Bill Text: NY A01489 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that applicants for or recipients of food stamps shall not be subjected to finger imaging as a requirement of the food stamp program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to social services [A01489 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A01489-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1489
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 12, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. WRIGHT, PEOPLES-STOKES -- Multi-Sponsored by --
         M. of A. CLARK, GLICK, GOTTFRIED -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
         Committee on Social Services
       AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to finger imaging
         for food stamps recipients
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision 3 of section 95 of the social services law is
    2  amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
    3    (D) NO COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES SHALL REQUIRE APPLICANTS FOR OR
    4  RECIPIENTS OF FOOD STAMPS  TO  BE  SUBJECTED  TO  FINGER  IMAGING  AS  A
    5  REQUIREMENT OF THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect September 1, 2016.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04858-01-5