Bill Text: NY S08514 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides information regarding termination of medicare part B coverage for the duration of incarceration to individuals committed to the department of corrections and community supervision.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-08 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S08514 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S08514-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8514

                    IN SENATE

                                      March 8, 2022
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
          Correction

        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing information
          regarding medicare part B coverage to certain individuals

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 71 of the correction law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 7-a to read as follows:
     3    7-a. Whenever  the  department  receives  information  that  a  person
     4  committed  to the department is a medicare part B recipient, the depart-
     5  ment shall provide to such person information regarding  termination  of
     6  medicare part B coverage for the duration of incarceration.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14459-01-2