NY State Senate Bill 2021-S8972A

Senate Bill S8972A

Signed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires that two electronic benefit transfer credit or debit cards be issued to certain households receiving supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A9749 - Signed by Governor

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jul 14, 2022	signed chap.376
Jul 11, 2022	delivered to governor
Jun 02, 2022	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1695 substituted for s8972a
Jun 02, 2022	substituted by a9749b
May 31, 2022	ordered to third reading cal.1695 committee discharged and committed to rules
May 25, 2022	print number 8972a
May 25, 2022	amend (t) and recommit to social services
May 03, 2022	referred to social services

Votes

- Jun 2, 2022 - Floor Vote
  A9749
  
  63
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 2, 2022
      
      aye (63)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Brouk
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
  May 31, 2022 - Rules Committee Vote
  S8972A
  
  18
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  1
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: May 31, 2022
      
      aye (18)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Lanza
      
      Ritchie
      
      absent (1)
      
      O'Mara

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2021-S8972 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9749
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §21-a, Soc Serv L

2021-S8972 - Summary

Requires that any electronic benefit transfer services for supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits shall ensure that two electronic benefit transfer credit or debit cards are issued for use by any recipient household having more than one parent or guardian residing in the household on a full-time basis.

2021-S8972 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8972

SPONSOR: SALAZAR
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring that
two electronic benefit transfer credit or debit cards be available to
certain households receiving supplemental nutrition assistance program
(SNAP) benefits

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The pUrpose of this bill is to make available two electronic benefit
transfer cards to households with more than one parent or guardian that
otherwise quality for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(SNAP).

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of this bill amends subdivision 1 of section 21-A of the
social services law to require that any household with two parents or
guardians that use electronic benefit transfer cards for SNAP benefits

be authorized to receive two of such cards. A card will not be issued to
any underage person nor to anyone who is not the head of household. The
second card will not entitle the household to any additional benefits,
and they will not be forced to take the second card. The department
shall notify any household who qualifies that two cards are available
for them.

Section 2 of this bill sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This provision would provide households with two parents or guardians
with two electronic benefit transfer cards. Families living in poverty
depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.  These funds
are made available through transfer or debit cards which allow them to
feed their families. It can be, at times, inconvenient and troublesome
for a two head-of-household family to be reliant on one card.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law. Effective immediately, any amendments or
repeals of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation are
to be made or completed before the effective date.

2021-S8972 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8972
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 3, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  requiring  that
   two  electronic benefit transfer credit or debit cards be available to
   certain households receiving supplemental nutrition assistance program
   (SNAP) benefits

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 21-a of the social services law,
 as added by section 144-a of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of  1997,
 is amended to read as follows:
   1.  (A)  Any  contract entered into on behalf of local social services
 districts for electronic benefit transfer  services  shall  ensure  that
 there  are  a  sufficient  number  of access points in each local social
 services district to ensure an adequate distribution of  such  services.
 Upon  implementation of an electronic benefit transfer system in a local
 social services district or in any political or other geographic  subdi-
 vision of such district, the department shall publish a list identifying
 the  number and location of access points within such district or subdi-
 vision, and shall seek and accept public  comment  on  the  adequacy  of
 recipient  access  to  electronic  benefit transfer services within such
 district or subdivision. The department shall seek to maximize recipient
 access to electronic benefit  transfer  services  by  working  with  the
 contractor to establish access points at a broad range of businesses and
 community  facilities  including, but not limited to, community centers,
 senior citizen centers, educational and job skills training  sites,  and
 local housing authorities.
   (B)  ANY  CONTRACT  ENTERED  INTO  ON  BEHALF OF LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES
 DISTRICTS FOR ELECTRONIC  BENEFIT  TRANSFER  SERVICES  FOR  SUPPLEMENTAL
 NUTRITION  ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) BENEFITS SHALL ENSURE THAT AT LEAST
 TWO ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER CREDIT OR DEBIT CARDS ARE AUTHORIZED FOR
 USE BY ANY RECIPIENT HOUSEHOLD HAVING MORE THAN ONE PARENT  OR  GUARDIAN
 RESIDING  IN  THE HOUSEHOLD ON A FULL-TIME BASIS, PROVIDED THAT AT LEAST
 TWO PARENTS OR GUARDIANS RESIDING IN THE  HOUSEHOLD,  OR  A  COMBINATION
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD15075-05-2
 S. 8972                             2
 
 THEREOF, QUALIFY FOR BENEFITS PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER. NO CARD SHALL BE
 ISSUED  TO  ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN UNLESS SUCH PERSON IS A
 PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A  MINOR  CHILD.  CARDS  ISSUED  PURSUANT  TO  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  BE  LINKED  TO THE SAME BENEFITS
 ACCOUNT. THE ISSUANCE OF A SECOND CARD SHALL NOT ENTITLE THE  RECIPIENTS
 TO  ANY ADDITIONAL BENEFITS. BENEFIT RECIPIENTS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO
 ACCEPT OR UTILIZE BOTH CARDS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOTIFY  EXISTING  AND
 FUTURE BENEFIT RECIPIENTS OF THE AVAILABILITY OF MULTIPLE CARDS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.

