Assembly Bill A4609

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Increases the value of rent subsidies included as a part of preventive services

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A4609 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5517
Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง409-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A300, S1882
2019-2020: A4329
2021-2022: A2476

2015-A4609 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the value of rent subsidies included as a part of preventive services from an amount not to exceed three hundred dollars per month to an amount not to exceed six hundred dollars per month.

2015-A4609 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4609

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 4, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Children and Families

AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to increasing the
  value of rent subsidies  to  be  included  as  a  part  of  preventive
  services

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 5  of  section  409-a  of  the
social  services  law, as amended by chapter 339 of the laws of 1993, is
amended to read as follows:
  (c) Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  this  section,  where  a
social  services  official determines that a lack of adequate housing is
the primary factor preventing the discharge of a child or children  from
foster  care  including,  but  not limited to, children with the goal of
discharge to independent living, preventive services shall  include,  in
addition  to  any  other  payments  or  benefits received by the family,
special cash grants in  the  form  of  rent  subsidies,  including  rent
arrears, or any other assistance, sufficient to obtain adequate housing.
Such  rent  subsidies  or assistance shall not exceed the sum of [three]
SIX hundred dollars per month, shall not be provided  for  a  period  of
more  than  three  years,  and  shall be considered a special grant. The
provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to limit such  offi-
cial's authority to provide other preventive services.
  S  2.  Subdivision  7  of section 409-a of the social services law, as
added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  7. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,  if  a  social
services official determines that a lack of adequate housing is a factor
that may cause the entry of a child or children into foster care and the
family  has  at least one service need other than lack of adequate hous-
ing, preventive services may include, in addition to any other  payments
or  benefits  received by the family, special cash grants in the form of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08267-01-5

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