S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1778
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. 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.
LBD03909-01-3