| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to social services |
| Apr 27, 2009 |
referred to social services |
Senate Bill S4729
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Social Services Committee
Actions
2009-S4729 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S4729 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4729
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to the personal
expense allowance for residents of residential health care facilities
receiving or eligible to receive supplemental security income payments
and/or additional state payments
PURPOSE :
To increase the personal needs allowance of certain residents of
residential health care facilities, to one hundred dollars per month.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Amends subdivision 2 of section 366 of the social services law, to
increase the personal expense allowance of residents of residential
care facilities, from fifty-five to one hundred dollars. Amends item
(A) of clause (ii) to increase personal expenses of a resident of a
residential health care facility from fifty to one hundred dollars.
Amends item (A) of clause (iii) to increase the maximum amount of
personal needs allowance for a veteran beneficiary from ninety to one
hundred dollars.
JUSTIFICATION :
The people at whom the increased allowance is aimed are senior
citizens who reside in skilled nursing facilities, some of whom depend
2009-S4729 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4729
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 27, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. LIBOUS -- 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 personal
expense allowance for residents of residential health care facilities
receiving or eligible to receive supplemental security income payments
and/or additional state payments
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Item (A) of clause (i), item (A) of clause (ii), and clause
(iii) of subparagraph 10 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
366 of the social services law, item (A) of clause (i) as added by chap-
ter 705 of the laws of 1988, item (A) of clause (ii) as amended by chap-
ter 855 of the laws of 1990, and clause (iii) as amended by chapter 170
of the laws of 1994, are amended to read as follows:
(A) for the personal expenses of a resident of a residential health
care facility, as defined by section twenty-eight hundred one of the
public health law, the amount of [fifty-five] ONE HUNDRED dollars per
month;
(A) for the personal expenses of a resident of a residential health
care facility, as defined by section twenty-eight hundred one of the
public health law, the amount of [fifty] ONE HUNDRED dollars per month;
(iii) Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses (i) and (ii) of this
subparagraph, the personal needs allowance for a person who is a veteran
having neither a spouse nor a child, or a surviving spouse of a veteran
having no child, who receives a reduced pension from the federal veter-
ans administration, and who is a resident of a nursing facility, as
defined in section 1919 of the federal social security act, shall be
equal to such reduced monthly pension but shall not exceed [ninety] ONE
HUNDRED dollars per month.
S 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.
LBD02490-01-9
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