Bill Text: NY S02545 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grants medical assistance eligibility for kidney transplant expenses for aliens.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S02545 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S02545-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2545

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 21, 2021
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        Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

        AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing the
          payment of medical assistance for the provision of kidney  transplants
          for certain undocumented persons

          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 11 to read as follows:
     3    11. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one hundred thirty-one-k
     4  or  any  other  provision of this article, medical assistance shall also
     5  include payment for surgery, medical care and prescription drugs related
     6  to kidney transplantation for aliens with end-stage  renal  disease  who
     7  are  otherwise  eligible  for benefits pursuant to this title.  An alien
     8  shall only be deemed to be eligible pursuant to this subdivision  if  he
     9  or  she  has undergone emergency renal dialysis for a period of not less
    10  than two consecutive years within New York  state,  as  proven  by  such
    11  means  as  shall be designated in the regulations of the commissioner of
    12  health.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on  the  first  day  of  January  next
    14  succeeding  the  date  on  which  it shall have become a law.  Effective
    15  immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regu-
    16  lation  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective
    17  date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective
    18  date.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06649-01-1