NY State Senate Bill 2025-S7291

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 08, 2025	referred to children and families

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2025-S7291 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Children And Families
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Add §398-f, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S8160
2023-2024: S3102

2025-S7291 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the universal basic income for transition-age youth pilot program to provide regular monthly payments to state residents who age out of foster care.

2025-S7291 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7291

SPONSOR: BRISPORT
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing the
universal basic income for transition-age youth pilot program; and
providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill adds new section 398-f to the social services
law, establishing the universal basic income for transition-age youth
pilot program.

Section two of the bill provides that act shall take effect January 1,
2023 and shall expire and 3 be deemed repealed January 1, 2028.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York State has a responsibility to care for the youth who enter the
foster care system, as well as the youth who are required to transition

out by law. Unfortunately, New York State has not done enough to ensure
the safety and security of this population.  According to a report from
New York City's Center for Innovation through Data Intelligence, approx-
imately 37t of the young people who transition out of foster care in New
York will either return to homeless services or end up in jail within
two years. Accordingly, legislation is needed so that this unjust result
does not persist in one of the wealthiest states in the country; New
York needs to do better, especially in the middle of a global pandemic
when economic insecurity can have deadly results.

This bill would establish a pilot program, commencing January 1, 2023,
and subject to an appropriation by the Legislature, under which a New
York resident who ages out of foster care during the year of 2023 would
receive a universal basic income of $1,000 per month for three years,
regardless of what age they entered the program. The bill would define
universal basic income to mean unconditional cash payments of equal
amounts issued monthly to individual residents of New York with the
intention of ensuring the economic security of recipients. The bill
would exempt the universal basic income, to the extent permissible under
federal law, from being considered income for eligibility and benefit
amount determination purposes for specified public social services,
programs, and financial aid. The bill would further require the depart-
ment to work with at least one independent, research-based institution
to identify existing, and establish additional, outcome measurements,
and to submit a specified report relating to the pilot project to the
Legislature after the conclusion of each year of the pilot program.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-22: S8160; 2023-24: S3102

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect January 1, 2026 and shall expire and be
deemed repealed January 1, 2031. 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.

2025-S7291 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7291
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. BRISPORT, COONEY, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children
   and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing the
   universal basic income for transition-age  youth  pilot  program;  and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   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
 398-f to read as follows:
   §  398-F.  UNIVERSAL  BASIC  INCOME  FOR  TRANSITION-AGE  YOUTH  PILOT
 PROGRAM. 1. SUBJECT TO AN APPROPRIATION  BY  THE  LEGISLATURE  FOR  THIS
 PURPOSE,  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADMINISTER THE UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME FOR
 TRANSITION-AGE YOUTH PILOT PROGRAM WITH THE GOAL OF  IMPROVING  OUTCOMES
 FOR  FOSTER  YOUTH.   THE PILOT PROGRAM SHALL COMMENCE ON JANUARY FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, AND END ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-NINE.    UNDER  THE  PILOT PROGRAM, A NEW YORK STATE RESIDENT WHO
 AGES OUT OF FOSTER CARE DURING THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, REGARD-
 LESS OF WHAT AGE SUCH CHILD ENTERED FOSTER CARE, SHALL BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR
 THE  PROGRAM  AND SHALL RECEIVE A UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME OF ONE THOUSAND
 DOLLARS PER MONTH FOR THREE YEARS.
   2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME" MEANS UNCON-
 DITIONAL CASH PAYMENTS OF EQUAL AMOUNTS ISSUED MONTHLY TO ELIGIBLE INDI-
 VIDUALS WITH THE INTENTION OF ENSURING THE ECONOMIC SECURITY OF  RECIPI-
 ENTS.  TO  THE  EXTENT AUTHORIZED UNDER FEDERAL LAW, THE UNIVERSAL BASIC
 INCOME PROVIDED BY THIS  PROGRAM  SHALL  NOT  BE  CONSIDERED  INCOME  OR
 RESOURCES FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE BENEFITS OR
 THE AMOUNT OF THOSE BENEFITS UNDER THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES,
 PROGRAMS, AND FINANCIAL AID:
   (A) NEW YORK EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05930-01-5
 S. 7291                             2

 
   (B)  MEDICAID,  MEDICARE  OR  OTHER  HEALTH  INSURANCE  PROGRAMS WHICH
 RECEIVE FEDERAL OR STATE SUPPORT AND FACTOR IN  INCOME  FOR  ELIGIBILITY
 PURPOSES;
   (C)  STATE  AND  FEDERAL  FINANCIAL  AID AND COLLEGE SUPPORT PROGRAMS,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (I) GRANTS FROM THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OR CITY UNIVERSITY OF
 NEW YORK;
   (II) BENEFITS PROVIDED TO VETERANS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF  THE  UNITED
 STATES PURSUANT TO TITLE 38 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE; AND
   (III)  PELL GRANTS (SUBPART 1 (COMMENCING WITH SECTION 1070A) OF TITLE
 20 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE).
   3. (A) THE DEPARTMENT  SHALL  WORK  WITH  AT  LEAST  ONE  INDEPENDENT,
 RESEARCH-BASED  INSTITUTION  TO  IDENTIFY  EXISTING, AND ESTABLISH ADDI-
 TIONAL, OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PREPARE AND SUBMIT AN
 ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE ON THE UNIVERSAL BASIC
 INCOME FOR TRANSITION-AGE YOUTH PILOT PROGRAM. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE
 INFORMATION ON OUTCOMES FOR THE FOSTER YOUTH SERVED UNDER  THE  PROGRAM,
 MODELS UTILIZED, AND MEASURES SPECIFIC TO THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM.
   (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  LAW,  THE  DEPARTMENT MAY ACCEPT AND
 EXPEND FUNDS FROM NONGOVERNMENT SOURCES FOR THE REPORT, FOR A LONGITUDI-
 NAL STUDY OF THE UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME FOR TRANSITION-AGE  YOUTH  PILOT
 PROGRAM THAT IS IN ADDITION TO THE REPORT, OR FOR BOTH. THE REPORT SHALL
 INCLUDE,  BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, WITH RESPECT
 TO THE PERIOD OF EVALUATION:
   (I) STARTING  INCOME  OF  THE  PARTICIPANT  BEFORE  RECEIVING  MONTHLY
 UNIVERSAL  BASIC  INCOME  PAYMENTS  UNDER THE UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME FOR
 TRANSITION-AGE YOUTH PILOT PROGRAM;
   (II) GEOGRAPHIC INDICATORS, INCLUDING COUNTY OF RESIDENCE,  CITY,  AND
 ZIP CODE;
   (III)  EMPLOYMENT  STATUS  OF THE PARTICIPANT BEFORE RECEIVING MONTHLY
 UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME PAYMENTS;
   (IV) HOUSING  STATUS  OF  THE  PARTICIPANT  BEFORE  RECEIVING  MONTHLY
 UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME PAYMENTS; AND
   (V) ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTIVE AND OUTCOME INDICATORS, AS APPROPRIATE.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2026 and shall expire and
 be deemed repealed January 1, 2031. 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.

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Jabari Brisport

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee

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2025-S7291 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S7291 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S7291 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7291 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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