Senate Bill S2754

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Increases the personal needs allowance of individuals in nursing homes and individuals in residential programs for victims of domestic violence

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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-S2754 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§209 & 366, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S2906

2017-S2754 - Summary

Increases the personal needs allowance of individuals in nursing homes and individuals in residential programs for victims of domestic violence.

2017-S2754 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2754 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2754
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. LAVALLE, BOYLE, CROCI, DeFRANCISCO, GALLIVAN, GOLD-
   EN, GRIFFO, LITTLE, SERINO -- 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  personal  needs
   allowances

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2-a of section 209 of the social services  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  450 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2-a. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of  subparagraph  (ii)
 of  paragraph  (d) of subdivision one of this section, an individual who
 is receiving or is eligible to  receive  federal  supplemental  security
 income  payments  and/or additional state payments and who is a resident
 of a residential health care facility as defined by section twenty-eight
 hundred one of the public health law, shall, in  accordance  with  regu-
 lations  of  the department, be entitled to a state payment for personal
 needs in the amount of fifteen dollars a month, provided, however,  that
 on  or  after  January  first,  nineteen  hundred eighty-eight the state
 payment for personal needs for such persons shall be in  the  amount  of
 [twenty-five]  FORTY-FIVE  dollars  a  month; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT SUCH
 FORTY-FIVE DOLLAR AMOUNT BE SUBJECT TO AN ANNUAL  ADJUSTMENT  REFLECTING
 THE   LATEST  CONSUMER  PRICE  INDEX  (ALL  ITEMS--U.S.  CITY  AVERAGE),
 PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF  LABOR  STATISTICS,  COMMENCING
 JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN  AND RECALCULATED EVERY JANUARY
 FIRST THEREAFTER.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of subpar-
 agraph (ii) of paragraph (d) of subdivision one of this section,  on  or
 after  January  first,  nineteen  hundred eighty-eight, a resident of an
 intermediate care facility operated or issued an  operating  certificate
 by  the office [of mental retardation and] FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental
 disabilities or a patient of a hospital operated by the office of mental
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2017-S2754A - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§209 & 366, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S2906

2017-S2754A - Summary

Increases the personal needs allowance of individuals in nursing homes and individuals in residential programs for victims of domestic violence.

2017-S2754A - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2754A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2754--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. LAVALLE, BOYLE, CROCI, DeFRANCISCO, GALLIVAN, GOLD-
   EN, GRIFFO, LITTLE, SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services -- commit-
   tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
   mitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to personal needs
   allowances
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 2-a of section 209 of the social services law,
 as amended by chapter 450 of the laws of 1987, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2-a.  Notwithstanding  any inconsistent provision of subparagraph (ii)
 of paragraph (d) of subdivision one of this section, an  individual  who
 is  receiving  or  is  eligible to receive federal supplemental security
 income payments and/or additional state payments and who is  a  resident
 of a residential health care facility as defined by section twenty-eight
 hundred  one  of  the public health law, shall, in accordance with regu-
 lations of the department, be entitled to a state payment  for  personal
 needs  in the amount of fifteen dollars a month, provided, however, that
 on or after January  first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-eight  the  state
 payment  for  personal  needs for such persons shall be in the amount of
 [twenty-five] FORTY-FIVE dollars a month;  PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT  SUCH
 FORTY-FIVE  DOLLAR  AMOUNT BE SUBJECT TO AN ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT REFLECTING
 THE  LATEST  CONSUMER  PRICE  INDEX  (ALL  ITEMS--U.S.  CITY   AVERAGE),
 PUBLISHED  BY  THE  UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, COMMENCING
 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  NINETEEN  AND  RECALCULATED  EVERY  JANUARY
 FIRST THEREAFTER.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of subpar-
 agraph  (ii)  of paragraph (d) of subdivision one of this section, on or
 after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight,  a  resident  of  an
 intermediate  care  facility operated or issued an operating certificate
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2017-S2754B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§209 & 366, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S2906

2017-S2754B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the personal needs allowance of individuals in nursing homes and individuals in residential programs for victims of domestic violence.

2017-S2754B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2754B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2754--B
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. LAVALLE, HELMING, BOYLE, CROCI, DeFRANCISCO, GALLI-
   VAN, GOLDEN, GRIFFO, LITTLE, MURPHY, O'MARA, SERINO, VALESKY  --  read
   twice  and  ordered  printed,  and when printed to be committed to the
   Committee on Social Services -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
   recommitted to the Committee on Social  Services  in  accordance  with
   Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  personal  needs
   allowances
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2-a of section 209 of the social services  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  450 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2-a. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of  subparagraph  (ii)
 of  paragraph  (d) of subdivision one of this section, an individual who
 is receiving or is eligible to  receive  federal  supplemental  security
 income  payments  and/or additional state payments and who is a resident
 of a residential health care facility as defined by section twenty-eight
 hundred one of the public health law, shall, in  accordance  with  regu-
 lations  of  the department, be entitled to a state payment for personal
 needs in the amount of fifteen dollars a month, provided, however,  that
 on  or  after  January  first,  nineteen  hundred eighty-eight the state
 payment for personal needs for such persons shall be in  the  amount  of
 [twenty-five]  FORTY-FIVE  dollars  a  month; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT SUCH
 FORTY-FIVE DOLLAR AMOUNT BE SUBJECT TO AN ANNUAL  ADJUSTMENT  REFLECTING
 THE   LATEST  CONSUMER  PRICE  INDEX  (ALL  ITEMS--U.S.  CITY  AVERAGE),
 PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF  LABOR  STATISTICS,  COMMENCING
 JANUARY  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND RECALCULATED EVERY JANUARY FIRST
 THEREAFTER.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of  subparagraph
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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