Bill Text: NY S05471 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5471 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes certain shelters for victims of domestic violence to be reimbursed for any payment differential for housing a single individual in a room intended for double occupancy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-11 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S05471 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05471-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5471
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 1, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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 authorizing
          certain shelters to be reimbursed for housing a single individual in a
          room intended for double occupancy
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  131-u  of  the social services law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law  to  the  contrary,  any
     4  residential  program  for  victims  of  domestic violence, as defined in
     5  section four hundred fifty-nine-a of this chapter, which provides tempo-
     6  rary housing assistance to a single individual who meets such  program's
     7  necessary  eligibility requirements, shall be reimbursed for any payment
     8  differential for housing a single individual  in  a  room  intended  for
     9  double occupancy.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01076-01-9