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                                 3844--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2015
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Introduced  by  M. of A. WRIGHT, AUBRY, PEOPLES-STOKES, ROBINSON, PERRY,
  PRETLOW -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  GLICK  --  read  once  and
  referred  to  the  Committee  on Social Services -- recommitted to the
  Committee on Social Services in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,  sec.
  2  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
  and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  monthly  grants
  and  allowances of public assistance; and to repeal certain provisions
  of such law relating thereto

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

  Section  1.  Paragraphs (a), (a-1), (a-2), (a-3) and (a-4) of subdivi-
sion 2 of section 131-a of the social services  law,  paragraph  (a)  as
amended  and  paragraph (a-1) as added by section 1 of part Y of chapter
57 of the laws of 2009, paragraph (a-2) as amended by section 1 of  part
U  of  chapter  58  of  the laws of 2011, paragraph (a-3) as amended and
paragraph (a-4) as added by section 1 of part D of  chapter  57  of  the
laws of 2012, are amended to read as follows:
  (a) [Through June thirtieth, two thousand nine, the following schedule
shall  be  the  standard of monthly need for determining eligibility for
all categories of assistance in and by all social services districts:
                     Number of Persons in Household
          One       Two     Three      Four      Five       Six
          $112     $179      $238      $307      $379      $438
  For each additional person in the household there shall  be  added  an
additional amount of sixty dollars monthly.
  (a-1)  For  the  period  beginning  July  first, two thousand nine and
ending June thirtieth, two thousand ten, the following schedule shall be
the standard of monthly need for determining eligibility for all catego-
ries of assistance in and by all social services districts:
                     Number of Persons in Household

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
    $126        $201        $268        $345        $426        $492
  For  each  additional  person in the household there shall be added an
additional amount of sixty-seven dollars monthly.
  (a-2) For the period beginning July first, two thousand ten and ending
June thirtieth, two thousand twelve, the following schedule shall be the
standard of monthly need for determining eligibility for all  categories
of assistance in and by all social services districts:
                     Number of Persons in Household
    One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
    $141        $225        $300        $386        $477        $551
  For  each  additional  person in the household there shall be added an
additional amount of seventy-five dollars monthly.
  (a-3) For the period beginning July first,  two  thousand  twelve  and
ending  September thirtieth, two thousand twelve, the following schedule
shall be the standard of monthly need for  determining  eligibility  for
all categories of assistance in and by all social services districts:
                     Number of Persons in Household
    One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
    $150        $239        $317        $409        $505        $583
  For  each  additional  person in the household there shall be added an
additional amount of eighty dollars monthly.
  (a-4)] For the period beginning October first, two thousand twelve and
thereafter, the following shall be the  standard  of  monthly  need  for
determining  eligibility  for all categories of assistance in and by all
social services districts:
                     Number of Persons in Household
    One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
    $158        $252        $336        $433        $534        $617
  For each additional person in the household there shall  be  added  an
additional amount of eighty-five dollars monthly.
  S 2. Paragraphs (a), (a-1), (a-2), (a-3) and (a-4) of subdivision 3 of
section  131-a  of  the social services law, paragraph (a) as amended by
and subdivision (a-1) as added by section 2 of Part Y of chapter  57  of
the  laws  of 2009, paragraph (a-2) as amended by section 3 of Part U of
chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, and paragraph (a-3) as  amended  by  and
paragraph  (a-4)  as  added  by section 2 of Part D of chapter 57 of the
laws of 2012, are amended to read as follows:
  (a) [Through June thirtieth, two thousand nine, persons  and  families
determined  to  be  eligible  by the application of the standard of need
prescribed by the provisions of subdivision two of  this  section,  less
any  available  income  or resources which are not required to be disre-
garded by other provisions of this chapter, shall receive maximum month-
ly grants and allowances in all social services districts, in accordance
with the following schedule, for public assistance:
                     Number of Persons in Household
          One       Two     Three      Four      Five      Six
          $112      $179     $238      $307      $379     $438
  For each additional eligible needy person in the household there shall
be an additional allowance of sixty dollars monthly.
  (a-1) For the period beginning  July  first,  two  thousand  nine  and
ending June thirtieth, two thousand ten, persons and families determined
to  be eligible by the application of the standard of need prescribed by
the provisions of subdivision two of this section,  less  any  available
income  or  resources  which are not required to be disregarded by other
provisions of this chapter, shall receive  maximum  monthly  grants  and

