BILL NUMBER: S772
SPONSOR: CLEARE
 
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:
This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to L.2024, c.585, to
clarify provisions related to allowing low-income subsidy data transmit-
ted from the federal Social Security Administration to local Departments
of Social Services to be treated as an application for the Medicare
Savings Program without requiring the submission of a separate applica-
tion.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill amends the underlying chapter to change the effective date to
April 1, 2026 to align the provisions of the bill with the published
federal rule.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation is a negotiated change to the underlying chapter.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Chapter amendment to Chapter 585 of the Laws of 2024. S.8650 and A.7570
both passed the Senate and Assembly during the 2024 Legislative Session.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately