Malliotakis and Golden renew call to preserve spousal refusal
Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis and State Senator Marty Golden renewed their call to preserve spousal refusal at a press conference on Thursday, February 7 at the Saint Nicholas Home.
Spousal refusal is a provision in state law that helps caregivers pay for long-term care for their chronically ill spouses by separating their income and resources from that of their spouses who require home care due to health needs.
Thousands of New Yorkers benefit from spousal refusal, contended Malliotakis, who said that with the provision, the healthy spouse is able to keep a home, car and up to $113,640 in assets. Without spousal refusal, the couple would have to decrease spending and live the rest of their lives on $20,850 in assets, added the assemblymember.