Bill Text: NY S02697 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 2697 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to medicaid eligibility for youth leaving court ordered placement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S02697 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02697-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2697
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 17, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to medicaid  eligi-
          bility for youth leaving court ordered placement
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 364-i of the social  services  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
     3    9. Youth leaving court ordered placement; presumptive eligibility. (a)
     4  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law to the contrary, youth who
     5  have been placed pursuant to subdivision three or four of section  353.3
     6  of  the family court act, shall be presumed eligible for medical assist-
     7  ance under this title beginning on the date of their release  from  such
     8  placement.
     9    (b) Such presumptive eligibility shall continue through the earlier of
    10  the day on which a determination is made with respect to the eligibility
    11  of  the youth for assistance pursuant to this title, or in the case of a
    12  youth for whom an application for assistance pursuant to this  title  is
    13  not  filed  on his or her behalf or who does not file an application for
    14  such assistance, sixty days from the release of such youth  from  place-
    15  ment  ordered  pursuant to subdivision three or four of section 353.3 of
    16  the family court act.
    17    (c) Care, services and supplies, as set forth in section three hundred
    18  sixty-five-a of this title, that are  furnished  to  a  youth  during  a
    19  presumptive  eligibility period under this subdivision by an entity that
    20  is eligible for payments under this title shall be deemed to be  medical
    21  assistance for purposes of payment and state reimbursement.
    22    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    23  have become a law; provided however, that effective    immediately,  the
    24  office  of  children  and  family  services and the department of health
    25  shall promulgate any rules or regulations necessary for the  implementa-
    26  tion of this act on such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00318-01-7