S 9460: Relates to the commissioner of health obtaining certain employment and income data of individuals eligible for medical assistance.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9460  IN SENATE March 13, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. 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 obtaining certain employment and income data of individuals eligible for medical assistance 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 adding 2 a new subdivision 17 to read as follows: 3 17. To improve decision timeliness, achieve cost savings and ensure 4 prompt provision of services to eligible beneficiaries, the commissioner 5 of health may obtain current employment and income data of an individual 6 eligible for medical assistance under this title from such individual's 7 employer through a third-party commercial consumer reporting agency, as 8 permitted by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. sec. 1681 9 et seq.), in order to supplement current employment and state income 10 records. The commissioner of health may obtain such current employment 11 and income data through a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 12 information exchange for initial and ongoing Medicaid eligibility 13 assessments. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15166-02-6