Assembly Bill A6669

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to expanding eligibility for the cooling assistance component of the home energy assistance program

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A6669 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8027

2025-A6669 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that an applicant for the cooling assistance component of the home energy assistance program shall not be required to demonstrate that the household contains at least one person with a documented medical condition that is exacerbated by extreme heat to be eligible for a cooling assistance component benefit.

2025-A6669 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6669
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Social Services
 
 AN ACT in relation to expanding eligibility for the  cooling  assistance
   component of the home energy assistance program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to
 the contrary an applicant for the cooling assistance  component  of  the
 home energy assistance program shall not be required to demonstrate that
 the  household  contains  at  least one person with a documented medical
 condition that is exacerbated by extreme heat to be eligible for a cool-
 ing assistance component benefit.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after  the  state
 commissioner of social services receives a determination from the feder-
 al  department  of  health  and  human  services  that the provisions of
 section one of this act  shall  not  render  the  state  ineligible  for
 participation  in the federal low-income home energy assistance program;
 provided that the state commissioner of social services shall notify the
 legislative bill drafting commission upon the receipt of  such  determi-
 nation  in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely
 effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New
 York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of  the
 legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08673-01-5

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