Bill Text: NY S01241 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires written notice to individuals eligible for the excess income program of the option to participate in a qualifying pooled trust as a means of qualifying for medical assistance.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-12 - SUBSTITUTED BY A5175A [S01241 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01241-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1241--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 6, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  ORTT,  CARLUCCI, GALLIVAN, HAMILTON, RANZENHOFER,
          ROBACH -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
          committed  to  the  Committee  on Health -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to notice of deter-
          mination of eligibility for medical assistance
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 5 of section 366 of the social
     2  services law, as relettered by section 26-a of part C of chapter 109  of
     3  the laws of 2006, is relettered paragraph (g) and a new paragraph (f) is
     4  added to read as follows:
     5    (f)  The  department shall provide written notice under this paragraph
     6  to an applicant for or recipient of medical assistance who is or reason-
     7  ably appears to be eligible for medical  assistance  under  subparagraph
     8  two  of  paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision one of this section, except for
     9  having income exceeding  applicable  income  levels.  The  notice  shall
    10  explain,  in  plain language, the rules for depositing income in a trust
    11  that may enable an applicant or recipient  who  is  disabled  to  become
    12  eligible  for  medical assistance under clause (iii) of subparagraph two
    13  of paragraph (b) of subdivision two of this section. The notice shall be
    14  included with the eligibility notice provided  to  such  applicants  and
    15  recipients.    The  notice shall include information on how to enroll in
    16  such a trust and how to request that the local social services  district
    17  rebudget medical assistance based on participation in such a trust. This
    18  paragraph shall not be construed to change any criterion for eligibility
    19  for medical assistance.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    21  it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04837-07-7