Senate Bill S5625

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to pregnant and postpartum individuals and their children's health coverage and information

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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-S5625 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6902
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§366 & 365-a, Soc Serv L; amd Art 25 Title 3 §§2560 - 2563, §2500-k, Pub Health L

2023-S5625 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands coverage for pregnant and postpartum individuals and their children; establishes a health expense account program for pregnant and postpartum individuals; requires the creation of informative pamphlets on maternal depression.

2023-S5625 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5625 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5625
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law and the public  health  law,  in
   relation  to  Medicaid  expanding coverage for pregnant and postpartum
   individuals and their children, establishing a health expense  account
   program  for  pregnant  and  postpartum individuals, and requiring the
   creation of informative pamphlets on maternal depression
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Subparagraph  1  of  paragraph  (b) of subdivision 4 of
 section 366 of the social services law, as amended by section 3 of  part
 CCC of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  A  pregnant [woman] OR POSTPARTUM INDIVIDUAL eligible for medical
 assistance under subparagraph two or four of paragraph (b)  of  subdivi-
 sion  one  of  this  section  on  any  day of [her] THEIR pregnancy will
 continue to be eligible for such care and services for a period of  [one
 year]  TWO  YEARS beginning on the last day of pregnancy, without regard
 to any change in the income of the family  that  includes  the  pregnant
 [woman]  OR  POSTPARTUM  INDIVIDUAL, even if such change otherwise would
 have rendered [her] THEM ineligible for medical assistance.
   § 2. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of  section  366
 of  the  social services law, as added by section 2 of part D of chapter
 56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (2) A child born to [a woman] AN INDIVIDUAL eligible for and receiving
 medical assistance on the date of the child's birth shall be  deemed  to
 have  applied for medical assistance and to have been found eligible for
 such assistance on the date of such birth and  to  remain  eligible  for
 such  assistance  for  a  period of [one year, so long as the child is a
 member of the woman's household and the woman remains eligible for  such
 assistance  or  would  remain  eligible  for such assistance if she were
 pregnant] TWO YEARS, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CHANGE IN THE INCOME  OF  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07274-02-3
              

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