NY State Assembly Bill 2009-A8353

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 16, 2010	amended on third reading 8353e
Jan 06, 2010	ordered to third reading cal.578 returned to assembly died in senate
Jun 22, 2009	referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly
Jun 16, 2009	amended on third reading 8353d
Jun 10, 2009	ordered to third reading rules cal.212 rules report cal.212 reported reported referred to rules
Jun 08, 2009	print number 8353c
Jun 08, 2009	amend (t) and recommit to ways and means reported referred to ways and means
Jun 04, 2009	print number 8353b
Jun 04, 2009	amend and recommit to codes
Jun 02, 2009	reported referred to codes
May 22, 2009	print number 8353a
May 22, 2009	amend and recommit to social services
May 15, 2009	referred to social services

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2009-A8353 - Details

Laws Affected:: Amd §131-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A4914
2013-2014: A5855
2015-2016: A1860

2009-A8353 - Summary

Relates to financial contributions by recipients of temporary housing assistance.

2009-A8353 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8353

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Social Services

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services  law, in relation to financial
  contributions  by  recipients  of  temporary  housing  assistance  and
  discontinuance  of temporary housing assistance based on a recipient's
  actions

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivision 7 of section 131-a of the social services law,
as amended by section 12 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws  of  1997,
is amended to read as follows:
  7.  (A)  Whenever a social services official finds that a recipient of
public assistance has failed to fully apply the amount  allowed  in  his
grant for shelter to the payment of rent for his housing accommodations,
unless rent is being withheld pursuant to law or court order, the social
services  official  shall  furnish such recipient's shelter allowance in
the form of direct payments to the owner of such housing  accommodations
or his or her designated agent.
  (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THE LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A
RECIPIENT OF TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO  MAKE
A  FINANCIAL  CONTRIBUTION  TOWARD THE COST OF TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSIST-
ANCE. A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT MAY TERMINATE TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSIST-
ANCE TO A RECIPIENT ONLY IF THE RECIPIENT ENGAGES IN ACTS WHICH POSE  AN
IMMINENT THREAT TO THE HEALTH OR SAFETY OF THE RECIPIENT OR OTHERS. WHEN
A  RECIPIENT  COMMITS  SUCH  ACTS,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ACTS OF
VIOLENCE OR SELLING DRUGS, THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT MAY  DISCONTINUE
TEMPORARY  HOUSING  ASSISTANCE  UNTIL SUCH ACTS CEASE OR FOR SEVEN DAYS,
WHICHEVER PERIOD IS SHORTER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11944-01-9

2009-A8353A - Details

Laws Affected:: Amd §131-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A4914
2013-2014: A5855
2015-2016: A1860

2009-A8353A - Summary

Relates to financial contributions by recipients of temporary housing assistance.

2009-A8353A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 8353--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Social  Services  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  financial
  contributions  by  recipients  of  temporary  housing  assistance  and
  discontinuance of temporary housing assistance based on a  recipient's
  actions

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 131-a of the social services  law,
as  amended  by section 12 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997,
is amended to read as follows:
  7. (A) Whenever a social services official finds that a  recipient  of
public  assistance  has  failed to fully apply the amount allowed in his
grant for shelter to the payment of rent for his housing accommodations,
unless rent is being withheld pursuant to law or court order, the social
services official shall furnish such recipient's  shelter  allowance  in
the  form of direct payments to the owner of such housing accommodations
or his or her designated agent.
  (B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THE LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  A
RECIPIENT  OF TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO MAKE
A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TOWARD THE COST OF  TEMPORARY  HOUSING  ASSIST-
ANCE.    A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT MAY, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, TERMINATE
TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE  TO  A  RECIPIENT  ONLY  IF  THE  RECIPIENT
ENGAGES IN ACTS WHICH POSE AN IMMINENT THREAT TO THE HEALTH OR SAFETY OF
THE RECIPIENT OR OTHERS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11944-02-9

2009-A8353B - Details

Laws Affected:: Amd §131-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A4914
2013-2014: A5855
2015-2016: A1860

2009-A8353B - Summary

Relates to financial contributions by recipients of temporary housing assistance.

