Requires the department of social services to implement regulations relating to the automatic redetermination of eligibility for medical assistance for a period of not less than two years for enrollees receiving Medicaid in the Aged, Blind and Disabled category who receive fixed income from the Social Security Administration; directs the commissioner of health to make any necessary amendments to the state plan for medical assistance, or apply for any necessary waiver or approval under the federal social security act.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10302
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 15, 2020
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Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Health
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring the
department of social services to implement regulations relating to the
automatic redetermination of eligibility for medical assistance for a
period of not less than two years for enrollees receiving Medicaid in
the Aged, Blind and Disabled category who receive fixed income from
the Social Security Administration
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 5 of section 366-a of the
social services law, as amended by section 12 of part D of chapter 56 of
the laws of 2013, is relettered paragraph (e) and paragraph (c) of
subdivision 5 of section 366-a of the social services law, as amended by
section 10 of part D of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The regulations required by paragraph (a) of this subdivision
shall provide that:
(i) the redetermination of eligibility will be made based on reliable
information possessed or available to the department of health or its
agent, including information accessed from databases pursuant to subdi-
vision eight of this section;
(ii) if the department of health or its agent is unable to renew
eligibility based on available information, the recipient will be
requested to supply any such information as is necessary to determine
continued eligibility for medical assistance under this title; [and]
(iii) for persons whose medical assistance eligibility is based on
modified adjusted gross income, eligibility must be renewed at least
once every twelve months, unless the department of health or its agent
receives information about a change in a recipient's circumstances that
may affect eligibility; AND
(IV) PERSONS RECEIVING MEDICAID IN THE AGED, BLIND AND DISABLED CATE-
GORY WHO RECEIVE FIXED INCOME FROM THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
(SSA) SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY REDETERMINED TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAL
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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