S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9607
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 26, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring elec-
tronic benefit transfer systems to include automatic credit or debit
card cancellation when fraudulent activity has been reported
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 is
amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
(C) ANY ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER SYSTEM IMPLEMENTED PURSUANT TO
THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE THE AUTOMATIC CANCELLATION OF AN ELECTRONIC
BENEFIT TRANSFER CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH ELECTRONIC
BENEFIT TRANSFER SYSTEM WHEN A BENEFIT RECIPIENT REPORTS FRAUDULENT
ACTIVITY RELATING TO SUCH CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD. SUCH AUTOMATIC CANCELLA-
TION SHALL OCCUR AT THE TIME A BENEFIT RECIPIENT COMPLETES THE PROCEDURE
SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, AND AT
SUCH TIME A BENEFIT RECIPIENT MAY APPLY FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF A LOST OR
STOLEN CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION TWO
OF THIS SECTION.
§ 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
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14824-01-4