Assembly Bill A7180

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to eligibility for medical assistance for infants up to age three

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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
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2023-A7180 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S329
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §366, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9294, S8438

2023-A7180 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides eligibility for medical assistance benefits for infants up to age three.

2023-A7180 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   7180
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to medical  assist-
   ance eligibility of infants up to the age of three years
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subparagraphs 2 and 3 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1  of
 section  366 of the social services law, as added by section 1 of part D
 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, are amended to read as follows:
   (2) A pregnant woman or an infant younger than [one year] THREE  YEARS
 of  age  is  eligible for standard coverage if his or her MAGI household
 income does not exceed the MAGI-equivalent of two hundred percent of the
 federal poverty line for the applicable  family  size,  which  shall  be
 calculated  in  accordance  with guidance issued by the secretary of the
 United States department of health and  human  services,  or  an  infant
 younger  than  [one  year]  THREE YEARS of age who meets the presumptive
 eligibility requirements of subdivision four of  section  three  hundred
 sixty-four-i of this title.
   (3)  A child who is at least [one year] THREE YEARS of age but younger
 than nineteen years of age is eligible for standard coverage if  his  or
 her  MAGI  household  income  does not exceed the MAGI-equivalent of one
 hundred thirty-three percent of the federal poverty line for the  appli-
 cable family size, which shall be calculated in accordance with guidance
 issued  by  the  Secretary of the United States department of health and
 human services, or a child who is at least [one year] THREE YEARS of age
 but younger than nineteen years of age who meets the presumptive  eligi-
 bility  requirements of subdivision four of section three hundred sixty-
 four-i of this title.
   § 2. Subparagraphs 2 and 4  of  paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  4  of
 section  366 of the social services law, as added by section 2 of part D
 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, are amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02234-01-3
              

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