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Assembly Bill A4329A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Increases the value of rent subsidies included as a part of preventive services

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2019-A4329 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §409-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A4609
2017-2018: A300
2021-2022: A2476

2019-A4329 - Summary

Increases the value of rent subsidies included as a part of preventive services from an amount not to exceed three hundred dollars per month to an amount not to exceed six hundred dollars per month.

2019-A4329 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4329
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Children and Families
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to increasing the
   value of rent subsidies  to  be  included  as  a  part  of  preventive
   services
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 5  of  section  409-a  of  the
 social  services  law, as amended by chapter 339 of the laws of 1993, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c) Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  this  section,  where  a
 social  services  official determines that a lack of adequate housing is
 the primary factor preventing the discharge of a child or children  from
 foster  care  including,  but  not limited to, children with the goal of
 discharge to independent living, preventive services shall  include,  in
 addition  to  any  other  payments  or  benefits received by the family,
 special cash grants in  the  form  of  rent  subsidies,  including  rent
 arrears, or any other assistance, sufficient to obtain adequate housing.
 Such  rent  subsidies  or assistance shall not exceed the sum of [three]
 SIX hundred dollars per month, shall not be provided  for  a  period  of
 more  than  three  years,  and  shall be considered a special grant. The
 provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to limit such  offi-
 cial's authority to provide other preventive services.
   §  2.  Subdivision  7  of section 409-a of the social services law, as
 added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   7. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,  if  a  social
 services official determines that a lack of adequate housing is a factor
 that may cause the entry of a child or children into foster care and the
 family  has  at least one service need other than lack of adequate hous-
 ing, preventive services may include, in addition to any other  payments
 or  benefits  received by the family, special cash grants in the form of

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2019-A4329A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §409-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A4609
2017-2018: A300
2021-2022: A2476

2019-A4329A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the value of rent subsidies included as a part of preventive services from an amount not to exceed three hundred dollars per month to an amount not to exceed six hundred dollars per month.

2019-A4329A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4329--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. HEVESI, DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Children and Families -- recommitted to the Committee
   on Children and Families in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to increasing the
   value of rent subsidies  to  be  included  as  a  part  of  preventive
   services
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 5  of  section  409-a  of  the
 social  services  law, as amended by chapter 624 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c) Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  this  section,  where  a
 social  services  official determines that a lack of adequate housing is
 the primary factor preventing the discharge of a child or children  from
 foster  care  including,  but  not limited to, children with the goal of
 discharge to independent living, preventive services shall  include,  in
 addition  to  any  other  payments  or  benefits received by the family,
 special cash grants in  the  form  of  rent  subsidies,  including  rent
 arrears, or any other assistance, sufficient to obtain adequate housing.
 Such  rent  subsidies  or assistance shall not exceed the sum of [three]
 SIX hundred dollars per month, shall not be provided  for  a  period  of
 more  than three years, and shall be considered a special grant. Nothing
 in this paragraph shall be construed to limit the ability of those using
 such rent subsidy to live with roommates. The provisions of  this  para-
 graph  shall  not  be  construed  to  limit such official's authority to
 provide other preventive services.
   § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 409-a of the  social  services  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  624  of  the  laws  of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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