2009-A8353B - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:A8353B

TITLE  OF BILL:  An act to amend the social services law, in relation to
financial contributions by recipients of  temporary  housing  assistance
and  discontinuance  of  temporary housing assistance based on a recipi-
ent's actions

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: : To ensure the protection of  homeless
families seeking temporary shelter from being overburdened by the states
requirement to make unrealistic rental payments

SUMMARY  OF  SPECIFIC  PROVISIONS: Subdivision 7 of section 131-a of the
social services law, as amended by section 12 of part B of  chapter  436
of  the  laws  of  1997  is  amended by adding subparagraph b to read as
follows:

Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, a recip-
ient of temporary housing assistance, in New York  City,  shall  not  be
required  to  make a financial contribution toward the cost of temporary
housing assistance and a social services  district  may  only  terminate
such assistance for a period of time.

JUSTIFICATION:  The Committee on Social Services held public hearings in
September  2007  at which many advocates, social welfare policy experts,
social services clients, low-income individuals and families and  repre-
sentatives from New York's Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance

testified  regarding  the  inadequacy  of  public assistance grants. The
participants noted the rapidly increasing cost of living and the erosion
in real benefit value of the basic grant.

Today, the maximum amount of public assistance grants  has  declined  in
value  to  less  than 51% of the federal poverty level. According to the
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, $1 today has the  same  buying
power  as  62  cents had in 1990 -- the last time New York increased the
maximum level of basic public assistance grants before the recent  budg-
et.  In  the  past  two  decades  average  prices  for  electricity have
increased by 84%, the cost of natural gas has increased  160%,  and  the
cost of fuel oil has increased 239%. As the cost of fuel, housing, food,
health  care and other necessities of daily life have increased, low-in-
come families have been forced to make difficult choices between  buying
food, paying rent and paying for medical care.

New  York's  Constitution charges the state with providing assistance to
the needy. See N.Y. Const. Art. XVII, § 1. ("The aid, care  and  support
of  the needy are public concerns and shall be provided by the state and
by such of its subdivisions, and in such manner and by  such  means,  as
the  legislature  may  from  time  to time determine.").   Although this
affirmative responsibility exists,  the  State  has  failed  to  provide
assistance  to  the  neediest families facing homelessness.   The recent
application of section 131-a of the Social Services law by New York City
sheds light on the insensitivity of the current statute which this  bill
seeks to redress.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined

EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-A8353B - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 8353--B

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Social  Services  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and
  referred to the Committee  on  Codes  --  committee  discharged,  bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee

AN ACT to amend the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  financial
  contributions  by  recipients  of  temporary  housing  assistance  and
  discontinuance of temporary housing assistance based on a  recipient's
  actions

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 131-a of the social services  law,
as  amended  by section 12 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997,
is amended to read as follows:
  7. (A) Whenever a social services official finds that a  recipient  of
public  assistance  has  failed to fully apply the amount allowed in his
grant for shelter to the payment of rent for his housing accommodations,
unless rent is being withheld pursuant to law or court order, the social
services official shall furnish such recipient's  shelter  allowance  in
the  form of direct payments to the owner of such housing accommodations
or his or her designated agent.
  (B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN ANY
DISTRICT CONTAINING A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, A
RECIPIENT OF TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO  MAKE
A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TOWARD THE COST OF TEMPORARY HOUSING.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11944-04-9

2009-A8353C - Details

Laws Affected:: Amd §131-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A4914
2013-2014: A5855
2015-2016: A1860

2009-A8353C - Summary

Relates to financial contributions by recipients of temporary housing assistance.

2009-A8353C - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:A8353C

TITLE  OF BILL:  An act to amend the social services law, in relation to
financial contributions by recipients of temporary housing assistance

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:  To ensure the protection  of  homeless
families seeking temporary shelter from being overburdened by the states
requirement to make unrealistic rental payments

SUMMARY  OF  SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:  Subdivision 7 of section 131-a of the
social services law, as amended by section 12 of part B of  chapter  436
of  the  laws  of  1997  is  amended by adding subparagraph b to read as
follows:

Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary,  in  any
social  service  district  containing  a city having a population of one
million or more, any earned or unearned income of applicants or  recipi-
ents of temporary housing assistance shall be disregarded in determining
eligibility for public assistance.

JUSTIFICATION:  The Committee on Social Services held public hearings in
September  2007  at which many advocates, social welfare policy experts,
social services clients, low-income individuals and families and  repre-
sentatives from New York's Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
testified  regarding  the  inadequacy  of  public assistance grants. The
participants noted the rapidly increasing cost of living and the erosion

in real benefit value of the basic grant.

