Assembly Bill A9130

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing the standards of monthly need and home energy grant amounts for persons in receipt of public assistance

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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-A9130 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9513
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §131-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S5270

2021-A9130 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing the standards of monthly need and home energy grant amounts for persons in receipt of public assistance.

2021-A9130 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9130
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  increasing  the
   standards of monthly need and home energy grant amounts for persons in
   receipt of public assistance
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1.  Paragraph (a-4) of subdivision 2 of section 131-a  of  the
 social  services  law,  as added by section 1 of part D of chapter 57 of
 the laws of 2012, is amended and a new paragraph (a-5) is added to  read
 as follows:
   (a-4)  For the period beginning October first, two thousand twelve and
 [thereafter] ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, the follow-
 ing shall be the standard of monthly need  for  determining  eligibility
 for  all  categories  of  assistance  in  and  by  all  social  services
 districts:
                      Number of Persons in Household
     One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
     $158        $252        $336        $433        $534        $617
   For each additional person in the household there shall  be  added  an
 additional amount of eighty-five dollars monthly.
   (A-5)  FOR  THE  PERIOD BEGINNING JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO,
 THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE THE STANDARD  OF  MONTHLY  NEED  FOR  DETERMINING
 ELIGIBILITY  FOR  ALL  CATEGORIES  OF  ASSISTANCE  IN  AND BY ALL SOCIAL
 SERVICES DISTRICTS:
                      NUMBER OF PERSONS IN HOUSEHOLD
     ONE         TWO         THREE       FOUR        FIVE        SIX
     $246        $394        $524        $675        $834        $964
   FOR EACH ADDITIONAL PERSON IN THE HOUSEHOLD THERE SHALL  BE  ADDED  AN
 ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO DOLLARS MONTHLY.
   ANNUALLY  THEREAFTER,  THE  STANDARD  OF  MONTHLY NEED FOR DETERMINING
 ELIGIBILITY FOR ALL CATEGORIES  OF  ASSISTANCE  IN  AND  BY  ALL  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  DISTRICTS  SHALL  BE  INCREASED  BASED  ON THE CURRENT COST OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14123-04-2
              

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