Bill Text: NY A08146 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides public health insurance coverage for children who are eligible for such coverage under the age of six to continue until they reach the age of six.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to health [A08146 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08146-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8146

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    October 13, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the social services law and the public  health  law,  in
          relation to ensuring continuity of public health insurance coverage to
          children under six years of age

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

     1    Section 1.   Subparagraph 3 of  paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  4  of
     2  section  366 of the social services law, as added by section 2 of part D
     3  of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (3) A child under the age of nineteen who is determined  eligible  for
     5  medical  assistance  under  [the  provisions  of]  this  section, shall,
     6  consistent with applicable federal  requirements,  remain  eligible  for
     7  such assistance until the earlier of:
     8    (i)  for  a  child  between ages six and nineteen, the last day of the
     9  month which is twelve months following the determination  or  redetermi-
    10  nation of eligibility for such assistance; or
    11    (ii)  the  last day of the month in which the child reaches the age of
    12  nineteen; or
    13    (iii) for a child under the age of six:
    14    (A) consistent with applicable federal requirements, the last  day  of
    15  the month in which the child reaches the age of six;
    16    (B)  notwithstanding subclause (A) of this clause, a child may, at the
    17  election of the child's parent or legally responsible adult,  enroll  in
    18  the child health insurance plan under title one-a of article twenty-five
    19  of  the  public  health  law  if the child is eligible to enroll in such
    20  plan.
    21    § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 2511 of the public health law is amended
    22  by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
    23    (k) (i) A child who is under the age of six who is determined eligible
    24  for coverage under this  title,  shall,  subject  to  federal  financial

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  participation,  remain  continuously  eligible  for coverage through the
     2  last day of the month in which the child reaches the age of six.
     3    (ii)  Notwithstanding subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, a child may,
     4  at the election of the child's  parent  or  legally  responsible  adult,
     5  enroll  in  the medical assistance program under title eleven of article
     6  five of the social services law if the child becomes eligible  for  such
     7  program before the age of six.
     8    § 3. The commissioner of health shall, expeditiously and as necessary,
     9  submit  the  appropriate  waivers,  including, but not limited to, those
    10  authorized under section 1115, title XIX, or title XXI  of  the  federal
    11  social  security act, or successor provisions, and any other waivers and
    12  state plan amendments necessary  to  secure  federal  financial  partic-
    13  ipation under this act.
    14    §  4.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    15  have become a law.  Effective immediately, the commissioner of health is
    16  authorized and directed to add, amend, and/or repeal any rule  or  regu-
    17  lation  and to take other actions reasonably necessary to implement this
    18  act on such effective date, including the actions required under section
    19  three of this act.