Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 29, 2016 |
referred to social services delivered to assembly passed senate |
Feb 25, 2016 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 24, 2016 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 09, 2016 |
1st report cal.160 |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to social services returned to senate died in assembly |
Apr 27, 2015 |
referred to social services delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 30, 2015 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 26, 2015 |
2nd report cal. |
Mar 25, 2015 |
1st report cal.305 |
Jan 07, 2015 |
referred to social services |
Senate Bill S85
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 60th Senate District
Archive: Last 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
Votes
2015-S85 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S85 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S85 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the social services law, in relation to submission of evidence at fair hearings SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section. 1. Amends Social Services Law § 22 to permit social services districts to present evidentiary packages in electronic, rather than paper, format at fair hearings conducted pursuant to such section. Neither social services district nor applicants or recipients entitled to appeal would be required to present evidence in electronic format, but they would be permitted to do so. The bill further provides that persons entitled to an appeal to the department could request evidentiary packages in paper format either before or at the hearing, subject to regulations of the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance ("OTDA"), Section 2. Effective date. JUSTIFICATION : The current Fair Hearing process requires the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) to provide three hard copies of single-sided client documents at every fair hearing, with copies assigned to the hearing officer, appellant and agency representative. On average, this requires the printing of 1.7 million pages per month. In addition, these paper packets are manually
2015-S85 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 85 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 submission of evidence at fair hearings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 22 of the social services law is amended by adding a new subdivision 15 to read as follows: 15. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PERMIT SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS TO SUBMIT THEIR EVIDENTIARY PACKAGES FOR ANY FAIR HEARING TO THE DEPARTMENT SOLELY IN AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT AND SHALL PROVIDE THE MEANS TO FACILITATE THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS' USE OF ANY SUCH EVIDENTIARY PACKAGES FOR THEIR EVIDENTIARY PRESENTATIONS AT THE FAIR HEARING. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL REQUIRE A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT TO SUBMIT ITS EVIDENTIARY PACKAGE IN AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT, NOR SHALL A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT, OR ANY OTHER PARTY TO A FAIR HEARING, BE PRECLUDED FROM OFFER- ING INTO EVIDENCE DOCUMENTATION IN PAPER FORMAT, REGARDLESS OF THE MEDI- UM USED TO CREATE, TRANSMIT, AND DISPLAY THE EVIDENTIARY PACKAGE AT THE FAIR HEARING. IN CASES WHERE A PERSON ENTITLED TO AN APPEAL PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION REQUESTS A PAPER COPY OF THE EVIDENTIARY PACKAGE EITHER BEFORE THE HEARING OR AT THE HEARING, THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE SUCH PAPER COPY EVEN IF SUCH DISTRICT WILL UTILIZE AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT AT THE FAIR HEARING. REQUESTS MADE PRIOR TO THE FAIR HEARING SHALL BE PROCESSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT. WHEN NOTIFYING A PERSON ENTITLED TO AN APPEAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE SCHEDULING OF A FAIR HEARING, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL STATE THAT ANY SUCH PERSON MAY REQUEST ORALLY OR IN WRITING A PAPER COPY OF THE EVIDENTIARY PACKAGE TO BE PRESENTED BY THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT AT THE FAIR HEARING. S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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