Bill Text: NY S05888 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grants medical assistance eligibility for organ transplant expenses for residents of New York who are otherwise eligible for benefits except for their immigration status.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S05888 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05888-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5888

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 21, 2023
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        Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- 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  organ  transplants
          for certain residents of New York

          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 organ transplantation for residents of New  York  who  are  otherwise
     7  eligible  for  benefits  pursuant  to  this title except for their immi-
     8  gration status.   A resident of New York shall  only  be  deemed  to  be
     9  eligible  pursuant  to this subdivision if the organ transplantation has
    10  been deemed medically necessary, as proven by such  means  as  shall  be
    11  designated in the regulations of the commissioner of health.
    12    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    13  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.  Effective  immediate-
    14  ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
    15  necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
    16  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09796-02-3