Section 369-M. Program eligibility and operations

1. In accordance with
  regulations of the commissioner, a social services  district  shall  pay
  all  or  part  of  the health insurance costs on behalf of a person with
  AIDS who:
    (a) is  unemployed,  or,  if  employed,  currently  is  ineligible  to
  participate  in  health insurance through his or her current employer or
  such employer offers no such plan; and
    (b) participated in the plan of health insurance provided  by  his  or
  her  prior  employer  and  is eligible to continue or convert his or her
  participation in such  plan  by  assuming  the  health  insurance  costs
  associated  with such plan although no longer employed by such employer;
  and
    (c) resides in a household whose household  income  is  less  than  or
  equal to one hundred eighty-five percent of the poverty line.
    2. For purposes of determining eligibility under this title, household
  income  shall  be  determined  by  use  of  the same methodology used to
  determine eligibility for federal supplemental security income benefits,
  provided that costs incurred for medical or remedial care shall  not  be
  taken  into  account  in  determining  household  income;  and, provided
  further, that any resources available to such  household  shall  not  be
  considered  nor  required  to  be  applied to the payment of health care
  expenses.