New York S 9589: Relates to coverage for New Yorkers losing insurance due to the implementation of HR 1

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S09589 Summary:

BILL NOS09589 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10926

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSRADDABBO, BAILEY, BASKIN, BOTTCHER, BRISPORT, BROUK, BYNOE, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FAHY, FERNANDEZ,
 GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, LIU, MARTINEZ, MAY, MAYER,
 MYRIE, PARKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RYAN C, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO,
 SKOUFIS, STAVISKY, SUTTON, WEBB, ZELLNER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 2 Title 7 §268-i, Pub Health L; amd §369-gg, Soc Serv L

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Provides for coverage for New Yorkers losing insurance due to the implementation of HR 1.

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BILL NOS09589 

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03/26/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9589

 IN SENATE

 March 26, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the social services law, in
 relation to coverage for New Yorkers losing insurance due to the
 implementation of HR 1

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

 1 Section 1. Title 7 of article 2 of the public health law is amended by
 2 adding a new section 268-i to read as follows:
 3 § 268-i. State premium assistance program. No later than January
 4 first, two thousand twenty-seven, the marketplace shall establish and
 5 administer a state premium assistance program that offers equivalent
 6 financial assistance to individuals who are lawfully present in the
 7 United States and who are ineligible for the basic health program,
 8 premium tax credits, or cost sharing reductions, based on their immi-
 9 gration status. The state premium assistance program shall offer equiv-
 10 alent levels of assistance as the federal premium tax credits and cost-
 11 sharing reductions based on the enrollees' incomes.
 12 § 2. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 of section 369-gg of the social
 13 services law, as separately amended by section 2 of part BBB of chapter
 14 56 and section 86 of chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read
 15 as follows:
 16 (d) (i) except as provided by [subparagraph (ii)] subparagraphs (iv)
 17 and (v) of this paragraph, has household income at or below two hundred
 18 percent of the federal poverty line defined and annually revised by the
 19 United States department of health and human services for a household of
 20 the same size; and has household income that exceeds one hundred thir-
 21 ty-three percent of the federal poverty line defined and annually
 22 revised by the United States department of health and human services for
 23 a household of the same size; however, MAGI eligible noncitizens
 24 lawfully present in the United States with household incomes at or below
 25 one hundred thirty-three percent of the federal poverty line shall be
 26 eligible to receive coverage for health care services pursuant to the
 27 provisions of this title if such noncitizen would be ineligible for

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15269-03-6

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 1 medical assistance under title eleven of this article due to their immi-
 2 gration status;
 3 (ii) [subject to federal approval and the use of state funds, unless
 4 the commissioner may use funds under subdivision seven of this section,
 5 has household income at or below two hundred fifty percent of the feder-
 6 al poverty line defined and annually revised by the United States
 7 department of health and human services for a household of the same
 8 size; and has household income that exceeds one hundred thirty-three
 9 percent of the federal poverty line defined and annually revised by the
 10 United States department of health and human services for a household of
 11 the same size; however, MAGI eligible aliens lawfully present in the
 12 United States with household incomes at or below one hundred thirty-
 13 three percent of the federal poverty line shall be eligible to receive
 14 coverage for h