STATE OF NEW YORK
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6056--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
September 30, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing the
payment of medical assistance for the provision of kidney transplants
for certain aliens
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 365-a of the social services law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
3 10. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one hundred thirty-one-k
4 or any other provision of this article, medical assistance shall also
5 include payment for surgery, medical care and prescription drugs related
6 to kidney transplantation for aliens with end-stage renal disease who
7 are otherwise eligible for benefits pursuant to this title. An alien
8 shall only be deemed to be eligible pursuant to this subdivision if he
9 or she has undergone emergency renal dialysis for a period of not less
10 than two consecutive years within New York state, as proven by such
11 means as shall be designated in the regulations of the commissioner of
12 health.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of January next
14 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; provided,
15 however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
16 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
17 this act on its effective date is authorized and directed to be made and
18 completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11989-02-5
