Bill Text: NY A00821 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to increasing the enhanced residential care benefit for aged, blind and disabled persons by increasing the rate of the social security income payment for eligible individuals receiving enhanced residential care; provides for a $4.00 per day increase on each of the following five dates: July 1, 2021; April 1, 2022; April 1, 2023; April 1, 2024; and April 1, 2025; for a total increase of $20.00 per day over five years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to social services [A00821 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A00821-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           821

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Social Services

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  increasing  the
          enhanced residential care benefit for aged, blind and disabled persons

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 209 of the social
     2  services law, as amended by section 2 of part K of  chapter  56  of  the
     3  laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (e)  [On and after] (i) (1) From January first, two thousand twenty to
     5  June thirtieth, two thousand twenty-one, [(i)] for an eligible  individ-
     6  ual  receiving  enhanced residential care, $1,477.00; and [(ii)] (2) for
     7  an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care,  two  times  the
     8  amount  set  forth in clause one of this subparagraph [(i) of this para-
     9  graph].
    10    (ii) (1) From July first, two thousand  twenty-one  to  March  thirty-
    11  first,  two  thousand  twenty-two,  for an eligible individual receiving
    12  enhanced residential care, $1,585.00; and (2)  for  an  eligible  couple
    13  receiving  enhanced  residential care, two times the amount set forth in
    14  clause one of this subparagraph.
    15    (iii) (1) From April first, two thousand twenty-two to  March  thirty-
    16  first,  two  thousand twenty-three, for an eligible individual receiving
    17  enhanced residential care, $1,705.00; and (2)  for  an  eligible  couple
    18  receiving  enhanced  residential care, two times the amount set forth in
    19  clause one of this subparagraph.
    20    (iv) (1) From April first, two thousand twenty-three to March  thirty-
    21  first,  two  thousand  twenty-four, for an eligible individual receiving
    22  enhanced residential care, $1,825.00; and (2)  for  an  eligible  couple
    23  receiving  enhanced  residential care, two times the amount set forth in
    24  clause one of this subparagraph.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 821                              2

     1    (v) (1) From April first, two thousand twenty-four  to  March  thirty-
     2  first,  two  thousand  twenty-five, for an eligible individual receiving
     3  enhanced residential care, $1,945.00; and (2)  for  an  eligible  couple
     4  receiving  enhanced  residential care, two times the amount set forth in
     5  clause one of this subparagraph.
     6    (vi)  (1)  From April first, two thousand twenty-five to March thirty-
     7  first, two thousand twenty-six, for  an  eligible  individual  receiving
     8  enhanced  residential  care,  $2,065.00;  and (2) for an eligible couple
     9  receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set  forth  in
    10  clause one of this subparagraph.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.