Bill Text: NY S00334 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to notifying counties of any relocation program established by another social services district; requires social services districts that have established such a program to annually report to the office of temporary and disability assistance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES [S00334 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00334-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           334
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to notifying  coun-
          ties  of any relocation program established by another social services
          district
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 62 of the social services law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 2 to read as follows:
     3    2. (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary,  when  a  social
     4  services  district  establishes  any  publicly  funded program to assist
     5  recipients in relocation to another social services district such social
     6  services  district  shall  notify  the  county  commissioner  of  social
     7  services  in the county in which such recipients may be relocated within
     8  thirty days of any planned relocation.  Such notification shall include,
     9  at minimum:
    10    (i) a copy of any  plan  of  service  developed  for  such  recipient,
    11  including the applicable employability plan;
    12    (ii)  the  physical  address  of  any  permanent housing that has been
    13  secured on behalf of such  recipient,  including  copies  of  any  lease
    14  agreement that has been executed;
    15    (iii)  the  name  and  physical  address of any employer that has been
    16  contacted, or with whom any arrangement has been made, on behalf of  the
    17  recipient;
    18    (iv)  terms  and conditions of any publicly funded relocation program,
    19  including any payments or other benefits provided to such recipient; and
    20    (v) any other relevant information as requested by such county commis-
    21  sioner.
    22    (b) Beginning January first, two thousand twenty, and annually  there-
    23  after,  each  social  services  district that has established a publicly
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05170-01-9
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     1  funded program to assist recipients  in  relocating  to  another  social
     2  services district shall report to the office of temporary and disability
     3  assistance on such program, including, at a minimum:
     4    (i)  all  information  provided  to  any county commissioner of social
     5  services pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision; and
     6    (ii) any other relevant information required by the office  of  tempo-
     7  rary and disability assistance.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.