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Senate Bill S984

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Increases income eligibility levels in the EPIC program

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2011-S984 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Aging
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§242 & 248, Eld L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1839
2013-2014: S6734

2011-S984 (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.

2011-S984 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S984 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   984

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. KLEIN, ADAMS, ADDABBO, BRESLIN, DIAZ, DILAN, DUANE,
  HASSELL-THOMPSON, HUNTLEY, KRUEGER, KRUGER, OPPENHEIMER, PARKER, SAMP-
  SON, SAVINO, SMITH, STAVISKY, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, 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.

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