Provides eligibility for the basic health program for individuals who have or have had a confirmed or suspected case of novel coronavirus, COVID-19, household income below two hundred percent of the federal poverty line as defined and annually revised by the United States department of health and human services for a household of the same size, and is ineligible for federal financial participation in the basic health program under 42 U.S.C. section 18051 on the basis of immigration status, but otherwise meets the eligibility requirements.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1585
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 11, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, DE LA ROSA, DINOWITZ, SEAWRIGHT,
SIMON, REYES, L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Health
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to eligibility for
the basic health program; and providing for the repeal of such
provisions upon the expiration thereof
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 3-a to read as follows:
3 3-a. Novel coronavirus, COVID-19 eligibility. A person shall also be
4 eligible to receive coverage for health care services under this title,
5 without regard to federal financial participation, if he or she is a
6 resident of the state, has or has had a confirmed or suspected case of
7 novel coronavirus, COVID-19, household income below two hundred percent
8 of the federal poverty line as defined and annually revised by the
9 United States department of health and human services for a household of
10 the same size, and is ineligible for federal financial participation in
11 the basic health program under 42 U.S.C. section 18051 on the basis of
12 immigration status, but otherwise meets the eligibility requirements in
13 paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision three of this section. An appli-
14 cant who fails to make an applicable premium payment shall lose eligi-
15 bility to receive coverage for health care services in accordance with
16 the time frames and procedures determined by the commissioner.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be
18 deemed repealed 60 days following the conclusion of the state disaster
19 emergency declared pursuant to executive order 202, provided that the
20 commissioner of health shall notify the legislative bill drafting
21 commission upon the occurrence of the conclusion of such executive order
22 in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effec-
23 tive data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New York
24 in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the
25 legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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