Today, the maximum amount of public assistance grants  has  declined  in
value  to  less  than 51% of the federal poverty level. According to the
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, $1 today has the  same  buying
power  as  62  cents had in 1990 -- the last time New York increased the
maximum level of basic public assistance grants before the recent  budg-
et.  In  the  past  two  decades  average  prices  for  electricity have
increased by 84%, the cost of natural gas has increased  160%,  and  the
cost of fuel oil has increased 239%. As the cost of fuel, housing, food,
health  care and other necessities of daily life have increased, low-in-
come families have been forced to make difficult choices between  buying
food, paying rent and paying for medical care.

New  York's  Constitution charges the state with providing assistance to
the needy. See N.Y. Const. Art. XVII, § I. ("The aid, care  and  support
of  the needy are public concerns and shall be provided by the state and
by such of its subdivisions, and in such manner and by  such  means,  as
the  legislature  may  from  time  to time determine.").   Although this
affirmative responsibility exists,  the  State  has  failed  to  provide
assistance  to  the  neediest families facing homelessness.   The recent
application of section 131-a of the Social Services law by New York City
sheds light on the insensitivity of the current statute which this  bill
seeks to redress.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: None - new legislation.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: No new fiscal implication

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-A8353C - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 8353--C

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Social  Services  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and
  referred to the Committee  on  Codes  --  committee  discharged,  bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee -- reported and referred to the Committee on  Ways  and  Means  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  financial
  contributions by recipients of temporary housing assistance

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 131-a of the social services  law,
as  amended  by section 12 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997,
is amended to read as follows:
  7. (A) Whenever a social services official finds that a  recipient  of
public  assistance  has  failed to fully apply the amount allowed in his
grant for shelter to the payment of rent for his housing accommodations,
unless rent is being withheld pursuant to law or court order, the social
services official shall furnish such recipient's  shelter  allowance  in
the  form of direct payments to the owner of such housing accommodations
or his or her designated agent.
  (B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN ANY
SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT CONTAINING A CITY HAVING A  POPULATION  OF  ONE
MILLION  OR  MORE,  ALL  EARNED  AND  UNEARNED INCOME FOR APPLICANTS AND
RECIPIENTS OF TEMPORARY  HOUSING  ASSISTANCE  SHALL  BE  DISREGARDED  IN
DETERMINING  ELIGIBILITY FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE IN LIEU OF THE DISREGARDS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11944-06-9

co-Sponsors

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multi-Sponsors

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2009-A8353D - Details

Laws Affected:: Amd §131-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A4914
2013-2014: A5855
2015-2016: A1860

2009-A8353D - Summary

Relates to financial contributions by recipients of temporary housing assistance.

2009-A8353D - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:A8353D

TITLE  OF BILL:   An act to amend the social services law, in relation
to  financial  contributions  by  recipients  of   temporary   housing
assistance

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:  To ensure the protection of homeless
families  seeking  temporary  shelter  from  being overburdened by the
states requirement to make unrealistic rental payments

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:  Subdivision 7 of section 131-a of the
social services law, as amended by section 12 of part B of chapter 436
of the laws of 1997 is amended by adding subparagraph  b  to  read  as
follows:

Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, in any
social  service  district containing a city having a population of one
million or more, any  earned  or  unearned  income  of  applicants  or
recipients  of  temporary  housing  assistance shall be disregarded in
determining eligibility for public assistance.

JUSTIFICATION:  The Committee on Social Services held public  hearings
in  September  2007  at  which  many  advocates, social welfare policy
experts, social services clients, low-income individuals and  families
and representatives from New York's Office of Temporary and Disability
Assistance  testified  regarding  the  inadequacy of public assistance

grants. The participants noted the rapidly increasing cost  of  living
and the erosion in real benefit value of the basic grant.

Today,  the maximum amount of public assistance grants has declined in
value to less than 51% of the federal poverty level. According to  the
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, $1 today has the same buying
power  as 62 cents had in 1990 -- the last time New York increased the
maximum level of basic public  assistance  grants  before  the  recent
budget.  In  the  past two decades average prices for electricity have
increased by 84%, the cost of natural gas has increased 160%, and  the
cost  of  fuel  oil  has increased 239%. As the cost of fuel, housing,
food, health care and other necessities of daily life have  increased,
low-income families have been forced to make difficult choices between
buying food, paying rent and paying for medical care.

