STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2391 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 20, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- 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 medical assist- ance to certain disabled individuals The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 5 of paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 2 366 of the social services law, as added by section 1 of part D of chap- 3 ter 56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: 4 (5) A disabled individual at least sixteen years of age, but under the 5 age of sixty-five, who: would be eligible for benefits under the supple- 6 mental security income program but for earnings in excess of the allow- 7 able limit; has net available income that does not exceed two hundred 8 fifty percent of the applicable federal income official poverty line, as 9 defined and updated by the United States department of health and human 10 services, for a one-person or two-person household, as defined by the 11 commissioner in regulation; has household resources, as defined in para- 12 graph (e) of subdivision two of section three hundred sixty-six-c of 13 this title, other than retirement accounts, that do not exceed [twenty 14 thousand dollars for a one-person household or thirty thousand dollars 15 for a two-person household, as defined by the commissioner in regu- 16 lation] one hundred fifty percent of the income amount permitted under 17 subparagraph seven of paragraph (a) of subdivision two of this section, 18 for a one-person or two-person household, as defined by the commissioner 19 in regulation; and contributes to the cost of medical assistance 20 provided pursuant to this subparagraph in accordance with subdivision 21 twelve of section three hundred sixty-seven-a of this title; for 22 purposes of this subparagraph, disabled means having a medically deter- 23 minable impairment of sufficient severity and duration to qualify for 24 benefits under section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(xv) of the social security 25 act. 26 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02416-01-3