Provides that an applicant for the cooling assistance component of the home energy assistance program shall not be required to demonstrate that the household contains at least one person with a documented medical condition that is exacerbated by extreme heat to be eligible for a cooling assistance component benefit.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6669
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 7, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Social Services
AN ACT in relation to expanding eligibility for the cooling assistance
component of the home energy assistance program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to
the contrary an applicant for the cooling assistance component of the
home energy assistance program shall not be required to demonstrate that
the household contains at least one person with a documented medical
condition that is exacerbated by extreme heat to be eligible for a cool-
ing assistance component benefit.
ยง 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after the state
commissioner of social services receives a determination from the feder-
al department of health and human services that the provisions of
section one of this act shall not render the state ineligible for
participation in the federal low-income home energy assistance program;
provided that the state commissioner of social services shall notify the
legislative bill drafting commission upon the receipt of such determi-
nation in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely
effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New
York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the
legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08673-01-5
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