A01459 Summary:

BILL NOA01459
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORDinowitz
 
COSPNSRRivera J, Barron, Taylor
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §241, Eld L
 
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.
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A01459 Actions:

BILL NOA01459
 
01/11/2021referred to aging
01/05/2022referred to aging
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A01459 Committee Votes:

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A01459 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A01459 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1459
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 11, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DINOWITZ, J. RIVERA, BARRON -- 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:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 241 of the elder law is amended to
     2  read as follows:
     3    3. "Income" shall mean "household gross income" as defined in the real
     4  property  tax  circuit  breaker credit program, pursuant to subparagraph
     5  [(C)] (c) of paragraph one of subsection (e) of section six hundred  six
     6  of  the tax law, but only shall include the income of program applicants
     7  and spouses and shall exclude the income of other members of the  house-
     8  hold; provided, however, that the commissioner of health may adopt poli-
     9  cies  to  exclude from income certain non-recurring items that would act
    10  to artificially inflate the availability of funds to meet current  needs
    11  including,  but  not  limited to, a retiree's previous year's wages, and
    12  non-recurring distributions from an individual retirement account.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05539-01-1
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