Senate Bill S5713

                            
 
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                                   5713
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 13, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to state supplement
   payments and personal needs allowance for eligible individuals receiv-
   ing enhanced residential care

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision 1 of section 131-o of the
 social services law, as amended by section 1 of part L of chapter 56  of
 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (c)  in  the  case  of  each individual receiving enhanced residential
 care, an amount equal to at least:
   (I) $204.00 for each month beginning on or after  January  first,  two
 thousand nineteen;
   (II)  $223.00  FOR  EACH  MONTH BEGINNING ON OR AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY;
   (III) $243.00 FOR EACH MONTH BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE;
   (IV)  $262.00  FOR EACH MONTH BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO;
   (V) $281.00 FOR EACH MONTH BEGINNING ON OR AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE; AND
   (VI)  $300.00  FOR EACH MONTH BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR.
   § 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2  of  section  209  of  the  social
 services  law,  as  amended  by section 2 of part L of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (e) [On and after] (I)(1) FROM January first, two thousand nineteen TO
 MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, [(i)] for an eligible  individ-
 ual  receiving  enhanced residential care, $1,465.00; and [(ii)] (2) for
 an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care,  two  times  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 amount  set  forth  in [subparagraph (i)] CLAUSE ONE of this [paragraph]
 SUBPARAGRAPH.
   (II)(1)  FROM  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY TO DECEMBER THIRTY-
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY,  FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUAL  RECEIVING
 ENHANCED  RESIDENTIAL  CARE,  $1,484.00;  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 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE TO DECEMBER THIR-
 TY-FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, FOR AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING
 ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1,504.00; 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 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO TO DECEMBER THIR-
 TY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, FOR AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL  RECEIVING
 ENHANCED  RESIDENTIAL  CARE,  $1,523.00;  AND (2) FOR AN ELIGIBLE COUPLE
 RECEIVING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET  FORTH  IN
 CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
   (V)  (1)  FROM  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE TO DECEMBER
 THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE,  FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUAL
 RECEIVING  ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1,542.00; 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  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR TO DECEMBER
 THIRTY-FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR,  FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUAL
 RECEIVING  ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1,561.00; AND (2) FOR AN ELIGIBLE
 COUPLE RECEIVING ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, TWO  TIMES  THE  AMOUNT  SET
 FORTH IN CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
   §  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as sections 1 and 2 of part L of chapter 56 of the laws of  2019,
 takes effect.