Assembly Bill A10302

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the department of social services to implement regulations relating to the redetermination of eligibility for certain persons receiving Medicaid in the Aged, Blind and Disabled category

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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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2019-A10302 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §366-a, Soc Serv L

2019-A10302 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2019-A10302 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10302
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 15, 2020
                                ___________
 
 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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