Assembly Actions -
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Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to social services |
May 13, 2021 |
referred to social services |
Assembly Bill A7516
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WALLACE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Nily Rozic
Albert A. Stirpe
Richard Gottfried
Patricia Fahy
2021-A7516 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A7516 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7516 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 13, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALLACE, ROZIC, STIRPE, GOTTFRIED, FAHY, PEOPLES-STOKES, DINOWITZ, BRONSON, DE LA ROSA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to exempting amounts received from any financial settlement for childhood sexual abuse for determining eligibility for or amount of benefits THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 131-n of the social services law, as amended by section 16 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 4. IF AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY FEDERAL LAW AND REGULATIONS, AMOUNTS RECEIVED FROM ANY FINANCIAL SETTLEMENT FOR CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM CONSIDERATION AS INCOME OR RESOURCES FOR THE PURPOSES OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR AND THE AMOUNT OF BENEFITS UNDER ANY PROGRAM PROVIDED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THIS CHAPTER. § 2. Section 131-n of the social services law, as amended by chapter 635 of the laws of 1976, is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3. IF AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY FEDERAL LAW AND REGULATIONS, AMOUNTS RECEIVED FROM ANY FINANCIAL SETTLEMENT FOR CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM CONSIDERATION AS INCOME OR RESOURCES FOR THE PURPOSES OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR AND THE AMOUNT OF BENEFITS UNDER ANY PROGRAM PROVIDED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THIS CHAPTER. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend- ments to section 131-n of the social services law made by section one of this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such subdi- vision pursuant to section 153 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997 as amended, when upon such date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07764-01-1
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