Bill Text: NY A04180 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4180 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that applicants for or recipients of food stamps shall not be subjected to finger imaging as a requirement of the food stamp program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to social services [A04180 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04180-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4180
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 1, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. HEVESI, PEOPLES-STOKES -- Multi-Sponsored by --
          M. of A. GLICK, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
          on Social Services
        AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to finger imaging
          for food stamps recipients
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 3 of section 95 of the social services law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
     3    (d) No commissioner of social services shall require applicants for or
     4  recipients of food stamps  to  be  subjected  to  finger  imaging  as  a
     5  requirement of the food stamp program.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect September 1, 2020.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01066-01-9