STATE OF NEW YORK
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6451
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 1, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. MORELLE, GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, SCHIMMINGER, ZEBROW-
SKI, MAGNARELLI, GALEF, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
BROOK-KRASNY, COOK, GABRYSZAK, HIKIND, KELLNER, MAISEL, RIVERA, SWEE-
NEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the social services law and the insurance law, in
relation to directing the department of health to submit an amendment
to the plan for medical assistance; and to direct the department of
insurance to adopt any necessary conforming amendments to regulations
or other rules
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 367-f of the social services law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
3 4. The department of health is hereby authorized and directed to
4 submit to the federal department of health and human services a request
5 for the amendment of the plan for medical assistance, which is main-
6 tained in accordance with title XIX, or any successor title, of the
7 federal social security act, to adopt any and all standards that may be
8 developed by the federal department of health and human services pursu-
9 ant to section 6021(b) of the federal deficit reduction act of 2005, for
10 uniform reciprocal recognition of long-term care insurance policies
11 purchased under state long-term care insurance partnerships. Such
12 request shall be made within six months of the promulgation of such
13 standards by the federal department of health and human services, and,
14 except as required by such standards, such uniform reciprocal recogni-
15 tion of long-term care insurance policies shall apply without regard to
16 when a policy is issued.
17 § 2. Section 3229 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
18 subsection (c) to read as follows:
19 (c) The superintendent shall adopt such rules or regulations, or amend
20 such rules and regulations, as may be necessary to conform to the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 requirements of any amendment to the plan for medical assistance, which
2 is maintained in accordance with title XIX, or any successor title, of
3 the federal social security act, made pursuant to subdivision four of
4 section three hundred sixty-seven-f of the social services law.
5 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
