Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 22, 2020 | reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 15, 2020 | print number 4330a |
Jan 15, 2020 | amend (t) and recommit to social services |
Jan 08, 2020 | referred to social services |
Feb 04, 2019 | referred to social services |
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Rodneyse Bichotte
Aravella Simotas
A4330 - Details
A4330 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4330 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 4, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, BICHOTTE, SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to resource exemptions for applicants for public assistance programs; and to amend chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, constituting the welfare reform act of 1997, in relation to the effectiveness thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 131-n of the social services law, as amended by section 16 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, subdivision 1 as amended by section 1 of part X of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 207 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows: § 131-n. Exemption of income and resources. 1. THE RESOURCES IDENTI- FIED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE EXEMPT AND DISREGARDED AT APPLICATION IN CALCULATING THE AMOUNT OF BENEFITS OF ANY APPLICANT FOR ANY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. AT RECERTIFICATION, RESOURCES DELINE- ATED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE TAKEN INTO CONSID- ERATION WHEN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY OR CALCULATING THE AMOUNT OF BENE- FITS OF ANY RECIPIENT FOR ANY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 2. The following resources shall be exempt and disregarded in calcu- lating the amount of benefits of any [household under] APPLICANT FOR any public assistance program: (a) cash and liquid or nonliquid resources up to [two] THREE thousand dollars, or [three] FOUR thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars in the case of households in which any member is sixty years of age or older, (b) an amount up to [four thousand six hundred fifty] SEVEN THOUSAND FIFTY dollars in a separate bank account established by an individual while currently in receipt of assistance for the sole purpose of enabling the individual to purchase a first or replacement vehicle for the recipient to seek, obtain or maintain employment, so long as the funds are not used for any other purpose, (c) an amount [up EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
Co-Sponsors
Rodneyse Bichotte
Aravella Simotas
Karines Reyes
Ron Kim
A4330A (ACTIVE) - Details
A4330A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4330--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 4, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, BICHOTTE, SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services -- recommitted to the Committee on Social Services 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 resource exemptions for applicants for public assistance programs; and to amend part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, constituting the welfare reform act of 1997, in relation to the effectiveness thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 131-n of the social services law, as amended by section 16 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, subdivision 1 as separately amended by chapters 323 and 329 of the laws of 2019 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 207 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows: § 131-n. Exemption of income and resources. 1. THE RESOURCES IDENTI- FIED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE EXEMPT AND DISREGARDED AT APPLICATION IN CALCULATING THE AMOUNT OF BENEFITS OF ANY APPLICANT FOR ANY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. AT RECERTIFICATION, RESOURCES DELINE- ATED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE TAKEN INTO CONSID- ERATION WHEN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY OR CALCULATING THE AMOUNT OF BENE- FITS OF ANY RECIPIENT FOR ANY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 2. The following resources shall be exempt and disregarded in calcu- lating the amount of benefits of any [household under] APPLICANT FOR any public assistance program: (a) cash and liquid or nonliquid resources up to [two] THREE thousand dollars, or [three] FOUR thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars in the case of households in which any member is sixty years of age or older, (b) an amount up to [four thousand six hundred] SEVEN THOUSAND fifty dollars in a separate bank account established by an individual while currently in receipt of assistance for the sole purpose EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.