Bill Text: NY S00308 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides grant assistance for up to five thousand dollars for service dogs if they are deemed to be medically necessary by a licensed physician.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-29 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S00308 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S00308-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           308
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 4, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to providing  grant
          assistance for service dogs
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 303-a of the social  services  law
     2  is  renumbered subdivision 5 and a new subdivision 4 is added to read as
     3  follows:
     4    4. If such service dog is deemed medically  necessary  by  a  licensed
     5  physician,  grant  assistance  shall be provided for up to five thousand
     6  dollars for the purchase and  training,  food,  and  any  other  expense
     7  required for the health or maintenance of such service dog.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02882-01-7