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A02211 Summary:

BILL NO	A02211
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Rosenthal L (MS)
COSPNSR	Weprin
MLTSPNSR	Perry
Amd §366, Soc Serv L
Authorizes Medicaid coverage to a disabled person attending an out-of-state college or university who is in need of continuous medical care and is a domiciliary of the state of New York; authorizes continuous coverage for services and care such person received while in-state; persons eligible for the provisions of this section must show proof of enrollment every semester.

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A02211 Actions:

BILL NO	A02211
01/17/2017	referred to health
01/03/2018	referred to health

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A02211 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2211
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 17, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
          A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the social services  law,  in  relation  to  authorizing
          Medicaid  coverage  to  disabled  persons  attending  an  out-of-state
          college or university who are in need of continuous medical care

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section    366  of  the social services law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
     3    16. (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this chapter or
     4  any other provision of law to the contrary, a disabled person  shall  be
     5  eligible  for  medical assistance where he or she is attending a college
     6  or university outside of the state and such person  requires  continuous
     7  medical care and is a domiciliary of the state of New York.
     8    (b)  Disabled persons shall continue to receive medical assistance for
     9  services and care they received while in the state if such services  and
    10  care are needed while attending an out-of-state college or university.
    11    (c)  Persons  eligible  for  the  provisions of this subdivision shall
    12  provide to their local department  of social services, proof of  enroll-
    13  ment every semester in the out-of-state college or university.
    14    (d) For purposes of this subdivision:
    15    (1)  "Domiciliary"  shall  mean  a person whose domicile is within the
    16  state of New York.
    17    (2) "Domicile" shall mean a fixed, permanent  and  principal  home  to
    18  which a person wherever temporarily located always intends to return.
    19    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    20  have become a law.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05367-01-7

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