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                                   3093
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Social Services
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to extending the
   period given to certain applicants for public assistance  benefits  to
   request a fair hearing
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 332-b of the social services  law,
 as added by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is
 amended to read as follows:
   6. When an applicant or recipient receives notification of the examin-
 ing  medical  professional's  disability determination, [he or she] THEY
 shall also be notified of [his or her] THE right to request a fair hear-
 ing within [ten] SIXTY days of such  notice  OR  WITHIN  SIXTY  DAYS  OF
 RECEIPT  OF  A  WORK  ACTIVITY  ASSIGNMENT.    If  such applicant timely
 requests a fair hearing, no assignment to work  activities  pursuant  to
 this  title  may  be  made OR ENFORCED pending such hearing and determi-
 nation unless the applicant  or  recipient  agrees  to  a  limited  work
 assignment  not  inconsistent with the medical condition alleged by such
 person.   Provided, however, that if  a  social  services  district  has
 reason  to  believe  that  such recipient or applicant does not actually
 suffer from a work limiting condition, the district  shall  provide  the
 applicant  or  recipient  with notice of potential sanctions pursuant to
 subdivision three of section three hundred forty-two of this title,  and
 provided  further  that recipients will be subject to sanctions pursuant
 to subdivision three of section three hundred forty-two of this title if
 the district determines, based on clear medical evidence, that there  is
 no  basis for the individual's claim that [he or she is] THEY ARE unable
 to fully engage in work  activities,  and  that  the  individual  inten-
 tionally misrepresented [his or her] THEIR medical condition.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04925-01-5