Assembly Bill A8411

2023-2024 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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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A8411 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S716
Current Committee:
Assembly Aging
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §241, Eld L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8044
2011-2012: A243
2013-2014: A349
2015-2016: A1190
2017-2018: A3704
2019-2020: A3380
2021-2022: A1459

2023-A8411 (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.

2023-A8411 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8411
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03685-01-3

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