Bill Text: NY A03120 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases the amount recipients of enhanced residential care may maintain in a personal allowance account and payments to the aged, blind and disabled.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-07 - enacting clause stricken [A03120 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A03120-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3120 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 26, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI, CAHILL, STIRPE, LENTOL, STECK, LUPARDO, FAHY, OTIS, LAVINE, JENNE, GUNTHER, CYMBROWITZ, ROZIC, ABBATE, HEVESI, TITUS, ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF, McDONALD, ABINANTI, GOTTFRIED, MAGNARELLI, SKOUFIS, ZEBROWSKI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MAGEE, SKARTADOS, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to additional state payments to aged, blind and disabled and personal allowance accounts 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 O of chapter 54 of 3 the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 4 (c) (1) in the case of each individual receiving enhanced residential 5 care, an amount equal to at least $193.00 for each month beginning on or 6 after January first, two thousand sixteen. 7 (2) in the case of each individual receiving enhanced residential 8 care, an amount equal to at least $229.00 for each month beginning on or 9 after April first, two thousand seventeen. 10 § 2. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 2 of section 209 of the 11 social services law, as amended by section 2 of part O of chapter 54 of 12 the laws of 2016, are amended to read as follows: 13 (e) (i) (1) On and after January first, two thousand sixteen, for an 14 eligible individual receiving enhanced residential care, $1427.00; and 15 [(ii)] (2) for an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care, 16 two times the amount set forth in [subparagraph (i)] clause one of this 17 [paragraph] subparagraph. 18 (ii) (1) On and after April first, two thousand seventeen, for an 19 eligible individual receiving enhanced residential care, $1688.00; and 20 (2) for an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care, two 21 times the amount set forth in clause one of this subparagraph. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00485-01-7A. 3120 2 1 (f) (i) The amounts set forth in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this 2 subdivision shall be increased to reflect any increases in federal 3 supplemental security income benefits for individuals or couples which 4 become effective on or after January first, two thousand seventeen but 5 prior to June thirtieth, two thousand seventeen. 6 (ii) In addition to the amounts provided in subparagraph (i) of this 7 paragraph, on and after April first, two thousand seventeen, the addi- 8 tional state payment portion of the amounts set forth in paragraph (e) 9 of this subdivision shall be annually increased by the same percentage 10 of any federal supplemental security income cost of living adjustment 11 which becomes effective on or after January first, but prior to June 12 thirtieth, of each calendar year, rounded to the nearest whole dollar. 13 § 3. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 14 manner as part O of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, takes effect.