S02949 Summary:

BILL NOS02949
 
SAME ASNo same as
 
SPONSORTHOMPSON
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S903, Ed L; amd S369-ee, Soc Serv L; amd S2511, Pub Health L
 
Requires children attending public schools to provide proof of health insurance coverage; direct commissioners of education, public health and social services to use local facilitated enrollment programs to assist families with children in public school to obtain available health insurance coverage.
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S02949 Actions:

BILL NOS02949
 
03/06/2009REFERRED TO EDUCATION
01/06/2010REFERRED TO EDUCATION
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S02949 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S02949 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2949
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      March 6, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law,  the  social  services  law  and  the
          public  health law, in relation to requiring children attending public
          schools to provide proof of health insurance coverage
 

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The section heading of section 903 of the education law, as
     2  amended  by chapter 281 of the laws of 2007, is amended and a new subdi-
     3  vision 5 is added to read as follows:
     4    Students to furnish health certificates[; and] , dental health certif-
     5  icates and proof of health insurance coverage.
     6    5. Proof of health insurance  coverage  shall  be  furnished  by  each
     7  student  in  the public schools upon his or her entrance in such schools
     8  and upon his or her entry into the grades prescribed by the commissioner
     9  in regulations. Where a child is  unable  to  provide  proof  of  health

    10  insurance  coverage the superintendent shall provide such child's parent
    11  or legal guardian with contact information  for  facilitated  enrollment
    12  programs  established pursuant to section three hundred sixty-nine-ee of
    13  the social services law,  section  twenty-five  hundred  eleven  of  the
    14  public  health  law and section four thousand three hundred twenty-seven
    15  of the insurance law and shall send a notice regarding such student to a
    16  local organization contracted to provide facilitated enrollment  assist-
    17  ance pursuant to such sections.
    18    §  2.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 4 of section 369-ee of the social
    19  services law, as added by chapter 1 of the laws of 1999, is  amended  to
    20  read as follows:
    21    (a)  The  commissioner  shall  develop  and implement locally-tailored

    22  education, outreach and facilitated enrollment  strategies  targeted  to
    23  individuals  who  may be eligible for benefits under this title or title
    24  eleven of this article. Such strategies shall include, but not be limit-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10041-01-9

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     1  ed to, contracting with community-based organizations to perform  educa-
     2  tion,  outreach  and  facilitated enrollment. In awarding the contracts,
     3  the commissioner shall consider the extent to which  the  organizations,
     4  or  coalitions  of organizations, are able to target efforts effectively
     5  in geographic areas in which there is a  high  proportion  of  uninsured

     6  individuals and a low proportion of eligible individuals receiving bene-
     7  fits  under  title eleven of this article. In approving organizations to
     8  undertake activities pursuant to  this  subdivision,  within  a  defined
     9  geographic  region,  the  commissioner shall make a good faith effort to
    10  ensure that the organizations are broadly inclusive of organizations  in
    11  the  region  able  to target effectively individuals who may be eligible
    12  for coverage under this title or  title  eleven  of  this  article.  The
    13  commissioner,  and  any  organization  contracted to perform facilitated
    14  enrollment under this subdivision, shall provide updated contact  infor-
    15  mation  on  July  first  of  each  year  to any school district which is
    16  located within the area served by such organization. Where there  is  no

    17  organization  providing facilitated enrollment services covering an area
    18  in which a school district is located  the  commissioner  shall  provide
    19  such  school  district with facilitated enrollment services for students
    20  who are unable to provide proof of health insurance coverage pursuant to
    21  section nine hundred three of the education law.
    22    § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 9 of  section  2511  of  the  public
    23  health  law,  as amended by chapter 2 of the laws of 1998, is amended to
    24  read as follows:
    25    (a) The commissioner  shall  develop  and  implement  locally-tailored
    26  public education, outreach and facilitated enrollment strategies target-
    27  ed  to  children  who  may  be eligible for benefits under this title or
    28  title eleven of article  five  of  the  social  services  law,  and  may

    29  contract  with  community  based organizations including but not limited
    30  to, child advocacy organizations, providers, school-based health centers
    31  and local government. In  awarding  contracts,  the  commissioner  shall
    32  consider the extent to which such organizations, or coalitions of organ-
    33  izations,  are  able to target efforts effectively in geographic regions
    34  of the state where the proportion of children enrolled under this  title
    35  and  title  eleven  of  article five of the social services law is lower
    36  than other geographic regions of the state.  In  approving  entities  to
    37  undertake  activities  pursuant  to  this  subdivision, within a defined
    38  geographic region, the commissioner shall make a good  faith  effort  to
    39  assure  that  a  coalition is broadly inclusive of organizations able to
    40  target effectively children who may be eligible  under  this  title  and

    41  title  eleven  of  article five of the social services law.  The commis-
    42  sioner, and any organization contracted to perform  facilitated  enroll-
    43  ment  under  this subdivision, shall provide updated contact information
    44  on July first of each year to any school district which is located with-
    45  in the area served by such organization. Where there is no  organization
    46  providing  facilitated  enrollment  services covering an area in which a
    47  school district is located the commissioner shall  provide  such  school
    48  district  with  facilitated  enrollment  services  for  students who are
    49  unable to provide proof of health insurance coverage pursuant to section
    50  nine hundred three of the education law.

    51    § 4. Subdivision 9 of section  2511  of  the  public  health  law,  as
    52  amended  by  chapter  639  of  the  laws  of 1996, is amended to read as
    53  follows:
    54    9. The commissioner shall, within amounts available therefor, contract
    55  with community-based and other marketing organizations for  purposes  of
    56  public  education,  outreach,  and  recruitment  of  eligible  children,

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     1  including the distribution of  applications  and  information  regarding
     2  enrollment.  In awarding such contracts, the commissioner shall consider
     3  the marketing, outreach and recruitment efforts  of  approved  organiza-
     4  tions,  and  the  extent  to which such organizations are able to effec-
     5  tively target efforts in geographic  regions  where  the  proportion  of
     6  eligible  children  enrolled  under  this  title are lower than in other

     7  geographic regions of the  state.  Community-based  organizations  shall
     8  include,  but  not  be limited to: day care centers, schools, community-
     9  based diagnostic and treatment centers, and hospitals.  The  commission-
    10  er,  and  any  organization contracted to perform facilitated enrollment
    11  under this subdivision, shall provide  updated  contact  information  on
    12  July  first  of each year to any school district which is located within
    13  the area served by such organization. Where  there  is  no  organization
    14  providing  facilitated  enrollment  services covering an area in which a
    15  school district is located the commissioner shall  provide  such  school
    16  district  with  facilitated  enrollment  services  for  students who are

    17  unable to provide proof of health insurance coverage pursuant to section
    18  nine hundred three of the education law.
    19    § 5. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    20  the  date  on  which it shall have become a law; provided, however, that
    21  the amendments to subdivision 9 of section 2511  of  the  public  health
    22  law,  made  by section three of this act shall be subject to the expira-
    23  tion and reversion of such subdivision pursuant to chapter 2 of the laws
    24  of 1998, when upon such date the provisions of section four of this  act
    25  shall take effect.
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