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                                  2137--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2017
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 Introduced  by Sens. SERINO, AMEDORE, AVELLA, CROCI, DeFRANCISCO, FUNKE,
   GALLIVAN, GOLDEN, GRIFFO, HANNON, LAVALLE, LITTLE, MARCELLINO, MURPHY,
   ORTT, RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE, ROBACH, SAVINO, VALESKY -- read twice  and
   ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
   Social  Services  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to increasing the
   enhanced residential  care  benefits  for  aged,  blind  and  disabled
   persons
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 209 of the social
 services law, as amended by section 2 of part O of  chapter  54  of  the
 laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   (e) (i) [On and after] (1) FROM January first, two thousand sixteen TO
 MARCH  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN, for an eligible individual
 receiving enhanced residential care, $1427.00; and  [(ii)]  (2)  for  an
 eligible  couple  receiving  enhanced  residential  care,  two times the
 amount set forth in [subparagraph (i)] CLAUSE ONE  of  this  [paragraph]
 SUBPARAGRAPH.
   (II)  (1)  FROM  APRIL  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN TO MARCH THIRTY-
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN,  FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUAL  RECEIVING
 ENHANCED  RESIDENTIAL  CARE,  $1547.00;  AND  (2) FOR AN ELIGIBLE COUPLE
 RECEIVING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET  FORTH  IN
 CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
   (III)  (1)  FROM  APRIL  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN TO MARCH THIRTY-
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  NINETEEN,  FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUAL  RECEIVING
 ENHANCED  RESIDENTIAL  CARE,  $1667.00;  AND  (2) FOR AN ELIGIBLE COUPLE
 RECEIVING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET  FORTH  IN
 CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 S. 2137--A                          2
 
   (IV)  (1)  FROM  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN TO MARCH THIRTY-
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY,  FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUAL  RECEIVING
 ENHANCED  RESIDENTIAL  CARE,  $1787.00;  AND  (2) FOR AN ELIGIBLE COUPLE
 RECEIVING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET  FORTH  IN
 CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
   (V)  (1)  FROM APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY TO MARCH THIRTY-FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, FOR AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL  RECEIVING  ENHANCED
 RESIDENTIAL  CARE,  $1907.00;  AND  (2) FOR AN ELIGIBLE COUPLE RECEIVING
 ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN CLAUSE  ONE
 OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
   (VI) (1) FROM APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE AND THEREAFTER, FOR
 AN  ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUAL  RECEIVING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $2027.00;
 AND (2) FOR AN ELIGIBLE COUPLE RECEIVING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE,  TWO
 TIMES THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2017.