Bill Text: NY A00136 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes victims of World Trade Center attack and family members eligible for family health plus; except that employer does not receive additional subsidy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - referred to social services [A00136 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A00136-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          136
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. CAHILL, CLARK, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
         of A. BOYLAND, V. LOPEZ, PHEFFER, ROBINSON, WRIGHT --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Social Services
       AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to providing the
         families of the world trade center victims with health benefits
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subdivision 7 of section 369-ee of the social services law
    2  is renumbered subdivision 8 and a new subdivision 7 is added to read  as
    3  follows:
    4    7.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS OF LAW, AN INDIVIDUAL
    5  WHO MEETS THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF  SUBPARAGRAPHS  (I),  (II)  OR
    6  (III)  OF  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  SUBDIVISION  TWO OF THIS SECTION AND IS A
    7  SURVIVING VICTIM OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACK OF SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH,
    8  TWO THOUSAND ONE, OR A SURVIVING  SPOUSE  OR  DEPENDENT  OF  A  DECEASED
    9  VICTIM,  MAY  ENROLL  AND  RECEIVE  HEALTH CARE SERVICES PURSUANT TO THE
   10  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE ELIGIBLE  ORGAN-
   11  IZATION  THROUGH  WHICH  THE INDIVIDUAL ENROLLS SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO
   12  RECEIVE A SUBSIDY FOR PROVIDING SUCH COVERAGE TO SUCH INDIVIDUAL OR SUCH
   13  INDIVIDUAL'S FAMILY. THE COST OF SUCH  INDIVIDUAL'S  COVERAGE  SHALL  BE
   14  DETERMINED  BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT
   15  OF INSURANCE, AND THE REIMBURSEMENT TO SUCH ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION  SHALL
   16  BE NO MORE THAN THE COST OF PROVIDING SUCH COVERAGE.
   17    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
   18  have been in full force and effect on and after March 1, 2003.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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