Bill Text: NY A02488 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to making live organ donors eligible for free health insurance, term life insurance and student loan forgiveness.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-07-11 - enacting clause stricken [A02488 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A02488-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2488
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 19, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. HOYT, CONTE -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Insurance
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to making live
organ donors eligible for free coverage from family health plus; to
amend the insurance law, in relation to providing for a free term life
insurance policy for live organ donors; and to amend the education
law, in relation to creating a post-graduation tuition assistance
program for live organ donors
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 369-ee of the
2 social services law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vi) to read
3 as follows:
4 (VI) HAS DONATED AN ORGAN IN THE PREVIOUS TWELVE MONTHS. AN INDIVIDUAL
5 ELIGIBLE UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES
6 UNDER THIS SECTION NOTWITHSTANDING ANY ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIRE-
7 MENTS OUTLINED IN THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH PERSON SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR
8 HEALTH CARE SERVICES UNDER THIS SECTION WITHOUT PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS;
9 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH PERSON SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF
10 CO-PAYMENTS AND OTHERWISE SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS OF COST AND
11 SERVICES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION.
12 S 2. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 3240 to read
13 as follows:
14 S 3240. TERM LIFE INSURANCE FOR ORGAN DONATION. 1. AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
15 HAS MADE A LIVE DONATION TO A REGISTERED ORGAN DONATION ORGANIZATION OR
16 REGISTRY SHALL RECEIVE A FIVE YEAR TERM LIFE INSURANCE POLICY, UPON
17 APPLICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT, SO LONG AS SUCH APPLICATION IS RECEIVED
18 WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS OF THE DATE OF DONATION. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE
19 ON FORMS PRESCRIBED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.
20 2. THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH POLICY SHALL BE PROMULGATED BY THE
21 SUPERINTENDENT, AS WELL AS WHETHER SUCH POLICY SHALL BE RENEWABLE;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO PERSON ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH POLICY UNDER THIS
2 SECTION SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PASS OR OTHERWISE BE SUBJECT TO A PHYSI-
3 CIAN'S EXAMINATION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY CONSIDER
4 SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S HEALTH HISTORY AND MEDICAL RECORDS FOR ACTUARIAL
5 PURPOSES.
6 S 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 667-b to
7 read as follows:
8 S 667-B. POST-GRADUATION TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 1. RECIPIENT
9 QUALIFICATIONS. AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS MADE A LIVE DONATION TO A REGIS-
10 TERED ORGAN DONATION ORGANIZATION OR REGISTRY SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY
11 FOR A POST-GRADUATION TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM GRANT FOR THE PURPOSE
12 OF AMELIORATION OF STUDENT LOAN DEBT.
13 2. OPERATION. (A) THE POST-GRADUATION TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SHALL
14 BE GOVERNED BY ALL LAW, RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE TUITION
15 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PROVIDED HOWEVER:
16 (I) ELIGIBILITY FOR POST-GRADUATION TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AWARDS
17 SHALL BE LIMITED TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE RECEIVED AN ASSOCIATE'S, BACH-
18 ELOR'S, OR GRADUATE DEGREE FROM AN ACCREDITED DEGREE GRANTING INSTITU-
19 TION;
20 (II) MONIES DISBURSED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE MADE PAYABLE DIRECT-
21 LY TO A STUDENT LOAN PROVIDER FOR THE PURPOSE OF RETIRING SUCH DEBT;
22 (III) NO INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR MORE THAN ONE GRANT AS
23 PROVIDED FOR UNDER THIS SECTION.
24 (B) POST-GRADUATION TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM GRANTS SHALL BE AVAIL-
25 ABLE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING LIMITATIONS:
26 (I) FOR ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS WITH LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
27 DOLLARS IN OUTSTANDING STUDENT LOAN DEBT SUCH GRANTS SHALL NOT EXCEED
28 SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS;
29 (II) FOR ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS WITH MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
30 DOLLARS BUT LESS THAN FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN OUTSTANDING STUDENT LOAN
31 DEBT SUCH GRANTS SHALL NOT EXCEED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS;
32 (III) FOR ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS WITH MORE THAN FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
33 IN OUTSTANDING STUDENT LOAN DEBT SUCH GRANTS SHALL NOT EXCEED TWELVE
34 THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
35 3. REGULATIONS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGU-
36 LATIONS TO EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
37 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
