STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10054 IN ASSEMBLY May 6, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to eligibility under the basic health program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 369-gg of the social services law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 8-a to read as follows: 3 8-a. An individual who is permanently residing in the United States 4 under color of law, and whose immigration status renders him or her 5 ineligible for federal financial participation in the basic health 6 program under 42 U.S.C. section 18051, but otherwise meets the eligi- 7 bility requirements in subdivision three of this section, shall be 8 eligible for the basic health program, without regard to federal finan- 9 cial participation. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 11 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15271-01-6