Authorizes the commissioner of health to exclude certain non-recurring income items from eligibility calculations for elderly pharmaceutical.

This bill amends the elder law to allow the commissioner of health to adopt policies excluding certain non-recurring income items from income calculations for eligibility in the elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program. These excluded items may include a retiree's previous year's wages and non-recurring distributions from an individual retirement account. The intent is to prevent artificially inflated income from affecting eligibility for the program.

Authorizes the commissioner of health to exclude certain non-recurring income items from eligibility calculations for elderly pharmaceutical.

This bill amends the elder law to allow the commissioner of health to adopt policies excluding certain non-recurring income items from income calculations for eligibility in the elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program. These excluded items may include a retiree's previous year's wages and non-recurring distributions from an individual retirement account. The intent is to prevent artificially inflated income from affecting eligibility for the program.