S 5249: Relates to automatic Medicaid eligibility for striking workers.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5249 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, BRISPORT, CLEARE, GONZALEZ, JACKSON, LIU, MAY, MAYER, 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 Medicaid eligi- bility for striking workers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 366 of the social services law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows: 3 (f) Employees on strike. 4 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 5 persons who are not eligible for medical assistance coverage during an 6 employment strike or other industrial controversy pursuant to title 7 seven of article eighteen of the labor law are eligible for medical 8 assistance coverage during such employment strike or other industrial 9 controversy, subject to the provisions of this paragraph. 10 (2) Medical assistance provided to a person under this paragraph shall 11 be limited to the period in which such person requires coverage during 12 an employment strike or industrial controversy. 13 (3) (i) The commissioner of health shall promulgate such regulations 14 as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this paragraph. Such 15 regulations shall include, but not be limited to: eligibility require- 16 ments; a description of the medical services which are covered; and a 17 process for providing presumptive eligibility when a qualified entity, 18 as defined by the commissioner, determines on the basis of preliminary 19 information that a person meets the requirements for eligibility under 20 this paragraph. 21 (ii) For purposes of determining eligibility for medical assistance 22 under this paragraph, resources available to such individual shall not 23 be considered nor required to be applied toward the payment or partial EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07029-01-5 
 S. 5249 2 1 payment of the cost of medical care, services and supplies available 2 under this paragraph. 3 (iii) An individual shall be eligible for presumptive eligibility for 4 medical assistance under this paragraph in accordance with subdivision 5 five of section three hundred sixty-four-i of this title. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.