New York S 9224: Relates to educating nursing home residents about the role of legal counsel in applying for Medicaid and Medicare benefits

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S09224 Summary:

BILL NOS09224A

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SAME ASSAME AS A03350-A

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SPONSORGOUNARDES

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Amd §2803-c, Pub Health L

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Relates to educating nursing home residents about the role of legal counsel in applying for Medicaid and Medicare benefits.

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BILL NOS09224A

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02/17/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

02/18/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

02/18/2026PRINT NUMBER 9224A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9224--A

 IN SENATE

 February 17, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to educating nursing
 home residents about the role of legal counsel in applying for Medi-
 caid and Medicare benefits

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2803-c of the public health law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph s to read as follows:
 3 s. A statement, regarding the patient's right to seek legal assistance
 4 when applying for Medicaid and/or Medicare.
 5 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 6 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00366-05-6

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