A 3139: Authorizes Medicaid coverage to a disabled person attending an out-of-state college or university who is in need of continuous medical care and is a domiciliary of the state of New York; authorizes continuous coverage for services and care such person received while in-state; requires persons eligible for the provisions of this section must show proof of enrollment every semester.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3139 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 23, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing Medicaid coverage to disabled persons attending an out-of-state college or university who are in need of continuous medical care The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 366 of the social services law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 17 to read as follows: 3 17. (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this chapter or 4 any other provision of law to the contrary, a disabled person shall be 5 eligible for medical assistance where such disabled person is attending 6 a college or university outside of the state and such person requires 7 continuous medical care and is a domiciliary of the state of New York. 8 (b) Disabled persons shall continue to receive medical assistance for 9 services and care they received while in the state if such services and 10 care are needed while attending an out-of-state college or university. 11 (c) Persons eligible for the provisions of this subdivision shall 12 provide to their local department of social services, proof of enroll- 13 ment every semester in the out-of-state college or university. 14 (d) For purposes of this subdivision: 15 (1) "Domiciliary" shall mean a person whose domicile is within the 16 state of New York. 17 (2) "Domicile" shall mean a fixed, permanent and principal home to 18 which a person wherever temporarily located always intends to return. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 20 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06313-01-5