Bill Text: NY A05396 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5396

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides information regarding termination of medicare part B coverage for the duration of incarceration to individuals committed to the department of corrections and community supervision.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-11 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [A05396 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5396

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 10, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GUNTHER,  WEPRIN,  BURDICK  -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Correction

        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing information
          regarding medicare part B coverage to certain individuals

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 71 of the correction law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 7-a to read as follows:
     3    7-a.  Whenever  the  department  receives  information  that  a person
     4  committed to the department is a medicare part B recipient, the  depart-
     5  ment  shall  provide to such person information regarding termination of
     6  medicare part B coverage for the duration of incarceration.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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