New York A 10397: Authorizes municipalities in the county of Ulster to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to such municipalities' annual tax levy

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A10397 Summary:

BILL NOA10397 

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SAME ASSAME AS S10228

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SPONSORLunsford

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §2511 sub 2 ¶(g), amd §2511, Pub Health L

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Eliminates the prospective enrollment waiting period for children under the age of nineteen enrolling in the child health insurance plan program by enrolling a child retroactively to the first day of the month in which they are approved for coverage under such program.

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BILL NOA10397 

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03/03/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10397

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 3, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the date of
 enrollment in the child health insurance plan program; and to repeal
 certain provisions of such law relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 2 of section 2511 of the
 2 public health law is REPEALED and a new paragraph (g) is added to read
 3 as follows:
 4 (g) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, rule or regu-
 5 lation:
 6 (i) A child under the age of nineteen who meets the eligibility crite-
 7 ria set forth in this subdivision or subdivision five of this section,
 8 as determined by an approved organization or the health insurance
 9 exchange marketplace, whichever is applicable, shall be enrolled
 10 retroactively to the first day of the month in which the child is deemed
 11 eligible pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, provided that
 12 the child or the applicant for insurance on the child's behalf submits a
 13 completed and signed application and required information and documenta-
 14 tion.
 15 (ii) A child under the age of nineteen shall be presumed eligible for
 16 subsidy payments under this subdivision or eligible for coverage under
 17 subdivision five of this section, provided that the child or the appli-
 18 cant for insurance on such child's behalf submits a completed and signed
 19 application. Once eligibility is determined by the approved organization
 20 or the health insurance exchange marketplace, whichever is applicable,
 21 on the basis of preliminary information, the child shall be enrolled
 22 retroactively to the first day of the month in which the child is deemed
 23 eligible. Such retroactive enrollment shall apply notwithstanding the
 24 timing of any enrollment period. All other procedures and standards
 25 regarding presumptive enrollment applicable to eligible children
 26 enrolled under this title and specified in state contracts with approved
 27 organizations or implemented by the health insurance exchange market-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14659-01-6

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 1 place, whichever is applicable, shall apply to presumptive enrollment of
 2 children under the age of nineteen.
 3 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 2511 of the public health law, as
 4 amended by chapter 2 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
 5 3. Subsidy payments shall be made, pursuant to subdivision eight of
 6 this section, to approved organizations for the purposes of subsidizing
 7 the entire cost of coverage for eligible children meeting the criteria
 8 of subdivision two of this section. Notwithstanding any inconsistent
 9 provision of this subdivision, the total annual aggregate cost-sharing
 10 with respect to all eligible children in a family under this section
 11 shall not exceed amounts provided pursuant to applicable federal law. In
 12 order to be eligible for a subsidy payment pursuant to this subdivision
 13 a premium payment shall be paid for an eligible child in accordance with
 14 the provisions of subdivision nine of section twenty-five hundred ten of
 15 this title. Nothing herein shall preclude payment of the premium on
 16 behalf of an eligible child on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or
 17 annual basis. Su