STATE OF NEW YORK
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9684
IN ASSEMBLY
February 2, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to assisting
persons with clinical/symptomatic HIV illness or AIDS
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 2 of the social services law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 41 to read as follows:
3 41. "Person with clinical/symptomatic HIV illness or AIDS" shall mean
4 a person who has at any time been diagnosed with clinical/symptomatic
5 HIV illness, as determined by the New York state department of health
6 AIDS institute, or a person with AIDS, as defined by the federal centers
7 for disease control and prevention.
8 § 2. Subdivision 14 of section 131-a of the social services law, as
9 added by section 1 of part H of chapter 58 of the laws of 2014, is
10 amended to read as follows:
11 14. In determining the need for aid provided pursuant to public
12 assistance programs, each person living with clinical/symptomatic HIV
13 illness or AIDS [in social services districts with a population over
14 five million] who is receiving [services through such district's admin-
15 istrative unit providing HIV/AIDS services,] public assistance and
16 earned and/or unearned income, shall not be required to pay more than
17 thirty percent of his or her monthly earned and/or unearned income
18 toward the cost of rent that such person has a direct obligation to pay;
19 this provision shall not apply to room and board arrangements.
20 § 3. Section 131 of the social services law is amended by adding two
21 new subdivisions 21 and 22 to read as follows:
22 21. When necessary, each local social services district shall assist
23 persons with clinical/symptomatic HIV illness or AIDS (i) secure the
24 required documentation to determine eligibility for assistance, (ii)
25 arrange for required face-to-face interviews to be conducted during home
26 visits or at other appropriate sites, and (iii) by providing referrals
27 for services as well as other resources and materials as described in
28 subdivision twenty-two of this section.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 22. The office, in consultation with the department of health, shall
2 create, maintain, and periodically update information on the office's
3 website regarding resources and services throughout the state, including
4 the location of such services, which shall include but not be limited
5 to, community based supports, employment opportunities, and medical
6 professionals specialized in assisting such persons with
7 clinical/symptomatic HIV illness or AIDS, to be utilized by the local
8 social services districts. Such information shall also be made available
9 on the office's website.
10 § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
11 have become a law.