New York A 1008: Relates to enrollment in medical assistance programs for incarcerated individuals

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A01008 Summary:

BILL NOA01008A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSRHevesi, Gonzalez-Rojas, Burdick, Gray, Romero, Steck, McDonald, Kelles, Cruz, Weprin, Rosenthal,
 Meeks, Gallagher, Jackson, Epstein, Forrest, Tapia, Bichotte Hermelyn, Simon, Taylor, Reyes,
 Jensen, Lavine

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§364-i & 366-a, Soc Serv L; add §500-r, amd §§71, 500-b & 45, Cor L

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Provides presumptive eligibility for medical assistance benefits for persons released from correctional facilities for at least sixty days following release; provides for enrollment of such individuals upon release upon application, if eligible.

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BILL NOA01008A

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01/08/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

03/16/2026amend and recommit to health

03/16/2026print number 1008a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1008--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, HEVESI, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, BURDICK, GRAY,
 ROMERO, STECK, McDONALD, KELLES, CRUZ, WEPRIN, ROSENTHAL, MEEKS,
 GALLAGHER, JACKSON, FORREST, TAPIA, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, SIMON, TAYLOR,
 REYES, JENSEN, LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with
 Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the social services law and the correction law, in
 relation to presumptive eligibility for medical assistance benefits of
 individuals leaving incarceration

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

 1 Section 1. Section 364-i of the social services law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
 3 9. (a) An individual who is incarcerated by the department of
 4 corrections and community supervision, or in a local correctional facil-
 5 ity as defined in section two of the correction law, shall be presumed
 6 eligible for medical assistance under this title beginning on the date
 7 of their release from the incarceration, where the department of
 8 corrections and community supervision or the local correctional facility
 9 determines, on the basis of preliminary information, that the individual
 10 is eligible for coverage under paragraphs (b) or (c) of subdivision one
 11 of section three hundred sixty-six of this title.
 12 (b) The presumptive eligibility shall continue through the earlier of:
 13 the day on which eligibility is determined under this title; or, in the
 14 case of an individual for whom an application for assistance under this
 15 title is not filed or who does not file an application for such assist-
 16 ance, sixty days after release of such individual from incarceration.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00018-06-6

 A. 1008--A 2

 1 (c) This subdivision shall be effective only if, and as long as,
 2 federal financial participation is available for expenditures incurred
 3 under this subdivision.
 4 (d) The commissioner of health shall take all steps necessary and
 5 shall use best efforts to secure federal financial participation for
 6 purposes of this subdivision, including the prompt submission of appro-
 7 priate amendments to the state plan under title XIX of the federal
 8 social security act.
 9 (e) The commissioner shall also develop materials to educate individ-
 10 uals leaving correctional facilities about the medical assistance
 11 program, including what steps need to be taken to ensure continued
 12 enrollment in the program for those deemed presumptively eligible, and
 13 how to begin receiving medical services upon release from incarceration.
 14 § 2. Section 71 of the correction law is amended by adding a new
 15 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
 16 9. (a) The commissioner shall take all steps necessary to enroll into
 17 the medical assistance for needy persons program under title eleven of
 18 articl