Assembly Actions -
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Feb 17, 2010 |
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Senate Bill S6863
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Social Services Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S6863 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S6863 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6863 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the social services law, in relation to imposing a ninety day residency requirement for eligibility for medical assistance PURPOSE OF THE BILL : This bill would impose a ninety-day state residency requirement for eligibility for Medicaid program services. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : § 1- Amends § 117 of the Social Services Law, by adding, a new subdivision 4 to impose a ninety-day state residency requirement for eligibility for Medicaid. § 2- Effective date. JUSTIFICATION : New York has one of the most generous Medicaid programs in the United States. People from other states have taken advantage of this state's generosity towards its residents and purposefully moved to New York solely for the benefit of its charitable social programs. Imposing a ninety-day State residency requirement before allowing individuals to qualify for New York's Medicaid program would discourage individuals
2009-S6863 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6863 I N S E N A T E February 17, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to imposing a nine- ty day residency requirement for eligibility for medical assistance THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 117 of the social services law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 4. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THE FOREGOING SUBDI- VISIONS OF THIS SECTION OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, FOR THE PURPOSES OF ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO TITLE ELEVEN OF ARTI- CLE FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISIONS THEREOF, NO PERSON SHALL BE ELIGIBLE THEREFOR UNLESS SUCH PERSON SHALL HAVE BEEN NINETY DAYS OR MORE A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the commissioner of health is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement this act on its effective date on or before such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03976-01-9
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