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                                  7859--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 24, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Mental Health -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Mental
   Health  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN ACT directing the commissioner of the office for people with develop-
   mental disabilities to conduct a study on the feasibility of  allowing
   the use of debit cards for resident's cash accounts; and providing for
   the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. The commissioner of the office for people with  develop-
 mental  disabilities shall conduct a study, in cooperation and consulta-
 tion with the comptroller's office, to determine the feasibility of such
 office authorizing the use of debit cards, as defined pursuant to subdi-
 vision 9 of section 511 of the general business law, for  cash  accounts
 of residents of facilities operated by such office to be used for facil-
 ities  and  service providers holding operating certificates pursuant to
 section 16.03 of the mental hygiene law.
   2. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, an examination  of
 whether  the use of debit cards for residents' cash accounts would be in
 conflict with any provisions of the state finance law  or  federal  law,
 the  impact  that  banking fees would have on the individual finances of
 each resident,  the  impact  that  banking  fees  would  have  on  state
 finances, and what effect would result from shifting funds from individ-
 uals  served by the office for people with developmental disabilities to
 the financial industry.
   3. Upon completion of such study, but no later than December 31, 2021,
 the commissioner of the office for people with  developmental  disabili-
 ties  shall  issue  a  report based on the findings of such study to the
 governor, the temporary president of the  senate,  the  speaker  of  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 assembly,  the commissioner of mental health, and the comptroller, which
 shall include, but not be limited to:
   (a) the findings of such study;
   (b) potential ways to resolve any conflicts with the state finance law
 and federal law;
   (c) viability and numbers of vendors in the marketplace; and
   (d)  any additional financial implications that authorizing the use of
 debit cards for residents' cash accounts would have  on  individuals  or
 the state.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed January 1, 2022.