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Senate Bill S146
2015-2016 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) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
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:
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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
BILL NUMBER: S146 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the elder law, in relation to policies excluding certain non-recurring items from income for purposes of the program for elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage PURPOSE : To exclude non-recurring income from the definition of "income" for the purposes of eligibility for the EPIC program. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 - Amends the Elder Law, section 241 (3). Defines income for the EPIC program. Authorizes the Commissioner of Health to adopt policies to create exclusion for non-recurring items that would act to artificially inflate the availability of funds to meet current needs. Section 2 - Effective Date EXISTING LAW : The current EPIC statute makes no provision for the exclusion of certain types of income. JUSTIFICATION : There are more than 300,000 seniors in New York State that rely on the EPIC program for access to low cost, high quality prescription drugs. Qualification for this program is based on income and it is fair to say that most of the enrollees are middle class, middle income people, and in some cases lower income people.
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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