Bill Text: NY A02927 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to medicaid eligibility for youth leaving court ordered placement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to ways and means [A02927 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02927-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2927
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 28, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. BARRON, HYNDMAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          ABINANTI,  ARROYO, COOK, DAVILA, GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, MONTESANO, MOSLEY,
          O'DONNELL, ORTIZ, PERRY, WALKER --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Health
        AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to medicaid eligi-
          bility for youth leaving court ordered placement
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  364-i  of  the social services law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
     3    9. Youth leaving court ordered placement; presumptive eligibility. (a)
     4  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the  contrary,  youth  who
     5  have  been placed pursuant to subdivision three or four of section 353.3
     6  of the family court act, shall be presumed eligible for medical  assist-
     7  ance  under  this title beginning on the date of their release from such
     8  placement.
     9    (b) Such presumptive eligibility shall continue through the earlier of
    10  the day on which a determination is made with respect to the eligibility
    11  of the youth for assistance pursuant to this title, or in the case of  a
    12  youth  for  whom an application for assistance pursuant to this title is
    13  not filed on his or her behalf or who does not file an  application  for
    14  such  assistance,  sixty days from the release of such youth from place-
    15  ment ordered pursuant to subdivision three or four of section  353.3  of
    16  the family court act.
    17    (c) Care, services and supplies, as set forth in section three hundred
    18  sixty-five-a  of  this  title,  that  are  furnished to a youth during a
    19  presumptive eligibility period under this subdivision by an entity  that
    20  is  eligible for payments under this title shall be deemed to be medical
    21  assistance for purposes of payment and state reimbursement.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    23  have  become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
    24  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    25  this  act  on  its effective date are authorized to be made on or before
    26  such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00019-01-9