Bill Text: NY A05976 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for lowering co-payments for covered drugs for certain participants in the elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 23-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to aging [A05976 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A05976-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5976
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 3, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. BURLING, BUTLER, FINCH, McDONOUGH, P. LOPEZ,
STEVENSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, CALHOUN, CASTEL-
LI, CONTE, DUPREY, FITZPATRICK, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, JOHNS, JORDAN, KOLB,
McKEVITT, MOLINARO, MONTESANO, PALMESANO, RAIA, SPANO, TEDISCO, THIELE
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Aging
AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to co-payments for covered
drugs by certain participants in the program for elderly pharmaceu-
tical insurance coverage
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 and paragraphs (a) and (b)
2 of subdivision 4 of section 247 of the elder law are amended to read as
3 follows:
4 (b) The point of sale co-payment amounts which are to be charged
5 eligible program participants shall be in accordance with the following
6 schedule:
7 For each prescription of covered drugs costing $15.00 or less
8 ..................................................... [$ 3.00] $2.50
9 For each prescription of covered drugs costing $15.01 to
10 $35.00 ............................................... [$7.00] $5.00
11 For each prescription of covered drugs costing $35.01 to
12 $55.00 .............................................. [$15.00] $7.50
13 For each prescription of covered drugs costing $55.01 or more
14 ........................................................ [$20.00] $10.00
15 (a) Limits on co-payments by unmarried individual eligible program
16 participants:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03416-01-1
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1 individual income of $5,000 or less ............. no more than [$340]
2 $200
3 individual income of $5,001 to $6,000 ............ no more than [$408]
4 $240
5 individual income of $6,001 to $7,000 ............ no more than [$476]
6 $280
7 individual income of $7,001 to $8,000 ............ no more than [$544]
8 $320
9 individual income of $8,001 to $9,000 ............ no more than [$612]
10 $360
11 individual income of $9,001 to $10,000 ........... no more than [$700]
12 $400
13 individual income of $10,001 to $11,000 .......... no more than [$720]
14 $440
15 individual income of $11,001 to $12,000 .......... no more than [$827]
16 $480
17 individual income of $12,001 to $13,000 .......... no more than [$896]
18 $520
19 individual income of $13,001 to $14,000 .......... no more than [$964]
20 $560
21 individual income of $14,001 to $15,000 ........ no more than [$1,016]
22 $600
23 individual income of $15,001 to $16,000 ........ no more than [$1,034]
24 $640
25 individual income of $16,001 to $17,000 ........ no more than [$1,052]
26 $680
27 individual income of $17,001 to $18,000 ........ no more than [$1,070]
28 $720
29 individual income of $18,001 to $19,000 ........ no more than [$1,088]
30 $760
31 individual income of $19,001 to $20,000 ........ no more than [$1,160]
32 $800
33 (b) Limits on co-payments by each married individual eligible program
34 participant:
35 joint income of $5,000 or less ............... no more than [$291] $50
36 joint income of $5,001 to $6,000 .............. no more than [$342]$75
37 joint income of $6,001 to $7,000 ............ no more than [$399] $100
38 joint income of $7,001 to $8,000 ............ no more than [$456] $110
39 joint income of $8,001 to $9,000 ............ no more than [$513] $120
40 joint income of $9,001 to $10,000 ........... no more than [$570] $125
41 joint income of $10,001 to $11,000 .......... no more than [$622] $130
42 joint income of $11,001 to $12,000 .......... no more than [$641] $140
43 joint income of $12,001 to $13,000 .......... no more than [$660] $150
44 joint income of $13,001 to $14,000 .......... no more than [$684] $160
45 joint income of $14,001 to $15,000 .......... no more than [$710] $170
46 joint income of $15,001 to $16,000 .......... no more than [$826] $180
47 joint income of $16,001 to $17,000 .......... no more than [$877] $190
48 joint income of $17,001 to $18,000 .......... no more than [$928] $200
49 joint income of $18,001 to $19,000 .......... no more than [$980] $210
50 joint income of $19,001 to $20,000 .......... no more than [$990] $220
51 joint income of $20,001 to $21,000 ........ no more than [$1,008] $230
52 joint income of $21,001 to $22,000 ........ no more than [$1,026] $240
53 joint income of $22,001 to $23,000 ........ no more than [$1,044] $250
54 joint income of $23,001 to $24,000 ........ no more than [$1,062] $260
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1 joint income of $24,001 to $25,000 ........ no more than [$1,080] $270
2 joint income of $25,001 to $26,000 ........ no more than [$1,150] $280
3 S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
4 have become a law.
