Bill Text: NY S01411 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Extends the coverage period for medical assistance to a period of one year beginning on the last day of pregnancy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-06-03 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S01411 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S01411-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1411--B

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 12, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  RIVERA,  ADDABBO, BIAGGI, BRESLIN, BROUK, COMRIE,
          GAUGHRAN, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, KAPLAN,  KENNEDY,  KRUEGER,  LIU,
          MAY,  MYRIE,  PARKER,  RAMOS,  SALAZAR,  SEPULVEDA,  SERRANO, SKOUFIS,
          THOMAS -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
          committed  to  the Committee on Health -- reported favorably from said
          committee and committed to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accord-
          ance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  -- reported favorably from said
          committee and committed to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to extending the
          Medicaid coverage period for pregnancy

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

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section
     2  366 of the social services law, as added by section 1 of part D of chap-
     3  ter 56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (3)  cooperates  with  the appropriate social services official or the
     5  department in establishing paternity or in establishing,  modifying,  or
     6  enforcing  a  support  order with respect to his or her child; provided,
     7  however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to  require  a
     8  payment  under this title for care or services, the cost of which may be
     9  met in whole or in part by a third party; notwithstanding the foregoing,
    10  a social services official shall not require  such  cooperation  if  the
    11  social  services official or the department determines that such actions
    12  would be detrimental to the best interest of the  child,  applicant,  or
    13  recipient, or with respect to pregnant women during pregnancy and during
    14  the  [sixty-day] one year period beginning on the last day of pregnancy,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  in accordance with procedures and criteria established by regulations of
     2  the department consistent with federal law; and
     3    §  2.  Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 366
     4  of the social services law, as added by section 2 of part D  of  chapter
     5  56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
     6    (1)  A  pregnant  woman eligible for medical assistance under subpara-
     7  graph two or four of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section on
     8  any day of her pregnancy will continue to be eligible for such care  and
     9  services [through the end of the month in which the sixtieth day follow-
    10  ing  the end of the pregnancy occurs] for a period of one year following
    11  the end of the pregnancy, without regard to any change in the income  of
    12  the  family that includes the pregnant woman, even if such change other-
    13  wise would have rendered her ineligible for medical assistance.
    14    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    15  it shall have become a law. Effectively immediately, the commissioner of
    16  health shall make regulations and take actions reasonably  necessary  to
    17  implement  this  act  on that date, including taking all steps necessary
    18  and using best efforts to secure  federal  financial  participation  for
    19  eligible  beneficiaries  under title XIX of the social security act, for
    20  the purposes of this act, including the prompt submission of appropriate
    21  amendments to the medical assistance state plan.
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