Bill Text: NY S04885 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits coverage under Child Health Plus to take effect retroactively to the first day of the month in which the application was submitted for children who meet the eligibility criteria, provided that the applicant for insurance submits a completed and signed application and required information and documentation within sixty days of the child's birth.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S04885 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S04885-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4885 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 16, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BROUK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to retroactive enrollment in the Child Health Insurance Plan The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subdivision 2 of section 2511 of the 2 public health law is amended by adding two new subparagraphs (iii) and 3 (iv) to read as follows: 4 (iii) A child who meets the eligibility criteria set forth in this 5 subdivision or subdivision five of this section, as determined by an 6 approved organization or the health insurance exchange marketplace, 7 whichever is applicable, shall be enrolled retroactively to the first 8 day of the month in which the application was submitted, provided that 9 the applicant for insurance submits a completed and signed application 10 and required information and documentation within sixty days of the 11 original application submission. 12 (iv) A child shall be presumed eligible for subsidy payments under 13 this subdivision or eligible for coverage under subdivision five of this 14 section, provided that the applicant for insurance submits a completed 15 and signed application within sixty days of the application submission. 16 Once eligibility is determined by the approved organization or the 17 health insurance exchange marketplace, whichever is applicable, on the 18 basis of preliminary information, the child shall be enrolled retroac- 19 tively to the first day of the month in which the application was 20 submitted. All other procedures and standards regarding presumptive 21 enrollment applicable to eligible children enrolled under this title and 22 specified in state contracts with approved organizations or implemented 23 by the health insurance exchange marketplace, whichever is applicable, 24 shall apply to presumptive enrollment of children. 25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09610-01-3