Bill Text: NY A09320 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that the state shall seek federal authority to provide Medicaid coverage for transition services for high need inmates during the thirty days prior to release.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-01 - reported referred to ways and means [A09320 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A09320-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9320 IN ASSEMBLY February 18, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to medical assist- ance for certain inmates at local or state correctional facilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1-a of section 366 of the social services law, 2 as added by chapter 355 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 1-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the event that a 5 person who is an inmate of a state or local correctional facility, as 6 defined in section two of the correction law, was in receipt of medical 7 assistance pursuant to this title immediately prior to being admitted to 8 such facility, such person shall remain eligible for medical assistance 9 while an inmate, except that no medical assistance shall be furnished 10 pursuant to this title for any care, services, or supplies provided 11 during such time as the person is an inmate; provided, however, that 12 nothing herein shall be deemed as preventing the provision of medical 13 assistance for inpatient hospital services furnished to an inmate at a 14 hospital outside of the premises of such correctional facility or pursu- 15 ant to other federal authority authorizing the provision of medical 16 assistance to an inmate of a state or local correctional facility during 17 the thirty days prior to release, to the extent that federal financial 18 participation is available for the costs of such services. Upon release 19 from such facility, such person shall continue to be eligible for 20 receipt of medical assistance furnished pursuant to this title until 21 such time as the person is determined to no longer be eligible for 22 receipt of such assistance. To the extent permitted by federal law, the 23 time during which such person is an inmate shall not be included in any 24 calculation of when the person must recertify his or her eligibility for 25 medical assistance in accordance with this article. The state shall seek 26 federal authority to provide medical assistance for transitional 27 services including but not limited to medical, prescription, and care EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14078-02-6
