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Senate Bill S2330
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Aging Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D, WF) 46th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2013-S2330 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S2330 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2330 TITLE OF BILL: 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 PURPOSE: This bill adds low-income disabled persons to the list of persons eligible to receive benefits from New York's (EPIC) program. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 242 of the elder law to add persons who are eligible for or receiving social security disability insurance (SSDI) to the list of eligible participants in the EPIC program. Makes provisions effective immediately upon enactment. JUSTIFICATION: The EPIC program which offers prescription drug assistance has proven helpful to many senior citizens who face high costs for pharmaceuticals, but do not qualify for Medicaid. Medicare does not cover prescriptions. In recent years, many programs originally designed to benefit senior citizens - ranging from Social Security to real property tax reductions - have been extended to cover disabled persons. This recognizes that through no fault of their own, disabled persons may experience similar limitations on their ability to independently earn a living as do elderly citizens. Advances in
2013-S2330 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2330 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 16, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KLEIN, ADAMS, ADDABBO, BRESLIN, DIAZ, DILAN, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEGER, PARKER, SAVINO, SERRANO, SMITH, STAVISKY, VALESKY -- 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 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 and subdivision 2 as added by section 5 of part T of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012, 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00969-02-3
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