Amd §§131-a & 36-a, Soc Serv L (as proposed in S.5759-B & A.6709-B)
Exempts certain income and resources provided to persons enrolled in certain pilot programs in determining eligibility for public assistance benefits; requires federal waivers be sought where necessary.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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991
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 11, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to exempting
certain income and resources provided to persons enrolled in certain
pilot programs with direct cash transfers in determining eligibility
for public assistance benefits
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (x) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of
2 section 131-a of the social services law, as added by a chapter of the
3 laws of 2022 amending the social services law relating to exempting
4 certain income and resources provided to persons enrolled in certain
5 pilot programs with direct cash transfers in determining eligibility for
6 public assistance benefits, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
7 5759-B and A. 6709-B, is amended to read as follows.
8 [(x)] (xi) Any financial assistance received by individuals as part of
9 their participation in a pilot program that has developed a plan to
10 study and evaluate the impact and potential benefits of direct cash
11 transfers. Such exemption and disregard shall be applicable for the
12 length of time the individual participates in the program, but not long-
13 er than sixty months. [The commissioner shall seek federal waiver
14 authority to disregard income for the direct cash transfer pilot program
15 for the purpose of the supplemental nutrition assistance program.]
16 § 2. Section 36-a of the social services law is amended by adding a
17 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
18 4. The commissioner shall seek any federal waiver or waivers from the
19 United States department of agriculture that may be necessary to exclude
20 income provided to an individual as part of their participation in a
21 pilot program authorized under section one hundred thirty-one-a of this
22 chapter for supplemental nutrition assistance program eligibility deter-
23 mination purposes.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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A. 991 2
1 § 3. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
2 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the social services law
3 relating to exempting certain income and resources provided to persons
4 enrolled in certain pilot programs with direct cash transfers in deter-
5 mining eligibility for public assistance benefits, as proposed in legis-
6 lative bills numbers S. 5759-B and A. 6709-B, takes effect.
