Bill Text: NY A09156 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends the coverage period for medical assistance to a period of one year beginning on the last day of pregnancy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-04 - reported referred to ways and means [A09156 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09156-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9156

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 23, 2020
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        Introduced   by   M.   of  A.  GOTTFRIED,  McDONALD,  THIELE,  ABINANTI,
          DE LA ROSA, EPSTEIN, SEAWRIGHT, SIMOTAS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
          A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  extending  the
          Medicaid coverage period for pregnancy

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

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section
     2  366 of the social services law, as added by section 1 of part D of chap-
     3  ter 56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (3) cooperates with the appropriate social services  official  or  the
     5  department  in  establishing paternity or in establishing, modifying, or
     6  enforcing a support order with respect to his or  her  child;  provided,
     7  however,  that  nothing herein contained shall be construed to require a
     8  payment under this title for care or services, the cost of which may  be
     9  met in whole or in part by a third party; notwithstanding the foregoing,
    10  a  social  services  official  shall not require such cooperation if the
    11  social services official or the department determines that such  actions
    12  would  be  detrimental  to the best interest of the child, applicant, or
    13  recipient, or with respect to pregnant women during pregnancy and during
    14  the sixty-day period, or one year period if there is  federal  financial
    15  participation,  beginning  on  the  last day of pregnancy, in accordance
    16  with procedures and criteria established by regulations of  the  depart-
    17  ment consistent with federal law; and
    18    §  2.  Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 366
    19  of the social services law, as added by section 2 of part D  of  chapter
    20  56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
    21    (1)  A  pregnant  woman eligible for medical assistance under subpara-
    22  graph two or four of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section on
    23  any day of her pregnancy will continue to be eligible for such care  and
    24  services  through the end of the month in which the sixtieth day follow-
    25  ing the end of the pregnancy occurs, or for a period of one year follow-
    26  ing  the  end  of  the  pregnancy  if   there   is   federal   financial
    27  participation,  without regard to any change in the income of the family

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  that includes the pregnant woman, even if such  change  otherwise  would
     2  have rendered her ineligible for medical assistance.
     3    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect immediately.   The commissioner of
     4  health shall immediately take all steps necessary  and  shall  use  best
     5  efforts to secure federal financial participation under title XIX of the
     6  social  security act, for the purposes of this act, including the prompt
     7  submission of appropriate amendments to the title XIX state plan.