Bill Text: NY S00763 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Increases the amount recipients of enhanced residential care may maintain in a personal allowance account and payments to the aged, blind and disabled.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-24 - PRINT NUMBER 763A [S00763 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S00763-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 763--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LITTLE, AKSHAR, DeFRANCISCO, MURPHY, RITCHIE, ROBACH, SEWARD, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services -- recom- mitted to the Committee on Social Services in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to additional state payments to aged, blind and disabled and personal allowance accounts 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 P of chapter 56 of 3 the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows: 4 (c) (1) in the case of each individual receiving enhanced residential 5 care, an amount equal to at least $194.00 for each month beginning on or 6 after January first, two thousand seventeen. 7 (2) in the case of each individual receiving enhanced residential 8 care, an amount equal to at least $229.00 for each month beginning on or 9 after April first, two thousand eighteen. 10 § 2. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 2 of section 209 of the 11 social services law, as amended by section 2 of part P of chapter 56 of 12 the laws of 2017, are amended to read as follows: 13 (e) (i) (1) On and after January first, two thousand seventeen, for an 14 eligible individual receiving enhanced residential care, $1,429.00; and 15 [(ii)] (2) for an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care, 16 two times the amount set forth in [subparagraph (i)] clause one of this 17 [paragraph] subparagraph. 18 (ii) (1) On and after April first, two thousand eighteen, for an 19 eligible individual receiving enhanced residential care, $1,688.00; and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00485-02-8S. 763--A 2 1 (2) for an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care, two 2 times the amount set forth in clause one of this subparagraph. 3 (f) (i) The amounts set forth in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this 4 subdivision shall be increased to reflect any increases in federal 5 supplemental security income benefits for individuals or couples which 6 become effective on or after January first, two thousand eighteen but 7 prior to June thirtieth, two thousand eighteen. 8 (ii) In addition to the amounts provided in subparagraph (i) of this 9 paragraph, on and after April first, two thousand eighteen, the addi- 10 tional state payment portion of the amounts set forth in paragraph (e) 11 of this subdivision shall be annually increased by the same percentage 12 of any federal supplemental security income cost of living adjustment 13 which becomes effective on or after January first, but prior to June 14 thirtieth, of each calendar year, rounded to the nearest whole dollar. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
