Bill Text: NY S05644 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to eligibility levels in the elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO AGING [S05644 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S05644-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5644 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 26, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DUANE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to eligibility levels in the elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program 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, para- 2 graph (b) of subdivision 1 and paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 2 3 as amended by section 14 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, 4 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] TEN, is less than or equal to twenty 12 thousand 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] TEN, is less than or 21 equal 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. 24 2. Persons eligible for catastrophic coverage under section two 25 hundred forty-eight of this title shall include: 26 (a) any unmarried resident who is at least sixty-five years of age, OR 27 ELIGIBLE FOR OR RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE (SSDI) 28 BENEFITS, and whose income for the calendar year immediately preceding EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14014-01-9 S. 5644 2 1 the effective date of the annual coverage period beginning on or after 2 January first, two thousand [one] TEN, is more than twenty thousand and 3 less than or equal to [thirty-five] FIFTY thousand dollars. After the 4 initial determination of eligibility, each eligible individual must be 5 redetermined eligible at least every twenty-four months; and 6 (b) any married resident who is at least sixty-five years of age, OR 7 ELIGIBLE FOR OR RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE (SSDI) 8 BENEFITS, and whose income for the calendar year immediately preceding 9 the effective date of the annual coverage period when combined with the 10 income in the same calendar year of such married person's spouse begin- 11 ning on or after January first, two thousand [one] TEN, is more than 12 twenty-six thousand dollars and less than or equal to [fifty] 13 SEVENTY-FIVE thousand dollars. After the initial determination of eligi- 14 bility, each eligible individual must be redetermined eligible at least 15 every twenty-four months. 16 S 2. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 2 of section 248 of the 17 elder law are amended to read as follows: 18 (a) Annual personal covered drug expenditures for unmarried individual 19 eligible program participants: 20 individual income of $20,001 to $21,000.......................... $530 21 individual income of $21,001 to $22,000.......................... $550 22 individual income of $22,001 to $23,000.......................... $580 23 individual income of $23,001 to $24,000.......................... $720 24 individual income of $24,001 to $25,000.......................... $750 25 individual income of $25,001 to $26,000.......................... $780 26 individual income of $26,001 to $27,000.......................... $810 27 individual income of $27,001 to $28,000.......................... $840 28 individual income of $28,001 to $29,000.......................... $870 29 individual income of $29,001 to $30,000.......................... $900 30 individual income of $30,001 to $31,000.......................... $930 31 individual income of $31,001 to $32,000.......................... $960 32 individual income of $32,001 to $33,000........................ $1,160 33 individual income of $33,001 to $34,000........................ $1,190 34 individual income of $34,001 to [$35,000] 35 $50,000 ...................... $1,230 36 (b) Annual personal covered drug expenditures for each married indi- 37 vidual eligible program participant: 38 joint income of $26,001 to $27,000............................... $650 39 joint income of $27,001 to $28,000............................... $675 40 joint income of $28,001 to $29,000............................... $700 41 joint income of $29,001 to $30,000............................... $725 42 joint income of $30,001 to $31,000............................... $900 43 joint income of $31,001 to $32,000............................... $930 44 joint income of $32,001 to $33,000............................... $960 45 joint income of $33,001 to $34,000............................... $990 46 joint income of $34,001 to $35,000............................. $1,020 47 joint income of $35,001 to $36,000............................. $1,050 48 joint income of $36,001 to $37,000............................. $1,080 49 joint income of $37,001 to $38,000............................. $1,110 50 joint income of $38,001 to $39,000............................. $1,140 51 joint income of $39,001 to $40,000............................. $1,170 52 joint income of $40,001 to $41,000............................. $1,200 53 joint income of $41,001 to $42,000............................. $1,230 54 joint income of $42,001 to $43,000............................. $1,260 55 joint income of $43,001 to $44,000............................. $1,290 56 joint income of $44,001 to $45,000............................. $1,320 S. 5644 3 1 joint income of $45,001 to $46,000............................. $1,575 2 joint income of $46,001 to $47,000............................. $1,610 3 joint income of $47,001 to $48,000............................. $1,645 4 joint income of $48,001 to $49,000............................. $1,680 5 joint income of $49,001 to [$50,000] 6 $75,000 ........................... $1,715 7 S 3. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 4 of section 248 of the 8 elder law are amended to read as follows: 9 (a) Limits on co-payments by unmarried individual eligible program 10 participants: 11 individual income of $20,001 to $21,000........... no more than $1,050 12 individual income of $21,001 to $22,000........... no more than $1,100 13 individual income of $22,001 to $23,000........... no more than $1,150 14 individual income of $23,001 to $24,000........... no more than $1,200 15 individual income of $24,001 to $25,000........... no more than $1,250 16 individual income of $25,001 to $26,000........... no more than $1,300 17 individual income of $26,001 to $27,000........... no more than $1,350 18 individual income of $27,001 to $28,000........... no more than $1,400 19 individual income of $28,001 to $29,000........... no more than $1,450 20 individual income of $29,001 to $30,000........... no more than $1,500 21 individual income of $30,001 to $31,000........... no more than $1,550 22 individual income of $31,001 to $32,000........... no more than $1,600 23 individual income of $32,001 to $33,000........... no more than $1,650 24 individual income of $33,001 to $34,000........... no more than $1,700 25 individual income of $34,001 to [$35,000] 26 $50,000 ............ no more than $1,750 27 (b) Limits on co-payments by each married individual eligible program 28 participant: 29 joint income of $26,001 to $27,000................ no more than $1,080 30 joint income of $27,001 to $28,000................ no more than $1,120 31 joint income of $28,001 to $29,000................ no more than $1,160 32 joint income of $29,001 to $30,000................ no more than $1,200 33 joint income of $30,001 to $31,000................ no more than $1,240 34 joint income of $31,001 to $32,000................ no more than $1,280 35 joint income of $32,001 to $33,000................ no more than $1,320 36 joint income of $33,001 to $34,000................ no more than $1,360 37 joint income of $34,001 to $35,000................ no more than $1,400 38 joint income of $35,001 to $36,000................ no more than $1,440 39 joint income of $36,001 to $37,000................ no more than $1,480 40 joint income of $37,001 to $38,000................ no more than $1,520 41 joint income of $38,001 to $39,000................ no more than $1,560 42 joint income of $39,001 to $40,000................ no more than $1,600 43 joint income of $40,001 to $41,000................ no more than $1,640 44 joint income of $41,001 to $42,000................ no more than $1,680 45 joint income of $42,001 to $43,000................ no more than $1,720 46 joint income of $43,001 to $44,000................ no more than $1,760 47 joint income of $44,001 to $45,000................ no more than $1,800 48 joint income of $45,001 to $46,000................ no more than $1,840 49 joint income of $46,001 to $47,000................ no more than $1,880 50 joint income of $47,001 to $48,000................ no more than $1,920 51 joint income of $48,001 to $49,000................ no more than $1,960 52 joint income of $49,001 to [$50,000] 53 $75,000 ............... no more than $2,000 54 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.