Bill Text: NY A10474 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides eligibility for the basic health program for individuals who have or have had a confirmed or suspected case of novel coronavirus, COVID-19, household income below two hundred percent of the federal poverty line as defined and annually revised by the United States department of health and human services for a household of the same size, and is ineligible for federal financial participation in the basic health program under 42 U.S.C. section 18051 on the basis of immigration status, but otherwise meets the eligibility requirements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-22 - referred to health [A10474 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10474-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10474

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 22, 2020
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        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gottfried)
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to eligibility  for
          the  basic  health  program;  and  providing  for  the  repeal of such
          provisions upon the expiration thereof

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

     1    Section  1.  Section  369-gg  of the social services law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
     3    3-a. Novel coronavirus, COVID-19 eligibility.  A person shall also  be
     4  eligible  to receive coverage for health care services under this title,
     5  without regard to federal financial participation, if he  or  she  is  a
     6  resident  of  the state, has or has had a confirmed or suspected case of
     7  novel coronavirus, COVID-19, household income  below two hundred percent
     8  of the federal poverty line as  defined  and  annually  revised  by  the
     9  United States department of health and human services for a household of
    10  the  same size, and is ineligible for federal financial participation in
    11  the basic health program under 42 U.S.C.  section 18051 on the basis  of
    12  immigration  status, but otherwise meets the eligibility requirements in
    13  paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision three of this section.  An  appli-
    14  cant  who  fails to make an applicable premium payment shall lose eligi-
    15  bility to receive coverage for health care services in  accordance  with
    16  the time frames and procedures determined by the commissioner.
    17    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be
    18  deemed repealed 60 days following the conclusion of the  state  disaster
    19  emergency  declared  pursuant  to executive order 202, provided that the
    20  commissioner of  health  shall  notify  the  legislative  bill  drafting
    21  commission upon the occurrence of the conclusion of such executive order
    22  in  order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effec-
    23  tive data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New York
    24  in furtherance of effectuating the  provisions  of  section  44  of  the
    25  legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.

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