Bill Text: NY S08173 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires screening incarcerated individuals for eligibility in the supplemental nutrition assistance program prior to release and assistance in applying for such programs; requires officials to seek waivers from the USDA for eligibility for such program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-16 - referred to correction [S08173 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S08173-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8173 IN SENATE January 11, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to screening incarcerat- ed individuals for eligibility in the supplemental nutrition assist- ance program prior to release The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 619-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 619-a. Supplemental nutrition access program screening. It shall be 4 the duty of an official of any institution under the jurisdiction of the 5 commissioner to cooperate with an authorized agency of the department of 6 social services to screen incarcerated individuals for eligibility for 7 the supplemental nutrition access program pursuant to section ninety- 8 five of the social services law thirty days prior to release and to 9 assist such eligible individuals in applying for such program. Such 10 official, in cooperation with the authorized agency, shall seek any 11 necessary waivers from the United States department of agriculture to 12 suspend the three-month time limit for individuals in areas without work 13 and to ensure that incarcerated individuals have one year of eligibility 14 upon release. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13429-01-3