Bill Text: NY A07570 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that low-income subsidy data transmitted from the social security administration to local departments of social services in accordance with section 1144(c)(3) of the federal social security act shall be treated as an application for the medicare savings program, without requiring submission of another application.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-30 - substituted by s8650 [A07570 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07570-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7570

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 25, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health

        AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the application
          for the medicare savings program

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 of section
     2  367-a  of the social services law, as amended by section 27 of part B of
     3  chapter 109 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (3) (i) The commissioner of health shall develop a simplified applica-
     5  tion form, consistent with federal law, for payments  pursuant  to  this
     6  section.  The commissioner of health, in cooperation with the office for
     7  the aging, shall publicize the availability of such payments to medicare
     8  beneficiaries.
     9    (ii) Low-income subsidy data  transmitted  from  the  social  security
    10  administration  to  local  departments  of social services in accordance
    11  with section 1144(c)(3) of the federal  social  security  act  shall  be
    12  treated  as  an  application  for  the medicare savings program, without
    13  requiring submission of another application. Any information verified by
    14  the social security administration shall  be  accepted  without  further
    15  verification,  if  the  information  provided through low-income subsidy
    16  data supports a determination of  eligibility  under  this  subdivision.
    17  The commissioner of health shall report on an annual basis on the status
    18  of  the medicare savings program and the number of applications received
    19  by local social services districts under this article.
    20    § 2. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 367-a
    21  of the social services law, as amended by section 4 of part AAA of chap-
    22  ter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
    23    (3) (i) The commissioner of health shall develop a simplified applica-
    24  tion form, consistent with federal law, for payments  pursuant  to  this
    25  section.  The commissioner of health, in cooperation with the office for

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11560-01-3
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     1  the aging, shall publicize the availability of such payments to medicare
     2  beneficiaries.
     3    (ii)  Low-income  subsidy  data  transmitted  from the social security
     4  administration to local departments of  social  services  in  accordance
     5  with  section  1144(c)(3)  of  the  federal social security act shall be
     6  treated as an application for  the  medicare  savings  program,  without
     7  requiring submission of another application. Any information verified by
     8  the  social  security  administration  shall be accepted without further
     9  verification, if the information  provided  through  low-income  subsidy
    10  data  supports  a  determination  of eligibility under this subdivision.
    11  The commissioner of health shall report on an annual basis on the status
    12  of the medicare savings program and the number of applications  received
    13  by local social services districts under this article.
    14    §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    15  section two of this act shall take effect on the same date  and  in  the
    16  same  manner as section 4 of part AAA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022,
    17  takes effect.