Bill Text: NY A05175 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires written notice to individuals eligible for the excess income program of the option to participate in a qualifying pooled trust as a means of qualifying for medical assistance.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-3)

Status: (Passed) 2017-12-18 - approval memo.46 [A05175 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05175-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5175--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 6, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, MORELLE, BRONSON, SCHIMMINGER
          --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to notice of deter-
          mination of eligibility for medical assistance
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 5 of section 366 of the social
     2  services  law, as relettered by section 26-a of part C of chapter 109 of
     3  the laws of 2006, is relettered paragraph (g) and a new paragraph (f) is
     4  added to read as follows:
     5    (f) The department shall provide written notice under  this  paragraph
     6  to an applicant for or recipient of medical assistance who is or reason-
     7  ably  appears  to  be eligible for medical assistance under subparagraph
     8  two of paragraph (c) of subdivision one  of  this  section,  except  for
     9  having  income  exceeding  applicable  income  levels.  The notice shall
    10  explain, in plain language, the rules for depositing income in  a  trust
    11  that  may  enable  an  applicant  or recipient who is disabled to become
    12  eligible for medical assistance under clause (iii) of  subparagraph  two
    13  of paragraph (b) of subdivision two of this section. The notice shall be
    14  included  with  the  eligibility  notice provided to such applicants and
    15  recipients.  The notice shall include information on how  to  enroll  in
    16  such  a trust and how to request that the local social services district
    17  rebudget medical assistance based on participation in such a trust. This
    18  paragraph shall not be construed to change any criterion for eligibility
    19  for medical assistance.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    21  it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04837-06-7