Assembly Bill A9853

2021-2022 Legislative Session

requiring local departments of social services to conduct full review of a person's housing history

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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-A9853 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §44-a, Soc Serv L

2021-A9853 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires local departments of social services to conduct a full review of a homeless person's housing history as part of determining eligibility for shelter at a homeless project.

2021-A9853 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9853
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 19, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  determining  a
   homeless person's eligibility for shelter at homeless housing
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
 44-a to read as follows:
   §  44-A.  HOMELESS HOUSING AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; ELIGIBILITY. 1. FOR
 THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERM "APPLICANT" SHALL MEAN A  HOMELESS
 PERSON WHO IS APPLYING FOR SHELTER AT A HOMELESS PROJECT.
   2.  NO  LOCAL  DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES SHALL DENY AN APPLICATION
 FOR SHELTER AT A HOMELESS PROJECT  THAT  RECEIVES  FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE
 PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE WITHOUT A FULL REVIEW OF THE APPLICANT'S ELIGI-
 BILITY,  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO A FULL REVIEW OF SUCH APPLICANT'S
 HOUSING HISTORY. IF AN APPLICANT IS INELIGIBLE FOR SHELTER AT A HOMELESS
 PROJECT, THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE  DOCUMEN-
 TATION  TO THE APPLICANT ON THEIR INELIGIBILITY AND UNDERTAKE EFFORTS AS
 MAY BE NECESSARY AND PRACTICABLE TO ASSIST SUCH  APPLICANT  IN  APPLYING
 FOR  AND  OBTAINING  APPROPRIATE  GOVERNMENTAL  ASSISTANCE. SUCH EFFORTS
 SHALL INCLUDE, TO THE BEST ABILITIES OF THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT  OF  SOCIAL
 SERVICES,  CONTACTING UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMPLETING
 AN APPLICANT'S TEMPORARY HOUSING APPLICATION.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP AN EMPLOYEE TRAINING ON  DETERMINING
 AN  APPLICANT'S  ELIGIBILITY  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO HOW TO DO A
 SUFFICIENT SEARCH OF AN APPLICANT'S HOUSING HISTORY. SUCH TRAINING SHALL
 BE IMPLEMENTED AND CONDUCTED  IN  CONJUNCTION  WITH  EXISTING  TRAINING,
 PROVIDED THAT NEW EMPLOYEES SHALL RECEIVE TRAINING WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF
 THEIR  START  DATE  AT  THE  DEPARTMENT  OR A LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
 SERVICES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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