Assembly Bill A300

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Grants medical assistance eligibility for organ transplant expenses for certain residents of New York

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A300 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6632

2025-A300 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants medical assistance eligibility for organ transplant expenses for residents of New York who are otherwise eligible for benefits except for their immigration status.

2025-A300 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    300
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CRUZ, SHRESTHA, SIMON, TAPIA, SIMONE, COLTON,
   WALKER, DAVILA, HEVESI, MAMDANI --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing the
   payment of medical assistance for the provision of  organ  transplants
   for certain residents of New York
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 365-a of the social  services  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
   11. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE-K
 OR  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SHALL ALSO
 INCLUDE PAYMENT FOR SURGERY, MEDICAL CARE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS RELATED
 TO ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION FOR RESIDENTS OF NEW  YORK  WHO  ARE  OTHERWISE
 ELIGIBLE  FOR  BENEFITS  PURSUANT  TO  THIS TITLE EXCEPT FOR THEIR IMMI-
 GRATION STATUS.   A RESIDENT OF NEW YORK SHALL  ONLY  BE  DEEMED  TO  BE
 ELIGIBLE  PURSUANT  TO THIS SUBDIVISION IF THE ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION HAS
 BEEN DEEMED MEDICALLY NECESSARY, AS PROVEN BY SUCH  MEANS  AS  SHALL  BE
 DESIGNATED IN THE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.  Effective  immediate-
 ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01184-01-5

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