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                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2021
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 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred 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 K of chapter 56 of
 the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   (c) in the case of  each  individual  receiving  enhanced  residential
 care, an amount equal to at least:
   (I)  $207.00  for  each month beginning on or after January first, two
 thousand [twenty.] TWENTY-TWO;
   (II) $223.00 FOR EACH MONTH BEGINNING ON OR  AFTER  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE;
   (III)  $243.00 FOR EACH MONTH BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR;
   (IV) $262.00 FOR EACH MONTH BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE;
   (V)  $281.00  FOR  EACH MONTH BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX; AND
   (VI) $300.00 FOR EACH MONTH BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN.
   §  2.  Paragraph  (e)  of  subdivision  2 of section 209 of the social
 services law, as amended by section 2 of part K of  chapter  56  of  the
 laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   (e)  [On  and after] (I) (1) FROM January first, two thousand [twenty]
 TWENTY-TWO TO MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE,  [(i)]  for
 an  eligible  individual receiving enhanced residential care, $1,477.00;
 and [(ii)] (2) for an eligible  couple  receiving  enhanced  residential
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 care, two times the amount set forth in [subparagraph (i)] CLAUSE ONE of
 this [paragraph] SUBPARAGRAPH.
   (II)(1)  FROM APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO TO DECEMBER THIRTY-
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, 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-THREE TO DECEMBER
 THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE,  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-FOUR TO DECEMBER
 THIRTY-FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR,  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-FIVE TO DECEMBER THIR-
 TY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, 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-SIX TO DECEMBER THIR-
 TY-FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, 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 K of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020,
 takes effect.