S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3917
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 29, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. KOON, CAHILL, JOHN, ENGLEBRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, PHEF-
FER, SCHIMMINGER, MAYERSOHN, GALEF, EDDINGTON, PAULIN, BENEDETTO,
CUSICK, ROSENTHAL, MAISEL, JEFFRIES, TITUS, TITONE, ESPAILLAT, JAFFEE,
KELLNER, KAVANAGH, SCHIMEL, POWELL, SPANO, HYER-SPENCER, ZEBROWSKI,
ALESSI, SCARBOROUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, ARROYO,
BENJAMIN, BING, BOYLAND, BRADLEY, BRENNAN, BROOK-KRASNY, CALHOUN,
CARROZZA, CHRISTENSEN, CLARK, COLTON, CONTE, COOK, CROUCH, CYMBROWITZ,
DESTITO, DINOWITZ, FARRELL, GIANARIS, GLICK, GREENE, GUNTHER, HEASTIE,
HEVESI, HOOPER, HOYT, JACOBS, LANCMAN, LATIMER, LIFTON, V. LOPEZ,
LUPARDO, MAGNARELLI, McENENY, MILLER, MILLMAN, MORELLE, O'DONNELL,
ORTIZ, PEOPLES, PERRY, PRETLOW, J. RIVERA, ROBINSON, SCHROEDER, SCOZ-
ZAFAVA, SEMINERIO, SWEENEY, TOWNS, TOWNSEND, WEISENBERG, WEPRIN,
WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Aging
AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to making certain persons who
are eligible for or receiving social security disability insurance
benefits eligible for elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 242 of the elder law, para-
graph (b) of subdivision 1 and paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 2
as amended by section 14 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2006,
are amended to read as follows:
1. Persons eligible for comprehensive coverage under section two
hundred forty-seven of this title shall include:
(a) any unmarried resident who is at least sixty-five years of age, OR
ELIGIBLE FOR OR RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE (SSDI)
BENEFITS, 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 [five] NINE, is less than or equal to twenty
thousand dollars. After the initial determination of eligibility, each
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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eligible individual must be redetermined eligible at least every twen-
ty-four months; and
(b) any married resident who is at least sixty-five years of age, OR
ELIGIBLE FOR OR RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE (SSDI)
BENEFITS, 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 begin-
ning on or after January first, two thousand [one] NINE, is less than or
equal to twenty-six thousand dollars. After the initial determination of
eligibility, each eligible individual must be redetermined eligible at
least every twenty-four months.
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, OR
ELIGIBLE FOR OR RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE (SSDI)
BENEFITS, 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] NINE, is more than twenty thousand and
less than or equal to thirty-five thousand dollars. After the initial
determination of eligibility, each eligible individual must be redeter-
mined eligible at least every twenty-four months; and
(b) any married resident who is at least sixty-five years of age, OR
ELIGIBLE FOR OR RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE (SSDI)
BENEFITS, 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 begin-
ning on or after January first, two thousand [one] NINE, is more than
twenty-six thousand dollars and less than or equal to fifty thousand
dollars. After the initial determination of eligibility, each eligible
individual must be redetermined eligible at least every twenty-four
months.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.