRI-
ATE;
  (C) PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE MANNER  IN  WHICH  TO  APPLY  FOR  SUCH
PROGRAMS; AND
  (D) BE PROVIDED IN A MANNER AND THE LANGUAGE WHICH IS MOST APPROPRIATE
FOR  THE  COMMUNITY  TO  WHICH THE OUTREACH, INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES ARE TO BE PROVIDED.
  (II) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS  NECES-
SARY  TO  IMPLEMENT  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH. IN ADDITION, THE
DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE ALL EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS NECESSARY  TO  IMPLE-
MENT  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH  AND  SHALL  PAY THE COSTS OF
DISTRIBUTING SUCH MATERIALS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that any  actions  neces-
sary  for the implementation of the provisions of this act on its effec-
tive date are authorized and directed to be  taken  on  or  before  such
date.