Bill Text: NY S02187 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 2187 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Provides that an individual shall not become ineligible under the EPIC program due to an increase in social security benefits or a public or private pension where such increase does not exceed the consumer price index.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-07-22 - referred to ways and means [S02187 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02187-Amended.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2187--B

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 23, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. BAILEY, BIAGGI, CARLUCCI, GOUNARDES, THOMAS -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee  on Aging -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered
          to first and second report, ordered to a third  reading,  amended  and
          ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of third reading
          -- recommitted to the Committee on Aging  in  accordance  with  Senate
          Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the elder law, in  relation  to  eligibility  under  the
          program 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. Subdivision 3 of section 242 of the elder law is amended by
     2  adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
     3    (i) An individual who is determined  to  be  eligible  for  assistance
     4  under  this article shall not become ineligible based upon income solely
     5  because of an increase in either a  public  or  private  pension  or  an
     6  increase in social security benefits as provided under federal law where
     7  such increase does not exceed the consumer price index (all items United
     8  States city average) for such year.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2021.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02009-07-0