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                                  9684--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Social  Services -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways
   and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services  law, in relation to assisting
   persons with medically diagnosed HIV infection; and repealing  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. Subdivision 14 of section 131-a of the social services law,
 as amended by section 1 of part ZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is
 amended to read as follows:
   14. In determining the  need  for  aid  provided  pursuant  to  public
 assistance  programs,  each  person  living with medically diagnosed HIV
 infection as defined by the AIDS institute of the department  of  health
 [in  social  services districts with a population over five million] who
 is receiving  [services  through  such  district's  administrative  unit
 providing  HIV/AIDS  services,]  public  assistance  and  earned  and/or
 unearned income, shall not be required to pay more than  thirty  percent
 of  his  or her monthly earned and/or unearned income toward the cost of
 rent that such person has a direct obligation  to  pay;  this  provision
 shall not apply to room and board arrangements.
   §  2.  Subdivision  15  of section 131-a of the social services law is
 REPEALED.
   § 3. Section 131 of the social services law is amended by  adding  two
 new subdivisions 21 and 22 to read as follows:
   21.  WHEN  NECESSARY, EACH LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL ASSIST
 PERSONS WITH MEDICALLY DIAGNOSED HIV INFECTION AS DEFINED  BY  THE  AIDS
 INSTITUTE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (I) SECURE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTA-
 TION  TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE, (II) ARRANGE FOR REQUIRED
 FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEWS TO BE CONDUCTED DURING HOME VISITS OR  AT  OTHER
 APPROPRIATE SITES, AND (III) BY PROVIDING REFERRALS FOR SERVICES AS WELL
 AS  OTHER RESOURCES AND MATERIALS AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO
 OF THIS SECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   22. THE OFFICE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF  HEALTH,  SHALL
 CREATE,  MAINTAIN,  AND  PERIODICALLY UPDATE INFORMATION ON THE OFFICE'S
 WEBSITE REGARDING RESOURCES AND SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, INCLUDING
 THE LOCATION OF SUCH SERVICES, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED
 TO,  COMMUNITY  BASED  SUPPORTS,  EMPLOYMENT  OPPORTUNITIES, AND MEDICAL
 PROFESSIONALS SPECIALIZED IN ASSISTING SUCH PERSONS WITH MEDICALLY DIAG-
 NOSED HIV INFECTION AS DEFINED BY THE AIDS INSTITUTE OF  THE  DEPARTMENT
 OF  HEALTH,  TO BE UTILIZED BY THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS. SUCH
 INFORMATION SHALL ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE OFFICE'S WEBSITE.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law; provided, however, that if section 1 of part ZZ of
 chapter 59 of the laws of 2018 shall not have taken effect on or  before
 such  date  then  section  one of this act shall take effect on the same
 date and in the same manner as such chapter of the laws of  2018,  takes
 effect.