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Senator Barrello records opposition as Senate passes Medicaid auto-renewal bill
Summary
The Senate passed Senate Print 1617 (calendar 128), a measure affecting public-health administration; Senator Barrello spoke against the bill citing concerns about ineligible enrollees and fraud before the bill passed on March 20, 2025.
The New York State Senate passed Senate Print 1617 (calendar 128) on March 20. The measure, read on the floor as an enactment relating to public-health administration, was the subject of a floor explanation by Senator Barrello, who recorded a negative vote.
In his floor explanation, Senator Barrello said he had "a lot of concerns" about the bill because it would automatically renew Medicaid applications. He asserted that a report showed "roughly 3,000,000 people are not eligible for Medicaid that are actually collecting right now" and claimed the cost to taxpayers was "to the tune of $20,000,000,000 a year," adding that "a million of which we can't even prove actually exist." Barrello said the automatic-renewal approach would be a mistake and stated he would vote no.
The Senate proceeded to a roll call and the bill was passed. The transcript records Barrello's negative vote on the floor; a full roll-call tally for all members was not recorded in the excerpted transcript.