2021-S8972A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9749
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §21-a, Soc Serv L

2021-S8972A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S8972A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8972A

SPONSOR: SALAZAR
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring that
two electronic benefit transfer credit or debit cards be issued to
certain households receiving supplemental nutrition assistance program
(SNAP) benefits

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to make available two electronic benefit
transfer cards to households with more than one parent or guardian that
quality for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of this bill amends subdivision 1 of section 21-A of the
social services law to require that any household with two parents or
guardians that use electronic benefit transfer cards for SNAP benefits
be authorized to receive two of such cards. A card will not be issued to

any underage person nor to anyone who is not the head of household. The
second card will not entitle the household to any additional benefits,
and they will not be forced to take the second card. The department
shall notify any household who qualifies that two cards are available
for them.

Section 2 of this bill sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This provision would provide households with two parents or guardians
with two electronic benefit transfer cards. Families living in poverty
depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.  These funds
are made available through transfer or debit cards which allow them to
feed their families. It can be, at times, inconvenient and troublesome
for a two head-of-household family to be reliant on one card.

 
AMENDED BILL:

The "A" print makes a technical change, there is no substantive change
from the original print.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law. Effective immediately, any amendments or
repeals of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation are
to be made or completed before the effective date.

2021-S8972A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8972--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 3, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services -- commit-
   tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring that
   two electronic benefit transfer credit or debit  cards  be  issued  to
   certain households receiving supplemental nutrition assistance program
   (SNAP) benefits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 21-a of the social  services  law,
 as  added by section 144-a of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997,
 is amended to read as follows:
   1. (A) Any contract entered into on behalf of  local  social  services
 districts  for  electronic  benefit  transfer services shall ensure that
 there are a sufficient number of access  points  in  each  local  social
 services  district  to ensure an adequate distribution of such services.
 Upon implementation of an electronic benefit transfer system in a  local
 social  services district or in any political or other geographic subdi-
 vision of such district, the department shall publish a list identifying
 the number and location of access points within such district or  subdi-
 vision,  and  shall  seek  and  accept public comment on the adequacy of
 recipient access to electronic benefit  transfer  services  within  such
 district or subdivision. The department shall seek to maximize recipient
 access  to  electronic  benefit  transfer  services  by working with the
 contractor to establish access points at a broad range of businesses and
 community facilities including, but not limited to,  community  centers,
 senior  citizen  centers, educational and job skills training sites, and
 local housing authorities.
   (B) ANY ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER SERVICES FOR  SUPPLEMENTAL  NUTRI-
 TION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) BENEFITS SHALL ENSURE THAT TWO ELECTRONIC
 BENEFIT TRANSFER CREDIT OR DEBIT CARDS ARE ISSUED FOR USE BY ANY RECIPI-
 ENT  HOUSEHOLD  HAVING  MORE THAN ONE PARENT OR GUARDIAN RESIDING IN THE
 HOUSEHOLD ON A FULL-TIME BASIS, PROVIDED THAT AT LEAST  TWO  PARENTS  OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD15075-07-2
 S. 8972--A                          2
 
 GUARDIANS  RESIDING  IN THE HOUSEHOLD, OR A COMBINATION THEREOF, QUALIFY
 FOR BENEFITS PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER. NO CARD SHALL BE  ISSUED  TO  ANY
 PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN UNLESS SUCH PERSON IS A PARENT OR GUAR-
 DIAN  OF A MINOR CHILD.  THE ISSUANCE OF A SECOND CARD SHALL BE CONSIST-
 ENT WITH FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS AND IS SUBJECT TO THE REQUEST AND APPROVAL
 BY THE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD AND SHALL NOT ENTITLE  THE  RECIPIENTS  TO  ANY
 ADDITIONAL  BENEFITS. BENEFIT RECIPIENTS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO ACCEPT
 OR UTILIZE BOTH CARDS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOTIFY EXISTING  AND  FUTURE
 BENEFIT RECIPIENTS OF THE AVAILABILITY OF MULTIPLE CARDS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.

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