S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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300
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ, SHRESTHA, SIMON, TAPIA, SIMONE, COLTON,
WALKER, DAVILA, HEVESI, MAMDANI -- 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.
LBD01184-01-5
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