Bill Text: NY S00311 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that correctional institution officials shall provide instruction to and assist certain prisoners, at least ninety days prior to their release, to apply to receive Medicaid after their release.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-07 - DEFEATED IN CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S00311 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S00311-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 311 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, ADAMS, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HUNTLEY, KRUEGER, PARKER, PERKINS, SAMPSON, SAVINO, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring officials in corrections facilities to provide information to and instruct and assist certain prisoners in applications for Medicaid THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 618 of the correction law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. OFFICIALS OF CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION 4 AND INSTRUCTION TO AND SHALL ASSIST PRISONERS WHO WILL BE RELEASED FROM 5 THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN PREPARING AND APPLYING FOR THE HEALTH 6 INSURANCE PROGRAM KNOWN AS MEDICAID. SUCH OFFICIALS SHALL NOTIFY ALL 7 SUCH PRISONERS, AT LEAST NINETY DAYS PRIOR TO THEIR RELEASE FROM THE 8 INSTITUTION, OF THE MEDICAID PROGRAM, HOW TO APPLY TO RECEIVE MEDICAID 9 SO THAT THEY MAY RECEIVE IT AFTER THEIR RELEASE FROM THE INSTITUTION AND 10 HOW TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE AT THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION TO APPLY FOR 11 MEDICAID. 12 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02526-01-1