Senate Bill S8001

                            
 
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                                   8001
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 9, 2020
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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  setting  public
   assistance amounts for individuals receiving 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 [$204.00]:
   (I)  $207.00  for  each month beginning on or after January first, two
 thousand nineteen;
   (II) $226.00 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;
   (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]
 TWENTY TO MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, [(i)] for an eligible
 individual  receiving  enhanced  residential care, $1,465.00; and [(ii)]
 (2) for an eligible couple  receiving  enhanced  residential  care,  two
 times  the  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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1,496.00; 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
 THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE,  FOR  AN  ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUAL
 RECEIVING  ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL CARE, $1,513.00; 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, $1,532.00; 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, $1,551.00; 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, $1,570.00; AND (2) FOR AN  ELIGIBLE
 COUPLE  RECEIVING  ENHANCED  RESIDENTIAL  CARE, TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT SET
 FORTH IN CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
   § 3. Section 131-a of the social services law is amended by  adding  a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, SOCIAL SERVICES OFFI-
 CIALS SHALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION,  PROVIDE
 PUBLIC  ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS AND FAMILIES WHO RECEIVE TEMPORARY HOUSING
 ASSISTANCE AND THREE MEALS PER DAY OR RESIDE IN  A  SHELTER  FOR  ADULTS
 THAT  PROVIDES THREE MEALS PER DAY, A SHELTER FOR FAMILIES THAT PROVIDES
 THREE MEALS PER DAY, OR A PUBLIC HOME THAT PROVIDES THREE MEALS PER  DAY
 AND 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, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 FOLLOWING MONTHLY SCHEDULE:
                         NUMBER OF PERSONS IN HOUSEHOLD
                        ONE   TWO  THREE FOUR  FIVE  SIX
                       $183  $291 $389  $501  $618  $714
 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE NEEDY PERSON IN THE HOUSEHOLD  THERE  SHALL
 BE AN ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCE OF NINETY-SIX DOLLARS MONTHLY.
   §  4.  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
 take  effect;  provided,  however,  that section three of this act shall
 take effect on the first of April in the year next succeeding  the  year
 in which it shall have become a law.