Senate Bill S8650

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the application for the medicare savings program

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Current Bill Status - Passed Senate & Assembly


  • 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-S8650 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7570
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §367-a, Soc Serv L

2023-S8650 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that low-income subsidy data transmitted from the social security administration to local departments of social services in accordance with section 1144(c)(3) of the federal social security act shall be treated as an application for the medicare savings program, without requiring submission of another application.

2023-S8650 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8650 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8650
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 26, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the  application
   for the medicare savings program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 of section
 367-a of the social services law, as amended by section 27 of part B  of
 chapter 109 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (3) (I) The commissioner of health shall develop a simplified applica-
 tion  form,  consistent  with federal law, for payments pursuant to this
 section. The commissioner of health, in cooperation with the office  for
 the aging, shall publicize the availability of such payments to medicare
 beneficiaries.
   (II)  LOW-INCOME  SUBSIDY  DATA  TRANSMITTED  FROM THE SOCIAL SECURITY
 ADMINISTRATION TO LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF  SOCIAL  SERVICES  IN  ACCORDANCE
 WITH  SECTION  1144(C)(3)  OF  THE  FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT SHALL BE
 TREATED AS AN APPLICATION FOR  THE  MEDICARE  SAVINGS  PROGRAM,  WITHOUT
 REQUIRING SUBMISSION OF ANOTHER APPLICATION. ANY INFORMATION VERIFIED BY
 THE  SOCIAL  SECURITY  ADMINISTRATION  SHALL BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT FURTHER
 VERIFICATION, IF THE INFORMATION  PROVIDED  THROUGH  LOW-INCOME  SUBSIDY
 DATA  SUPPORTS  A  DETERMINATION  OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
 THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL REPORT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS ON THE STATUS
 OF THE MEDICARE SAVINGS PROGRAM AND THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS  RECEIVED
 BY LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 367-a
 of the social services law, as amended by section 4 of part AAA of chap-
 ter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (3) (I) The commissioner of health shall develop a simplified applica-
 tion  form,  consistent  with federal law, for payments pursuant to this
 section. The commissioner of health, in cooperation with the office  for
 the aging, shall publicize the availability of such payments to medicare
 beneficiaries.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11560-01-3
              

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