A1008 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Provides presumptive eligibility for medical assistance benefits for persons released from correctional facilities for at least sixty days following release; provides for enrollment of such individuals upon release upon application, if eligible.
- Title
- Relates to enrollment in medical assistance programs for incarcerated individuals
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-03-16
- In committee
- Health
- Introduced
- 2025-01-07
- Active version
- A1008A
- Law section
- Social Services Law
Sponsors
- Amy Paulin Assembly Member, District 88
Co-sponsors
- Al Taylor Assembly Member, District 71
- Andrew Hevesi Assembly Member, District 28
Heard in committee
- Health NY State Assembly committee