Assembly Bill A2303

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Increases from $300 to $600 the monthly rent subsidy payable for housing for a foster child living independently in certain circumstances

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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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2019-A2303 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §409-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9806
2015-2016: A7756
2017-2018: A259
2021-2022: A1777
2023-2024: A2525

2019-A2303 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases from $300 to $600 the monthly rent subsidy payable for housing for a foster child living independently in certain circumstances; doesn't limit those from living with roommates.

2019-A2303 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2303
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HEVESI, JAFFEE, WRIGHT, JEAN-PIERRE -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to increasing  from
   $300  a  month  to  $600  a month the rent subsidy payable to a foster
   child living independently

   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, MAY BE PROVIDED UP TO AGE TWENTY-FOUR  FOR  YOUTH
 DISCHARGED  FROM  FOSTER  CARE, and shall be considered a special grant.
 NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO  LIMIT  THE  ABILITY  OF
 THOSE  USING  THE RENT SUBSIDY TO LIVE WITH ROOMMATES. The provisions of
 this paragraph shall not be construed to limit such official's authority
 to provide other preventive services.
   § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 409-a of the  social  services  law,  as
 added by section 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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