Bill Text: NY A03101 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Sets public assistance amounts for individuals receiving enhanced residential care.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to social services [A03101 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A03101-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3101

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 22, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Social Services

        AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to setting public
          assistance amounts for individuals receiving enhanced residential care

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

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision 1 of section 131-o of the
     2  social services law, as amended by section 1 of part K of chapter 56  of
     3  the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (c)  in  the  case  of  each individual receiving enhanced residential
     5  care, an amount equal to at least:
     6    (i) $207.00 for each month beginning on or after  January  first,  two
     7  thousand twenty;
     8    (ii)  $226.00  for each month beginning on or after January first, two
     9  thousand twenty-one;
    10    (iii) $243.00 for each month beginning on or after January first,  two
    11  thousand twenty-two;
    12    (iv)  $262.00  for each month beginning on or after January first, two
    13  thousand twenty-three;
    14    (v) $281.00 for each month beginning on or after  January  first,  two
    15  thousand twenty-four;
    16    (vi)  $300.00  for each month beginning on or after January first, two
    17  thousand twenty-five.
    18    § 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2  of  section  209  of  the  social
    19  services  law,  as  amended  by section 2 of part K of chapter 56 of the
    20  laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
    21    (e) [On and after] (i)(1) From January first,  two  thousand  [twenty]
    22  twenty-one  to March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-one, [(i)] for an
    23  eligible individual receiving enhanced residential care, $1,477.00;  and
    24  [(ii)]  (2)  for an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  two times the amount set forth in [subparagraph (i)] clause one of  this
     2  [paragraph] subparagraph.
     3    (ii)  (1)  From April first, two thousand twenty-one to December thir-
     4  ty-first, two thousand twenty-one, for an eligible individual  receiving
     5  enhanced  residential  care,  $1,496.00;  and (2) for an eligible couple
     6  receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set  forth  in
     7  clause one of this subparagraph.
     8    (iii)  (1)  From  January  first,  two thousand twenty-two to December
     9  thirty-first,  two  thousand  twenty-two,  for  an  eligible  individual
    10  receiving  enhanced residential care, $1,532.00; and (2) for an eligible
    11  couple receiving enhanced residential care, two  times  the  amount  set
    12  forth in clause one of this subparagraph.
    13    (iv)  (1)  From  January  first, two thousand twenty-three to December
    14  thirty-first, two thousand  twenty-three,  for  an  eligible  individual
    15  receiving  enhanced residential care, $1,551.00; and (2) for an eligible
    16  couple receiving enhanced residential care, two  times  the  amount  set
    17  forth in clause one of this subparagraph.
    18    (v) (1) From January first, two thousand twenty-four to December thir-
    19  ty-first, two thousand twenty-four, for an eligible individual receiving
    20  enhanced  residential  care,  $1,570.00;  and (2) for an eligible couple
    21  receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set  forth  in
    22  clause one of this subparagraph.
    23    §  3.  Section 131-a of the social services law is amended by adding a
    24  new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
    25    6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, social  services  offi-
    26  cials  shall, in accordance with the provisions of this section, provide
    27  public assistance to persons and families who receive temporary  housing
    28  assistance  and  three  meals  per day or reside in a shelter for adults
    29  that provides three meals per day, a shelter for families that  provides
    30  three  meals per day, or a public home that provides three meals per day
    31  and determined to be eligible by the application of the standard of need
    32  prescribed by the provisions of subdivision two of  this  section,  less
    33  any  available  income  or resources which are not required to be disre-
    34  garded by other provisions of  this  chapter,  in  accordance  with  the
    35  following monthly schedule:
    36                          Number of Persons in Household
    37                         One   Two  Three Four  Five  Six
    38                        $183  $291 $389  $501  $618  $714
    39  For  each  additional eligible needy person in the household there shall
    40  be an additional allowance of ninety-six dollars monthly.
    41    § 4. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    42  manner  as  sections 1 and 2 of part K of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020
    43  take effect; provided, however, that section three  of  this  act  shall
    44  take  effect  on the first of April in the year next succeeding the year
    45  in which it shall have become a law.