New York S 2210: Imposes a one year residency requirement for eligibility for medical assistance

Status: REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 2210

Sponsors: Robert Ortt

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S02210 Summary:

BILL NOS02210 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03391

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SPONSORORTT

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §117, Soc Serv L

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Imposes a one year residency requirement for eligibility for medical assistance; authorizes the commissioner of health to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement this act.

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01/15/2025REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2210

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 one
 year 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 a resident
 8 of this state for one year or more.
 9 § 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.
 LBD04363-01-5

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