Bill Text: NY A07714 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the payment of camp fees for children receiving safety net assistance or family assistance provided such funds cannot be obtained from other sources.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-11 - signed chap.126 [A07714 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A07714-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7714

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 20, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. HUNTER -- (at request of the Office of Temporary
          and Disability Assistance) -- read once and referred to the  Committee
          on Social Services

        AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing the
          payment of camp fees for children receiving safety net 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. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 350 of the social
     2  services law is REPEALED.
     3    §  2.  Paragraph  (d)  of subdivision 5 of section 131-a of the social
     4  services law, as amended by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995,  is  amended
     5  to read as follows:
     6    (d)  camp  fees  for a camp operated by a not-for-profit organization,
     7  corporation or agency, which has been issued an operating certificate by
     8  the appropriate health official  in  whose  jurisdiction  such  camp  is
     9  located,  when  in  the  judgment  of the social services official it is
    10  advisable for the welfare of a  child  receiving  family  assistance  or
    11  safety net assistance to attend such camp, provided, however, that funds
    12  cannot  be  obtained  from  other sources [for children receiving aid to
    13  dependent children] and such assistance is not in excess of maximum fees
    14  as established by regulations of the [department]  office  of  temporary
    15  and  disability  assistance; life insurance premiums provided the policy
    16  is assigned to the  [department]  office  of  temporary  and  disability
    17  assistance,  or  in  cases  where the recipient is aged, his or her life
    18  expectancy is short, or he or she is deemed uninsurable[.];
    19    § 3. This act shall take effect June 30, 2021.  Effective immediately,
    20  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation, includ-
    21  ing regulations promulgated on an emergency  basis,  necessary  for  the
    22  implementation  of  this  act on its effective date are authorized to be
    23  made and completed on or before such effective date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09984-02-1