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allowances  in  all  social  services  districts, in accordance with the
following schedule, for public assistance:
                     Number of Persons in Household
    One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
    $126        $201        $268        $345        $426        $492
  For  each  additional  person in the household there shall be added an
additional amount of sixty-seven dollars monthly.
  (a-2) For the period beginning July first, two thousand ten and ending
June thirtieth, two thousand twelve, persons and families determined  to
be eligible by the application of the standard of need prescribed by the
provisions of subdivision two of this section, less any available income
or  resources  which  are  not  required  to  be  disregarded  by  other
provisions of this chapter, shall receive  maximum  monthly  grants  and
allowances  in  all  social  services  districts, in accordance with the
following schedule, for public assistance:
                     Number of Persons in Household
    One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
    $141        $225        $300        $386        $477        $551
  For each additional person in the household there shall  be  added  an
additional amount of seventy-five dollars monthly.
  (a-3)  For  the  period  beginning July first, two thousand twelve and
ending September thirtieth, two thousand twelve,  persons  and  families
determined  to  be  eligible  by the application of the standard of need
prescribed by the provisions of subdivision two of  this  section,  less
any  available  income  or resources which are not required to be disre-
garded by other provisions of this chapter, shall receive maximum month-
ly grants and allowances in all social services districts, in accordance
with the following schedule, for public assistance:
                     Number of Persons in Household
    One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
    $150        $239        $317        $409        $505        $583
  For each additional person in the household there shall  be  added  an
additional amount of eighty dollars monthly.
  (a-4)] For the period beginning October first, two thousand twelve and
thereafter, persons and families determined to be eligible by the appli-
cation  of the standard of need prescribed by the provisions of subdivi-
sion two of this section, less any available income or  resources  which
are  not required to be disregarded by other provisions of this chapter,
shall receive maximum  monthly  grants  and  allowances  in  all  social
services  districts,  in  accordance  with  the  following schedule, for
public assistance:
                     Number of Persons in Household
    One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
    $158        $252        $336        $433        $534        $617
  For each additional person in the household there shall  be  added  an
additional amount of eighty-five dollars monthly.
  S 3. Subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of
section  131-a  of the social services law, subparagraph (ii) as amended
by section 12 of Part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997 and  subpara-
graph  (iii)  as amended by chapter 246 of the laws of 2002, are amended
to read as follows:
  (ii) from the earned income of any child or relative applying  for  or
receiving  aid  pursuant  to  such  program,  or of any other individual
living in the same household as such relative and child whose needs  are
taken  into account in making such determination, the first [ninety] TWO
HUNDRED dollars of the total of such earned income for such month;

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  (iii) [forty-two] SIXTY-SEVEN percent of the earned  income  for  such
month of any APPLICANT OR recipient [in a household containing a depend-
ent child which] remains after application of all other subparagraphs of
this paragraph[; provided, however, that such percentage amount shall be
adjusted  in  June  of each year, commencing in nineteen hundred ninety-
eight, to reflect changes in the most recently issued poverty guidelines
of the United States Bureau of the Census,  such  that  a  household  of
three  without  special  needs, living in a heated apartment in New York
city and without unearned income would become ineligible for  assistance
with  gross  earnings  equal  to  the poverty level in such guidelines;]
provided, however, that no assistance shall be given  to  any  household
with  gross earned and unearned income, exclusive of income described in
subparagraphs (i) and (vi) of this paragraph, in excess of such  poverty
level;
  S  4.  Subdivision  10  of section 131-a of the social services law is
REPEALED.
  S 5. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.