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A01040 Summary:

BILL NOA01040 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03555

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SPONSORKim (MS)

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COSPNSRGibbs

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MLTSPNSRCook

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Add §242-a, Eld L

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Creates the expanded pharmaceutical insurance coverage panel, to be responsible for expanding pharmaceutical insurance coverage.

Go to top A01040 Actions:

BILL NOA01040 

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01/08/2025referred to aging

01/28/2025enacting clause stricken

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Go to topA01040 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1040

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. KIM, GIBBS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK
 -- read once and referred to the Committee on Aging

 AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to establishing the expanded
 pharmaceutical insurance coverage panel

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The elder law is amended by adding a new section 242-a to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 242-a. Expanded pharmaceutical insurance coverage panel. 1. There
 4 is hereby established within the executive department, a panel to be
 5 known as the "expanded pharmaceutical insurance coverage panel". For the
 6 purposes of this section, the term "the panel" shall mean the expanded
 7 pharmaceutical insurance coverage panel.
 8 2. The panel shall consist of the commissioners of the departments of
 9 education and health, the superintendent of the department of financial
 10 services, and the directors of the office for the aging and the division
 11 of the budget. Each panel member may designate an officer of their
 12 respective department, office, or division to represent and exercise all
 13 the powers of such panel member at any meeting of the panel from which
 14 such panel member may be absent.
 15 3. The director of the office for the aging and the commissioner of
 16 health shall serve as co-chairs of the panel.
 17 4. The panel shall meet at such times as may be requested by the
 18 co-chairs, provided that the panel shall meet at least two times a year.
 19 5. The panel shall:
 20 (a) subject to the approval of the director of the budget, promulgate
 21 program regulations pursuant to section two hundred forty-six of this
 22 title;
 23 (b) determine the annual schedule of cost-sharing responsibilities of
 24 eligible program participants pursuant to sections two hundred forty-
 25 seven and two hundred forty-eight of this title;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00974-01-5

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 1 (c) enter into contracts pursuant to section two hundred forty-three
 2 of this title;
 3 (d) recommend and implement alternative program improvements for the
 4 efficient and effective operation of the program in accordance with the
 5 provisions of this title with the advice of the advisory committee as
 6 defined in subdivision seven of this section;
 7 (e) develop and implement, in cooperation with area offices for the
 8 aging, an outreach program to inform eligible applicants of benefits
 9 they may be entitled to pursuant to this title, and to make available
 10 information concerning the program for expanded pharmaceutical insurance
 11 coverage and benefits to which they may be entitled through a
 12 prescription drug coverage program funded by the federal government; and
 13 (f) prepare an annual report and submit such report to the governor,
 14 the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly
 15 no later than the first day of January of each year. The panel shall
 16 include in such report, at a minimum, annual statistical information
 17 regarding the number of persons enrolled in the program by marital
 18 status and income level and age, an estimate of the per cent of eligible
 19 New York residents that are enrolled, the total number of enrollees that
 20 receive an income-related subsidy under section 1860D-14 of the federal
 21 social security act, and the number that so qualify through their
 22 enrollment in the medicare savings program, th