Senate Bill S7789

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to eligibility for the temporary assistance to needy families block grant program, safety net assistance and medical assistance for certain noncitizens

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Social Services Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S7789 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8318
Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §122, Soc Serv L

2023-S7789 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to eligibility for the temporary assistance to needy families block grant program, safety net assistance and medical assistance for certain noncitizens.

2023-S7789 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7789 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7789
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to eligibility  for
   the temporary assistance to needy families block grant program, safety
   net assistance and medical assistance for certain noncitizens

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraphs (vi) and (vii) of paragraph (a)  of  subdivi-
 sion  1 of section 122 of the social services law, as amended by chapter
 669 of the laws of 2022, are amended and a new  subparagraph  (viii)  is
 added to read as follows:
   (vi)  a  noncitizen  granted  status as a Cuban and Haitian entrant as
 defined in section 501(e) of the federal Refugee Education Act  of  1980
 within the previous five years with respect to benefits under the tempo-
 rary  assistance  to  needy families block grant program, and safety net
 assistance and within the previous seven years with respect  to  medical
 assistance; [and]
   (vii) a noncitizen admitted to the United States as an Amerasian immi-
 grant  as  described  in  section  402(a)(2)(A)  of the federal personal
 responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act  of  1996  within
 the  previous  five  years  with respect to benefits under the temporary
 assistance to needy families block grant program, and safety net assist-
 ance and within the previous seven years with respect to medical assist-
 ance[.]; AND
   (VIII) A NONCITIZEN AND THEIR  SPOUSE  AND  UNMARRIED  CHILDREN  UNDER
 TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE, WHO ENTERED THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE PREVI-
 OUS  FIVE  YEARS WITH RESPECT TO BENEFITS UNDER THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE
 TO NEEDY FAMILIES BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, AND SAFETY NET ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
 AND WITHIN THE PREVIOUS SEVEN YEARS WITH RESPECT TO MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE,
 PROVIDED SUCH NONCITIZEN:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13331-01-3
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