Bill Text: NY A05515 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Defines "closed period of eligibility" for purposes of supplemental security income for aged, blind, and disabled persons; includes such time period in the eligibility requirements of such supplemental security income.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-14 - REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES [A05515 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A05515-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5515

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 15, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Social Services

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to defining "closed
          period of eligibility" for purposes of certain  supplemental  security
          income  and including such time period in the eligibility requirements
          of such supplemental security income

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

     1    Section  1.  Subdivisions  1,  3,  and 10 of section 208 of the social
     2  services law, as added by chapter 1080 of the laws of 1974, are  amended
     3  and a new subdivision 13 is added to read as follows:
     4    1. "Supplemental security income benefits" shall mean payments made by
     5  the  [secretary  of  the  federal  department  of  health, education and
     6  welfare] federal commissioner of social  security  to  aged,  blind  and
     7  disabled persons pursuant to title sixteen of the federal social securi-
     8  ty act.
     9    3.  The  "[secretary]  commissioner"  shall mean the [secretary of the
    10  federal department of health, education and welfare] federal commission-
    11  er of social security.
    12    10. An "eligible individual" shall mean a person who is or was  eligi-
    13  ble to receive additional state payments pursuant to section two hundred
    14  nine of this title.
    15    13. A "closed period of eligibility" shall refer to a determination of
    16  the social security administration that a person was previously eligible
    17  for  supplemental  security  income benefits for a period of time in the
    18  past, but is no longer eligible at the time such determination  is  made
    19  or at the time the social security administration communicates eligibil-
    20  ity to the office of temporary and disability assistance.
    21    §  2.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  1 of section 209 of the social
    22  services law, as added by chapter 1080 of the laws of 1974,  is  amended
    23  to read as follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (b)  A  person  who is properly receiving supplemental security income
     2  benefits, or who has been awarded benefits for a closed period of eligi-
     3  bility, shall be deemed to have met the eligibility  criteria  contained
     4  in  subparagraphs  (i), (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
     5  sion.
     6    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.