Bill Text: NY A04332 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to monthly grants and allowances of public assistance and repeals certain provisions of such law relating thereto.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to social services [A04332 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04332-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4332
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 4, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. HEVESI, AUBRY, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, PRETLOW --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to  the
          Committee on Social Services
        AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to monthly grants
          and allowances of public assistance; and to repeal certain  provisions
          of such law relating thereto
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (a-1), (a-2), (a-3) and (a-4)  of  subdivi-
     2  sion  2  of  section  131-a of the social services law, paragraph (a) as
     3  amended and paragraph (a-1) as added by section 1 of part Y  of  chapter
     4  57  of the laws of 2009, paragraph (a-2) as amended by section 1 of part
     5  U of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011,  paragraph  (a-3)  as  amended  and
     6  paragraph  (a-4)  as  added  by section 1 of part D of chapter 57 of the
     7  laws of 2012, are amended to read as follows:
     8    (a) [Through June thirtieth, two thousand nine, the following schedule
     9  shall be the standard of monthly need for  determining  eligibility  for
    10  all categories of assistance in and by all social services districts:
    11                       Number of Persons in Household
    12            One       Two     Three      Four      Five       Six
    13            $112     $179      $238      $307      $379      $438
    14    For  each  additional  person in the household there shall be added an
    15  additional amount of sixty dollars monthly.
    16    (a-1) For the period beginning  July  first,  two  thousand  nine  and
    17  ending June thirtieth, two thousand ten, the following schedule shall be
    18  the standard of monthly need for determining eligibility for all catego-
    19  ries of assistance in and by all social services districts:
    20                       Number of Persons in Household
    21      One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
    22      $126        $201        $268        $345        $426        $492

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01063-01-9
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     1    For  each  additional  person in the household there shall be added an
     2  additional amount of sixty-seven dollars monthly.
     3    (a-2) For the period beginning July first, two thousand ten and ending
     4  June thirtieth, two thousand twelve, the following schedule shall be the
     5  standard  of monthly need for determining eligibility for all categories
     6  of assistance in and by all social services districts:
     7                       Number of Persons in Household
     8      One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
     9      $141        $225        $300        $386        $477        $551
    10    For each additional person in the household there shall  be  added  an
    11  additional amount of seventy-five dollars monthly.
    12    (a-3)  For  the  period  beginning July first, two thousand twelve and
    13  ending September thirtieth, two thousand twelve, the following  schedule
    14  shall  be  the  standard of monthly need for determining eligibility for
    15  all categories of assistance in and by all social services districts:
    16                       Number of Persons in Household
    17      One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
    18      $150        $239        $317        $409        $505        $583
    19    For each additional person in the household there shall  be  added  an
    20  additional amount of eighty dollars monthly.
    21    (a-4)] For the period beginning October first, two thousand twelve and
    22  thereafter,  the  following  shall  be  the standard of monthly need for
    23  determining eligibility for all categories of assistance in and  by  all
    24  social services districts:
    25                       Number of Persons in Household
    26      One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
    27      $158        $252        $336        $433        $534        $617
    28    For  each  additional  person in the household there shall be added an
    29  additional amount of eighty-five dollars monthly.
    30    § 2. Paragraphs (a), (a-1), (a-2), (a-3) and (a-4) of subdivision 3 of
    31  section 131-a of the social services law, paragraph (a)  as  amended  by
    32  and  subdivision  (a-1) as added by section 2 of part Y of chapter 57 of
    33  the laws of 2009, paragraph (a-2) as amended by section 3 of part  U  of
    34  chapter  58  of  the laws of 2011, and paragraph (a-3) as amended by and
    35  paragraph (a-4) as added by section 2 of part D of  chapter  57  of  the
    36  laws of 2012, are amended to read as follows:
    37    (a)  [Through  June thirtieth, two thousand nine, persons and families
    38  determined to be eligible by the application of  the  standard  of  need
    39  prescribed  by  the  provisions of subdivision two of this section, less
    40  any available income or resources which are not required  to  be  disre-
    41  garded by other provisions of this chapter, shall receive maximum month-
    42  ly grants and allowances in all social services districts, in accordance
    43  with the following schedule, for public assistance:
    44                       Number of Persons in Household
    45            One       Two     Three      Four      Five      Six
    46            $112      $179     $238      $307      $379     $438
    47    For each additional eligible needy person in the household there shall
    48  be an additional allowance of sixty dollars monthly.
