N.Y. Social Services Law § 369-k: Definitions

§ 369-k. Definitions. As used in this section:

1. "Health insurance" shall mean insurance or an employee benefit plan

against sickness, ailment or bodily injury of the employee and, if

covered, his or her dependents, other than (i) insurance or an employee

benefit plan providing disability benefits; or (ii) medical assistance

benefits received under title eleven of this article.

2. "Health insurance costs" means the premiums or contributions paid

for health insurance by or on behalf of a person with AIDS.

3. "Household" means the person with AIDS and all other persons

residing in the same dwelling for whom such person would be responsible

pursuant to section one hundred one of this chapter, or for whom such

person has assumed responsibility.

4. "Persons with AIDS" means persons who are diagnosed as having

acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or who have human

immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related illness, as defined in regulation

by the state department of health.

5. "Poverty line" means the federal income official poverty line (as

defined and annually revised by the federal office of management and

budget).

6. "Program" means the health insurance continuation program for

persons with AIDS established by section three hundred sixty-nine-l of

this article.