Senate Bill S5249

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to Medicaid eligibility for striking workers

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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-S5249 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3522
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §366, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A8500
2023-2024: S8839, A7039

2025-S5249 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to automatic Medicaid eligibility for striking workers.

2025-S5249 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5249 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5249
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. SALAZAR, BRISPORT, CLEARE, GONZALEZ, JACKSON, LIU,
   MAY, MAYER, SEPULVEDA, WEBB -- read twice  and  ordered  printed,  and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to Medicaid eligi-
   bility for striking workers

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 4 of section 366 of the social services law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
   (F) EMPLOYEES ON STRIKE.
   (1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,
 PERSONS  WHO  ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE COVERAGE DURING AN
 EMPLOYMENT STRIKE OR OTHER  INDUSTRIAL  CONTROVERSY  PURSUANT  TO  TITLE
 SEVEN  OF  ARTICLE  EIGHTEEN  OF  THE LABOR LAW ARE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAL
 ASSISTANCE COVERAGE DURING SUCH EMPLOYMENT STRIKE  OR  OTHER  INDUSTRIAL
 CONTROVERSY, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (2) MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO A PERSON UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL
 BE  LIMITED  TO THE PERIOD IN WHICH SUCH PERSON REQUIRES COVERAGE DURING
 AN EMPLOYMENT STRIKE OR INDUSTRIAL CONTROVERSY.
   (3) (I) THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL PROMULGATE  SUCH  REGULATIONS
 AS  MAY BE NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH. SUCH
 REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:  ELIGIBILITY  REQUIRE-
 MENTS;  A  DESCRIPTION  OF THE MEDICAL SERVICES WHICH ARE COVERED; AND A
 PROCESS FOR PROVIDING PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY WHEN A  QUALIFIED  ENTITY,
 AS  DEFINED  BY THE COMMISSIONER, DETERMINES ON THE BASIS OF PRELIMINARY
 INFORMATION THAT A PERSON MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR  ELIGIBILITY  UNDER
 THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (II)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
 UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH, RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO SUCH INDIVIDUAL  SHALL  NOT
 BE  CONSIDERED  NOR REQUIRED TO BE APPLIED TOWARD THE PAYMENT OR PARTIAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07029-01-5
 S. 5249                             2

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