What's happening
This bill allows the exclusion of certain non-recurring income items when determining eligibility for elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage in New York.
Why it matters
Helps protect seniors from losing pharmaceutical coverage due to one-time income spikes. By allowing non-recurring income (like a lump-sum IRA withdrawal or a retiree’s final wages) to be excluded, the bill prevents temporary increases from disqualifying otherwise eligible seniors.
Gives the Commissioner of Health flexibility to define what counts as non-recurring income. This means the program can adapt to different situations and unique cases, potentially helping more seniors access or keep their benefits.
Targets fairness in eligibility assessments. Ensures that only regular, ongoing income is counted, so the system better reflects seniors’ true financial situations when determining access to prescription assistance.
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Ignore One-Time Income for Seniors
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History
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3380
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 29, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, RIVERA, CRESPO, 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 elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, 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 household; provided, however, that the commissioner of health may adopt policies 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.
LBD00783-01-9
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