Bill Text: NY A06599 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes certain persons (meeting certain income requirements) who are eligible for or receiving social security disability insurance (SSDI) benefits eligible for elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to aging [A06599 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06599-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6599
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 27, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Aging
       AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to making certain persons who
         are  eligible  for  or  receiving social security disability insurance
         benefits eligible for elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivisions  1  and  2  of section 242 of the elder law,
    2  subdivision 1 as amended by section 4 of part T of  chapter  56  of  the
    3  laws  of  2012  and  subdivision 2 as amended by section 12 of part A of
    4  chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, are amended to read as follows:
    5    1. Persons eligible  for  comprehensive  coverage  under  section  two
    6  hundred forty-seven of this title shall include:
    7    (a) any unmarried resident who is at least sixty-five years of age, OR
    8  ELIGIBLE  FOR  OR  RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE (SSDI)
    9  BENEFITS, and whose income for the calendar year  immediately  preceding
   10  the  effective  date of the annual coverage period beginning on or after
   11  January first, two thousand five, is less than or equal to twenty  thou-
   12  sand  dollars.    After  the  initial determination of eligibility, each
   13  eligible individual must be redetermined eligible at least  every  twen-
   14  ty-four months; and
   15    (b)  any  married resident who is at least sixty-five years of age, OR
   16  ELIGIBLE FOR OR RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY  DISABILITY  INSURANCE  (SSDI)
   17  BENEFITS,  and  whose income for the calendar year immediately preceding
   18  the effective date of the annual coverage period when combined with  the
   19  income  in the same calendar year of such married person's spouse begin-
   20  ning on or after January first, two thousand one, is less than or  equal
   21  to  twenty-six  thousand  dollars.  After  the  initial determination of
   22  eligibility, each eligible individual must be redetermined  eligible  at
   23  least every twenty-four months.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05795-01-5
       A. 6599                             2
    1    2.  Persons  eligible  for  catastrophic  coverage  under  section two
    2  hundred forty-eight of this title shall include:
    3    (a) any unmarried resident who is at least sixty-five years of age, OR
    4  ELIGIBLE  FOR  OR  RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE (SSDI)
    5  BENEFITS, and whose income for the calendar year  immediately  preceding
    6  the  effective  date of the annual coverage period beginning on or after
    7  January first, two thousand one, is more than twenty thousand  and  less
    8  than or equal to seventy-five thousand dollars. After the initial deter-
    9  mination  of  eligibility, each eligible individual must be redetermined
   10  eligible at least every twenty-four months; and
   11    (b) any married resident who is at least sixty-five years of  age,  OR
   12  ELIGIBLE  FOR  OR  RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE (SSDI)
   13  BENEFITS, and whose income for the calendar year  immediately  preceding
   14  the  effective date of the annual coverage period when combined with the
   15  income in the same calendar year of such married person's spouse  begin-
   16  ning  on  or after January first, two thousand one, is more than twenty-
   17  six thousand dollars and less than or  equal  to  one  hundred  thousand
   18  dollars.  After  the initial determination of eligibility, each eligible
   19  individual must be redetermined  eligible  at  least  every  twenty-four
   20  months.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   22  it  shall have become a law and shall apply to benefits paid on or after
   23  such effective date. Effective immediately the executive director of the
   24  elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage panel may promulgate any rules
   25  and regulations necessary for the implementation of this act.