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Assembly Bill A10054

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to eligibility under the basic health program

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2015-A10054 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง369-gg, Soc Serv L

2015-A10054 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to eligibility under the basic health program for certain individuals residing in the United States under color of law.

2015-A10054 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10054

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 6, 2016
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the social services  law,  in  relation  to  eligibility
  under the basic health program

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

  Section 1. Section 369-gg of the social services  law  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision 8-a to read as follows:
  8-A.  AN  INDIVIDUAL  WHO IS PERMANENTLY RESIDING IN THE UNITED STATES
UNDER COLOR OF LAW, AND WHOSE IMMIGRATION  STATUS  RENDERS  HIM  OR  HER
INELIGIBLE  FOR  FEDERAL  FINANCIAL  PARTICIPATION  IN  THE BASIC HEALTH
PROGRAM UNDER 42 U.S.C.  SECTION 18051, BUT OTHERWISE MEETS  THE  ELIGI-
BILITY  REQUIREMENTS  IN  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  THIS SECTION, SHALL BE
ELIGIBLE FOR THE BASIC HEALTH PROGRAM, WITHOUT REGARD TO FEDERAL  FINAN-
CIAL PARTICIPATION.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15271-01-6

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