Assembly Bill A6972

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to medicaid eligibility for youth leaving court ordered placement

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  • 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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2017-A6972 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2697
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §364-i, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6969
2011-2012: S3072
2013-2014: S956
2015-2016: A5923, S2877
2019-2020: A2927, S4205
2021-2022: A2417, A9256, S4766
2023-2024: S5748

2017-A6972 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to medicaid eligibility for youth leaving court ordered placement.

2017-A6972 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6972
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 28, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABINAN-
   TI,  ARROYO,  COOK,  DAVILA,  GOTTFRIED,  HOOPER,  JAFFEE,  MONTESANO,
   MOSLEY,  O'DONNELL,  ORTIZ, PERRY, WALKER -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to medicaid  eligi-
   bility for youth leaving court ordered placement
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 364-i of the social  services  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. YOUTH LEAVING COURT ORDERED PLACEMENT; PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY. (A)
 NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, YOUTH WHO
 HAVE BEEN PLACED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OR FOUR OF SECTION  353.3
 OF  THE FAMILY COURT ACT, SHALL BE PRESUMED ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAL ASSIST-
 ANCE UNDER THIS TITLE BEGINNING ON THE DATE OF THEIR RELEASE  FROM  SUCH
 PLACEMENT.
   (B) SUCH PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY SHALL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLIER OF
 THE DAY ON WHICH A DETERMINATION IS MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE ELIGIBILITY
 OF  THE YOUTH FOR ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE, OR IN THE CASE OF A
 YOUTH FOR WHOM AN APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO THIS  TITLE  IS
 NOT  FILED  ON HIS OR HER BEHALF OR WHO DOES NOT FILE AN APPLICATION FOR
 SUCH ASSISTANCE, SIXTY DAYS FROM THE RELEASE OF SUCH YOUTH  FROM  PLACE-
 MENT  ORDERED  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OR FOUR OF SECTION 353.3 OF
 THE FAMILY COURT ACT.
   (C) CARE, SERVICES AND SUPPLIES, AS SET FORTH IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 SIXTY-FIVE-A OF THIS TITLE, THAT ARE  FURNISHED  TO  A  YOUTH  DURING  A
 PRESUMPTIVE  ELIGIBILITY PERIOD UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION BY AN ENTITY THAT
 IS ELIGIBLE FOR PAYMENTS UNDER THIS TITLE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE  MEDICAL
 ASSISTANCE FOR PURPOSES OF PAYMENT AND STATE REIMBURSEMENT.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided however, that effective    immediately,  the
 office  of  children  and  family  services and the department of health
 shall promulgate any rules or regulations necessary for the  implementa-
 tion of this act on such effective date.

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