Bill Text: NY S06421 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to retroactive enrollment in child health insurance plans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-04-08 - SIGNED CHAP.27 [S06421 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06421-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6421
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 8, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the public health  law,  in  relation  to  the  date  of
          enrollment in the child health insurance plan; to amend chapter 577 of
          the  laws  of 2015 amending the public health law relating to the date
          of enrollment in the child health insurance plan, in relation  to  the
          effectiveness  thereof;  and  to repeal certain provisions of such law
          relating thereto
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 2511 of the public health law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
     3    (i) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, rule  or  regu-
     4  lation:
     5    (i)  A  newborn  child who meets the eligibility criteria set forth in
     6  this subdivision or subdivision five of this section, as  determined  by
     7  an  approved  organization or the health insurance exchange marketplace,
     8  whichever is applicable, shall be enrolled retroactively  to  the  first
     9  day of the month in which the child is born, provided that the applicant
    10  for  insurance  submits  a completed and signed application and required
    11  information and documentation within sixty days of the child's birth.
    12    (ii) A newborn child shall be presumed eligible for  subsidy  payments
    13  under  this  subdivision or eligible for coverage under subdivision five
    14  of this section, provided that the applicant  for  insurance  submits  a
    15  completed and signed application within sixty days of the child's birth.
    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  child  is  born.  All
    20  other procedures and standards regarding presumptive enrollment applica-
    21  ble  to  eligible  children  enrolled  under this title and specified in
    22  state contracts with approved organizations or implemented by the health
    23  insurance exchange marketplace, whichever is applicable, shall apply  to
    24  presumptive enrollment of newborn children.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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