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                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                                   I N  S E N A T E

                                   January 13, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services

       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to imposing a nine-
         ty day residency requirement for 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. Section 117 of the social services law is amended by adding
    2  a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
    3    4.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THE FOREGOING SUBDI-
    4  VISIONS OF THIS SECTION OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, FOR THE  PURPOSES
    5  OF  ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO TITLE ELEVEN OF ARTI-
    6  CLE FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISIONS THEREOF, NO  PERSON
    7  SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE  THEREFOR  UNLESS SUCH PERSON SHALL HAVE BEEN NINETY
    8  DAYS OR MORE A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   10  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately  the  commissioner  of
   11  health is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and
   12  take any other measures necessary to implement this act on its effective
   13  date on or before such date.





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