Assembly Bill A1997

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides eligibility for state or local public benefits regardless of immigration status

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A1997 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S481
Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §170-d, Exec L; add §99-h-1, Gen Muni L; add Art 9 Title 13 §2988, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10433, S5167
2023-2024: A160, S2839

2021-A1997 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows for state agencies, municipalities, and authorities to provide state or local public benefits regardless of immigration status.

2021-A1997 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1997
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, the general municipal  law,  and  the
   public authorities law, in relation to providing eligibility for state
   or local public benefits regardless of immigration status

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  170-d
 to read as follows:
   §  170-D. ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE OR LOCAL PUBLIC BENEFITS REGARDLESS OF
 IMMIGRATION STATUS. A STATE AGENCY MAY, AT ITS DISCRETION, PROVIDE STATE
 OR LOCAL PUBLIC BENEFITS, AS DEFINED BY THE FEDERAL  PERSONAL  RESPONSI-
 BILITY  AND  WORK  OPPORTUNITY  RECONCILIATION  ACT 8 U.S.C. 1621 OR ANY
 SUCCESSOR PROVISION, TO PERSONS WHO, BUT FOR SUCH FEDERAL LAW  RESTRICT-
 ING  ELIGIBILITY FOR SUCH BENEFITS BASED ON IMMIGRATION STATUS, WOULD BE
 OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH BENEFITS FROM SUCH AGENCY.  FOR THE PURPOSES
 OF THIS SECTION, A "STATE AGENCY" SHALL  MEAN  ANY  DEPARTMENT,  BUREAU,
 COMMISSION, BOARD, DIVISION, OFFICE, OR AGENCY OF THE STATE.
   §  2.  The  general  municipal  law is amended by adding a new section
 99-h-1 to read as follows:
   § 99-H-1. ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE OR LOCAL BENEFITS REGARDLESS OF  IMMI-
 GRATION  STATUS. A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION MAY, AT ITS DISCRETION, PROVIDE
 STATE OR LOCAL PUBLIC BENEFITS,  AS  DEFINED  BY  THE  FEDERAL  PERSONAL
 RESPONSIBILITY  AND WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT 8 U.S.C. 1621 OR
 ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION, TO  PERSONS  WHO,  BUT  FOR  SUCH  FEDERAL  LAW
 RESTRICTING  ELIGIBILITY  FOR SUCH BENEFITS BASED ON IMMIGRATION STATUS,
 WOULD BE OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH BENEFITS FROM SUCH MUNICIPAL CORPO-
 RATION. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A  "MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION"  SHALL
 MEAN A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR BOARD OF COOPER-
 ATIVE  EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OF THIS STATE OR A BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION
 IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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