] is old law to be omitted. LBD04685-01-5S. 1758 2 1 such premium shall be twenty-five dollars for an individual who is 2 otherwise eligible for medical assistance under such subparagraphs, and 3 fifty dollars for a couple, both of whom are otherwise eligible for 4 medical assistance under such subparagraphs. No premium shall be 5 required from a person whose net available income is less than one 6 hundred fifty percent of the applicable federal income official poverty 7 line, as defined and updated by the United States department of health 8 and human services. 9 (b) Any unmarried individual who is receiving medical assistance under 10 subparagraphs five and six of paragraph (c) of subdivision one of 11 section three hundred sixty-six of this title at the time such unmarried 12 individual becomes a married individual shall continue to pay the month- 13 ly premium individual rate, if such unmarried individual marries an 14 individual who is otherwise not eligible for medical assistance under 15 such subparagraphs, so long as such individual continues to satisfy the 16 necessary criteria described in such subparagraphs as if such individual 17 were an unmarried individual. 18 § 3. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 366-j 19 to read as follows: 20 § 366-j. Retention of disability benefits for certain married individ- 21 uals. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, any 22 unmarried individual who is entitled to and currently receiving medical 23 assistance benefits under this title based on a disability, who would 24 become ineligible to continue receiving such medical assistance benefits 25 if such unmarried individual were married, shall remain eligible for 26 such benefits if such unmarried individual chooses to marry so long as 27 such individual continues to satisfy the criteria to be eligible for 28 such benefits as if such individual were an unmarried individual. 29 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.