Bill Text: NY S07147 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Extends the coverage period for medical assistance to a period of one year beginning on the last day of pregnancy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-22 - PRINT NUMBER 7147A [S07147 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S07147-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7147--A IN SENATE January 8, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- reported favora- bly from said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to extending the Medicaid coverage period for pregnancy The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 2 366 of the social services law, as added by section 1 of part D of chap- 3 ter 56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: 4 (3) cooperates with the appropriate social services official or the 5 department in establishing paternity or in establishing, modifying, or 6 enforcing a support order with respect to his or her child; provided, 7 however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to require a 8 payment under this title for care or services, the cost of which may be 9 met in whole or in part by a third party; notwithstanding the foregoing, 10 a social services official shall not require such cooperation if the 11 social services official or the department determines that such actions 12 would be detrimental to the best interest of the child, applicant, or 13 recipient, or with respect to pregnant women during pregnancy and during 14 the sixty-day period, or one year period if there is federal financial 15 participation, beginning on the last day of pregnancy, in accordance 16 with procedures and criteria established by regulations of the depart- 17 ment consistent with federal law; and 18 § 2. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 366 19 of the social services law, as added by section 2 of part D of chapter 20 56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: 21 (1) A pregnant woman eligible for medical assistance under subpara- 22 graph two or four of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section on 23 any day of her pregnancy will continue to be eligible for such care and 24 services through the end of the month in which the sixtieth day follow- 25 ing the end of the pregnancy occurs, or for a period of one year follow- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14484-09-0S. 7147--A 2 1 ing the end of the pregnancy if there is federal financial 2 participation, without regard to any change in the income of the family 3 that includes the pregnant woman, even if such change otherwise would 4 have rendered her ineligible for medical assistance. 5 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. The commissioner of 6 health shall immediately take all steps necessary and shall use best 7 efforts to secure federal financial participation under title XIX of the 8 social security act, for the purposes of this act, including the prompt 9 submission of appropriate amendments to the title XIX state plan.
