Assembly Bill A3139

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes Medicaid coverage to disabled persons attending an out-of-state college or university who are in need of continuous medical care

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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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2025-A3139 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §366, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A5178
2013-2014: A346
2015-2016: A538
2017-2018: A2211
2019-2020: A2801
2021-2022: A3702
2023-2024: A1450

2025-A3139 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Medicaid coverage to a disabled person attending an out-of-state college or university who is in need of continuous medical care and is a domiciliary of the state of New York; authorizes continuous coverage for services and care such person received while in-state; requires persons eligible for the provisions of this section must show proof of enrollment every semester.

2025-A3139 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3139
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. ROSENTHAL, WEPRIN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services  law,  in  relation  to  authorizing
   Medicaid  coverage  to  disabled  persons  attending  an  out-of-state
   college or university who are in need of continuous medical care

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section    366  of  the social services law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
   17. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER OR
 ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A DISABLED PERSON  SHALL  BE
 ELIGIBLE  FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE WHERE SUCH DISABLED PERSON IS ATTENDING
 A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OUTSIDE OF THE STATE AND  SUCH  PERSON  REQUIRES
 CONTINUOUS MEDICAL CARE AND IS A DOMICILIARY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
   (B)  DISABLED PERSONS SHALL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR
 SERVICES AND CARE THEY RECEIVED WHILE IN THE STATE IF SUCH SERVICES  AND
 CARE ARE NEEDED WHILE ATTENDING AN OUT-OF-STATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.
   (C)  PERSONS  ELIGIBLE  FOR  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
 PROVIDE TO THEIR LOCAL DEPARTMENT  OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PROOF OF  ENROLL-
 MENT EVERY SEMESTER IN THE OUT-OF-STATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.
   (D) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION:
   (1)  "DOMICILIARY"  SHALL  MEAN  A PERSON WHOSE DOMICILE IS WITHIN THE
 STATE OF NEW YORK.
   (2) "DOMICILE" SHALL MEAN A FIXED, PERMANENT  AND  PRINCIPAL  HOME  TO
 WHICH A PERSON WHEREVER TEMPORARILY LOCATED ALWAYS INTENDS TO RETURN.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06313-01-5

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