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A01099 Summary:

A01099 Actions:

A01099 Committee Votes:

Committee:AGING   Chair:Seawright      
DATE:02/04/2025AYE/NAY:30/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Seawright
Aye
Brook-Krasny
Aye
Ramos
Aye
Smith
Aye
Stern
Aye
Gallahan
Aye
Fall
Aye
Bendett
Aye
Rajkumar
Aye
Chang
Aye
Forrest
Aye
Novakhov
Aye
Zinerman
Aye
DiPietro
Aye
Mamdani
Aye
Chludzinski
Aye
Gibbs
Aye
Norber
Aye
Lucas
Aye
Alvarez
Aye
Eachus
Aye
Zaccaro
Aye
Shrestha
Aye
Berger
Aye
Raga
Aye
Griffin
Aye
Wright
Aye
Yeger
Aye
Hooks
Aye
Torres
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Glick      
DATE:02/04/2025AYE/NAY:26/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Excused
Glick
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Smith
Excused
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Hevesi
Excused
Hunter
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Cruz
Aye
Vanel
Excused

A01099 Floor Votes:

A01099 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A1099
 
SPONSOR: McDonald

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
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
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
 
The purpose of this bill is to amend Chapter 633 of the Laws of 2024 in
order to effectuate the intent of the law.
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
 
Section one of the bill would remove the provisions providing for the
automatic enrollment of Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage
Program (EPIC) participants in the Home Energy Assistance Program
(HEAP). The section would add requirements for the Department of Health
to provide information on eligibility and how to apply for HEAP with the
EPIC paper application and annually thereafter to EPIC program partic-
ipants.
 
The section would also require the appropriate local social services
district to provide notification and information to a program partic-
ipant if such participant applies for and is enrolled in HEAP.
 
Section two would establish the effective date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
Chapter 633 of the Laws of 2024 allows for the automatic enrollment of
certain Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage Program participants
in the Home Energy Assistance Program if such participants meet the
proper eligibility requirements.
 
This bill would provide clarifying language and limit the requirements
to providing participants in the Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Cover-
age Program with information on eligibility and how to apply for the
Home Energy Assistance Program.
 
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
New bill.
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
To be determined.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill would take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a
chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the elder law relating to the auto-
matic identification and enrollment of elderly pharmaceutical insurance
coverage program enrollees in the home energy assistance program, as
proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8760-A and A.9369-A, takes
effect.

A01099 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1099
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Aging
 
        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
        A. 1099                             2
 
     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]
    13  If  a  participant's  household  applies for and is enrolled in the home
    14  energy assistance program[.  Within sixty days of receipt that an elder-
    15  ly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program  participant's  eligibility
    16  for  the  home  energy assistance program is confirmed, the office shall
    17  enroll such elderly pharmaceutical insurance  coverage  program  partic-
    18  ipant in the home energy assistance program.
    19    5.  Upon  automatic  enrollment in the home energy assistance program,
    20  the department of health], the applicable local social services district
    21  shall provide written notification and information to the [elderly phar-
    22  maceutical insurance coverage program participant of their enrollment in
    23  such program and shall provide information regarding the program's bene-
    24  fits] participant's household in accordance with OTDA regulations.
    25    [6. The office, in consultation with] 5. OTDA and  the  department  of
    26  health,  [is] in consultation with each other, are authorized to promul-
    27  gate any rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions  of
    28  this section.
    29    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    30  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the elder law  relating
    31  to the automatic identification and enrollment of elderly pharmaceutical
    32  insurance  coverage  program  enrollees  in  the  home energy assistance
    33  program, as proposed in legislative  bills  numbers  S.  8760-A  and  A.
    34  9369-A, takes effect.

A01099 LFIN:

 
NO LFIN

A01099 Chamber Video/Transcript: