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Comprehensive Person-Centered State Work Incentive Initiatives:

A Resource Center for Developing & Implementing Medicaid Buy In Programs
and
Related Employment Initiatives for Persons with Disabilities

New York implemented on July 1, 2003 the Medicaid Buy-In program adopted by the state legislature and signed by Governor Pataki on January 16, 2002.

New – Download file of two summary charts
State’s Medicaid Buy-In Program Design Features
- Income Eligibility Criteria
- Resource Limits and Exclusions
- Cost Sharing - Minimum Income Level and Premium or Cost Share Methods
- Work Related Policies and Protections
State’s SSI and Other Medicaid Income Standards for Adults with Disabilities

The New York Medicaid Buy –In Program was implemented July 1, 2003

For a complete description of the program and related background material go to the following link to the Summer quarterly Newsletter Benefits Planner
http://www.nls.org/planner/summer03.htm

This publication is sponsored in part by the NYS Developmental Disabilities Planning Council and the Social Security Administration through
the NYS Department of Labor (NY Works Project), and is a collaborative publication of Cornell University's Program on Employment and
Disability and Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. (NLS) of Buffalo, NY.

Persons to Contact
Margaret A. Williams
MA Specialist
New York State Department of Health
Office of Medicaid Management
One Commerce Plaza
Room 728
Albany, NY 12260
Phone (voice): 518-473-0891
Fax: 518-473-0601
E-mail: maw12@health.state.ny.us

• Executive Branch Leadership, Cross Disability Coalition Leadership and Interagency Working Groups
  Governor Pataki in his 2001 Budget supported establishment of Medicaid Buy In program.
  Link to Governor's Press Release on Health Care Initiatives including Medicaid Buy In program.
  http://www.state.ny.us/governor/press/year01/jan15_01.htm

Legislation enacted as sections 62-69 of Part A of Chapter 1 of the State Health Workforce Recruitment and Retention Act of 2002

• State Policies: State Plans, Regulations and Waiver Requests to Federal Agencies - Pending and Adopted Programs
• Ensuring Informed Choice and Person - Centered Programs: Benefits Counseling, Work Force Investment Act Implementation and Related Educational Services
  
  See Beneftis Planner newsletter link above
  Fifteen community-based organizations will each receive a $10,000 grant to assist people seeking to enroll in the Medicaid Buy-In program
  
  For previous copies of the Benefits Planner Newsletter go to
  http://www.nls.org/tocplanr.htm
  
• Descriptions for Consumers and Staff Training Activities

• Medicaid Buy-In Data
• Consumer Surveys and Evaluation Studies

VII. Comprehensive Employment Initiatives