Senate Bill S8022

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to automated identification of OTDA assistance program participants

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Current Bill Status Via A8488 - Signed by Governor


  • 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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2023-S8022 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8488
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §131-ss, Soc Serv L (as proposed in S.4548 & A.4876)

2023-S8022 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to automated identification of OTDA assistance program participants; identifies entities to be defined as a "utility corporation"; requires utility corporations to administer secure transmission of participant data; requires utility corporations to conduct automated file matching with OTDA assistance program participant accounts

2023-S8022 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8022 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8022
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to automated  iden-
   tification of OTDA assistance program participants
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 131-ss of the social services law, as  added  by  a
 chapter  of  the  laws  of  2023 relating to providing for the automated
 identification of affordability program  participants,  as  proposed  in
 legislative  bills  numbers  S.  4548 and A. 4876, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 131-ss. Automated identification of [affordability] OTDA  ASSISTANCE
 program  participants. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section,
 the following terms shall have the following meanings:
   (a) "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of the office of tempo-
 rary and disability assistance.
   (b) "OFFICE" OR "OTDA" SHALL MEAN THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABIL-
 ITY ASSISTANCE.
   (C) "[Affordability] OTDA ASSISTANCE program participant" shall mean a
 household that is determined to be eligible by the [appropriate  agency]
 OFFICE  for  any  of the following programs, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE
 OFFICE MAY REQUIRE WRITTEN CONSENT FROM OTDA ASSISTANCE PROGRAM  PARTIC-
 IPANTS BEFORE USING DATA OBTAINED FROM ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS FOR
 THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (i) Public assistance;
   (ii) [Supplemental security income;
   (iii) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP);
   (iv) Low income home] HOME energy assistance program[;
   (v) Veteran's disability pension;
   (vi) Veteran's surviving spouse pension;
   (vii) Child health plus;
   (viii) Lifeline]; and

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01630-03-4
 S. 8022                             2
              

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