New York's Constitution charges the state with providing assistance to
the needy. See N.Y. Const. Art. XVII, § I. ("The aid, care and support
of  the  needy  are public concerns and shall be provided by the state
and by such of its subdivisions, and in such manner and by such means,
as the legislature may from time to time determine.").  Although  this
affirmative  responsibility  exists,  the  State has failed to provide
assistance to the neediest families facing homelessness.   The  recent
application  of  section  131-a of the Social Services law by New York
City sheds light on the insensitivity of  the  current  statute  which
this bill seeks to redress.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: None - new legislation.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: No new fiscal implication

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-A8353D - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 8353--D
                                                           R. R. 212

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Social  Services  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and
  referred to the Committee  on  Codes  --  committee  discharged,  bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee -- reported and referred to the Committee on  Ways  and  Means  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee -- amended on the special order of third
  reading, ordered reprinted as amended,  retaining  its  place  on  the
  special order of third reading

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services  law, in relation to financial
  contributions by recipients of temporary housing assistance

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivision 7 of section 131-a of the social services law,
as amended by section 12 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws  of  1997,
is amended to read as follows:
  7.  (A)  Whenever a social services official finds that a recipient of
public assistance has failed to fully apply the amount  allowed  in  his
grant for shelter to the payment of rent for his housing accommodations,
unless rent is being withheld pursuant to law or court order, the social
services  official  shall  furnish such recipient's shelter allowance in
the form of direct payments to the owner of such housing  accommodations
or his or her designated agent.
  (B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN ANY
SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT  CONTAINING A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE
MILLION OR MORE, ALL EARNED  AND  UNEARNED  INCOME  FOR  APPLICANTS  AND
RECIPIENTS  OF  TEMPORARY  HOUSING  ASSISTANCE  SHALL  BE DISREGARDED IN
DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR  PUBLIC  ASSISTANCE  AND  TEMPORARY  HOUSING
ASSISTANCE  IN  LIEU  OF  THE  DISREGARDS OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR IN THIS
SECTION. NO RECIPIENT OF TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE SHALL BE  REQUIRED
TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COST OF TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11944-07-9

co-Sponsors

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multi-Sponsors

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2009-A8353E (ACTIVE) - Details

Laws Affected:: Amd §131-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A4914
2013-2014: A5855
2015-2016: A1860

2009-A8353E (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to financial contributions by recipients of temporary housing assistance.

2009-A8353E (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 8353--E
                                                        Cal. No. 578

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. WRIGHT, GLICK, JEFFRIES, ORTIZ, TOWNS, POWELL,
  O'DONNELL, CAMARA, ESPAILLAT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  BREN-
  NAN,  COOK, KELLNER, PEOPLES-STOKES, PRETLOW -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Social  Services  --  committee  discharged,  bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee -- reported and referred to the Committee on  Codes  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to  said  committee  -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways
  and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
  amended  and  recommitted  to said committee -- amended on the special
  order of third reading, ordered reprinted as  amended,  retaining  its
  place  on  the special order of third reading -- reported from commit-
  tee, advanced to a  third  reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
  retaining its place on the order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing the
  savings  plan  demonstration  project; and providing for the repeal of
  such provision upon expiration thereof

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
36-c to read as follows:
  S 36-C. SAVINGS PLAN DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 1.    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN ANY SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT
WITHIN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION  OR  MORE,  THE  SOCIAL
SERVICES  DISTRICT SHALL CONDUCT A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AS SET FORTH IN
THIS SECTION, AND SHALL EVALUATE AND REPORT ON SUCH PROJECT, PURSUANT TO
A PLAN APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND
THE DIVISION OF BUDGET PRIOR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT.
  2. SUCH SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT, IN LIEU OF APPLYING THAT PORTION  OF
A  TEMPORARY  HOUSING ASSISTANCE RECIPIENT'S EARNED INCOME THAT, BUT FOR
THE OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER, WOULD BE  APPLIED  TO  REDUCE  THE

