Bill Text: NY S04349 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to providing language access services to individuals relating to the tax abatement program for rent-controlled and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens or persons with disabilities.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-15 - referred to aging [S04349 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04349-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4349

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 7, 2023
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        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  real property tax law, in relation to providing
          language access services to individuals relating to the tax  abatement
          program  for  rent-controlled  and rent-regulated property occupied by
          senior citizens or persons with disabilities

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 467-b of the real property tax law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph j to read as follows:
     3    j.  the entity responsible for the administration of the tax abatement
     4  program shall develop and implement a plan to ensure adequate access  to
     5  information  by  individuals  who  have  limited  English proficiency or
     6  otherwise require communication assistance.  Such entity shall:
     7    (1) translate necessary documents, including but not limited to, forms
     8  and instructions provided to or completed by the  program  beneficiaries
     9  or  participants,  into the six most common non-English languages spoken
    10  by individuals with limited-English proficiency in the municipality that
    11  offers this program pursuant to subdivision two of this section;
    12    (2) offer, upon request, interpretation services  between  the  entity
    13  administering  the  program  and  an  individual  in  his or her primary
    14  language with respect to the provision of services or benefits; and
    15    (3) offer, upon request or demonstrated need, services to an  individ-
    16  ual who requires additional assistance due to partial or total deafness,
    17  blindness, speech impediment, or cognitive impairment.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08859-01-3