Bill Text: NY S04042 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to increasing the enhanced residential care benefit for aged, blind and disabled persons by increasing the rate of the social security income payment for eligible individuals receiving enhanced residential care; provides for a $4.00 per day increase on each of the following five dates: July 1, 2019; April 1, 2020; April 1, 2021; April 1, 2022; and April 1, 2023; for a total increase of $20.00 per day over five years.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES [S04042 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S04042-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4042--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 26, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to increasing the enhanced residential care benefit for aged, blind and disabled persons The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 209 of the social 2 services law, as amended by section 2 of part YY of chapter 59 of the 3 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: 4 (e) (i) [On and after] (1) From January first, two thousand eighteen 5 to June thirtieth, two thousand nineteen, for an eligible individual 6 receiving enhanced residential care, [$1,444.00] $1,465.00; and [(ii)] 7 (2) for an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care, two 8 times the amount set forth in clause one of this subparagraph [(i) of9this paragraph]. 10 (ii) (1) From July first, two thousand nineteen to March thirty-first, 11 two thousand twenty, for an eligible individual receiving enhanced resi- 12 dential care, $1,585.00; and (2) for an eligible couple receiving 13 enhanced residential care, two times the amount set forth in clause one 14 of this subparagraph. 15 (iii) (1) From April first, two thousand twenty to March thirty-first, 16 two thousand twenty-one, for an eligible individual receiving enhanced 17 residential care, $1,705.00; and (2) for an eligible couple receiving 18 enhanced residential care, two times the amount set forth in clause one 19 of this subparagraph. 20 (iv) (1) From April first, two thousand twenty-one to March thirty- 21 first, two thousand twenty-two, for an eligible individual receiving 22 enhanced residential care, $1,825.00; and (2) for an eligible couple EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09423-02-9S. 4042--A 2 1 receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set forth in 2 clause one of this subparagraph. 3 (v) (1) From April first, two thousand twenty-two to March thirty- 4 first, two thousand twenty-three, for an eligible individual receiving 5 enhanced residential care, $1,945.00; and (2) for an eligible couple 6 receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set forth in 7 clause one of this subparagraph. 8 (vi) (1) From April first, two thousand twenty-three to March thirty- 9 first, two thousand twenty-four, for an eligible individual receiving 10 enhanced residential care, $2,065.00; and (2) for an eligible couple 11 receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set forth in 12 clause one of this subparagraph. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.