Bill Text: NY A07702 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the payment of camp fees for children receiving safety net assistance or family assistance provided such funds cannot be obtained from other sources.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to social services [A07702 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A07702-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7702

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 20, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Social Services

        AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing the
          payment of camp fees for children receiving safety net assistance; and
          to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 350 of the social
     2  services law is REPEALED.
     3    §  2.  Paragraph  (d)  of subdivision 5 of section 131-a of the social
     4  services law, as amended by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995,  is  amended
     5  to read as follows:
     6    (d)  camp  fees for a camp operated by an entity which has been issued
     7  an operating certificate by the appropriate  health  official  in  whose
     8  jurisdiction  such  camp  is located, when in the judgment of the social
     9  services official it is advisable for the welfare of a  child  receiving
    10  family  assistance  or  safety  net  assistance  to  attend  such  camp,
    11  provided, however, that funds cannot be obtained from other sources [for
    12  children receiving aid to dependent children] and such assistance is not
    13  in excess of maximum fees as established by regulations of the  [depart-
    14  ment]  office  of  temporary  and  disability assistance; life insurance
    15  premiums provided the policy is assigned to the [department]  office  of
    16  temporary  and disability assistance, or in cases where the recipient is
    17  aged, his or her life expectancy is short, or he or she is deemed  unin-
    18  surable[.];
    19    § 3. This act shall take effect June 30, 2021.  Effective immediately,
    20  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation, includ-
    21  ing rules promulgated on an emergency basis, necessary for the implemen-
    22  tation  of  this  act on its effective date are authorized to be made or
    23  completed on or before such effective date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11605-01-1