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Senate Bill S9589

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to coverage for New Yorkers losing insurance due to the implementation of HR 1

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2025-S9589 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10926
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 2 Title 7 §268-i, Pub Health L; amd §369-gg, Soc Serv L

2025-S9589 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for coverage for New Yorkers losing insurance due to the implementation of HR 1.

2025-S9589 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9589 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9589
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 26, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the social  services  law,  in
   relation  to  coverage  for  New  Yorkers  losing insurance due to the
   implementation of HR 1
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Title 7 of article 2 of the public health law is amended by
 adding a new section 268-i to read as follows:
   §  268-I.  STATE  PREMIUM  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM.  NO LATER THAN JANUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, THE MARKETPLACE  SHALL  ESTABLISH  AND
 ADMINISTER  A  STATE  PREMIUM  ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT OFFERS EQUIVALENT
 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO  ARE  LAWFULLY  PRESENT  IN  THE
 UNITED  STATES  AND  WHO  ARE  INELIGIBLE  FOR THE BASIC HEALTH PROGRAM,
 PREMIUM TAX CREDITS, OR COST SHARING REDUCTIONS, BASED  ON  THEIR  IMMI-
 GRATION  STATUS. THE STATE PREMIUM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SHALL OFFER EQUIV-
 ALENT LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE AS THE FEDERAL PREMIUM TAX CREDITS AND  COST-
 SHARING REDUCTIONS BASED ON THE ENROLLEES' INCOMES.
   §  2.  Paragraph  (d) of subdivision 3 of section 369-gg of the social
 services law, as separately amended by section 2 of part BBB of  chapter
 56 and section 86 of chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (d)  (i)  except as provided by [subparagraph (ii)] SUBPARAGRAPHS (IV)
 AND (V) of this paragraph, has household income at or below two  hundred
 percent  of the federal poverty line defined and annually revised by the
 United States department of health and human services for a household of
 the same size; and has household income that exceeds one  hundred  thir-
 ty-three  percent  of  the  federal  poverty  line  defined and annually
 revised by the United States department of health and human services for
 a household  of  the  same  size;  however,  MAGI  eligible  noncitizens
 lawfully present in the United States with household incomes at or below
 one  hundred  thirty-three  percent of the federal poverty line shall be
 eligible to receive coverage for health care services  pursuant  to  the
 provisions  of  this  title  if  such noncitizen would be ineligible for
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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