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Assembly Bill A10224

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Increases the enhanced residential care benefits for the aged, and blind and disabled persons

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2015-A10224 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7333
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง209, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A3180, S2137

2015-A10224 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the enhanced residential care benefits for aged, blind and disabled persons.

2015-A10224 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10224

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 17, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Social Services

AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to increasing the
  enhanced residential  care  benefits  for  aged,  blind  and  disabled
  persons

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 209 of the social
services law, as amended by section 2 of part O of  chapter  54  of  the
laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
  (e) (i) [On and after] (1) FROM January first, two thousand sixteen TO
DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, for an eligible individual
receiving enhanced residential care, $1427.00; and  [(ii)]  (2)  for  an
eligible  couple  receiving  enhanced  residential  care,  two times the
amount set forth in [subparagraph (i)] CLAUSE ONE  of  this  [paragraph]
SUBPARAGRAPH.
  (II)   (1)  FROM  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN  TO  MARCH
THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN, FOR AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL RECEIV-
ING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1502; AND (2)  FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE  COUPLE
RECEIVING  ENHANCED  RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN
CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
  (III)  (1)  FROM  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN   TO   MARCH
THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, FOR AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL RECEIV-
ING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1577; AND (2)  FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE  COUPLE
RECEIVING  ENHANCED  RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN
CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
  (IV) (1) FROM APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND  THEREAFTER,  FOR
AN  ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1652; AND
(2) FOR AN ELIGIBLE COUPLE  RECEIVING  ENHANCED  RESIDENTIAL  CARE,  TWO
TIMES THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
manner as section 2 of part O of chapter 54 of the laws of  2016,  takes
effect.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14891-02-6

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