Bill Text: NY A06947 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes certain persons (meeting certain income requirements) who are eligible for or receiving social security disability insurance (SSDI) benefits eligible for elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to aging [A06947 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06947-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6947
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 6, 2011
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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:
    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, is less than or equal to twenty thou-
   12  sand 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, is less than or equal
   21  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.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04345-01-1
       A. 6947                             2
    1    2. Persons  eligible  for  catastrophic  coverage  under  section  two
    2  hundred forty-eight of this title shall include:
    3    (a) any unmarried resident who is at least sixty-five years of age, OR
    4  ELIGIBLE  FOR  OR  RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE (SSDI)
    5  BENEFITS, and whose income for the calendar year  immediately  preceding
    6  the  effective  date of the annual coverage period beginning on or after
    7  January first, two thousand one, is more than twenty thousand  and  less
    8  than  or equal to thirty-five thousand dollars. After the initial deter-
    9  mination of eligibility, each eligible individual must  be  redetermined
   10  eligible at least every twenty-four months; and
   11    (b)  any  married resident who is at least sixty-five years of age, OR
   12  ELIGIBLE FOR OR RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY  DISABILITY  INSURANCE  (SSDI)
   13  BENEFITS,  and  whose income for the calendar year immediately preceding
   14  the effective date of the annual coverage period when combined with  the
   15  income  in the same calendar year of such married person's spouse begin-
   16  ning on or after January first, two thousand one, is more  than  twenty-
   17  six  thousand  dollars and less than or equal to fifty thousand dollars.
   18  After the initial determination of eligibility, each eligible individual
   19  must be redetermined eligible at least every twenty-four months.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply  to  bene-
   21  fits  paid  on  or  after such effective date. Effective immediately the
   22  executive director of  the  elderly  pharmaceutical  insurance  coverage
   23  panel  may promulgate any rules and regulations necessary for the imple-
   24  mentation of this act.