Bill Text: NY A08281 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires undocumented immigrants to submit to the same level of health background check and be vaccinated in order to use certain state resources.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-21 - held for consideration in social services [A08281 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08281-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8281

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    November 27, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Social Services

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring undoc-
          umented immigrants to submit to the same level  of  health  background
          check and be vaccinated in order to use certain state resources

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 122 of the social services law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
     3    7. No person lacking lawful immigrant status  shall  be  eligible  for
     4  state  payments for aged, blind and disabled persons, family assistance,
     5  safety net assistance, services funded under title  XX  of  the  federal
     6  social  security  act,  medical  assistance,  or any other assistance or
     7  program under this chapter unless such person:
     8    (a) has been immunized against poliomyelitis, mumps, measles, diphthe-
     9  ria, rubella, varicella, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), pertussis,
    10  tetanus, pneumococcal disease, meningococcal disease, hepatitis A, hepa-
    11  titis B, influenza, rotavirus, and  COVID-19;  provided,  however,  this
    12  paragraph  shall not apply where not medically appropriate or where such
    13  person has consented to and is receiving a course of  required  vaccina-
    14  tions;
    15    (b)  before receiving such payments, has a negative screening test for
    16  gonorrhea, Hansen's disease, syphilis,  tuberculosis,  any  communicable
    17  disease  which  may  make  a person subject to quarantine, and any other
    18  communicable disease which the commissioner of health  deems  of  public
    19  health significance unless such person has consented to and is receiving
    20  appropriate treatment for any such communicable disease which returned a
    21  positive screening test; and
    22    (c) has not been found to have a physical or mental disorder which has
    23  an associated harmful behavior.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13250-03-3
        A. 8281                             2

     1    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
     2  ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
     3  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
     4  sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
     5  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.