Bill Text: NY A07859 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to conduct a study in consultation with the comptroller's office on whether it is feasible to allow the use of debit cards for residents' cash accounts to be used for facilities and service providers holding operating certificates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-10-07 - SIGNED CHAP.234 [A07859 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07859-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7859--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 24, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Mental Health -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Mental
          Health  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2 -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN ACT directing the commissioner of the office for people with develop-
          mental disabilities to conduct a study on the feasibility of  allowing
          the use of debit cards for resident's cash accounts; and providing for
          the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

     1    Section 1. 1. The commissioner of the office for people with  develop-
     2  mental  disabilities shall conduct a study, in cooperation and consulta-
     3  tion with the comptroller's office, to determine the feasibility of such
     4  office authorizing the use of debit cards, as defined pursuant to subdi-
     5  vision 9 of section 511 of the general business law, for  cash  accounts
     6  of residents of facilities operated by such office to be used for facil-
     7  ities  and  service providers holding operating certificates pursuant to
     8  section 16.03 of the mental hygiene law.
     9    2. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, an examination  of
    10  whether  the use of debit cards for residents' cash accounts would be in
    11  conflict with any provisions of the state finance law  or  federal  law,
    12  the  impact  that  banking fees would have on the individual finances of
    13  each resident,  the  impact  that  banking  fees  would  have  on  state
    14  finances, and what effect would result from shifting funds from individ-
    15  uals  served by the office for people with developmental disabilities to
    16  the financial industry.
    17    3. Upon completion of such study, but no later than December 31, 2021,
    18  the commissioner of the office for people with  developmental  disabili-
    19  ties  shall  issue  a  report based on the findings of such study to the
    20  governor, the temporary president of the  senate,  the  speaker  of  the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11271-04-0

        A. 7859--A                          2

     1  assembly,  the commissioner of mental health, and the comptroller, which
     2  shall include, but not be limited to:
     3    (a) the findings of such study;
     4    (b) potential ways to resolve any conflicts with the state finance law
     5  and federal law;
     6    (c) viability and numbers of vendors in the marketplace; and
     7    (d)  any additional financial implications that authorizing the use of
     8  debit cards for residents' cash accounts would have  on  individuals  or
     9  the state.
    10    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    11  deemed repealed January 1, 2022.
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