Bill Text: NY A05229 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing a family health plus sponsor buy-in demonstration program for qualified aliens

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to social services [A05229 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A05229-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5229
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 11, 2009
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       Introduced   by  M.  of  A.  P. RIVERA,  JACOBS,  GOTTFRIED,  ESPAILLAT,
         V. LOPEZ, CLARK -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  COLTON,  GLICK,
         GREENE,  JOHN,  MILLMAN,  ORTIZ,  SCARBOROUGH,  TOWNS -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Social Services
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  establishing  a
         family  health plus sponsor buy-in demonstration program for qualified
         aliens
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  369-ee  of the social services law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision 2-c to read as follows:
    3    2-C. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE DEPART-
    4  MENT SHALL ESTABLISH A FAMILY HEALTH PLUS SPONSOR  BUY-IN  DEMONSTRATION
    5  PROGRAM  IN  NOT MORE THAN SIX LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS AND SHALL
    6  PROVIDE HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO NOT MORE  THAN  FIVE  THOUSAND  PERSONS.
    7  SUCH  DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAM  SHALL  PROVIDE ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE
    8  SERVICES PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE  TO  QUALIFIED  ALIENS,  AS  DEFINED  IN
    9  SECTION  431 OF THE FEDERAL PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY
   10  RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1996(8 U.S. CODE 1641), WHOSE SPONSORS HAVE SIGNED
   11  AN AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 213A OF THE IMMIGRATION  AND
   12  NATURALIZATION ACT IF THE QUALIFIED ALIEN IS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE PURSUANT
   13  TO  SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION DURING THE PERIODS OF TIME FOR WHICH
   14  THE SPONSOR HAS MADE FAMILY HEALTH PLUS BUY-IN PAYMENTS TO  THE  DEPART-
   15  MENT  OF  HEALTH.  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF HEALTH SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND
   16  REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING FAMILY  HEALTH  PLUS  BUY-IN  RATES;  PROVIDED,
   17  HOWEVER,  THAT  SUCH  RATES  SHALL NOT EXCEED TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE
   18  COST OF THE FAMILY HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN COVERAGE PROVIDED TO THE QUALI-
   19  FIED ALIEN PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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