Bill Text: NY A00140 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the state shall take over all of the cost of the safety net program from every county throughout the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to social services [A00140 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00140-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           140
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Social Services
        AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to the full take-
          over by the state of New York of county safety net costs
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 153 of the social services law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 18 to read as follows:
     3    18. From an amount specifically appropriated therefor, the commission-
     4  er  of  the  office of temporary and disability assistance shall provide
     5  additional enhanced reimbursement for the administration of  safety  net
     6  assistance  to  every social services district throughout the state. The
     7  reimbursement provided by the commissioner shall be equal to  the  costs
     8  of  safety  net  assistance  incurred  by  each social services district
     9  throughout New York state.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
    11  the date on which it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01876-01-9