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Assembly Bill A6105

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires that recipients of public assistance benefits must be residents of the state for at least ninety days prior to applying for such benefits

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2021-A6105 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §131, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6059
2013-2014: A322
2015-2016: A3960
2017-2018: A1579
2019-2020: A2251
2023-2024: A1984
2025-2026: A2424

2021-A6105 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that recipients of public assistance benefits must be residents of the state for at least ninety days prior to applying for such benefits.

2021-A6105 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6105
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY, J. M. GIGLIO, PALMESANO, REILLY, DeSTEFA-
   NO,  SMULLEN, FRIEND, SALKA, FITZPATRICK, NORRIS -- Multi-Sponsored by
   -- M. of A.  BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, THIELE -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  requiring  that
   recipients  of  public  assistance  benefits  must be residents of the
   state for at least ninety days prior to applying for such benefits
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 131 of the social services law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 5-b to read as follows:
   5-B.  NO  PUBLIC  ASSISTANCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO AN APPLICANT FOR PUBLIC
 ASSISTANCE WHO HAS NOT BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE STATE FOR AT LEAST  NINETY
 DAYS PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR SUCH ASSISTANCE.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01982-01-1

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