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                                   4332
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
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 Introduced  by M. of A. HEVESI, AUBRY, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, PRETLOW --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to  the
   Committee on Social Services
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to monthly grants
   and allowances of public assistance; and to repeal 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. Paragraphs (a), (a-1), (a-2), (a-3) and (a-4)  of  subdivi-
 sion  2  of  section  131-a of the social services law, paragraph (a) as
 amended and paragraph (a-1) as added by section 1 of part Y  of  chapter
 57  of the laws of 2009, paragraph (a-2) as amended by section 1 of part
 U of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011,  paragraph  (a-3)  as  amended  and
 paragraph  (a-4)  as  added  by section 1 of part D of chapter 57 of the
 laws of 2012, are amended to read as follows:
   (a) [Through June thirtieth, two thousand nine, the following schedule
 shall be the standard of monthly need for  determining  eligibility  for
 all categories of assistance in and by all social services districts:
                      Number of Persons in Household
           One       Two     Three      Four      Five       Six
           $112     $179      $238      $307      $379      $438
   For  each  additional  person in the household there shall be added an
 additional amount of sixty dollars monthly.
   (a-1) For the period beginning  July  first,  two  thousand  nine  and
 ending June thirtieth, two thousand ten, the following schedule shall be
 the standard of monthly need for determining eligibility for all catego-
 ries of assistance in and by all social services districts:
                      Number of Persons in Household
     One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
     $126        $201        $268        $345        $426        $492

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   For  each  additional  person in the household there shall be added an
 additional amount of sixty-seven dollars monthly.
   (a-2) For the period beginning July first, two thousand ten and ending
 June thirtieth, two thousand twelve, the following schedule shall be the
 standard  of monthly need for determining eligibility for all categories
 of assistance in and by all social services districts:
                      Number of Persons in Household
     One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
     $141        $225        $300        $386        $477        $551
   For each additional person in the household there shall  be  added  an
 additional amount of seventy-five dollars monthly.
   (a-3)  For  the  period  beginning July first, two thousand twelve and
 ending September thirtieth, two thousand twelve, the following  schedule
 shall  be  the  standard of monthly need for determining eligibility for
 all categories of assistance in and by all social services districts:
                      Number of Persons in Household
     One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
     $150        $239        $317        $409        $505        $583
   For each additional person in the household there shall  be  added  an
 additional amount of eighty dollars monthly.
   (a-4)] For the period beginning October first, two thousand twelve and
 thereafter,  the  following  shall  be  the standard of monthly need for
 determining eligibility for all categories of assistance in and  by  all
 social services districts:
                      Number of Persons in Household
     One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
     $158        $252        $336        $433        $534        $617
   For  each  additional  person in the household there shall be added an
 additional amount of eighty-five dollars monthly.
   § 2. Paragraphs (a), (a-1), (a-2), (a-3) and (a-4) of subdivision 3 of
 section 131-a of the social services law, paragraph (a)  as  amended  by
 and  subdivision  (a-1) as added by section 2 of part Y of chapter 57 of
 the laws of 2009, paragraph (a-2) as amended by section 3 of part  U  of
 chapter  58  of  the laws of 2011, and paragraph (a-3) as amended by and
 paragraph (a-4) as added by section 2 of part D of  chapter  57  of  the
 laws of 2012, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  [Through  June thirtieth, two thousand nine, persons and families
 determined to be eligible by the application of  the  standard  of  need
 prescribed  by  the  provisions of subdivision two of this section, less
 any available income or resources which are not required  to  be  disre-
 garded by other provisions of this chapter, shall receive maximum month-
 ly grants and allowances in all social services districts, in accordance
 with the following schedule, for public assistance:
                      Number of Persons in Household
           One       Two     Three      Four      Five      Six
           $112      $179     $238      $307      $379     $438
   For each additional eligible needy person in the household there shall
 be an additional allowance of sixty dollars monthly.
   (a-1)  For  the  period  beginning  July  first, two thousand nine and
 ending June thirtieth, two thousand ten, persons and families determined
 to be eligible by the application of the standard of need prescribed  by
 the  provisions  of  subdivision two of this section, less any available
 income or resources which are not required to be  disregarded  by  other
 provisions  of  this  chapter,  shall receive maximum monthly grants and
 allowances in all social services  districts,  in  accordance  with  the
 following schedule, for public assistance:

