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A02332 Summary:

BILL NO	A02332A
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Berger
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §21-a, Soc Serv L
Requires any website or mobile application associated with an electronic benefit transfer system to be offered in the twelve most common non-English languages.

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A02332 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         2332--A
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 16, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on  Social  Services  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  requiring  any
          website  or  mobile  application associated with an electronic benefit
          transfer system to be offered in the twelve  most  common  non-English
          languages
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 21-a of the  social  services  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3.  (a) Any companion website or mobile application associated with an
     4  electronic benefit transfer system implemented pursuant to this  section
     5  that  is accessible by benefit recipients shall be made available in the
     6  twelve most common non-English languages.
     7    (b) Any companion website or mobile  application  associated  with  an
     8  electronic  benefit transfer system implemented pursuant to this section
     9  that is accessible by benefit recipients shall provide  for  the  trans-
    10  lation  of  any  documents  made available for viewing on such companion
    11  website or mobile application in  the  twelve  most  common  non-English
    12  languages.
    13    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    14  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    15  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    16  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    17  on or before such effective date.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05621-02-5

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