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Assembly Bill A10743

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides that receipt of the temporary emergency increase in unemployment compensation benefits as provided for by the federal CARES Act shall not affect benefit eligibility for certain public assistance benefits

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2019-A10743 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8739
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§131-a & 95, Soc Serv L

2019-A10743 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that receipt of the temporary emergency increase in unemployment compensation benefits as provided for by the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 9023) shall not affect benefit eligibility for certain public assistance benefits.

2019-A10743 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10743
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 9, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hevesi) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  providing  that
   receipt  of  the  temporary emergency increase in unemployment compen-
   sation benefits as  provided  for  by  the  federal  Coronavirus  Aid,
   Relief,  and  Economic  Security  Act  (15 U.S.C. Sec. 9023) shall not
   affect benefit eligibility for certain public assistance benefits
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 8 of section 131-a of the
 social services law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (x) to  read
 as follows:
   (X) ALL OF THE INCOME RECEIVED DUE TO THE TEMPORARY EMERGENCY INCREASE
 IN  UNEMPLOYMENT  COMPENSATION  BENEFITS  AS PROVIDED FOR BY THE FEDERAL
 CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND  ECONOMIC  SECURITY  ACT  (15  U.S.C.  SEC.
 9023).
   §  2.  Subdivision  4  of  section  95  of the social services law, as
 amended by chapter 41 of the  laws  of  2012,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  (A)  A person's need or eligibility for public assistance and care
 shall not be affected by his or her receipt of SNAP benefits.
   (B) A PERSON'S ELIGIBILITY  FOR  THE  SUPPLEMENTAL  NUTRITION  PROGRAM
 SHALL  NOT BE AFFECTED BY RECEIPT OF THE TEMPORARY EMERGENCY INCREASE IN
 UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS AS PROVIDED FOR BY THE FEDERAL  CORO-
 NAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT (15 U.S.C. SEC. 9023).
   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after March 27, 2020.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16863-01-0

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