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Senate Bill S547

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to conducting appeals, within the department of family assistance, by means of electronic communications systems conference with independent hearing officers

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2017-S547 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4259
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §22, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6882, A9492
2013-2014: S2611, A5630
2015-2016: S3084, A5111
2019-2020: S904, A5463
2021-2022: A4872
2023-2024: A1729
2025-2026: A4365

2017-S547 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to permitting appeals to the department to be conducted by means of a conference telephone, video conference or similar communications systems with and by independent hearing officers.

2017-S547 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S547 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    547
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. YOUNG, AKSHAR -- 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 permitting
   appeals to the department of family  assistance  to  be  conducted  by
   means  of a conference telephone, video conference or similar communi-
   cations systems with and by independent hearing officers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 22 of the social services law, as
 added by chapter 473 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
   2. In connection with any appeal pursuant to  this  section,  with  or
 without  a  fair  hearing,  [the]  EACH  commissioner  may designate and
 authorize one or more appropriate members of his OR HER staff  OR  INDE-
 PENDENT  FAIR  HEARING OFFICERS to consider and decide such appeals. Any
 staff member OR INDEPENDENT  FAIR  HEARING  OFFICER  so  designated  and
 authorized  shall have authority to decide such appeals on behalf of the
 commissioner with the same force and effect as if the  commissioner  had
 made  the decisions.  Fair hearings held in connection with such appeals
 shall be held on behalf of the commissioner by members of his  staff  OR
 INDEPENDENT  FAIR HEARING OFFICERS who are employed for such purposes or
 who have been designated and authorized by him therefor.  THE FAIR HEAR-
 ING MAY BE CONDUCTED BY MEANS OF A CONFERENCE TELEPHONE,  VIDEO  CONFER-
 ENCE  EQUIPMENT OR SIMILAR COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT ALLOWING ALL PERSONS
 PARTICIPATING IN SUCH HEARING TO HEAR EACH OTHER AT THE SAME  TIME.  The
 provisions  of  this  subdivision shall apply to fair hearings conducted
 pursuant to subdivision eight of section four hundred twenty-two of this
 chapter, and to any hearing required pursuant to this chapter concerning
 the denial, suspension or  revocation  of  any  permit,  certificate  or
 license,  and  to  any  hearing  held  pursuant  to section four hundred
 fifty-five of this chapter.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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