Bill Text: NY A05652 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the state to allow counties to opt out of the county cost of medical assistance payments to any new enrollees who have either never received such benefits or who have reenrolled after a period of absence; directs the commissioner of health to apply for any and all federal waivers required to implement the provisions of this subdivision.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-19 - referred to health [A05652 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A05652-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5652

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 19, 2025
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        Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, BRABENEC, DiPIETRO, MILLER, WALSH, MANK-
          TELOW,  LEMONDES,  GALLAHAN, SIMPSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          ANGELINO, K. BROWN, FITZPATRICK, FRIEND, HAWLEY, McDONOUGH,  PALMESANO
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

        AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to requiring the
          state to allow counties to opt out of certain Medicaid services

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

     1    Section  1.  Section  365-a  of  the social services law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
     3    11. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of  this  section  or  any
     4  other provision of law, on and after the effective date of this subdivi-
     5  sion,  the  state  is required to allow counties to opt out of providing
     6  optional medical assistance services  to  any  new  enrollees  who  have
     7  either never received such benefits or who have reenrolled after a peri-
     8  od of absence.
     9    (b)  The commissioner of health is authorized to apply for any and all
    10  federal waivers required to implement the provisions  of  this  subdivi-
    11  sion.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05083-01-5