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--B
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       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
       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. NOTHING IN THIS
   12  SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO PREVENT THE LOCAL  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT
   13  FROM MAINTAINING ITS RECORDS ELECTRONICALLY.
   14    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.
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