Bill Text: NY S08173 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 8173

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 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-21 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING [S08173 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08173-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          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