NY State Senate Bill 2019-S7331

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Jan 17, 2020	referred to social services

2019-S7331 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4269
Current Committee:: Senate Social Services
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§131-a & 131, rpld §131-a sub 15, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A9684
2021-2022: S1073, A2478, A10528
2023-2024: S183, A2418

2019-S7331 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to assisting persons with medically diagnosed HIV infection.

2019-S7331 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7331

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL::

Provides needed assistance to public assistance recipients living with
medically diagnosed HIV infection, as defined by the AIDS Institute of
the Department of Health, residing outside of New York City by institut-
ing the same 30% rent cap and also requiring local social services
districts and the Office of Temporary and Disability Service (OTDA) to
provide additional services and support.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::

Section 1 amends subdivision 14 of section 131-a of the social services

law to expand the 30% rent cap currently applicable in New York City to
the rest of the state, thereby limiting the contribution that public
assistance recipients living with medically diagnosed HIV infection as
defined by the AIDS Institute of the Department of Health are required
to pay toward rent to 30% of monthly income.

Section 2 repeals subdivision 15 of section 131-a of the social services
law.

Section 3 adds two new subdivisions to section 131 of the social
services law to require local social service districts to help persons
living with medically diagnosed HIV infection as defined by the AIDS
Institute of the Department of Health to apply for assistance and access
services and to require OTDA, in consultation with the Department of
Health to provide updated information on OTDA's website regarding
resources and services throughout the state.

Section 4 provides that the bill shall take effect 90 days after it
shall have become law.

 
JUSTIFICATION::

The ability to meet basic needs, including safe, affordable housing, is
essential for any person with HIV to be able to access and benefit from
antiretroviral treatment. New York State's Blueprint for Ending the AIDS
Epidemic (ETE) by 2020 recognizes that efforts to ensuring housing
stability are key to engaging and retaining many low-income persons with
HIV in the care needed to stay healthy and prevent further transmission.

We cannot end New York's AIDS epidemic while 10,000 or more individuals
and families with HIV across the state remain homeless or unstably
housed. Research strongly links unstable housing to poor health
outcomes, detectable viral load, HIV risk behaviors, and increased rates
of HIV infection. It can be conservatively estimated that leaving 10,000
New Yorkers with HIV without stable housing will result in at least
1,000 avoidable new HIV infections between now and 2020, undermining the
ability to achieve our ETE Goals.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::

A.9684 of 2017-2018.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS::

To be determined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE::

90 days after it shall have become law

2019-S7331 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7331
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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
 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01077-01-9

 S. 7331                             2
 
 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.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Social Services Committee

2019-S7331 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S7331 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S7331 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7331 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Brad Hoylman-Sigal

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Social Services Committee

2019-S7331 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S7331 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S7331 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7331 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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