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                                   3101
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2021
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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 K of chapter 56  of
 the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   (c)  in  the  case  of  each individual receiving enhanced residential
 care, an amount equal to at least:
   (I) $207.00 for each month beginning on or after  January  first,  two
 thousand twenty;
   (II)  $226.00  FOR EACH MONTH BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE;
   (III) $243.00 FOR EACH MONTH BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO;
   (IV)  $262.00  FOR EACH MONTH BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE;
   (V) $281.00 FOR EACH MONTH BEGINNING ON OR AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR;
   (VI)  $300.00  FOR EACH MONTH BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE.
   § 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2  of  section  209  of  the  social
 services  law,  as  amended  by section 2 of part K of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   (e) [On and after] (I)(1) FROM January first,  two  thousand  [twenty]
 TWENTY-ONE  TO MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, [(i)] for an
 eligible individual receiving enhanced residential care, $1,477.00;  and
 [(ii)]  (2)  for an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care,

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 two times the amount set forth in [subparagraph (i)] CLAUSE ONE of  this
 [paragraph] SUBPARAGRAPH.
   (II)  (1)  FROM APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE TO DECEMBER THIR-
 TY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, FOR AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL  RECEIVING
 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-TWO TO DECEMBER
 THIRTY-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.
   (IV)  (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.
   (V) (1) FROM JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR TO DECEMBER THIR-
 TY-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 K of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020
 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.