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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8650
IN SENATE
February 26, 2024
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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:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 of section
2 367-a of the social services law, as amended by section 27 of part B of
3 chapter 109 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
4 (3) (i) The commissioner of health shall develop a simplified applica-
5 tion form, consistent with federal law, for payments pursuant to this
6 section. The commissioner of health, in cooperation with the office for
7 the aging, shall publicize the availability of such payments to medicare
8 beneficiaries.
9 (ii) Low-income subsidy data transmitted from the social security
10 administration to local departments of social services in accordance
11 with section 1144(c)(3) of the federal social security act shall be
12 treated as an application for the medicare savings program, without
13 requiring submission of another application. Any information verified by
14 the social security administration shall be accepted without further
15 verification, if the information provided through low-income subsidy
16 data supports a determination of eligibility under this subdivision.
17 The commissioner of health shall report on an annual basis on the status
18 of the medicare savings program and the number of applications received
19 by local social services districts under this article.
20 § 2. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 367-a
21 of the social services law, as amended by section 4 of part AAA of chap-
22 ter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
23 (3) (i) The commissioner of health shall develop a simplified applica-
24 tion form, consistent with federal law, for payments pursuant to this
25 section. The commissioner of health, in cooperation with the office for
26 the aging, shall publicize the availability of such payments to medicare
27 beneficiaries.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (ii) Low-income subsidy data transmitted from the social security
2 administration to local departments of social services in accordance
3 with section 1144(c)(3) of the federal social security act shall be
4 treated as an application for the medicare savings program, without
5 requiring submission of another application. Any information verified by
6 the social security administration shall be accepted without further
7 verification, if the information provided through low-income subsidy
8 data supports a determination of eligibility under this subdivision.
9 The commissioner of health shall report on an annual basis on the status
10 of the medicare savings program and the number of applications received
11 by local social services districts under this article.
12 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
13 section two of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
14 same manner as section 4 of part AAA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022,
15 takes effect.