Senate Bill S5888

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 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-S5888 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6632
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L

2023-S5888 (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-S5888 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5888 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5888
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 21, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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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