Assembly Bill A6632

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Grants medical assistance eligibility for organ transplant expenses for certain residents of New York

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A6632 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5888
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L

2023-A6632 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants medical assistance eligibility for organ transplant expenses for residents of New York who are otherwise eligible for benefits except for their immigration status.

2023-A6632 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6632
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing  the
   payment  of  medical assistance for the provision of organ transplants
   for certain residents of New York
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  365-a  of  the social services law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
   11. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE-K
 OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE, MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  SHALL  ALSO
 INCLUDE PAYMENT FOR SURGERY, MEDICAL CARE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS RELATED
 TO  ORGAN  TRANSPLANTATION  FOR  RESIDENTS OF NEW YORK WHO ARE OTHERWISE
 ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS PURSUANT TO THIS  TITLE  EXCEPT  FOR  THEIR  IMMI-
 GRATION  STATUS.    A  RESIDENT  OF  NEW YORK SHALL ONLY BE DEEMED TO BE
 ELIGIBLE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION IF THE ORGAN  TRANSPLANTATION  HAS
 BEEN  DEEMED  MEDICALLY  NECESSARY,  AS PROVEN BY SUCH MEANS AS SHALL BE
 DESIGNATED IN THE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing  the date on which it shall have become a law.  Effective immediate-
 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
 necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09796-02-3

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