S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6136
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 23, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- 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,
subdivision 1 as amended by section 4 of part T of chapter 56 of the
laws of 2012 and subdivision 2 as amended by section 12 of part A of
chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, 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, is less than or equal to twenty thou-
sand dollars. After the initial determination of eligibility, each
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, 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.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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, is more than twenty thousand and less
than or equal to seventy-five thousand dollars. After the initial deter-
mination 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, 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, is more than twenty-
six thousand dollars and less than or equal to one hundred thousand
dollars. After the initial determination of eligibility, each eligible
individual must be redetermined eligible at least every twenty-four
months.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law and shall apply to benefits paid on or after
such effective date. Effective immediately the executive director of the
elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage panel may promulgate any rules
and regulations necessary for the implementation of this act.