Bill Text: NY S00481 | 2015-2016 | 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 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-01 - referred to codes [S00481 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00481-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         481--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 7, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services --  recom-
          mitted  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    §  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    § 2. This act shall take effect on June 30, 2017.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00355-02-6