Bill Text: NY A01238 | 2013-2014 | 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 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to health [A01238 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A01238-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1238
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. CAHILL, CLARK, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
         of A. BOYLAND, V. LOPEZ, ROBINSON, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Health
       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.
                                                                  LBD03657-01-3