Bill Text: NY S05713 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the monthly amounts for state supplement payments and personal needs allowance for eligible individuals receiving enhanced residential cares.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES [S05713 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05713-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5713

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 13, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- 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 state supplement
          payments and personal needs allowance for eligible individuals receiv-
          ing 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:
     6    (i) $204.00 for each month beginning on or after  January  first,  two
     7  thousand nineteen;
     8    (ii)  $223.00  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; and
    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 to
    22  March thirty-first, two thousand twenty, [(i)] for an eligible  individ-
    23  ual  receiving  enhanced residential care, $1,465.00; and [(ii)] (2) for
    24  an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care,  two  times  the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10403-04-9
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     1  amount  set  forth  in [subparagraph (i)] clause one of this [paragraph]
     2  subparagraph.
     3    (ii)(1)  From  April  first,  two  thousand twenty to December thirty-
     4  first,  two  thousand  twenty,  for  an  eligible  individual  receiving
     5  enhanced  residential  care,  $1,484.00;  and (2) for an eligible couple
     6  receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set  forth  in
     7  clause one of this subparagraph.
     8    (iii)(1) From January first, two thousand twenty-one to December thir-
     9  ty-first,  two thousand twenty-one, for an eligible individual receiving
    10  enhanced residential care, $1,504.00; and (2)  for  an  eligible  couple
    11  receiving  enhanced  residential care, two times the amount set forth in
    12  clause one of this subparagraph.
    13    (iv) (1) From January first, two thousand twenty-two to December thir-
    14  ty-first, two thousand twenty-two, for an eligible individual  receiving
    15  enhanced  residential  care,  $1,523.00;  and (2) for an eligible couple
    16  receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set  forth  in
    17  clause one of this subparagraph.
    18    (v)  (1)  From  January  first,  two thousand twenty-three to December
    19  thirty-first, two thousand  twenty-three,  for  an  eligible  individual
    20  receiving  enhanced residential care, $1,542.00; and (2) for an eligible
    21  couple receiving enhanced residential care, two  times  the  amount  set
    22  forth in clause one of this subparagraph.
    23    (vi)  (1)  From  January  first,  two thousand twenty-four to December
    24  thirty-first, two  thousand  twenty-four,  for  an  eligible  individual
    25  receiving  enhanced residential care, $1,561.00; and (2) for an eligible
    26  couple receiving enhanced residential care, two  times  the  amount  set
    27  forth in clause one of this subparagraph.
    28    §  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    29  manner as sections 1 and 2 of part L of chapter 56 of the laws of  2019,
    30  takes effect.