New York S 796: Relates to instant run-off elections in N.Y. city; repealer

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S00796 Summary:

BILL NOS00796 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01099

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §245, Eld L (as proposed in S.8760-A & A.9369-A)

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Requires the provision of information regarding the home energy assistance program for participants in the elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program.

Go to top S00796 Actions:

BILL NOS00796 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.70

02/05/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A1099

&nbspA01099 AMEND= McDonald

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to aging

&nbsp02/04/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp02/04/2025reported 

&nbsp02/04/2025rules report cal.91

&nbsp02/04/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.91

&nbsp02/05/2025passed assembly

&nbsp02/05/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp02/05/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp02/05/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S796

&nbsp02/05/20253RD READING CAL.70

&nbsp02/05/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/05/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/12/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp02/14/2025signed chap.45

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 796

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to information regarding the
 home energy assistance program for participants in the elderly pharma-
 ceutical insurance coverage program

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

 1 Section 1. Section 245 of the elder law, as added by a chapter of the
 2 laws of 2024 amending the elder law relating to the automatic identifi-
 3 cation and enrollment of elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage
 4 program enrollees in the home energy assistance program, as proposed in
 5 legislative bills numbers S. 8760-A and A. 9369-A, is amended to read as
 6 follows:
 7 § 245. [Automated identification of] Information regarding the home
 8 energy assistance program for program participants. 1. For the purposes
 9 of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 10 (a) ["Office"] "OTDA" shall mean the state office of temporary and
 11 disability assistance.
 12 (b) "Home energy assistance program" or "HEAP" shall mean the low-in-
 13 come home energy assistance program implemented pursuant to section
 14 ninety-seven of the social services law.
 15 2. The department of health shall [update the elderly pharmaceutical
 16 insurance coverage program application to allow] notify program partic-
 17 ipants [to consent, in a manner that is separate and apart from other
 18 requests for consent contained in the application, to the exchange of
 19 such participant's information to verify such enrollee's] and provide
 20 information regarding eligibility and how to apply for the home energy
 21 assistance program. [Upon receipt of such consent, the department of
 22 taxation and finance shall confirm such participant's income at the time
 23 of enrollment] Such information shall be provided with each elderly

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02732-01-5

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 1 pharmaceutical insurance coverage paper application that is distributed
 2 and also annually to all program participants.
 3 3. The department of health shall [coordinate] consult with OTDA and
 4 the office [to facilitate the secure transmission of data through an
 5 interface with the office's information technology infrastructure] on
 6 the development of the notification to program participants referenced
 7 in subdivision two of this section.
 8 4. [No less than once per month, the office, upon receipt of the
 9 required data elements from the department of health and the department
 10 of taxation and finance, as such data elements are defined by the
 11 office, shall conduct automated file matching to identify elderly phar-
 12 maceutical insurance coverage program participants who are eligible for]