Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 30, 2010 |
notice of committee consideration - requested |
Feb 22, 2010 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to aging |
Aug 06, 2009 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6116
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2009-S6116 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S6116 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6116 TITLE OF BILL : An act in relation to increasing access to medicines for needy seniors through the outreach to and enrollment of eligible Medicare beneficiaries in the Medicaid program PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : The purpose of this bill is to establish the Medicaid outreach and enrollment program, which would increase the access of pharmaceuticals, for needy senior citizens and the disabled. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Establishment of the Medicaid outreach and enrollment program to be administered by the Department of Health. There shall be programs implemented by developing initiatives to identify Medicaid-eligible individuals who are not currently participating in the Medicaid program and to encourage those individuals to seek enrollment in the Medicaid program. The initiatives may include; mailings, advertisements, public service announcements, literature dissemination and community outreach.
2009-S6116 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6116 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E August 6, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DIAZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT in relation to increasing access to medicines for needy seniors through the outreach to and enrollment of eligible Medicare benefici- aries in the Medicaid program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "medicaid outreach and enrollment for qualifying medicare beneficiaries program". S 2. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds and declares that almost thirty percent of medicare enrollees have no cover- age for pharmaceuticals. Of that number nearly twenty-five percent are living below the federal poverty level. Under the medicaid program the state of New York provides pharmaceutical coverage for qualifying indi- viduals. There are many medicare beneficiaries in New York that qualify for medicaid services but are not enrolled and participating in the program. The legislature further finds that the medicaid outreach and enrollment for qualifying medicare beneficiaries program will identify those medicare enrollees who are eligible for medicaid services, but are not participating, through outreach initiatives. S 3. Medicaid outreach and enrollment program. There is hereby estab- lished the medicaid outreach and enrollment program ("program"). The program shall be administered by the department of health. The depart- ment of health shall implement and administer the program through the development of outreach initiatives to identify medicaid-eligible medi- care beneficiaries who are not participating in the medicaid program and to promote and encourage enrollment of these eligible individuals in the medicaid program. Initiatives may include, but shall not be limited to, mailings, advertisements, public service announcements, literature dissemination and community outreach. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10933-01-9
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