[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 1537

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

INTRODUCED OCTOBER 3, 1996

 

 

By Senators INVERSO, SCOTT and Casey

 

 

An Act concerning eligibility for "Pharmaceutical Assistance 1[for] to1 the Aged and Disabled" and amending P.L.1975, c.194.

 

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

    1. Section 2 of P.L.1975, c.194 (C.30:4D-21) is amended to read as follows:

    2. a. Any resident of this State who is either a recipient of disability insurance benefits under Title II of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.§401 et seq.) or 65 years of age and over and whose annual income is less than $16,624 if single or, if married, whose annual income combined with that of his spouse is less than $20,383 1,1 shall be eligible for "Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled" if he is not otherwise qualified for assistance under P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.). Additionally, a resident of this State who is a recipient of disability insurance benefits under Title II of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.§401 et seq.) and whose annual income is less than $19,000 if the individual has one dependent child, less than $22,000 if the individual has two dependent children, or less than $25,000 if the individual has three or more dependent children, if single 1[,]1 or 1,1 if married, whose annual income combined with that of his spouse is less than $23,000 if the married couple has one dependent child, less than $26,000 if the married couple has two dependent children, or less than $29,000 if the married couple has three or more dependent children, shall be eligible for "Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled" if he is not otherwise qualified for assistance under P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.). Annual income shall not include gain from the sale of a principal residence that is excluded from gross income pursuant to N.J.S.54A:6-9.

    b. Beginning January 1, 1996 and annually thereafter, the income eligibility limits provided in subsection a. of this section shall increase by the amount of the maximum Social Security benefit cost-of-living increase for that year for single and married persons, respectively. The commissioner shall adopt the new income limits annually by regulation pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.).

    For the purposes of this section, "dependent child" means a child who is a dependent pursuant to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

(cf: P.L.1995, c.27, s.1)

 

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

                             

 

Increases income eligibility for PAAD for certain individuals with dependent children.