A02538 Summary:
| BILL NO | A02538A |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Davila |
| COSPNSR | Cunningham |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §95, Soc Serv L | |
| Provides that applicants for or recipients of SNAP benefits shall not be subjected to finger imaging as a requirement of the supplemental nutrition assistance program. | |
A02538 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2538--A 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 17, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DAVILA, CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to finger imaging for SNAP benefit recipients The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 95 of the social services law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows: 3 (d) No commissioner of social services shall require applicants for or 4 recipients of SNAP benefits to be subjected to finger imaging as a 5 requirement of the supplemental nutrition assistance program. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect September 1, 2026. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04592-03-5