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Senate Bill S8626

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the ability of localities to use state funds to provide public benefits to non-citizens

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2025-S8626 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9413
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §398-e, Soc Serv L

2025-S8626 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Guarantees localities the ability to use state funds to provide public benefits to non-citizens, including prevention services, adoption subsidy, kinship guardianship assistance, after-care services for youth and families involved with child welfare, child care assistance, and all other public services and benefits.

2025-S8626 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8626 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8626
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 19, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- 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  guaranteeing
   access to certain public benefits for non-citizens
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 398-e of the social services  law,  as  amended  by
 chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   §  398-e.  Eligibility  for protective services, foster care services,
 [and] residential services for victims of domestic  violence  AND  OTHER
 PUBLIC  BENEFITS  AND  SERVICES. A noncitizen, including a non-qualified
 alien, as determined by applicable federal statute  and  regulation,  is
 eligible  for  protective  services for adults and children, foster care
 services, [and] PREVENTION SERVICES, ADOPTION SUBSIDY, KINSHIP GUARDIAN-
 SHIP ASSISTANCE, AFTER-CARE SERVICES FOR  YOUTH  AND  FAMILIES  INVOLVED
 WITH  CHILD  WELFARE,  CHILD  CARE  ASSISTANCE, residential services for
 victims of domestic violence, AND ALL OTHER PUBLIC SERVICES AND BENEFITS
 to the extent such person is otherwise eligible pursuant to this chapter
 and the regulations of the office of children and  family  services  and
 the office of temporary and disability assistance.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14267-01-5

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