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NY A02242
Bill
Status
1/15/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jo Simon
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AI Summary
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Allows individuals receiving disability-based medical assistance (Medicaid) benefits to retain those benefits after getting married, even if marriage would otherwise make them ineligible due to combined household income
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Excludes a disabled spouse from being counted in their partner's household for eligibility purposes under the Medicaid Buy-In for Working People with Disabilities program, preserving individual benefit status
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Permits married individuals who were receiving disability benefits while unmarried to continue paying the individual monthly premium rate of $25, rather than the couple rate of $50, if their spouse is not eligible for the same benefits
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Defines "disabled" as having a medically determinable impairment of sufficient severity and duration to qualify for benefits under Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(xv) of the Social Security Act
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment
Legislative Description
Allows for certain disability benefits to continue in the event an individual who is receiving such benefits gets married; provides that the marriage to another individual which would otherwise make an individual ineligible for certain disability benefits shall not be considered if such individual is already receiving disability benefits at the time of becoming married and continues to meet certain criteria.
Last Action
referred to ways and means
1/7/2026