Bill Text: NY A02583 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes certain shelters for victims of domestic violence to be reimbursed for any payment differential for housing a single individual in a room intended for double occupancy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-26 - reported referred to ways and means [A02583 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A02583-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2583 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 26, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing certain shelters to be reimbursed for housing a single individual in a room intended for double occupancy The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 131-u of the social services law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any 4 residential program for victims of domestic violence, as defined in 5 section four hundred fifty-nine-a of this chapter, which provides tempo- 6 rary housing assistance to a single individual who meets such program's 7 necessary eligibility requirements, shall be reimbursed for any payment 8 differential for housing a single individual in a room intended for 9 double occupancy. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01501-01-3
