Assembly Bill A6735

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Grants medical assistance eligibility for kidney transplant expenses for certain residents of New York

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A6735 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3577
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6056
2017-2018: S333
2019-2020: S5722
2021-2022: S2545

2023-A6735 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants medical assistance eligibility for kidney transplant expenses for residents of New York with end-stage renal disease who are otherwise eligible for benefits except for their immigration status.

2023-A6735 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6735
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing  the
   payment  of medical assistance for the provision of kidney transplants
   for certain residents of New York

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  365-a  of  the social services law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
   11. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE-K
 OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE, MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  SHALL  ALSO
 INCLUDE PAYMENT FOR SURGERY, MEDICAL CARE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS RELATED
 TO KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION FOR RESIDENTS OF NEW YORK WITH END-STAGE RENAL
 DISEASE  WHO  ARE OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE
 EXCEPT FOR THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS.  A RESIDENT OF NEW YORK SHALL  ONLY
 BE  DEEMED  TO BE ELIGIBLE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION IF HE OR SHE HAS
 UNDERGONE EMERGENCY RENAL DIALYSIS FOR A PERIOD OF  NOT  LESS  THAN  TWO
 CONSECUTIVE  YEARS  WITHIN  NEW  YORK  STATE, AS PROVEN BY SUCH MEANS AS
 SHALL BE DESIGNATED IN THE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on  the  first  day  of  January  next
 succeeding  the  date  on  which  it shall have become a law.  Effective
 immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regu-
 lation  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective
 date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective
 date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08082-02-3

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