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                                   9898
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 25, 2020
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 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 setting public
   assistance amounts for individuals receiving enhanced residential care
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision 1 of section 131-o of the
 social services law, as amended by section 1 of part L of chapter 56  of
 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (c)  in  the  case  of  each individual receiving enhanced residential
 care, an amount equal to at least [$204.00]:
   (I) $207.00 for each month beginning on or after  January  first,  two
 thousand nineteen;
   (II)  $226.00  FOR  EACH  MONTH BEGINNING ON OR AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY;
   (III) $243.00 FOR EACH MONTH BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE;
   (IV)  $262.00  FOR EACH MONTH BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO;
   (V) $281.00 FOR EACH MONTH BEGINNING ON OR AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE;
   (VI)  $300.00  FOR EACH MONTH BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR.
   § 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2  of  section  209  of  the  social
 services  law,  as  amended  by section 2 of part L of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (e) [On and after] (I) (1) FROM January first, two thousand [nineteen]
 TWENTY TO MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, [(i)] for an eligible
 individual receiving enhanced residential care,  $1,465.00;  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 TWENTY TO DECEMBER THIRTY-
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY,  FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUAL  RECEIVING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 ENHANCED  RESIDENTIAL  CARE,  $1,496.00;  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  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE TO DECEMBER
 THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE,  FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUAL
 RECEIVING  ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1,513.00; 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 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO TO DECEMBER THIR-
 TY-FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, FOR AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING
 ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1,532.00; 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 JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE  TO  DECEMBER
 THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE,  FOR  AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL
 RECEIVING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1,551.00; AND (2) FOR AN  ELIGIBLE
 COUPLE  RECEIVING  ENHANCED  RESIDENTIAL  CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET
 FORTH IN CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
   (VI) (1) FROM JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR  TO  DECEMBER
 THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR,  FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL
 RECEIVING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1,570.00; AND (2) FOR AN  ELIGIBLE
 COUPLE  RECEIVING  ENHANCED  RESIDENTIAL  CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET
 FORTH IN CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
   § 3. Section 131-a of the social services law is amended by  adding  a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, SOCIAL SERVICES OFFI-
 CIALS SHALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION,  PROVIDE
 PUBLIC  ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS AND FAMILIES WHO RECEIVE TEMPORARY HOUSING
 ASSISTANCE AND THREE MEALS PER DAY OR RESIDE IN  A  SHELTER  FOR  ADULTS
 THAT  PROVIDES THREE MEALS PER DAY, A SHELTER FOR FAMILIES THAT PROVIDES
 THREE MEALS PER DAY, OR A PUBLIC HOME THAT PROVIDES THREE MEALS PER  DAY
 AND DETERMINED TO BE ELIGIBLE BY THE APPLICATION OF THE STANDARD OF NEED
 PRESCRIBED  BY  THE  PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, LESS
 ANY AVAILABLE INCOME OR RESOURCES WHICH ARE NOT REQUIRED  TO  BE  DISRE-
 GARDED  BY  OTHER  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  CHAPTER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 FOLLOWING MONTHLY SCHEDULE:
                         NUMBER OF PERSONS IN HOUSEHOLD
                        ONE   TWO  THREE FOUR  FIVE  SIX
                       $183  $291 $389  $501  $618  $714
 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE NEEDY PERSON IN THE HOUSEHOLD  THERE  SHALL
 BE AN ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCE OF NINETY-SIX DOLLARS MONTHLY.
   §  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as sections 1 and 2 of part L of chapter 56 of the laws  of  2019
 take  effect;  provided,  however,  that section three of this act shall
 take effect on the first of April in the year next succeeding  the  year
 in which it shall have become a law.