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NY A03316
NY A03316Ensures that temporary protected status beneficiaries continue to receive Medicaid benefits if the federal government ends the program.
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Introduced
01/29/2019
01/29/2019
In Committee
01/08/2020
01/08/2020
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020
12/31/2020
Introduced Session
2019-2020 General Assembly
Bill Summary
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to ensuring that temporary protected status beneficiaries continue to receive Medicaid benefits The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1
AI Summary
This bill amends the New York social services law to ensure that individuals who have received Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or were enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program continue to receive Medicaid benefits even if the federal government ends these programs. Specifically, the bill prohibits the state from canceling, suspending, or rescinding Medicaid benefits for TPS or DACA recipients, and requires the state to extend Medicaid eligibility to individuals who previously had TPS or were enrolled in DACA if they meet all other requirements besides immigration status.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (49)
Vivian Cook (D)*,
Michael DenDekker (D)*,
Harvey Epstein (D)*,
Joseph Lentol (D)*,
Michaelle Solages (D)*,
Carmen Arroyo (OTHER),
Charles Barron (D),
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn (D),
Michael Blake (D),
Kevin Cahill (D),
Robert Carroll (D),
William Colton (D),
Marcos Crespo (D),
Catalina Cruz (D),
Anthony D'Urso (D),
Maritza Davila (D),
Carmen De La Rosa (D),
Inez Dickens (D),
Erik Dilan (D),
Jeffrey Dinowitz (D),
Nathalia Ferna´ndez (D),
Deborah Glick (D),
Richard Gottfried (D),
Andrew Hevesi (D),
Alicia Hyndman (D),
Ellen Jaffee (D),
Kimberly Jean-Pierre (D),
Latoya Joyner (D),
Charles Lavine (D),
Barbara Lifton (D),
Walter Mosley (D),
Yuh-Line Niou (D),
Félix Ortiz (D),
Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D),
N. Nick Perry (D),
Victor Pichardo (D),
Karines Reyes (D),
Diana Richardson (D),
José Rivera (D),
Robert Rodriguez (D),
Linda Rosenthal (D),
Nily Rozic (D),
Nader Sayegh (D),
Jo Anne Simon (D),
Aravella Simotas (D),
Al Taylor (D),
Clyde Vanel (D),
David Weprin (D),
Jaime Williams (D),
Last Action
referred to ways and means (on 01/08/2020)
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