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                                    821
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  increasing  the
   enhanced residential care benefit for aged, blind and disabled persons

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 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 TO
 JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, [(i)] for an eligible  individ-
 ual  receiving  enhanced residential care, $1,477.00; and [(ii)] (2) for
 an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care,  two  times  the
 amount  set  forth in CLAUSE ONE OF THIS subparagraph [(i) of this para-
 graph].
   (II) (1) FROM JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE  TO  MARCH  THIRTY-
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO,  FOR AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING
 ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1,585.00; 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 APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO TO  MARCH  THIRTY-
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, FOR AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING
 ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1,705.00; 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 APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE TO MARCH  THIRTY-
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR, FOR AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING
 ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1,825.00; AND (2)  FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE  COUPLE
 RECEIVING  ENHANCED  RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN
 CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (V) (1) FROM APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR  TO  MARCH  THIRTY-
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE, FOR AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING
 ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1,945.00; 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 APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE TO MARCH THIRTY-
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUAL  RECEIVING
 ENHANCED  RESIDENTIAL  CARE,  $2,065.00;  AND (2) FOR AN ELIGIBLE COUPLE
 RECEIVING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET  FORTH  IN
 CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.