Bill Text: NY S00311 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires applicants for public assistance to be fully informed, orally and in writing, that they may be liable to reimburse the state for benefits received; requires an informed acknowledgment form to be signed by the applicant and kept in the applicant's file.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S00311 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00311-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        311--C
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sens. DIAZ, AVELLA, ESPAILLAT, SAMPSON -- read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Social  Services -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to
         first and second report, ordered  to  a  third  reading,  amended  and
         ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of third reading
         -- recommitted to the Committee on Social Services in accordance  with
         Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to providing notice
         to applicants of potential liability for public assistance benefits
         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  110-b to read as follows:
    3    S  110-B.  RECOVERY  FROM A PERSON DISCOVERED TO HAVE PROPERTY; NOTICE
    4  AND INFORMED CONSENT.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE  OR  REGULATION  TO
    5  THE  CONTRARY,  AN  APPLICANT  FOR  PUBLIC  ASSISTANCE  SHALL  BE  FULLY
    6  INFORMED, ORALLY AND IN WRITING, THAT HE OR SHE MAY BE LIABLE  TO  REIM-
    7  BURSE THE STATE FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS RECEIVED, AS PROVIDED FOR
    8  IN  THIS  TITLE.  SUCH  APPLICANT  SHALL  SIGN  AN  ACKNOWLEDGMENT FORM,
    9  PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE,  SEPARATE
   10  FROM  OTHER  APPLICATION-RELATED  FORMS,  AND THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT SHALL
   11  KEEP SUCH ACKNOWLEDGMENT FORM IN SUCH APPLICANT'S FILE; PROVIDED, HOWEV-
   12  ER, THAT PRODUCTION OF SUCH FORM SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR THE  RECOVERY
   13  OF  PUBLIC  WELFARE BENEFITS. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO
   14  PREVENT THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT FROM MAINTAINING ITS  RECORDS
   15  ELECTRONICALLY.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect on June 30, 2015.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01004-07-4