Bill Text: NY S03155 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for public assistance eligibility requirements for persons with AIDS or HIV-related illnesses and the expiration of such benefits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-10 - REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES [S03155 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03155-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3155
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 10, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- 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 eligibility  for
         persons   with   acquired  immunodeficiency  syndrome  or  HIV-related
         illnesses; and providing for the repeal of such  provisions  upon  the
         expiration thereof
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 131-a of the social  services  law
    2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
    3    (F) IN DETERMINING THE ELIGIBILITY FOR AND AMOUNT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
    4  BENEFITS  FOR  A  PERSON OR HOUSEHOLD WHERE ONE OR MORE PERSONS HAS BEEN
    5  MEDICALLY DIAGNOSED AS  HAVING  ACQUIRED  IMMUNODEFICIENCY  SYNDROME  OR
    6  HIV-RELATED  ILLNESSES, A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL USE THE SPECIAL
    7  SHELTER ALLOWANCE AMOUNTS ESTABLISHED BY THE  OFFICE  OF  TEMPORARY  AND
    8  DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE  IN  REGULATION  FOR THAT PURPOSE RATHER THAN THE
    9  SHELTER ALLOWANCE ESTABLISHED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION.  A
   10  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT SHALL ONLY USE THIS SPECIAL SHELTER ALLOWANCE
   11  WHEN IT DETERMINES THAT THE PERSON OR FAMILY IS HOMELESS OR  FACED  WITH
   12  HOMELESSNESS  AND FOR WHOM NO VIABLE AND LESS COSTLY ALTERNATIVE HOUSING
   13  IS AVAILABLE AND SUCH ALLOWANCE IS NECESSARY TO  SECURE  HOUSING  OR  TO
   14  MAINTAIN  THE  FAMILY  IN THEIR OWN HOME. IN CALCULATING ELIGIBILITY AND
   15  THE AMOUNT OF BENEFITS, THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL CONSIDER ONLY
   16  THE PERSONS  WITH  ACQUIRED  IMMUNODEFICIENCY  SYNDROME  OR  HIV-RELATED
   17  ILLNESS AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE HOUSEHOLD IN ACCORDANCE
   18  WITH  SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE-C OF THIS TITLE AND THEIR AVAILABLE
   19  INCOME.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   21  ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall expire Novem-
   22  ber 1, 2012 when upon such date the provisions  of  this  act  shall  be
   23  deemed repealed.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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