STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 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. LBD11560-01-3A. 7570 2 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.