Bill Text: NY A07276 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires social services districts to conspicuously post a notice of basic rights in each of their facilities open to the public.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to social services [A07276 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A07276-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7276
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 8, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. CAMARA -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Social Services
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring social
         services districts to conspicuously post a notice of basic rights
         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  134-c to read as follows:
    3    S  134-C.  PUBLIC  NOTICE  OF  BASIC RIGHTS. SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS
    4  SHALL CONSPICUOUSLY POST IN EACH OF THEIR FACILITIES, WHICH ARE OPEN  TO
    5  THE  PUBLIC,  THE FOLLOWING NOTICE OF THE BASIC RIGHTS OF APPLICANTS AND
    6  RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND CARE:
    7                           "NOTICE OF BASIC RIGHTS
    8    1. RIGHT TO A FAIR HEARING: YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO A FAIR HEARING IF  YOU
    9  DISAGREE  WITH  (A)  THE AMOUNT OF BENEFITS YOU ARE RECEIVING, OR (B) AN
   10  ACTION OR DECISION MADE BY THE AGENCY, OR (C) THE  AGENCY'S  FAILURE  TO
   11  ACT UPON YOUR APPLICATION.
   12    2. DUTY TO ASSIST: THE JOB CENTER MUST HELP YOU OBTAIN REQUESTED DOCU-
   13  MENTS AND/OR INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO OBTAIN FROM ANOTH-
   14  ER PERSON OR AGENCY AFTER MAKING REASONABLE EFFORTS.
   15    3.  RIGHT TO EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE: IF YOU QUALIFY, YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO
   16  FOOD STAMPS, WITHIN 5 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF YOUR APPLICATION,  AND  YOU
   17  HAVE  A  RIGHT  TO  EMERGENCY NEEDS ASSISTANCE OR CARE, INCLUDING A CASH
   18  GRANT, UPON APPLICATION.
   19    4. RIGHT TO APPLY: EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAS THE RIGHT TO  APPLY  FOR  CASH
   20  ASSISTANCE, AND TO RECEIVE A PROMPT WRITTEN DECISION THEREON.
   21    5.  RIGHT  TO CHILD CARE: EVERY PERSON HAS THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE APPRO-
   22  PRIATE CHILD CARE IF THEY NEED SUCH CARE TO PARTICIPATE IN  REQUIRED  OR
   23  ASSIGNED ACTIVITIES.
   24    6. RIGHT TO FREE LANGUAGE SERVICES: YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO FREE INTERPRE-
   25  TATION  SERVICES IF YOU DO NOT SPEAK OR UNDERSTAND ENGLISH WELL; AND YOU
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10689-01-3
       A. 7276                             2
    1  HAVE  A  RIGHT  TO  RECEIVE  WRITTEN   NOTICES   IN   ARABIC,   CHINESE,
    2  HAITIAN-CREOLE, KOREAN, RUSSIAN OR SPANISH.
    3    7.  RIGHT  TO  SCREENING AND SPECIAL SERVICES IF EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC
    4  VIOLENCE.
    5    8. RIGHT TO FULL AND EQUAL ACCESS TO BENEFITS AND SERVICES,  AS  WELL,
    6  AS  A  RIGHT TO REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISA-
    7  BILITIES ACT.
    8    9. RIGHT TO WRITTEN ADEQUATE NOTICE: YOU HAVE  THE  RIGHT  TO  WRITTEN
    9  ADEQUATE  NOTICE OF (A) ANY AGENCY ACTION TO DENY, DISCONTINUE, SUSPEND,
   10  REDUCE OR RESTRICT YOUR BENEFITS, AND (B) ANY DETERMINATION THAT YOU ARE
   11  NOT ELIGIBLE FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM WORK."
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   13  have become law.