NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A924
SPONSOR: Paulin TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the social
services law relating to the application for the medicare savings
program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8650 and A. 7570,
in relation to the effectiveness thereof
PURPOSE:
To streamline enrollment in the Medicare savings program.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill would amend section 3 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amend-
ing the social services law to extend the effective date to April 1,
2026.
JUSTIFICATION:
The Medicare Savings Program, administered by the DOH and the local
departments of social services is aimed at helping low-income Medicare
consumers reduce their monthly premium costs. New York State has
expanded the program by increasing its income limit, making nearly
300,000 more New Yorkers eligible. These residents could receive a
considerable decrease in their monthly Medicare premium payment, but
many may not even know they are eligible.
New York State currently does not use LIS applications submitted through
SSA to automatically enroll beneficiaries into the MSPs. Instead, New
York State sends a paper Request for Additional Information (RFAI) with
an MSP application to residents that have applied for LIS through SSA.
Recipients are expected to fill out the application and return it with
the required documentation. NYSDOH does not track outcomes from these
applications or response rates. The legislation will effectively use
Social Security Administration (SSA) data to automatically enroll people
into the MSP and eliminate the paper application
This bill would extend the effective date to April 1, 2026, to allow the
Department of Health to ensure compliance and eliminate the fiscal
implication as it will comply with federal law and be financially
accounted for.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new bill.
BUDGET IMPLICATIONS:
None noted.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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924
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Health
AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the social
services law relating to the application for the medicare savings
program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8650 and A. 7570,
in relation to the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 3 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the
2 social services law relating to the application for the medicare savings
3 program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8650 and A. 7570,
4 is amended to read as follows:
5 § 3. This act shall take effect [immediately; provided, however, that
6 section two of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
7 same manner as section 4 of part AAA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022,
8 takes effect] April 1, 2026.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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