STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5722 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 13, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- 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 aliens 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. 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. LBD11485-01-9