S 1914: Grants medical assistance eligibility for kidney transplant expenses for residents of New York with end-stage renal disease who are otherwise eligible for benefits except for their immigration status.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1914 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing the payment of medical assistance for the provision of kidney transplants for certain residents of New York The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 365-a of the social services law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows: 3 11. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one hundred thirty-one-k 4 or any other provision of this article, medical assistance shall also 5 include payment for surgery, medical care and prescription drugs related 6 to kidney transplantation for residents of New York with end-stage renal 7 disease who are otherwise eligible for benefits pursuant to this title 8 except for their immigration status. A resident of New York shall only 9 be deemed to be eligible pursuant to this subdivision if such resident 10 has undergone emergency renal dialysis for a period of not less than two 11 consecutive years within New York state, as proven by such means as 12 shall be designated in the regulations of the commissioner of health. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of January next 14 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective 15 immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regu- 16 lation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective 17 date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective 18 date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03338-01-5