Bill Text: NY S06569 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
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.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-28 - REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES [S06569 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S06569-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6569
I N S E N A T E
February 28, 2012
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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
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.
12 S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
13 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00232-01-1
