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                                  1205

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
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Introduced  by M. of A. DESTITO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee 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) and item (A) of clause (ii) 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 chapter 705 of
the laws of 1988 and item (A) of clause (ii) as amended by  chapter  855
of the laws of 1990, 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 dollars per month FOR FISCAL
YEARS  BEGINNING PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN; SIXTY DOLLARS
PER MONTH FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN;
SIXTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER MONTH  FOR  THE  FISCAL  YEAR  BEGINNING  JANUARY
FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  ELEVEN;  SEVENTY DOLLARS PER MONTH FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWELVE;  AND  SEVENTY-FIVE
DOLLARS PER MONTH FOR FISCAL YEARS BEGINNING ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN;
  (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 dollars per month FOR FISCAL
YEARS BEGINNING PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TEN;  FIFTY-FIVE
DOLLARS PER MONTH FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOU-
SAND  TEN; SIXTY DOLLARS PER MONTH FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN; SIXTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER MONTH FOR THE  FISCAL

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

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YEAR  BEGINNING  JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE; SEVENTY DOLLARS PER
MONTH FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN
AND SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER MONTH FOR FISCAL  YEARS  BEGINNING  ON  AND
AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN;
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.