Authorizes certain shelters for victims of domestic violence to be reimbursed for any payment differential for housing a single individual in a room intended for double occupancy where a single occupancy room is not available.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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Cal. No. 1185
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 4, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, SALAZAR -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Social Services -- recommitted to the Committee on Social Services in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said
committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee
discharged and said bill committed to the Committee on Rules --
ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing
certain shelters to be reimbursed for housing a single individual in a
room intended for double occupancy
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 131-u of the social services law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any
4 residential program for victims of domestic violence, as defined in
5 section four hundred fifty-nine-a of this chapter, which provides tempo-
6 rary housing assistance to a single individual who meets such program's
7 necessary eligibility requirements, shall be reimbursed for any payment
8 differential for housing a single individual in a room intended for
9 double occupancy, if no other room intended for single occupancy is
10 available within the facility.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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