Senate Bill S146

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of health to adopt policies to exclude certain non-recurring items from income for the program for elderly pharmaceutical insurance cover

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S146 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1190
Current Committee:
Senate Aging
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง241, Eld L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5457, A8044
2011-2012: S122, A243
2013-2014: S345, A349
2017-2018: S4905, A3704
2019-2020: A3380
2021-2022: A1459
2023-2024: A8411

2015-S146 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of health to adopt policies to exclude certain non-recurring items from income that would artificially inflate the availability of funds to meet current needs relating to eligibility for the program for elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage.

2015-S146 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S146 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   146

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  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 policies excluding certain
  non-recurring items from income for purposes of the program for elder-
  ly pharmaceutical insurance coverage

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 241 of the elder law is amended to
read as follows:
  3. "Income" shall mean "household gross income" as defined in the real
property  tax  circuit  breaker credit program, pursuant to subparagraph
[(C)] (C) of paragraph one of subsection (e) of section six hundred  six
of  the tax law, but only shall include the income of program applicants
and spouses and shall exclude the income of other members of the  house-
hold; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH MAY ADOPT POLI-
CIES  TO  EXCLUDE FROM INCOME CERTAIN NON-RECURRING ITEMS THAT WOULD ACT
TO ARTIFICIALLY INFLATE THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO MEET CURRENT  NEEDS
INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO, A RETIREE'S PREVIOUS YEAR'S WAGES, AND
NON-RECURRING DISTRIBUTIONS FROM AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00586-01-5

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