Authorizes the payment of camp fees for children receiving safety net assistance or family assistance provided such funds cannot be obtained from other sources.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7714
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 20, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- (at request of the Office of Temporary
and Disability Assistance) -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing the
payment of camp fees for children receiving safety net assistance; and
to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 350 of the social
2 services law is REPEALED.
3 § 2. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 5 of section 131-a of the social
4 services law, as amended by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended
5 to read as follows:
6 (d) camp fees for a camp operated by a not-for-profit organization,
7 corporation or agency, which has been issued an operating certificate by
8 the appropriate health official in whose jurisdiction such camp is
9 located, when in the judgment of the social services official it is
10 advisable for the welfare of a child receiving family assistance or
11 safety net assistance to attend such camp, provided, however, that funds
12 cannot be obtained from other sources [for children receiving aid to
13 dependent children] and such assistance is not in excess of maximum fees
14 as established by regulations of the [department] office of temporary
15 and disability assistance; life insurance premiums provided the policy
16 is assigned to the [department] office of temporary and disability
17 assistance, or in cases where the recipient is aged, his or her life
18 expectancy is short, or he or she is deemed uninsurable[.];
19 § 3. This act shall take effect June 30, 2021. Effective immediately,
20 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation, includ-
21 ing regulations promulgated on an emergency basis, necessary for the
22 implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be
23 made and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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