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                                   4269
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Social Services
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services  law, in relation to assisting
   persons with medically diagnosed HIV infection; and repealing  certain
   provisions of such law relating thereto

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 131-a of the social services law,
 as amended by section 1 of part ZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is
 amended to read as follows:
   14. In determining the  need  for  aid  provided  pursuant  to  public
 assistance  programs,  each  person  living with medically diagnosed HIV
 infection as defined by the AIDS institute of the department  of  health
 [in  social  services districts with a population over five million] who
 is receiving  [services  through  such  district's  administrative  unit
 providing  HIV/AIDS  services,]  public  assistance  and  earned  and/or
 unearned income, shall not be required to pay more than  thirty  percent
 of  his  or her monthly earned and/or unearned income toward the cost of
 rent that such person has a direct obligation  to  pay;  this  provision
 shall not apply to room and board arrangements.
   §  2.  Subdivision  15  of section 131-a of the social services law is
 REPEALED.
   § 3. Section 131 of the social services law is amended by  adding  two
 new subdivisions 21 and 22 to read as follows:
   21.  WHEN  NECESSARY, EACH LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL ASSIST
 PERSONS WITH MEDICALLY DIAGNOSED HIV INFECTION AS DEFINED  BY  THE  AIDS
 INSTITUTE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (I) SECURE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTA-
 TION  TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE, (II) ARRANGE FOR REQUIRED
 FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEWS TO BE CONDUCTED DURING HOME VISITS OR  AT  OTHER
 APPROPRIATE SITES, AND (III) BY PROVIDING REFERRALS FOR SERVICES AS WELL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 AS  OTHER RESOURCES AND MATERIALS AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO
 OF THIS SECTION.
   22.  THE  OFFICE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL
 CREATE, MAINTAIN, AND PERIODICALLY UPDATE INFORMATION  ON  THE  OFFICE'S
 WEBSITE REGARDING RESOURCES AND SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, INCLUDING
 THE  LOCATION  OF  SUCH SERVICES, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED
 TO, COMMUNITY BASED  SUPPORTS,  EMPLOYMENT  OPPORTUNITIES,  AND  MEDICAL
 PROFESSIONALS SPECIALIZED IN ASSISTING SUCH PERSONS WITH MEDICALLY DIAG-
 NOSED  HIV  INFECTION AS DEFINED BY THE AIDS INSTITUTE OF THE DEPARTMENT
 OF HEALTH, TO BE UTILIZED BY THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES  DISTRICTS.  SUCH
 INFORMATION SHALL ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE OFFICE'S WEBSITE.
   §  4.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.