Bill Text: NY S08917 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires any website or mobile application associated with an electronic benefit transfer system to be offered in the ten most common non-English languages spoken by individuals with limited-English proficiency in the state of New York, based on United States census data.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-04 - referred to social services [S08917 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08917-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8917--A

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 27, 2024
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        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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  requiring  any
          website  or  mobile  application associated with an electronic benefit
          transfer system to be offered in common non-English languages

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  21-a  of  the  social services law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3. (a) Any companion website or mobile application associated with  an
     4  electronic  benefit transfer system implemented pursuant to this section
     5  that is accessible by benefit recipients shall be made available in  the
     6  ten  most common non-English languages spoken by individuals with limit-
     7  ed-English proficiency in the state of New York, based on United  States
     8  census data.
     9    (b)  Any  companion  website  or mobile application associated with an
    10  electronic benefit transfer system implemented pursuant to this  section
    11  that  is  accessible  by benefit recipients shall provide for the trans-
    12  lation of any documents made available for  viewing  on  such  companion
    13  website  or  mobile  application  in  the  ten  most  common non-English
    14  languages spoken by individuals with limited-English proficiency in  the
    15  state of New York, based on United States census data.
    16    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    17  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    18  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    19  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    20  on or before such effective date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14810-02-4