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Senate Bill S4219

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the assignment of social services recipients and applicants to accessible local offices

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2017-S4219 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §134-c, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1650
2011-2012: S1324
2013-2014: S413
2015-2016: S2294

2017-S4219 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits an applicant for public assistance or care to select the local social services office most accessible to such person's residence if such office is in the local social services district in which such person resides and such office has the capacity to accept such person; requires written notification of this provision be given to an applicant by the social services official.

2017-S4219 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4219 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4219
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  DILAN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  assignment  of
   social services recipients to local offices
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
 134-c to read as follows:
   §  134-C. ASSIGNMENT TO LOCAL OFFICES. FOR THE PURPOSES OF ASSIGNING A
 PERSON APPLYING FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR CARE ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN TO A LOCAL  SOCIAL  SERVICES  OFFICE,  THE  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  OFFICIAL  SHALL  ALLOW  SUCH PERSON TO CHOOSE THE LOCAL SOCIAL
 SERVICES OFFICE MOST ACCESSIBLE TO SUCH  PERSON'S  PLACE  OF  RESIDENCE,
 PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH  LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE
 LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT IN WHICH SUCH  PERSON  RESIDES,  PROVIDED
 THAT  THE  CAPACITY  OF  SUCH OFFICE PERMITS THE ASSIGNMENT.  THE SOCIAL
 SERVICES OFFICIAL SHALL INFORM,  IN  WRITING,  AN  APPLICANT  OF  PUBLIC
 ASSISTANCE OR CARE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
 the commissioner of the office of temporary  and  disability  assistance
 shall  promulgate  such rules and regulations as are necessary to imple-
 ment the provisions of this act on or before January 1, 2019.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09263-01-7

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