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                                   2478
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  HEVESI,  BRONSON,  EPSTEIN  -- 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 REPEALED.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.