N.Y. SOS Law § 366-G

§ 366-g. Newborn enrollment for medical assistance. 1. Each hospital\nlicensed under article twenty-eight of the public health law shall\nreport to the department of health, or such other entity designated by\nthe department of health, in such format as the department of health\nshall provide, each live birth of a child to a woman receiving medical\nassistance on the date of the birth. Such reports shall be made within\nfive business days of the birth and shall include data identifying the\nmother and child.\n 2. Each hospital licensed under article twenty-eight of the public\nhealth law, upon discharge after delivery of a child, shall notify, in\nplain language and in such manner as the department of health shall\nprovide, each mother in receipt of medical assistance that such child is\ndeemed to be enrolled in the medical assistance program regardless of\nhis or her receipt of a medical assistance identification card or client\nidentification number or other proof of the child's eligibility, and may\naccess care, services and supplies in accordance with this title and\nother applicable laws.\n 3. The commissioner of health shall establish a procedure to ensure\nthat every child born to a mother who is receiving medical assistance on\nthe date of the child's birth is automatically enrolled in the medical\nassistance program, assigned a client identification number, and issued\nan active medical assistance identification card, as soon as possible,\nbut in no event later than ten business days from the receipt of the\nreport required pursuant to subdivision one of this section.\n 4. (a) Consistent with the provisions of section three hundred\nsixty-six of this title, a child under the age of one year whose mother\nis receiving medical assistance, or whose mother was receiving medical\nassistance on the date of the child's birth, who is presented to a\nmedical assistance provider, as defined in section three hundred\nsixty-six-d of this title, for care, shall be deemed to be enrolled in\nthe medical assistance program regardless of the issuance of a medical\nassistance identification card or client identification number to such\nchild or other proof of the child's eligibility.\n (b) A medical assistance provider that furnishes medical assistance as\ndefined in section three hundred sixty-five-a of this title, to a child\ndescribed in paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall be eligible for\nmedical assistance reimbursement for such assistance regardless of\nwhether the child has been issued a medical assistance identification\ncard, client identification number or other proof of eligibility.\nReimbursement under this section shall be in accordance with the\nprovisions of this title, including, as appropriate, section 364-j of\nthis title and all other applicable laws, rules, regulations and\nadministrative directions.\n