S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1980
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. TITUS, JACOBS, CYMBROWITZ, MARKEY, DINOWITZ --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. AUBRY, BRENNAN, CAHILL, CLARK, COOK,
GANTT, GLICK, HEASTIE, HOOPER, MILLMAN, ORTIZ, PAULIN, SCARBOROUGH,
SWEENEY, WRIGHT -- read once and referred 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
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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.