Assembly Bill A8443

                             
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                                   8443
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 16, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. DAVILA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Social Services
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to requiring the
   office of temporary and disability assistance to make publicly  avail-
   able  on  its website information regarding waivers, rental supplement
   plans and shelter supplement plans

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 152-e to read as follows:
   § 152-E. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION REGARDING WAIVER  REQUESTS
 AND SHELTER AND RENTAL SUPPLEMENTS. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE
 FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "OFFICE" SHALL MEAN THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSIST-
 ANCE.
   (B)  "WAIVER"  MEANS  PERMISSION  TO  DEVIATE  FROM A STATE OR FEDERAL
 PROGRAM RULE OR STATUTORY PROVISION.
   (C) "SHELTER SUPPLEMENT PLAN" MEANS  A  PLAN  SUBMITTED  BY  A  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  DISTRICT  FOR APPROVAL BY THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
 MONTHLY SHELTER SUPPLEMENTS TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE APPLICANTS AND  RECIPI-
 ENTS AS PROVIDED IN 18 NYCRR 352.3.
   (D)  "RENTAL  SUPPLEMENT  PROGRAM  PLAN" MEANS ANY PLAN SUBMITTED BY A
 SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT FOR APPROVAL BY THE OFFICE  TO  PROVIDE  RENTAL
 ASSISTANCE  TO  INDIVIDUALS  WHO  ARE  EXPERIENCING  HOMELESSNESS OR ARE
 FACING IMMINENT LOSS OF HOUSING.
   2. THE OFFICE SHALL  MAKE  PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE  INFORMATION  REGARDING
 WAIVERS  AND  RENTAL  SUPPLEMENT  PLANS  AND SHELTER SUPPLEMENT PLANS BY
 PROVIDING, AT A MINIMUM, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (A) WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE
 OFFICE  SHALL  POST  ON  ITS WEBSITE A COMPENDIUM OF EXISTING WAIVERS OF
 STATE OR FEDERAL PROGRAM RULES OR STATUTORY  PROVISIONS,  INCLUDING  BUT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07490-01-5
              

 A. 8443                             2
 
 NOT  LIMITED  TO  A  DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OR FEDERAL PROGRAM RULE OR
 STATUTORY PROVISION WAIVED, THE DATE FIRST GRANTED, THE DATE THE  WAIVER
 WILL EXPIRE IF ANY, AND THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS TO WHICH THE WAIV-
 ER APPLIES. THE OFFICE SHALL REVIEW EXISTING WAIVERS AT LEAST ONCE EVERY
 FIVE  YEARS TO ANALYZE THE CONTINUED NEED FOR EXISTING WAIVERS AND SHALL
 PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF THE REVIEW AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE  TO  THE  PUBLIC
 FOR COMMENT.
   (B)  WITHIN  TEN DAYS AFTER A FEDERAL AGENCY HAS PROVIDED NOTICE OF AN
 AVAILABLE FEDERAL WAIVER, THE OFFICE SHALL POST ON ITS WEBSITE THE RELE-
 VANT INFORMATION ABOUT SUCH AVAILABLE FEDERAL WAIVER INCLUDING A SUMMARY
 OF SUCH AVAILABLE WAIVER AND A  CITATION  OR  LINK  TO  THE  APPROPRIATE
 FEDERAL  AUTHORITY FOR SUCH AVAILABLE FEDERAL WAIVER. ANY WAIVER REQUEST
 SUBMITTED BY THE OFFICE TO ANY FEDERAL AGENCY  SHALL  BE  MADE  PUBLICLY
 AVAILABLE  ON THE WEBSITE OF THE OFFICE NO LATER THAN TEN DAYS AFTER THE
 REQUEST IS SUBMITTED. ANY APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF SUCH REQUESTS  SHALL  BE
 MADE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE OF THE OFFICE NO LATER THAN TEN DAYS AFTER
 RECEIPT.
   (C)  THE  OFFICE  SHALL  PROVIDE NOTICE OF WAIVERS OF STATE OR FEDERAL
 PROGRAM RULES OR STATUTORY PROVISIONS WHICH MAY BE REQUESTED  BY  SOCIAL
 SERVICES DISTRICTS. WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER THE OFFICE HAS PROVIDED NOTICE
 THAT A WAIVER MAY BE REQUESTED BY A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT, THE OFFICE
 SHALL  POST ON ITS WEBSITE THE RELEVANT INFORMATION ABOUT SUCH AVAILABLE
 WAIVER INCLUDING A SUMMARY OF SUCH AVAILABLE WAIVER AND  A  CITATION  OR
 LINK  TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY FOR SUCH AVAILABLE WAIVER. ANY WAIVER
 REQUEST SUBMITTED BY A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT TO THE OFFICE  SHALL  BE
 MADE  PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE OF THE OFFICE NO LATER THAN TEN
 DAYS AFTER THE REQUEST IS SUBMITTED  TO  THE  OFFICE.  ANY  APPROVAL  OR
 DENIAL  OF  SUCH  REQUESTS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE OF THE
 OFFICE NO LATER THAN TEN DAYS AFTER RECEIPT.
   (D) ANY SHELTER SUPPLEMENT PLAN AND ANY RENTAL SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM PLAN
 SUBMITTED TO THE OFFICE BY A SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT  SHALL  BE  MADE
 PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE  ON THE WEBSITE OF THE OFFICE NO LATER THAN TEN DAYS
 AFTER SUCH PLAN IS SUBMITTED. ANY APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF SUCH REQUESTS IN
 ADDITION TO ANY GUIDANCE ISSUED RELATED TO SUCH REQUESTS SHALL  BE  MADE
 PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE  ON THE WEBSITE OF THE OFFICE NO LATER THAN TEN DAYS
 AFTER ISSUANCE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.