assembly Bill A3020

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for 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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Feb 02, 2023 referred to health

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A3020 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2237
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§369-gg & 366, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A5974, S3900
2021-2022: A880, S1572

A3020 (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.

A3020 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3020
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- 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 FIFTY 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 IMMI-
 GRATION  STATUS,  BUT  OTHERWISE  MEETS  THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS IN
 PARAGRAPHS (B) AND (C) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. Within ninety days of the effective date  of  this  section,  the
 commissioner  of  health  shall  apply for any and all necessary waivers
 and/or approvals for utilizing monies in the basic health program  trust
 fund established pursuant section 97-oooo of the state finance law, or a
 pass-through  fund  for  the  purposes of implementing and operating the
 basic health plan for individuals made eligible for coverage pursuant to
 subdivision 3-a of section 369-gg of the social services law. Within ten
 days of a final federal determination being made related to the  use  of
 such  funds,  the  commissioner of health shall notify the chairs of the
 assembly ways and means committee  and  senate  finance  committee,  the
 chairs  of the assembly and senate health committee, and the legislative
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04552-01-3