Bill Text: NY A07155 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the date of enrollment in the child health insurance plan; establishes date of enrollment as the date of the child's birth, if the applicant for insurance applies prior to the child's birth or up to 60 days following the child's birth, or on the date the applicant for insurance applies for coverage if the application is made more than 60 days after the child's birth.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-18 - substituted by s4745b [A07155 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07155-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        7155--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 27, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Health -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health  law, in relation to the date of
         enrollment in the child health insurance plan
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph  (g) of subdivision 2 of
    2  section 2511 of the public health law, as amended by section 29 of  part
    3  A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (i)  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary
    5  and subject to the availability of federal financial participation under
    6  title XIX of the federal social security act, a child under the  age  of
    7  nineteen  shall  be  presumed  to  be  eligible for subsidy payments and
    8  temporarily enrolled for coverage under this title, once during a twelve
    9  month period, beginning on the  [first  day  of  the  enrollment  period
   10  following  the  date  that  an  approved organization determines, on the
   11  basis of preliminary information, that a child's  net  household  income
   12  does  not  exceed  the income level specified in title eleven of article
   13  five of the social  services  law  for  children  eligible  for  medical
   14  assistance  based on such child's age] DATE OF THE CHILD'S BIRTH, IF THE
   15  APPLICANT FOR INSURANCE APPLIED PRIOR TO THE CHILD'S BIRTH  AN  APPROVED
   16  ORGANIZATION  DETERMINES,  ON THE BASIS OF PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, THAT
   17  THE CHILD'S NET HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED THE INCOME LEVEL SPECI-
   18  FIED IN TITLE ELEVEN OF ARTICLE FIVE OF  THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW  FOR
   19  CHILDREN  ELIGIBLE  FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE BASED ON SUCH CHILD'S AGE, OR
   20  ON THE DATE THE APPLICANT FOR INSURANCE  APPLIES  FOR  COVERAGE  IF  THE
   21  APPLICATION IS MADE AFTER THE CHILD'S BIRTH AND AN APPROVED ORGANIZATION
   22  DETERMINES,  ON  THE  BASIS OF PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, THAT THE CHILD'S
   23  NET HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED THE INCOME LEVEL SPECIFIED IN TITLE
   24  ELEVEN OF ARTICLE FIVE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW FOR CHILDREN  ELIGIBLE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10056-05-5
       A. 7155--A                          2
    1  FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE BASED ON SUCH CHILD'S AGE.  The temporary enroll-
    2  ment  period shall continue until the earlier of the date an eligibility
    3  determination is made pursuant to this title or title eleven of  article
    4  five  of the social services law, or two months after the date temporary
    5  enrollment begins; provided however, a temporary enrollment  period  may
    6  be  extended  in the event an eligibility determination under this title
    7  or title eleven of article five of the social services law is  not  made
    8  within  such  two  month  period  through  no fault of the applicant for
    9  insurance for medical assistance. The  commissioner  shall  assure  that
   10  children  who are enrolled pursuant to this paragraph receive the appro-
   11  priate follow-up for a determination of eligibility for  benefits  under
   12  this  title  or  title eleven of article five of the social services law
   13  prior to the termination of the temporary enrollment period. The commis-
   14  sioner shall assure that children and their families are informed of all
   15  available enrollment sites in accordance with subdivision nine  of  this
   16  section.
   17    S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
   18  the amendments to paragraph (g) of subdivision 2 of section 2511 of  the
   19  public  health  law made by section one of this act shall not affect the
   20  expiration of such paragraph and shall be deemed to expire therewith.