Assembly Bill A8281

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires undocumented immigrants to submit to the same level of health background check and be vaccinated in order to use certain state resources

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A8281 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §122, Soc Serv L

2023-A8281 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires undocumented immigrants to submit to the same level of health background check and be vaccinated in order to use certain state resources.

2023-A8281 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8281
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring undoc-
   umented immigrants to submit to the same level  of  health  background
   check and be vaccinated in order to use certain state resources

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 122 of the social services law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. NO PERSON LACKING LAWFUL IMMIGRANT STATUS  SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR
 STATE  PAYMENTS FOR AGED, BLIND AND DISABLED PERSONS, FAMILY ASSISTANCE,
 SAFETY NET ASSISTANCE, SERVICES FUNDED UNDER TITLE  XX  OF  THE  FEDERAL
 SOCIAL  SECURITY  ACT,  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE,  OR ANY OTHER ASSISTANCE OR
 PROGRAM UNDER THIS CHAPTER UNLESS SUCH PERSON:
   (A) HAS BEEN IMMUNIZED AGAINST POLIOMYELITIS, MUMPS, MEASLES, DIPHTHE-
 RIA, RUBELLA, VARICELLA, HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B (HIB), PERTUSSIS,
 TETANUS, PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE, MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE, HEPATITIS A, HEPA-
 TITIS B, INFLUENZA, ROTAVIRUS, AND  COVID-19;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THIS
 PARAGRAPH  SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE NOT MEDICALLY APPROPRIATE OR WHERE SUCH
 PERSON HAS CONSENTED TO AND IS RECEIVING A COURSE OF  REQUIRED  VACCINA-
 TIONS;
   (B)  BEFORE RECEIVING SUCH PAYMENTS, HAS A NEGATIVE SCREENING TEST FOR
 GONORRHEA, HANSEN'S DISEASE, SYPHILIS,  TUBERCULOSIS,  ANY  COMMUNICABLE
 DISEASE  WHICH  MAY  MAKE  A PERSON SUBJECT TO QUARANTINE, AND ANY OTHER
 COMMUNICABLE DISEASE WHICH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH  DEEMS  OF  PUBLIC
 HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE UNLESS SUCH PERSON HAS CONSENTED TO AND IS RECEIVING
 APPROPRIATE TREATMENT FOR ANY SUCH COMMUNICABLE DISEASE WHICH RETURNED A
 POSITIVE SCREENING TEST; AND
   (C) HAS NOT BEEN FOUND TO HAVE A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISORDER WHICH HAS
 AN ASSOCIATED HARMFUL BEHAVIOR.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13250-03-3
 A. 8281                             2

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