Bill Text: NY S03022 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that persons living with clinical/symptomatic HIV or AIDS, and who are receiving shelter assistance or an emergency shelter allowance, shall not be required to pay more than 30% of the household's monthly unearned and/or earned income towards shelter costs, including rent and utilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES [S03022 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S03022-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3022
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 28, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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  limiting  the
         percentage of income payable towards shelter costs by persons with HIV
         or AIDS
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 131-a of the social  services  law  is  amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
    3    14.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW, EACH PERSON LIVING
    4  WITH CLINICAL/SYMPTOMATIC HIV ILLNESS OR AIDS WHO IS  RECEIVING  SHELTER
    5  ASSISTANCE OR AN EMERGENCY SHELTER ALLOWANCE AND WHO RESIDES IN A HOUSE-
    6  HOLD  THAT  RECEIVES UNEARNED AND/OR EARNED INCOME SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED
    7  TO PAY MORE THAN THIRTY PERCENT  OF  THE  HOUSEHOLD'S  MONTHLY  UNEARNED
    8  AND/OR EARNED INCOME TOWARDS SHELTER COSTS INCLUDING RENT AND UTILITIES,
    9  WITH  THE  REMAINDER  PAID  BY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, LESS ANY FEDERAL FUNDS
   10  WHICH ARE BEING USED BY THE  LOCALITIES  TO  PAY  FOR  HOUSING  ACCOMMO-
   11  DATIONS.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04615-01-3