New York A 3600: Authorizes the commissioner of health to adopt policies to exclude certain non-recurring items from income for the program for elderly pharmaceutical insurance cover

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A03600 Summary:

BILL NOA03600 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06454

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SPONSORSeawright

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COSPNSRMcDonald, Colton, Reyes, Dilan, Griffin, Hooks

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §241, Eld L

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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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BILL NOA03600 

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01/29/2025referred to aging

01/07/2026referred to aging

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3600

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 29, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT -- 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.
 LBD01879-01-5

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