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Assembly Bill A5974

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to coverage for health care services under the basic health program for individuals whose immigration status renders him or her ineligible for federal financial participation

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2019-A5974 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3900
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §369-gg, Art 5 Title 11-D Head, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A880, S1572
2023-2024: A3020, S2237
2025-2026: A1710, S3762

2019-A5974 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides eligibility for services under the basic health program for individuals whose immigration status renders him or her ineligible for federal financial participation and who meet additional requirements.

2019-A5974 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5974
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in  relation  to  coverage  for
   health  care  services  under the basic health program for individuals
   whose immigration status renders him or  her  ineligible  for  federal
   financial participation

   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 3-a to read as follows:
   3-A. ALTERNATE ELIGIBILITY. A PERSON SHALL ALSO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE
 COVERAGE  FOR  HEALTH  CARE SERVICES UNDER THIS TITLE, WITHOUT REGARD TO
 FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION, IF HE OR SHE IS A RESIDENT OF NEW  YORK
 STATE,  HAS  HOUSEHOLD  INCOME  BELOW TWO HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL
 POVERTY LINE AS DEFINED  AND  ANNUALLY  REVISED  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES
 DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  AND  HUMAN  SERVICES FOR A HOUSEHOLD OF THE SAME
 SIZE, AND IS INELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION IN THE BASIC
 HEALTH PROGRAM UNDER 42 U.S.C. SECTION 18051 ON THE BASIS OF IMMIGRATION
 STATUS, BUT OTHERWISE MEETS THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS  IN  PARAGRAPHS
 (B) AND (C) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION. AN APPLICANT WHO FAILS
 TO  MAKE AN APPLICABLE PREMIUM PAYMENT SHALL LOSE ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE
 COVERAGE FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  TIME  FRAMES  AND
 PROCEDURES DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   §  2.  The  title  heading  of  title  11-D of article 5 of the social
 services law, as added by chapter 1 of the laws of 1999, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
             [FAMILY HEALTH PLUS PROGRAM] BASIC HEALTH PROGRAM
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of
 health shall make regulations and take other actions  reasonably  neces-
 sary to implement this act on that date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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