Bill Text: NY A04228 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides that the "look back" period for medical assistance eligibility for transfer of real property commences on filing the certificate of transfer with the county clerk.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to health [A04228 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04228-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          4228

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 13, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health

        AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to determining the
          "look back" period for medical assistance eligibility

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 366 of the social
     2  services  law,  as amended by section 25 of part C of chapter 109 of the
     3  laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a) In determining the initial or continuing eligibility of any person
     5  for assistance under this title, there shall be included in  the  amount
     6  of resources considered available to such person the uncompensated value
     7  of any resource transferred prior to the date of application for medical
     8  assistance  as  specified  in  paragraphs  (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this
     9  subdivision, and such person shall be ineligible for such assistance for
    10  such period or periods as  specified  in  this  subdivision.    For  the
    11  purposes  of  determining  medical  assistance  eligibility, the date of
    12  transfer, shall be deemed as the date in which the certificate  of  real
    13  property  transfer  is  filed  with  the  clerk in the county where such
    14  transaction has occurred.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01337-01-3
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