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Assembly Bill A2263

Vetoed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the maximum age at which a homeless youth can continue to receive shelter services

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2021-A2263 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S813
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §532-d, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11338
2019-2020: A2762, S4074
2023-2024: A6982, S2674

2021-A2263 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the maximum age at which a homeless youth can continue to receive shelter services; raises the age from twenty-one to twenty-four.

2021-A2263 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2263
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  FERNANDEZ, REYES, FAHY, GRIFFIN, CRUZ, COOK,
   HEVESI, DAVILA, DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
   on Children and Families
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law, in relation to the maximum age at
   which a homeless youth can continue to receive shelter services

   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 532-d of the
 executive law, as amended by section 5 of part M of chapter  56  of  the
 laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (c)  A  homeless  youth  who entered a transitional independent living
 program under the  age  of  [twenty-one]  TWENTY-FOUR  may  continue  to
 receive  shelter  services  in such program beyond the applicable period
 authorized by paragraph (b) of this subdivision, if the municipality has
 notified the office of children and family services in  accordance  with
 clause  (iv)  of subparagraph three of paragraph a of subdivision two of
 section four hundred twenty of this chapter;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02886-01-1

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