Bill Text: NY A00487 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 487 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides for public assistance eligibility requirements for persons with AIDS or HIV-related illnesses and the expiration of such benefits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to social services [A00487 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A00487-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          487
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Social Services
       AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to eligibility for
         persons  with  acquired  immunodeficiency  syndrome   or   HIV-related
         illnesses;  and  providing  for the repeal of such provisions upon the
         expiration thereof
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 131-a of the social services law
    2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
    3    (F) IN DETERMINING THE ELIGIBILITY FOR AND AMOUNT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
    4  BENEFITS FOR A PERSON OR HOUSEHOLD WHERE ONE OR MORE  PERSONS  HAS  BEEN
    5  MEDICALLY  DIAGNOSED  AS  HAVING  ACQUIRED  IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME OR
    6  HIV-RELATED ILLNESSES, A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL USE THE  SPECIAL
    7  SHELTER  ALLOWANCE  AMOUNTS  ESTABLISHED  BY THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND
    8  DISABILITY ASSISTANCE IN REGULATION FOR THAT  PURPOSE  RATHER  THAN  THE
    9  SHELTER  ALLOWANCE  ESTABLISHED  IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION. A
   10  SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL ONLY USE THIS SPECIAL  SHELTER  ALLOWANCE
   11  WHEN  IT  DETERMINES THAT THE PERSON OR FAMILY IS HOMELESS OR FACED WITH
   12  HOMELESSNESS AND FOR WHOM NO VIABLE AND LESS COSTLY ALTERNATIVE  HOUSING
   13  IS  AVAILABLE  AND  SUCH  ALLOWANCE IS NECESSARY TO SECURE HOUSING OR TO
   14  MAINTAIN THE FAMILY IN THEIR OWN HOME. IN  CALCULATING  ELIGIBILITY  AND
   15  THE AMOUNT OF BENEFITS, THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL CONSIDER ONLY
   16  THE  PERSONS  WITH  ACQUIRED  IMMUNODEFICIENCY  SYNDROME  OR HIV-RELATED
   17  ILLNESS AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE HOUSEHOLD IN ACCORDANCE
   18  WITH SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE-C OF THIS TITLE AND THEIR  AVAILABLE
   19  INCOME.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   21  ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall expire Novem-
   22  ber  1,  2012  when  upon  such date the provisions of this act shall be
   23  deemed repealed.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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