Assembly Bill A3316

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Ensures that temporary protected status beneficiaries continue to receive Medicaid benefits

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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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2019-A3316 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1809
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §364-k, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10607, S7569
2021-2022: A8350, S4641
2023-2024: A9367

2019-A3316 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Ensures that temporary protected status beneficiaries continue to receive Medicaid benefits if the federal government ends the program.

2019-A3316 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3316
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, L. ROSENTHAL, CAHILL,
   BARRON,  D'URSO,  SIMON,  VANEL,  MOSLEY,  DE LA ROSA, DAVILA, ARROYO,
   BLAKE, ROZIC, PERRY, WILLIAMS, COLTON, WEPRIN,  JEAN-PIERRE,  DICKENS,
   CRESPO,  ORTIZ, HYNDMAN, LAVINE, BICHOTTE, RIVERA, DINOWITZ, PICHARDO,
   PEOPLES-STOKES, RICHARDSON -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  COOK,
   EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to ensuring that
   temporary protected status beneficiaries continue to receive  Medicaid
   benefits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
 364-k to read as follows:
   §  364-K.  TEMPORARY  PROTECTED  STATUS  BENEFICIARY'S  BENEFITS.   1.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW,  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  NOT
 CANCEL,  SUSPEND  OR  RESCIND  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  BENEFITS ISSUED TO A
 TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS BENEFICIARY IF THE  FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT  ENDS
 THE  DESIGNATION  OF  TEMPORARY  PROTECTED  STATUS FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL'S
 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW,  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL
 EXTEND  ELIGIBILITY  FOR  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  BENEFITS  TO  INDIVIDUALS
 FORMERLY GRANTED TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS IF THEY  MEET  ALL  REQUIRE-
 MENTS OTHER THAN THE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO IMMIGRATION STATUS.
   3.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
 NOT CANCEL, SUSPEND OR RESCIND MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  BENEFITS  ISSUED  TO
 INDIVIDUALS  ENROLLED  IN  THE  FEDERAL  DEFERRED  ACTION  FOR CHILDHOOD
 ARRIVALS PROGRAM WHEN THE PROGRAM IS ENDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
   4. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW,  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL
 EXTEND  ELIGIBILITY  FOR  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  BENEFITS  TO  INDIVIDUALS
 FORMERLY ENROLLED IN THE FEDERAL DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD  ARRIVALS
 PROGRAM  IF  THEY  MEET  ALL  REQUIREMENTS  OTHER  THAN THE REQUIREMENTS
 RELATED TO IMMIGRATION STATUS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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