Bill Text: NY A09898 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Sets public assistance amounts for individuals receiving enhanced residential care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-25 - referred to social services [A09898 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A09898-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9898 IN ASSEMBLY February 25, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to setting public assistance amounts for individuals receiving enhanced residential care The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 131-o of the 2 social services law, as amended by section 1 of part L of chapter 56 of 3 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 4 (c) in the case of each individual receiving enhanced residential 5 care, an amount equal to at least [$204.00]: 6 (i) $207.00 for each month beginning on or after January first, two 7 thousand nineteen; 8 (ii) $226.00 for each month beginning on or after April first, two 9 thousand twenty; 10 (iii) $243.00 for each month beginning on or after January first, two 11 thousand twenty-one; 12 (iv) $262.00 for each month beginning on or after January first, two 13 thousand twenty-two; 14 (v) $281.00 for each month beginning on or after January first, two 15 thousand twenty-three; 16 (vi) $300.00 for each month beginning on or after January first, two 17 thousand twenty-four. 18 § 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 209 of the social 19 services law, as amended by section 2 of part L of chapter 56 of the 20 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 21 (e) [On and after] (i) (1) From January first, two thousand [nineteen] 22 twenty to March thirty-first, two thousand twenty, [(i)] for an eligible 23 individual receiving enhanced residential care, $1,465.00; and [(ii)] 24 (2) for an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care, two 25 times the amount set forth in [subparagraph (i)] clause one of this 26 [paragraph] subparagraph. 27 (ii) (1) From April first, two thousand twenty to December thirty- 28 first, two thousand twenty, for an eligible individual receiving EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15092-01-0A. 9898 2 1 enhanced residential care, $1,496.00; and (2) for an eligible couple 2 receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set forth in 3 clause one of this subparagraph. 4 (iii) (1) From January first, two thousand twenty-one to December 5 thirty-first, two thousand twenty-one, for an eligible individual 6 receiving enhanced residential care, $1,513.00; and (2) for an eligible 7 couple receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set 8 forth in clause one of this subparagraph. 9 (iv) (1) From January first, two thousand twenty-two to December thir- 10 ty-first, two thousand twenty-two, for an eligible individual receiving 11 enhanced residential care, $1,532.00; and (2) for an eligible couple 12 receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set forth in 13 clause one of this subparagraph. 14 (v) (1) From January first, two thousand twenty-three to December 15 thirty-first, two thousand twenty-three, for an eligible individual 16 receiving enhanced residential care, $1,551.00; and (2) for an eligible 17 couple receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set 18 forth in clause one of this subparagraph. 19 (vi) (1) From January first, two thousand twenty-four to December 20 thirty-first, two thousand twenty-four, for an eligible individual 21 receiving enhanced residential care, $1,570.00; and (2) for an eligible 22 couple receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set 23 forth in clause one of this subparagraph. 24 § 3. Section 131-a of the social services law is amended by adding a 25 new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 26 6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, social services offi- 27 cials shall, in accordance with the provisions of this section, provide 28 public assistance to persons and families who receive temporary housing 29 assistance and three meals per day or reside in a shelter for adults 30 that provides three meals per day, a shelter for families that provides 31 three meals per day, or a public home that provides three meals per day 32 and determined to be eligible by the application of the standard of need 33 prescribed by the provisions of subdivision two of this section, less 34 any available income or resources which are not required to be disre- 35 garded by other provisions of this chapter, in accordance with the 36 following monthly schedule: 37 Number of Persons in Household 38 One Two Three Four Five Six 39 $183 $291 $389 $501 $618 $714 40 For each additional eligible needy person in the household there shall 41 be an additional allowance of ninety-six dollars monthly. 42 § 4. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 43 manner as sections 1 and 2 of part L of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019 44 take effect; provided, however, that section three of this act shall 45 take effect on the first of April in the year next succeeding the year 46 in which it shall have become a law.
