Bill Text: NY A05178 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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; persons eligible for the provisions of this section must show proof of enrollment every semester.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to health [A05178 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05178-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5178
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 14, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  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:
    1    Section  1.  Section    366  of  the social services law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
    3    14.  (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS OF  THIS  CHAPTER
    4  OR  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A DISABLED PERSON SHALL
    5  BE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE  WHERE  HE  OR  SHE  IS  ATTENDING  A
    6  COLLEGE  OR  UNIVERSITY  OUTSIDE  OF  THE STATE AND SUCH PERSON REQUIRES
    7  CONTINUOUS MEDICAL CARE AND IS A DOMICILIARY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
    8    (B) DISABLED PERSONS SHALL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE  FOR
    9  SERVICES  AND CARE THEY RECEIVED WHILE IN THE STATE IF SUCH SERVICES AND
   10  CARE ARE NEEDED WHILE ATTENDING AN OUT-OF-STATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.
   11    (C) PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL
   12  PROVIDE  TO THEIR LOCAL DEPARTMENT  OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PROOF OF ENROLL-
   13  MENT EVERY SEMESTER IN THE OUT-OF-STATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.
   14    (D) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION:
   15    (1) "DOMICILIARY" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHOSE  DOMICILE  IS  WITHIN  THE
   16  STATE OF NEW YORK.
   17    (2)  "DOMICILE"  SHALL  MEAN  A FIXED, PERMANENT AND PRINCIPAL HOME TO
   18  WHICH A PERSON WHEREVER TEMPORARILY LOCATED ALWAYS INTENDS TO RETURN.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   20  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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