Senate Bill S1839

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases income eligibility levels in the EPIC program

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S1839 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7743
Current Committee:
Assembly Aging
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§242 & 248, Eld L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S984
2013-2014: S6734

2009-S1839 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases income eligibility levels in the EPIC program from $35,000 to $50,000 for unmarried residents and from $50,000 to $75,000 for married residents.

2009-S1839 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1839 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1839

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  KLEIN,  BRESLIN,  DILAN, DUANE, HUNTLEY, KRUEGER,
  KRUGER, ONORATO, PARKER, SAMPSON, SAVINO, SMITH, STACHOWSKI,  THOMPSON
  -- 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:

  Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 242 of the elder law, paragraphs
(a) and (b) as amended by section 14 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws
of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  2. Persons  eligible  for  catastrophic  coverage  under  section  two
hundred forty-eight of this title shall include:
  (a) any unmarried resident who is at least sixty-five years of age and
whose  income  for the calendar year immediately preceding the effective
date of the annual coverage period beginning on or after January  first,
two thousand one, is more than twenty thousand and less than or equal to
[thirty-five] FIFTY thousand dollars. After the initial determination of
eligibility,  each  eligible individual must be redetermined eligible at
least every twenty-four months; and
  (b) any married resident who is at least sixty-five years of  age  and
whose  income  for the calendar year immediately preceding the effective
date of the annual coverage period when combined with the income in  the
same calendar year of such married person's spouse beginning on or after
January  first,  two  thousand  one,  is  more  than twenty-six thousand
dollars and less than or equal to [fifty] SEVENTY-FIVE thousand dollars.
After the initial determination of eligibility, each eligible individual
must be redetermined eligible at least every twenty-four months.
  S 2. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 2 of  section  248  of  the
elder law are amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02889-01-9

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