Bill Text: NY A05690 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5690

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires the office of temporary and disability assistance to establish a universal benefits form for individuals seeking public assistance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-30 - reported referred to ways and means [A05690 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A05690-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5690

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 22, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. DAVILA -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Social Services

        AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing a
          universal benefits form for individuals seeking public assistance

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

     1    Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
     2  152-d to read as follows:
     3    § 152-d. Universal  benefits  form.  1.    Notwithstanding  any  other
     4  provision of law to the contrary, the office of temporary and disability
     5  assistance  shall  establish  a universal application form to be used by
     6  individuals applying for public assistance benefits. Such form shall  be
     7  used  to  determine  eligibility  for  all  benefits administered by the
     8  office.
     9    2. Such universal benefits form shall list all information  and  ques-
    10  tions  on  such  form  in a manner that would permit eligibility for all
    11  public assistance benefits administered by the office of  temporary  and
    12  disability  assistance,  as may be appropriate, or required by law, rule
    13  or regulation.
    14    3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, local  social
    15  services  districts  shall  provide all applicants for public assistance
    16  with the universal benefits form.
    17    4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,  subse-
    18  quent to the effective date of this section, the office of temporary and
    19  disability assistance shall review the universal benefits form, not less
    20  than  once every six months, and shall add any additional information to
    21  the form as may be appropriate or required by law, rule or regulation.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    23  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    24  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    25  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    26  completed on or before such effective date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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