Assembly Actions -
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Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to social services |
Dec 29, 2023 |
referred to social services |
Assembly Bill A8449
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WOERNER
Current 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
2023-A8449 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Social Services
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §141, Soc Serv L
2023-A8449 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires that applications for payment of burial expenses by a local public welfare official or for reimbursement by a local public welfare official for burial expenses paid by relatives or friends of the deceased shall include all necessary consent forms to permit the public welfare official to directly verify the deceased left no funds or insurance sufficient to pay burial expenses and shall be due no earlier than thirty days following the death of the recipient of public assistance or care.
2023-A8449 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8449 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y December 29, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to payment of buri- al expenses by local public welfare officials THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 141 of the social services law is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: (C) (1) APPLICATIONS FOR PAYMENT OF BURIAL EXPENSES BY A LOCAL PUBLIC WELFARE OFFICIAL OR FOR REIMBURSEMENT BY A LOCAL PUBLIC WELFARE OFFICIAL FOR BURIAL EXPENSES PAID BY RELATIVES OR FRIENDS OF THE DECEASED SHALL INCLUDE ALL NECESSARY CONSENT FORMS TO PERMIT THE PUBLIC WELFARE OFFI- CIAL TO DIRECTLY VERIFY THE DECEASED LEFT NO FUNDS OR INSURANCE SUFFI- CIENT TO PAY BURIAL EXPENSES. APPLICATIONS FOR PAYMENT OR REIMBURSEMENT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DUE NO EARLIER THAN THIRTY DAYS FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF THE RECIPIENT OF PUBLIC ASSIST- ANCE OR CARE. (2) UPON REQUEST OF A LOCAL PUBLIC WELFARE OFFICIAL PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, ANY BANKING ORGANIZATION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF SECTION TWO OF THE BANKING LAW SHALL RELEASE A DECEDENT'S ACCOUNT INFORMATION TO SUCH OFFICIAL WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS OF RECEIVING SUCH REQUEST. § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13474-02-3
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