S1814-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
• Jan 13, 2011: REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

S1814-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1814

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the social services law, in relation to imposing a ninety day
residency requirement for eligibility for medical assistance

PURPOSE AND JUSTIFICATION:
This bill would impose a ninety-day state
residency requirement for eligibility for Medicaid program services.
New York has one of the most generous Medicaid programs in the United
States. People from other states have taken advantage of this state's
generosity towards it residents and purposefully moved to New York
solely for the benefit of its charitable social programs. Imposing a
ninety-day state residency requirement before allowing individuals to
qualify for New York's Medicaid program would discourage individuals
from moving to the state solely for the purpose of receiving Medicaid
while preserving Medicaid services for the people who have made New
York their home.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 - amends Sec. 117 of the Social Services Law by adding a new
subdivision 4 to impose a ninety-day state residency requirement for
eligibility for Medicaid.

Section 2 - Effective date.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2010:-     S.6863/A.6779 - SOC. SERV/Soc. Serv;
2007-08:   A.4672
2005-06:   A.5463

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined. Cost savings to both counties
and state are expected.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the 120th day after it
shall have become law.
Effective immediately, the commissioner of Health is authorized to
promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take any other
measures necessary to implement this act on its effective date on or
before such date.

S1814-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         1814
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 January 13, 2011
 
 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:

 

Section 1.

Section 117 of the social services law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:

 4.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THE FOREGOING SUBDI
 VISIONS OF THIS SECTION OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, FOR THE  PURPOSES
 OF  ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO TITLE ELEVEN OF ARTI
 CLE FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISIONS THEREOF, NO  PERSON
 SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE  THEREFOR  UNLESS SUCH PERSON SHALL HAVE BEEN NINETY
 DAYS OR MORE A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately  the  commissioner  of
 health is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and
 take any other measures necessary to implement this act on its effective
 date on or before such date.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02536-01-1

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