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Jan 06, 2016 |
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Jan 07, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S263
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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
2015-S263 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง369, Soc Serv L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S3103
2011-2012: S294
2013-2014: S443
2017-2018: S4917
2015-S263 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S263 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring that notice of potential liability be given to applicants for medical assistance or the family health plus program PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : Requires notice of potential liability to be given to applicants for medical assistance or family health care plus. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1. Amends the Social Services Law, section 369 by adding a new subdivision 8. Requires that an applicant for Medical Assistance and Family Health Care Plus shall be fully informed in writing that such applicant may be liable to reimburse the state or the local social services department for such medical assistance received or for benefits received pursuant thereto. Provides that the written notice shall describe the conditions under which the department or local social services district may impose a lien. States that the commissioner may provide such notices as part of the application for medical assistance. Section 2. Effective Date EXISTING LAW : None
2015-S263 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 263 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DIAZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring that notice of potential liability be given to applicants for medical assistance or the family health plus program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 369 of the social services law is amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 8. (A) NO RECOVERY ACTION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, SECTIONS ONE HUNDRED ONE, ONE HUNDRED FOUR AND ONE HUNDRED FOUR-B, PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX, AND PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN-A OF THIS CHAP- TER SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN INFORMED, IN WRITING, THAT HE OR SHE MAY BE LIABLE TO REIMBURSE THE STATE OR THE LOCAL DEPART- MENT FOR SUCH MEDICAL ASSISTANCE RECEIVED OR FOR BENEFITS RECEIVED PURSUANT THERETO. (B) THE WRITTEN NOTICE SHALL DETAIL, IN PLAIN LANGUAGE, THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT OR LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT MAY IMPOSE ANY LIEN ON THE PERSONAL PROPERTY OR ESTATE OF A RECIPIENT OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. (C) THE COMMISSIONER MAY PROVIDE SUCH NOTICE AS PART OF THE APPLICA- TION FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law; provided, that, effective immediately any rules, regulations and forms necessary to implement the provisions of this act are authorized and directed to be completed on or before such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00801-01-5
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