Assembly Bill A4265

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes access to benefits and services for people with HIV in each local department of social 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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2019-A4265 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5284
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §138, amd §131-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10625
2017-2018: A315, S3449

2019-A4265 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes access to benefits and services for people with HIV in each local department of social services.

2019-A4265 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4265
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. HEVESI, GOTTFRIED, DE LA ROSA, BRONSON -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law,  in  relation  to  establishing
   access  to  benefits  and  services  for people with HIV in each local
   department of social services

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 138 to read as follows:
   § 138. ACCESS TO HIV SERVICES. 1. THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABIL-
 ITY ASSISTANCE SHALL DIRECT EACH LOCAL  DEPARTMENT  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICES
 (LDSS)  TO  ESTABLISH  AND  MAINTAIN  ACCESS TO BENEFITS AND SERVICES AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION TO EVERY  PERSON  WITH  HIV
 INFECTION  WHO  REQUESTS  ASSISTANCE,  AND SHALL ENSURE THE PROVISION OF
 BENEFITS AND SERVICES TO EACH ELIGIBLE PERSON INFECTED WITH HIV.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY  ASSIST-
 ANCE SHALL DIRECT EACH LDSS TO PROVIDE TO PERSONS WITH HIV INFECTION WHO
 SATISFY THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDICAID AS SET FORTH IN U.S.C.
 1396 ET SEQ.:
   (A)  INTENSIVE  CASE  MANAGEMENT WITH AN AVERAGE RATIO WHICH SHALL NOT
 EXCEED ONE CASEWORKER OR SUPERVISOR TO  TWENTY-FIVE  FAMILY  CASES,  AND
 WITH  AN  OVERALL AVERAGE RATIO FOR ALL CASES WHICH SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE
 CASEWORKER OR SUPERVISOR TO THIRTY-FOUR CASES; AND
   (B) TRANSPORTATION AND NUTRITION ALLOWANCES IN AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN
 ONE HUNDRED NINETY-THREE DOLLARS PER MONTH.
   3. (A) WHENEVER USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (1)  "ACCESS  TO  BENEFITS  AND  SERVICES" SHALL MEAN THE PROVISION OF
 ASSISTANCE BY STAFF OF THE LDSS TO A PERSON  WITH  HIV  INFECTION  AT  A
 SINGLE  LOCATION  IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR PUBLICLY SUBSIDIZED BENEFITS AND
 SERVICES, TO ESTABLISH ANY AND ALL ELEMENTS  OF  ELIGIBILITY  INCLUDING,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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