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                                   7743
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 14, 2018
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- 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  supplemental
   security  income  for eligible individuals receiving enhanced residen-
   tial care
 
   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 P of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (e) (i) [On and after] (1) FROM January first, two thousand  seventeen
 TO MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, for an eligible individual
 receiving  enhanced  residential  care, $1,429.00; 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  EIGHTEEN  TO  MARCH  THIRTY-
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN,  FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING
 ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1,549.00; 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  NINETEEN  TO  MARCH  THIRTY-
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY,  FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUAL  RECEIVING
 ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1,669.00; AND (2)  FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE  COUPLE
 RECEIVING  ENHANCED  RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN
 CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
   (IV) (1) FROM APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY TO MARCH  THIRTY-FIRST,
 TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE, FOR AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING ENHANCED
 RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1,789.00; 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-ONE  TO  MARCH  THIRTY-
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO,  FOR AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING
 ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1,909.00; AND (2)  FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE  COUPLE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 RECEIVING  ENHANCED  RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN
 CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
   (VI) (1) FROM APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO AND THEREAFTER, FOR
 AN  ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $2,029.00;
 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, 2018.