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A03156 Summary:

BILL NO    A03156 

SAME AS    No same as 

SPONSOR    Jacobs (MS)

COSPNSR    McEneny

MLTSPNSR   

Amd S122, Soc Serv L

Provides for eligibility for medical assistance for the treatment of an
emergency medical condition as defined in the federal social security act;
provides that eligibility determinations are to be made consistent with
provisions of the social services law.

A03156 Actions:

BILL NO    A03156 

01/24/2011 referred to social services
01/04/2012 referred to social services

A03156 Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.

A03156 Text:

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
       ________________________________________________________________________

                                         3156

                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                   January 24, 2011
                                      ___________

       Introduced  by M. of A. JACOBS, McENENY -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Social Services

       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to eligibility  for
         medical assistance

         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 122 of the social services law  is
    2  amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
    3    (I)  NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL PRECLUDE PERSONS WHO ARE ELIGI-
    4  BLE FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, EXCEPT THAT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IS LIMITED TO
    5  CARE AND SERVICES (NOT INCLUDING CARE AND SERVICES RELATED TO  AN  ORGAN
    6  TRANSPLANT  PROCEDURE)  NECESSARY  FOR  THE  TREATMENT  OF  AN EMERGENCY
    7  MEDICAL CONDITION AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 1903 OF THE FEDERAL
    8  SOCIAL SECURITY ACT FROM APPLYING  FOR  AND  RECEIVING  SUCH  ASSISTANCE
    9  PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL CONDITION. ELIGIBILITY DETER-
   10  MINATIONS  FOR  SUCH  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  SHALL BE MADE CONSISTENT WITH
   11  SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX-A OF THIS  CHAPTER,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
   12  LIMITED  TO  TIMEFRAMES  FOR ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS AND PROVISION OF
   13  IDENTIFICATION CARDS, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE ABSENCE OF AN  EMER-
   14  GENCY  MEDICAL  CONDITION  SHALL  NOT  BE CONSIDERED IN SUCH ELIGIBILITY
   15  DETERMINATIONS.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04317-01-1