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S02496 Summary:

BILL NOS02496
 
SAME ASSAME AS A05030
 
SPONSORMANNION
 
COSPNSRADDABBO, BORRELLO, COMRIE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MAYER, MURRAY, ROLISON
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §97, Soc Serv L
 
Requires social services districts to, every heating season, automatically re-enroll persons or households currently receiving assistance through the low-income home energy assistance program, so long as each person or household maintains eligibility.
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S02496 Actions:

BILL NOS02496
 
01/20/2023REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
06/01/2023COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
06/01/2023ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1464
06/06/2023PASSED SENATE
06/06/2023DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/06/2023referred to social services
01/03/2024died in assembly
01/03/2024returned to senate
01/03/2024REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
02/13/20241ST REPORT CAL.419
02/14/20242ND REPORT CAL.
02/26/2024ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
03/19/2024PASSED SENATE
03/19/2024DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
03/19/2024referred to social services
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S02496 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2496
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 20, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  MANNION,  COONEY, MAYER -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Social
          Services
 
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring social
          services  districts  to  automatically  re-enroll  eligible persons or
          households for the low-income home energy assistance program
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 97 of the social services law, as
     2  added by chapter 785 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
     3    2. a. Each social services district shall be required,  in  accordance
     4  with  the  state  plan  and  federal  regulations, to participate in the
     5  federal low-income home energy assistance program and to assist eligible
     6  households found in such districts  to  obtain  low-income  home  energy
     7  assistance.  However, only those persons who qualify for low-income home
     8  energy assistance in accordance with federal and state requirements, and
     9  standards promulgated by the department, shall be certified as  eligible
    10  for  and  entitled  to  receive  said home energy assistance. No person,
    11  however, shall be certified as eligible for and entitled to receive said
    12  home energy assistance if  no  federal  funds  are  available  for  such
    13  purpose.
    14    b.  Each  social services district shall every heating season automat-
    15  ically re-enroll persons or households who  are  receiving  home  energy
    16  assistance  through  the  low-income  home energy assistance program, so
    17  long as such persons or households continue  to  meet  the  federal  and
    18  state  eligibility  requirements  and  standards.  For  purposes of this
    19  section, "heating season" shall mean the time period designated  by  the
    20  office of temporary and disability assistance each year.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02801-01-3
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