Assembly Bill A155

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides that the social services district from which a recipient moved shall be responsible for his or her alcohol and drug addiction treatment for 180 days

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  • 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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2011-A155 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S337
Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §62, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7847, S4864
2013-2014: A1778, S2025
2015-2016: A5849

2011-A155 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that when a public assistance recipient, receiving care or treatment for alcohol or other drug addiction, moves from one social services district to another such district, the social services district from which the recipient moved shall remain responsible for such benefits for 180 days or until treatment is completed, whichever shall be sooner.

2011-A155 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

    S. 337                                                    A. 155

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Social
  Services

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

AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to responsibility
  for public assistance and care

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision 5 of section 62 of the social services law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
  (H) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
SION,  IN  THE  EVENT  A  RECIPIENT  OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE MOVES FROM ONE
SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT TO ANOTHER SUCH DISTRICT IN  ORDER  TO  RECEIVE
CARE OR TREATMENT FOR ALCOHOL OR OTHER DRUG ADDICTION, THE DISTRICT FROM
WHICH  SUCH  RECIPIENT  MOVED  SHALL  BE  RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTINUING THE
NECESSARY SOCIAL SERVICES BENEFITS TO SAID RECIPIENT FOR A PERIOD OF ONE
HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS BEGINNING WHEN THE RECIPIENT ENTERS INTO  A  PROGRAM
OF  CARE OR TREATMENT, OR AS LONG AS SAID RECIPIENT REMAINS IN SUCH CARE
OR TREATMENT, WHICHEVER IS SHORTER. SUCH BENEFITS SHALL INCLUDE THE COST
OF CARE OR TREATMENT IN A FACILITY CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM
AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES FOR IN-PATIENT OR OUT-PATIENT SERVICES, AND
THE COST OF HOUSING PROVIDED TO SAID RECIPIENT  EITHER  AS  PART  OF  AN
IN-PATIENT  PROGRAM  OR  WHILE BEING PROVIDED WITH OUT-PATIENT SERVICES,
SUBJECT TO THE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAY LIMITATION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing 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.
                                                           LBD01536-01-1

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