Assembly Bill A2065

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides for cost of living and marriage penalty adjustments to eligibility standards for the program for elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage

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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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2019-A2065 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Aging
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §254, Eld L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3697
2011-2012: A4136
2013-2014: A5050
2015-2016: A2609
2017-2018: A1363

2019-A2065 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for cost-of-living and marriage penalty adjustments to eligibility standards for the program for elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage.

2019-A2065 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2065
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the elder  law,  in  relation  to  cost  of  living  and
   marriage  penalty adjustments to eligibility standards for 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:
 
   Section  1.  Section 254 of the elder law, as amended by section 19 of
 part T of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   § 254. ADJUSTMENTS. 1. Cost of  living  adjustment.  [1.]  (A)  Within
 amounts  appropriated,  the  commissioner  of  health  shall  adjust the
 program eligibility standards set forth in subdivision  two  of  section
 two hundred forty-two of this title to account for increases in the cost
 of living.
   [2.]  (B)  The  commissioner shall further adjust individual and joint
 income categories set forth in subdivisions two and four of section  two
 hundred  forty-eight  of  this  title to conform to the adjustments made
 pursuant to THIS subdivision [one of this section].
   2. MARRIAGE PENALTY ADJUSTMENT.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL FURTHER ADJUST
 INCOME, REGISTRATION FEES, DEDUCTIBLES, AND OTHER PROGRAM COMPONENTS  TO
 ELIMINATE THE EPIC MARRIAGE PENALTY, AS FOLLOWS:
   (A)  FOR PURPOSES OF SUBDIVISIONS TWO AND FOUR OF SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED
 FORTY-SEVEN AND TWO HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT  OF  THIS  TITLE,  JOINT  INCOME
 SHALL  BE  DEFINED  AS  INCOME,  AS  SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO
 HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE AND AS ADJUSTED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION
 ONE OF THIS SECTION, DIVIDED BY TWO.
   (B) THE QUARTERLY REGISTRATION FEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO
 HUNDRED  FORTY-SEVEN  OF  THIS  TITLE,  AND  THE LIMITS ON POINT OF SALE
 CO-PAYMENTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SUCH SECTION, AS
 SUCH ITEMS MAY BE OR HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION AND OTHER SECTIONS OF THIS CHAPTER, FOR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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