NY S01617

Requires the commissioner to automatically assign Medicaid recipients to a managed long term care plan if they need community-based long term care services for more than 120 continuous days and have not selected a plan themselves, considering factors like prior care workers, quality, capacity, and geographic accessibility

Allows Medicaid applicants and recipients to attest to their accumulated resources instead of providing documentation, except when seeking long term care services for the first time; recipients who previously documented resources can attest if amounts have stayed the same or decreased

Establishes automatic recertification for four groups: managed long term care plan enrollees, managed care enrollees receiving personal care services, Aged/Blind/Disabled category recipients with fixed Social Security income, and Medicare Savings Program recipients with fixed Social Security income

Preserves recipients' obligation to report changes in income or other eligibility factors, and ensures notice and hearing rights when eligibility is found lacking

Takes effect 180 days after becoming law, with sections on attestation and recertification contingent on federal CMS approval confirming no impact on federal financial participation