NY Legal Immigrants Now Eligible for Benefits

October 15, 2001

NY Legal Immigrants Now Eligible for Benefits

New York Governor George Pataki recently clarified that legal immigrants who arrived in the United States after August 1996 will be eligible for Family Health Plus. The development follows a decision in June by the New York State Court of Appeal holding that the state was violating the state and federal constitutions by denying Medicaid benefits. The Healthcare Association of New York State notes that Pataki's action regarding Family Health Plus enables New York to avoid a potential lawsuit that would have argued Family Health Plus . . .