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                                   6856
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 22, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  increasing  the
   enhanced residential care benefit for aged, blind and disabled persons
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 209 of the social
 services law, as amended by section 2 of part YY of chapter  59  of  the
 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   (e)  (i)  [On and after] (1) FROM January first, two thousand eighteen
 TO JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN,  for  an  eligible  individual
 receiving  enhanced  residential care, [$1,444.00] $1,465.00; and [(ii)]
 (2) for an eligible couple  receiving  enhanced  residential  care,  two
 times  the  amount  set forth in CLAUSE ONE OF THIS subparagraph [(i) of
 this paragraph].
   (II) (1) FROM JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN TO MARCH THIRTY-FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, FOR AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING ENHANCED RESI-
 DENTIAL CARE, $1,585.00;  AND  (2)  FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE  COUPLE  RECEIVING
 ENHANCED  RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN CLAUSE ONE
 OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
   (III) (1) FROM APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY TO MARCH THIRTY-FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, FOR AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL  RECEIVING  ENHANCED
 RESIDENTIAL  CARE,  $1,705.00;  AND (2) FOR AN ELIGIBLE COUPLE RECEIVING
 ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN CLAUSE  ONE
 OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
   (IV)  (1)  FROM  APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE TO MARCH THIRTY-
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUAL  RECEIVING
 ENHANCED  RESIDENTIAL  CARE,  $1,825.00;  AND (2) FOR AN ELIGIBLE COUPLE
 RECEIVING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET  FORTH  IN
 CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (V)  (1)  FROM  APRIL  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO TO MARCH THIRTY-
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, FOR AN ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUAL  RECEIVING
 ENHANCED  RESIDENTIAL  CARE,  $1,945.00;  AND (2) FOR AN ELIGIBLE COUPLE
 RECEIVING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET  FORTH  IN
 CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
   (VI)  (1) FROM APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE TO MARCH THIRTY-
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, FOR AN  ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUAL  RECEIVING
 ENHANCED  RESIDENTIAL  CARE,  $2,065.00;  AND (2) FOR AN ELIGIBLE COUPLE
 RECEIVING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET  FORTH  IN
 CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.