New York S 4259: Relates to the establishment of a healthy birth grant demonstration program; excludes healthy birth grants from income for certain purposes

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S04259 Summary:

BILL NOS04259 

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SPONSORGOUNARDES

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Add §367-z, amd §§366, 131-a, 95, 97, 209 & 410-w, Soc Serv L; amd §612, Tax L; amd §§467, 467-b, 467-c,
459-c & 425, RPT L; amd §§11-245.3 & 11-245.4, NYC Ad Cd; amd §§236 & 240, Dom Rel L; amd §413, Fam Ct Act

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Relates to the establishment of a healthy birth grant demonstration program; excludes healthy birth grants from income for certain purposes.

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BILL NOS04259 

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4259

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing a
 healthy birth grant demonstration program; and to amend the social
 services law, the tax law, the real property tax law, the administra-
 tive code of the city of New York, the domestic relations law and the
 family court act, in relation to the exclusion of healthy birth grants
 from income for certain purposes

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

 1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 2 367-z to read as follows:
 3 § 367-z. Healthy birth grant demonstration program. 1. Healthy birth
 4 grant disbursement. (a) The commissioner shall seek a waiver from the
 5 federal department of health and human services pursuant to section
 6 eleven hundred fifteen of the federal social security act, or any
 7 successor provisions thereof, in order to establish the healthy birth
 8 grant program provided for in this section. On and after the effective
 9 date of this section, such program shall disburse a grant of one thou-
 10 sand eight hundred dollars per child to all households with new parents
 11 receiving medical assistance under this title during the third trimester
 12 of the pregnancy of such child. In the event that multiple individuals
 13 in a household meet the definition of "new parent" as provided in para-
 14 graph (b) of this subdivision, however, only one grant of one thousand
 15 eight hundred dollars shall be disbursed for such household. In the
 16 event that a pregnant individual is deemed presumptively eligible for
 17 medical assistance under subdivision six of section three hundred
 18 sixty-four-i of this title and receives perinatal care after the third
 19 trimester, such pregnant individual shall receive such birth grant at
 20 the time that such individual is determined to be actually eligible for
 21 such assistance under section three hundred sixty-six of this title.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07770-01-5

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 1 (b) For the purposes of this section, "new parents" shall mean all
 2 legal parents or guardians who meet the eligibility requirements for
 3 medical assistance under section three hundred sixty-six of this title,
 4 whether such individual is the biological parent of the child to be
 5 born, an adoptive parent under section one hundred nine of the domestic
 6 relations law, an intended parent under section 581-102 of the family
 7 court act, or an individual who has been awarded physical custody of a
 8 child under article five-a of the domestic relations law.
 9 2. Coordination with other benefits. (a) Notwithstanding any provision
 10 of law to the contrary, the healthy birth grant provided in this section
 11 shall not be considered income, assets or resources for the purposes of
 12 determining eligibility for public benefits or assistance, or the amount
 13 or extent of such benefits or assistance, under any state or local
 14 program.
 15 (b) The commissioner may enter into cooperative agreements with local
 16 social services districts in order that such districts may administer
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