Requires the office of temporary and disability assistance to make available skimming warning signs in English and in the twelve languages most commonly spoken by limited English proficient individuals in the state; requires the department of social services to make available information regarding the state food stamp outreach program in English and in the twelve languages most commonly spoken by limited English proficient individuals in the state.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7943
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 14, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. LIU -- 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 the
office of temporary and disability assistance to make available skim-
ming warning signs in various languages; and in relation to requiring
the department of social services to make certain materials available
in various languages
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 152-d of the social services law,
2 as added by chapter 70 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 6. The office of temporary and disability assistance shall make a
5 model sign available on its website that can be used by any person,
6 firm, partnership, association or corporation required to inform indi-
7 viduals about electronic benefit transfer scams, including, but not
8 limited to, skimming, and the steps they can take to protect their bene-
9 fits in accordance with section three hundred ninety-e of the general
10 business law. Such sign shall be made available in English and in the
11 twelve languages most commonly spoken by limited English proficient
12 individuals in the state.
13 § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 95-a of the social services law, as
14 added by chapter 546 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as
15 follows:
16 7. [In accordance with applicable federal laws, rules and regulations
17 the] The department shall make available appropriate [bilingual] materi-
18 als in English and in the twelve languages most commonly spoken by
19 limited English proficient individuals in the state so that potentially
20 eligible non English speaking individuals may be informed about the food
21 stamp program.
22 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
23 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11997-02-5
