Assembly Bill A10417

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to eliminating asset limits in calculating the amount of benefits for any household under any public assistance program

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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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2017-A10417 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §131-n, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A1288
2021-2022: A2214
2023-2024: A3539

2017-A10417 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to eliminating asset limits in calculating the amount of benefits for any household under any public assistance program.

2017-A10417 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   10417
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 19, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. NIOU -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services  law,  in  relation  to  eliminating
   asset  limits  in calculating the amount of benefits for any household
   under any public assistance program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 131-n of the social services law,
 as amended by section 1 of part X of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. [The following resources] ALL ASSETS HELD BY THE HOUSEHOLD shall be
 exempt  and  disregarded  in  calculating  the amount of benefits of any
 household under any public assistance program[: (a) cash and  liquid  or
 nonliquid  resources  up  to  two  thousand  dollars,  or three thousand
 dollars in the case of households in which any member is sixty years  of
 age  or  older,  (b)  an  amount  up  to four thousand six hundred fifty
 dollars in a separate bank account established by  an  individual  while
 currently  in receipt of assistance for the sole purpose of enabling the
 individual to purchase a first or replacement vehicle for the  recipient
 to  seek,  obtain  or  maintain employment, so long as the funds are not
 used for any other purpose, (c)  an  amount  up  to  one  thousand  four
 hundred  dollars in a separate bank account established by an individual
 while currently in receipt of  assistance  for  the  purpose  of  paying
 tuition at a two-year or four-year accredited post-secondary educational
 institution,  so  long  as the funds are not used for any other purpose,
 (d) the home which is the usual residence  of  the  household,  (e)  one
 automobile,  up to ten thousand dollars fair market value, through March
 thirty-first, two thousand seventeen; one automobile, up to eleven thou-
 sand dollars fair market value, from April first, two thousand seventeen
 through March thirty-first, two thousand eighteen; and  one  automobile,
 up  to twelve thousand dollars fair market value, beginning April first,
 two thousand eighteen and thereafter, or such other higher dollar  value
 as the local social services district may elect to adopt, (f) one burial
 plot per household member as defined in department regulations, (g) bona

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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