Senate Bill S8655

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the standards of monthly need for persons in receipt of public assistance

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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-S8655 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5507
Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §131-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8061

2023-S8655 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the standards of monthly need for persons in receipt of public assistance; provides for an increased monthly allowance for persons and families residing in shelters.

2023-S8655 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8655 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8655
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 27, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the standards of
   monthly need for persons in receipt of public assistance
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  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, A SOCIAL SERVICES OFFI-
 CIAL 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  WHO  RESIDE  IN  A  SHELTER  FOR
 ADULTS THAT PROVIDES THREE MEALS PER DAY, OR WHO RESIDE IN A SHELTER FOR
 FAMILIES  THAT  PROVIDES  THREE MEALS PER DAY, OR WHO RESIDE IN A PUBLIC
 HOME THAT PROVIDES THREE MEALS PER DAY, AND ARE DETERMINED TO BE  ELIGI-
 BLE  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  DISREGARDED  BY  OTHER
 PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE:
                      NUMBER OF PERSONS IN HOUSEHOLD
     ONE         TWO         THREE       FOUR        FIVE        SIX
     $183.10     $291.50     $389.00     $501.70     $618.70     $714.20
   FOR EACH ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE NEEDY PERSON IN THE HOUSEHOLD THERE SHALL
 BE AN ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCE OF $97.50 MONTHLY.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04173-01-3

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