Assembly Bill A9759

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the Medicare maximization and assistance program to assist eligible state retirees in obtaining certain Medicare benefits

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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-A9759 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8871
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 15 §§300 - 303, Civ Serv L

2023-A9759 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the Medicare maximization and assistance program to assist eligible state retirees in obtaining certain Medicare benefits; provides for the investing of any net savings realized by the program back into the New York state health insurance program for the purpose of eliminating or limiting the impact of any premium rate or other cost increases that would be the responsibility of an employee or retiree.

2023-A9759 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9759
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to  establishing  the
   Medicare  maximization and assistance program to assist eligible state
   retirees in obtaining certain Medicare benefits
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new article 15
 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE XV
               MEDICARE MAXIMIZATION AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
 SECTION 300. DEFINITIONS.
         301. PURPOSE.
         302. ESTABLISHMENT  OF  THE MEDICARE MAXIMIZATION AND ASSISTANCE
                 PROGRAM.
         303. INVESTMENT OF SAVINGS.
   § 300. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUAL"  MEANS  AN  INDIVIDUAL  RETIRED  FROM  STATE
 SERVICE  ELIGIBLE  FOR BENEFITS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THIS CHAP-
 TER.
   2. "PROGRAM" MEANS THE MEDICARE MAXIMIZATION  AND  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  301. PURPOSE. PERSONS WHO ARE UNDER AGE SIXTY-FIVE AND DISABLED ARE
 FREQUENTLY ELIGIBLE FOR, BUT NOT RECEIVING  SOCIAL  SECURITY  DISABILITY
 INSURANCE AND MEDICARE. THE MEDICARE MAXIMIZATION AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
 IS  DESIGNED  TO  ENSURE  THAT  ELIGIBLE RETIREES ARE ABLE TO ACCESS ALL
 BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO THEM. THE BENEFITS ACCRUE NOT JUST TO THE RETIREE,
 BUT TO THE STATE IN ENSURING THAT MEDICARE SERVES AS THE  PRIMARY  PAYER
 FOR ELIGIBLE PERSONS.
   §  302.  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  THE  MEDICARE  MAXIMIZATION AND ASSISTANCE
 PROGRAM. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH  WITHIN  THE  DEPARTMENT  A
 MEDICARE  MAXIMIZATION AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WHICH SHALL BE DESIGNED TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15000-01-4
              

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