Bill Text: NY A06958 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that the "look back" period for medical assistance eligibility for transfer of real property commences on filing the certificate of transfer with the county clerk.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-13 - held for consideration in health [A06958 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A06958-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6958 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 27, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FINCH, KOLB, MORINELLO, BLANKENBUSH, LAWRENCE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to determining the "look back" period for medical assistance eligibility The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 366 of the social 2 services law, as amended by section 25 of part C of chapter 109 of the 3 laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: 4 (a) In determining the initial or continuing eligibility of any person 5 for assistance under this title, there shall be included in the amount 6 of resources considered available to such person the uncompensated value 7 of any resource transferred prior to the date of application for medical 8 assistance as specified in paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this 9 subdivision, and such person shall be ineligible for such assistance for 10 such period or periods as specified in this subdivision. For the 11 purposes of determining medical assistance eligibility, the date of 12 transfer, shall be deemed as the date in which the certificate of real 13 property transfer is filed with the clerk in the county where such 14 transaction has occurred. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05538-01-9