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

                                                           LBD11944-12-0

A. 8353--E                          2

NEED  FOR THE SHELTER COMPONENT OF TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROVIDED
IN A TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SHELTER,  SHALL  DIRECT  SUCH  A  RECIPIENT  TO
PARTICIPATE IN A SAVINGS PLAN WITH SUCH FUNDS AND, AS LONG AS SUCH FUNDS
ARE  NOT WITHDRAWN, THEY SHALL NOT BE APPLIED TO REDUCE THE NEED FOR THE
SHELTER COMPONENT OF THE TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE  GRANTED  FOR  THE
DURATION  OF  HIS  OR  HER  RESIDENCE  IN  TEMPORARY  EMERGENCY SHELTER;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL ONLY  APPLY
TO A PERSON RECEIVING TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE IN A SHELTER OR OTHER
FACILITY FUNDED AND OVERSEEN BY THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS
SERVICES  OR  THE  NEW  YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND
DEVELOPMENT.  FAILURE BY A RECIPIENT OF TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE  TO
CONTRIBUTE  TO  SUCH  A  SAVINGS  PLAN SHALL NOT IN ITSELF RESULT IN THE
DISCONTINUANCE OF TEMPORARY HOUSING  ASSISTANCE,  UNLESS  THE  RECIPIENT
SEPARATELY  FAILS  TO  COMPLY  WITH CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY THAT COULD
RESULT IN THE DISCONTINUANCE OF TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
  3. IN SUCH SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT, ANY SUCH FUNDS COLLECTED FROM THE
EARNED INCOME OF A RECIPIENT OF TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE WHILE HE OR
SHE IS RESIDING IN A TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SHELTER SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN A
SAVINGS PLAN APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY  ASSIST-
ANCE  AND  THE DIVISION OF BUDGET; SHALL BE PAYABLE TO THE RECIPIENT FOR
THE RECIPIENT'S USE TO FACILITATE HIS OR HER TRANSITION TO, OR STABILIZE
HIS OR HER RESIDENCE IN, PERMANENT HOUSING UPON  HIS  OR  HER  DISCHARGE
FROM  SHELTER OR UPON VERIFICATION OF SUCH RECIPIENT'S DATE OF DISCHARGE
FROM SHELTER; AND SHALL BE CONSIDERED EXEMPT AS  INCOME  OR  A  RESOURCE
UNTIL THE TWELFTH MONTH FOLLOWING THE MONTH IN WHICH THE RECIPIENT CEAS-
ES  RECEIVING  TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE IN TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SHEL-
TER. FUNDS COLLECTED IN SUCH SAVINGS  PLANS  SHALL  BE  POOLED,  TRACKED
INDIVIDUALLY,  AND  MAINTAINED  IN  A SAVINGS OR MONEY-MARKET ACCOUNT AT
INTEREST RATES SET BY THE INSTITUTION WITH WHICH SUCH FUNDS ARE DEPOSIT-
ED. ANY SAVINGS AND INTEREST ACCRUED IN SUCH ACCOUNT OR  ACCOUNTS  SHALL
BE  DISTRIBUTED  TO A TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE RECIPIENT UPON HIS OR
HER DISCHARGE FROM TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SHELTER OR UPON  VERIFICATION  OF
SUCH  RECIPIENT'S DATE OF DISCHARGE FROM SHELTER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
  4. SUCH SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL BE DEEMED  IN  COMPLIANCE  WITH
SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-ONE-A OF THIS CHAPTER FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF
EXPENDITURES  MADE  FOR  TEMPORARY  HOUSING  ASSISTANCE,  PROVIDED   THE
DISTRICT  IS  CONDUCTING  THE  PROJECT  FULLY  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. UNEARNED INCOME OF A RECIPIENT OF  TEMPORARY
HOUSING ASSISTANCE IN SUCH SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL NOT BE APPLIED
TO  THE  SAVINGS  PLAN,  AND SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE APPLIED TO THAT
PORTION OF THE SHELTER  COSTS  NOT  PAID  FOR  WITH  PUBLIC  ASSISTANCE.
TEMPORARY  HOUSING  ASSISTANCE  RECIPIENTS  SHALL  NOT  BE  REQUIRED  TO
CONTRIBUTE TO THE COST OF SUCH SHELTER, AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION.
SUCH PROJECT SHALL NOT BE IMPLEMENTED SO AS TO  COMPROMISE  THE  FEDERAL
BENEFITS OF A RECIPIENT OR ANY OF HIS OR HER HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law provided, however, that:
  a.  if the office of temporary and disability assistance and the divi-
sion of budget approve a demonstration project provided for in this  act
prior  to  the  one hundred eightieth day, this act shall take effect on
the date of such approval except that the office of temporary and  disa-
bility assistance shall be authorized immediately to promulgate any rule
or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act;
  b.  the office of temporary and disability assistance and the division
of budget shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the

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occurrence of the approval of the demonstration project provided for  in
this act in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and time-
ly  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; and
  c. this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on March 31, 2016.

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