Bill Text: NY S09484 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 9484

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires the department of social services to issue EMV-compliant or similar electronic benefit transfer cards and process all electronic benefit transfer system transactions using dynamic data authentication.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES [S09484 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09484-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9484

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- 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  requiring  the
          department  of social services to issue EMV-compliant or similar elec-
          tronic benefit transfer  cards  and  process  all  electronic  benefit
          transfer system transactions using dynamic data authentication

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

     1    Section 1. The  opening  paragraph  of  section  21-a  of  the  social
     2  services  law,  as  amended  by section 1 of part F of chapter 58 of the
     3  laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
     4    Any electronic benefit transfer system shall  be  implemented  by  the
     5  department  on  a  statewide basis and shall be administered pursuant to
     6  the provisions of this section. For purposes of such electronic  benefit
     7  transfer system, the term "electronic benefit transfer" includes the use
     8  of  a  credit or debit card service, automated teller machine, point-of-
     9  sale terminal, or access to an online system for the withdrawal of funds
    10  or the processing of a payment for merchandise or a service. The depart-
    11  ment shall issue EMV-compliant or similar  electronic  benefit  transfer
    12  cards  and  process  all electronic benefit transfer system transactions
    13  using dynamic data authentication.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    15  ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
    16  the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
    17  sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
    18  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.



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