S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5507
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 15, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, SIMON -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the standards of
monthly need 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. Section 131-a of the social services law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
6. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A SOCIAL SERVICES OFFI-
CIAL SHALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDE
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS AND FAMILIES WHO RECEIVE TEMPORARY HOUSING
ASSISTANCE AND THREE MEALS PER DAY, OR WHO RESIDE IN A SHELTER FOR
ADULTS THAT PROVIDES THREE MEALS PER DAY, OR WHO RESIDE IN A SHELTER FOR
FAMILIES THAT PROVIDES THREE MEALS PER DAY, OR WHO RESIDE IN A PUBLIC
HOME THAT PROVIDES THREE MEALS PER DAY, AND ARE DETERMINED TO BE ELIGI-
BLE BY THE APPLICATION OF THE STANDARD OF NEED PRESCRIBED BY THE
PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, LESS ANY AVAILABLE INCOME
OR RESOURCES WHICH ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE DISREGARDED BY OTHER
PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE:
NUMBER OF PERSONS IN HOUSEHOLD
ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX
$183.10 $291.50 $389.00 $501.70 $618.70 $714.20
FOR EACH ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE NEEDY PERSON IN THE HOUSEHOLD THERE SHALL
BE AN ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCE OF $97.50 MONTHLY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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