Bill Text: NY A02938 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Authorizes the state to allow counties to opt out of the county cost of medical assistance payments to any new enrollees who have either never received such benefits or who have reenrolled after a period of absence; further directs the commissioner of health to apply for any and all federal waivers required to implement the provisions of this subdivision.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 21-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-01 - held for consideration in health [A02938 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A02938-Introduced.html

---

                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          2938
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 23, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  KOLB, RAIA, SALADINO, MONTESANO, McLAUGHLIN,
          STEC, BRABENEC -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  BARCLAY,  BUTLER,
          CROUCH,  CURRAN,  FINCH, FITZPATRICK, FRIEND, GIGLIO, GOODELL, HAWLEY,
          LOPEZ, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, OAKS, PALMESANO -- read once and  referred
          to the Committee on Health
        AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to requiring the
          state to allow counties to opt out of certain Medicaid services
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  365-a  of  the social services law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
     3    10. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of  this  section  or  any
     4  other provision of law, on and after the effective date of this subdivi-
     5  sion,  the  state  is required to allow counties to opt out of providing
     6  optional medical assistance services  to  any  new  enrollees  who  have
     7  either never received such benefits or who have reenrolled after a peri-
     8  od of absence.
     9    (b)  The commissioner of health is authorized to apply for any and all
    10  federal waivers required to implement the provisions  of  this  subdivi-
    11  sion.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03194-01-7