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Assembly Bill A7516

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to exempting amounts received from any financial settlement for childhood sexual abuse for determining eligibility for or amount of benefits

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2021-A7516 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3884
Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §131-n, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7988, S5765
2023-2024: S3359
2025-2026: S7473

2021-A7516 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts amounts received from any financial settlement for childhood sexual abuse for determining eligibility for or amount of benefits under any program provided under the social security law.

2021-A7516 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7516
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WALLACE,  ROZIC,  STIRPE,  GOTTFRIED,  FAHY,
   PEOPLES-STOKES,  DINOWITZ,  BRONSON,  DE LA ROSA  --  read  once   and
   referred to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services  law, in relation to exempting
   amounts received from any financial settlement  for  childhood  sexual
   abuse for determining eligibility for or amount of benefits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 131-n of the social services  law,  as  amended  by
 section  16  of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. IF AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED  BY  FEDERAL  LAW  AND  REGULATIONS,
 AMOUNTS  RECEIVED  FROM  ANY  FINANCIAL  SETTLEMENT FOR CHILDHOOD SEXUAL
 ABUSE SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM CONSIDERATION AS INCOME OR RESOURCES FOR  THE
 PURPOSES OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR AND THE AMOUNT OF BENEFITS UNDER
 ANY PROGRAM PROVIDED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  2.  Section 131-n of the social services law, as amended by chapter
 635 of the laws of 1976, is amended by adding a  new  subdivision  3  to
 read as follows:
   3.  IF  AND  TO  THE  EXTENT PERMITTED BY FEDERAL LAW AND REGULATIONS,
 AMOUNTS RECEIVED FROM ANY  FINANCIAL  SETTLEMENT  FOR  CHILDHOOD  SEXUAL
 ABUSE  SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM CONSIDERATION AS INCOME OR RESOURCES FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR AND THE AMOUNT OF BENEFITS UNDER
 ANY PROGRAM PROVIDED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
 ments to section 131-n of the social services law made by section one of
 this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such subdi-
 vision  pursuant  to section 153 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of
 1997 as amended, when upon such date the provisions of  section  two  of
 this act shall take effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07764-01-1

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