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                      Number of Persons in Household
     One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
     $126        $201        $268        $345        $426        $492
   For  each  additional  person in the household there shall be added an
 additional amount of sixty-seven dollars monthly.
   (a-2) For the period beginning July first, two thousand ten and ending
 June thirtieth, two thousand twelve, persons and families determined  to
 be eligible by the application of the standard of need prescribed by the
 provisions of subdivision two of this section, less any available income
 or  resources  which  are  not  required  to  be  disregarded  by  other
 provisions of this chapter, shall receive  maximum  monthly  grants  and
 allowances  in  all  social  services  districts, in accordance with the
 following schedule, for public assistance:
                      Number of Persons in Household
     One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
     $141        $225        $300        $386        $477        $551
   For each additional person in the household there shall  be  added  an
 additional amount of seventy-five dollars monthly.
   (a-3)  For  the  period  beginning July first, two thousand twelve and
 ending September thirtieth, two thousand twelve,  persons  and  families
 determined  to  be  eligible  by the application of the standard of need
 prescribed by the provisions of subdivision two of  this  section,  less
 any  available  income  or resources which are not required to be disre-
 garded by other provisions of this chapter, shall receive maximum month-
 ly grants and allowances in all social services districts, in accordance
 with the following schedule, for public assistance:
                      Number of Persons in Household
     One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
     $150        $239        $317        $409        $505        $583
   For each additional person in the household there shall  be  added  an
 additional amount of eighty dollars monthly.
   (a-4)] For the period beginning October first, two thousand twelve and
 thereafter, persons and families determined to be eligible by the appli-
 cation  of the standard of need prescribed by the provisions of subdivi-
 sion two of this section, less any available income or  resources  which
 are  not required to be disregarded by other provisions of this chapter,
 shall receive maximum  monthly  grants  and  allowances  in  all  social
 services  districts,  in  accordance  with  the  following schedule, for
 public assistance:
                      Number of Persons in Household
     One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
     $158        $252        $336        $433        $534        $617
   For each additional person in the household there shall  be  added  an
 additional amount of eighty-five dollars monthly.
   § 3. Subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of
 section  131-a  of the social services law, subparagraph (ii) as amended
 by section 12 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997 and  subpara-
 graph  (iii)  as amended by chapter 246 of the laws of 2002, are amended
 to read as follows:
   (ii) from the earned income of any child or relative applying  for  or
 receiving  aid  pursuant  to  such  program,  or of any other individual
 living in the same household as such relative and child whose needs  are
 taken  into account in making such determination, the first [ninety] TWO
 HUNDRED dollars of the total of such earned income for such month;
   (iii) [forty-two] SIXTY-SEVEN percent of the earned  income  for  such
 month of any APPLICANT OR recipient [in a household containing a depend-

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 ent child] which remains after application of all other subparagraphs of
 this paragraph[; provided, however, that such percentage amount shall be
 adjusted  in  June  of each year, commencing in nineteen hundred ninety-
 eight, to reflect changes in the most recently issued poverty guidelines
 of  the  United  States  Bureau  of the Census, such that a household of
 three without special needs, living in a heated apartment  in  New  York
 city  and without unearned income would become ineligible for assistance
 with gross earnings equal to the  poverty  level  in  such  guidelines;]
 provided,  however,  that  no assistance shall be given to any household
 with gross earned and unearned income, exclusive of income described  in
 subparagraphs  (i) and (vi) of this paragraph, in excess of such poverty
 level;
   § 4. Subdivision 10 of section 131-a of the  social  services  law  is
 REPEALED.
   §  5. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.