§ 369-m. Program eligibility and operations. 1. In accordance with
regulations of the commissioner, a social services district shall pay
all or part of the health insurance costs on behalf of a person with
AIDS who:

(a) is unemployed, or, if employed, currently is ineligible to
participate in health insurance through his or her current employer or
such employer offers no such plan; and

(b) participated in the plan of health insurance provided by his or
her prior employer and is eligible to continue or convert his or her
participation in such plan by assuming the health insurance costs
associated with such plan although no longer employed by such employer;
and

(c) resides in a household whose household income is less than or
equal to one hundred eighty-five percent of the poverty line.

2. For purposes of determining eligibility under this title, household
income shall be determined by use of the same methodology used to
determine eligibility for federal supplemental security income benefits,
provided that costs incurred for medical or remedial care shall not be
taken into account in determining household income; and, provided
further, that any resources available to such household shall not be
considered nor required to be applied to the payment of health care
expenses.