    49    (a-1)  For  the  period  beginning  July  first, two thousand nine and
    50  ending June thirtieth, two thousand ten, persons and families determined
    51  to be eligible by the application of the standard of need prescribed  by
    52  the  provisions  of  subdivision two of this section, less any available
    53  income or resources which are not required to be  disregarded  by  other
    54  provisions  of  this  chapter,  shall receive maximum monthly grants and
    55  allowances in all social services  districts,  in  accordance  with  the
    56  following schedule, for public assistance:
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     1                       Number of Persons in Household
     2      One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
     3      $126        $201        $268        $345        $426        $492
     4    For  each  additional  person in the household there shall be added an
     5  additional amount of sixty-seven dollars monthly.
     6    (a-2) For the period beginning July first, two thousand ten and ending
     7  June thirtieth, two thousand twelve, persons and families determined  to
     8  be eligible by the application of the standard of need prescribed by the
     9  provisions of subdivision two of this section, less any available income
    10  or  resources  which  are  not  required  to  be  disregarded  by  other
    11  provisions of this chapter, shall receive  maximum  monthly  grants  and
    12  allowances  in  all  social  services  districts, in accordance with the
    13  following schedule, for public assistance:
    14                       Number of Persons in Household
    15      One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
    16      $141        $225        $300        $386        $477        $551
    17    For each additional person in the household there shall  be  added  an
    18  additional amount of seventy-five dollars monthly.
    19    (a-3)  For  the  period  beginning July first, two thousand twelve and
    20  ending September thirtieth, two thousand twelve,  persons  and  families
    21  determined  to  be  eligible  by the application of the standard of need
    22  prescribed by the provisions of subdivision two of  this  section,  less
    23  any  available  income  or resources which are not required to be disre-
    24  garded by other provisions of this chapter, shall receive maximum month-
    25  ly grants and allowances in all social services districts, in accordance
    26  with the following schedule, for public assistance:
    27                       Number of Persons in Household
    28      One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
    29      $150        $239        $317        $409        $505        $583
    30    For each additional person in the household there shall  be  added  an
    31  additional amount of eighty dollars monthly.
    32    (a-4)] For the period beginning October first, two thousand twelve and
    33  thereafter, persons and families determined to be eligible by the appli-
    34  cation  of the standard of need prescribed by the provisions of subdivi-
    35  sion two of this section, less any available income or  resources  which
    36  are  not required to be disregarded by other provisions of this chapter,
    37  shall receive maximum  monthly  grants  and  allowances  in  all  social
    38  services  districts,  in  accordance  with  the  following schedule, for
    39  public assistance:
    40                       Number of Persons in Household
    41      One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
    42      $158        $252        $336        $433        $534        $617
    43    For each additional person in the household there shall  be  added  an
    44  additional amount of eighty-five dollars monthly.
    45    § 3. Subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of
    46  section  131-a  of the social services law, subparagraph (ii) as amended
    47  by section 12 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997 and  subpara-
    48  graph  (iii)  as amended by chapter 246 of the laws of 2002, are amended
    49  to read as follows:
    50    (ii) from the earned income of any child or relative applying  for  or
    51  receiving  aid  pursuant  to  such  program,  or of any other individual
    52  living in the same household as such relative and child whose needs  are
    53  taken  into account in making such determination, the first [ninety] two
    54  hundred dollars of the total of such earned income for such month;
    55    (iii) [forty-two] sixty-seven percent of the earned  income  for  such
    56  month of any applicant or recipient [in a household containing a depend-
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     1  ent child] which remains after application of all other subparagraphs of
     2  this paragraph[; provided, however, that such percentage amount shall be
     3  adjusted  in  June  of each year, commencing in nineteen hundred ninety-
     4  eight, to reflect changes in the most recently issued poverty guidelines
     5  of  the  United  States  Bureau  of the Census, such that a household of
     6  three without special needs, living in a heated apartment  in  New  York
     7  city  and without unearned income would become ineligible for assistance
     8  with gross earnings equal to the  poverty  level  in  such  guidelines;]
     9  provided,  however,  that  no assistance shall be given to any household
    10  with gross earned and unearned income, exclusive of income described  in
    11  subparagraphs  (i) and (vi) of this paragraph, in excess of such poverty
    12  level;
    13    § 4. Subdivision 10 of section 131-a of the  social  services  law  is
    14  REPEALED.
    15    §  5. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
    16  the date on which it shall have become a law.