Provides that persons living with clinical/symptomatic HIV or AIDS, and who are receiving shelter assistance or an emergency shelter allowance, shall not be required to pay more than 30% of the household's monthly unearned and/or earned income towards shelter costs, including rent and utilities.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6275
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 11, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, GOTTFRIED, MAISEL, MILLMAN, PERRY, WRIGHT,
ROSENTHAL, CASTRO, TITONE, BOYLAND, COOK, JAFFEE, ORTIZ, JEFFRIES,
COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BING, BRENNAN, GUNTHER,
JACOBS, LENTOL, V. LOPEZ, MARKEY, McENENY, NOLAN, O'DONNELL, PHEFFER,
PRETLOW, ROBERTS, SCARBOROUGH, TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to limiting the
percentage of income payable towards shelter costs by persons with HIV
or AIDS
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 131-a of the social services law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
3 14. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each person living
4 with clinical/symptomatic HIV illness or AIDS who is receiving shelter
5 assistance or an emergency shelter allowance and who resides in a house-
6 hold that receives unearned and/or earned income shall not be required
7 to pay more than thirty percent of the household's monthly unearned
8 and/or earned income towards shelter costs including rent and utilities,
9 with the remainder paid by public assistance, less any federal funds
10 which are being used by the localities to pay for housing accommo-
11 dations.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01136-01-1
