Bill Text: NY S00254 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides that an individual shall not become ineligible under the EPIC program due to an increase in social security benefits or a public or private pension where such increase does not exceed the CPI.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-21 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S00254 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S00254-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          254
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sens.  MAZIARZ,  ALESI,  DeFRANCISCO, FUSCHILLO, GOLDEN,
         GRIFFO, LARKIN, LITTLE, SALAND -- 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 under the
         program 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. Subdivision 3 of section 242 of the elder law is amended by
    2  adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
    3    (I)  AN  INDIVIDUAL  WHO  IS  DETERMINED TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE
    4  UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT BECOME INELIGIBLE BASED UPON INCOME  SOLELY
    5  BECAUSE  OF  AN  INCREASE  IN  EITHER  A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PENSION OR AN
    6  INCREASE IN SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AS PROVIDED UNDER FEDERAL LAW WHERE
    7  SUCH INCREASE DOES NOT EXCEED THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (ALL ITEMS UNITED
    8  STATES CITY AVERAGE) FOR SUCH YEAR.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01654-01-1
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