A02488 Summary:

BILL NOA02488A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S07991
 
SPONSORHevesi
 
COSPNSRReyes, Gonzalez-Rojas, De Los Santos
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §§131-a & 131-c, Soc Serv L
 
Relates to the unearned income of a child when the parent or non-parent caregiver chooses to exclude such child from the public assistance household.
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A02488 Actions:

BILL NOA02488A
 
01/26/2023referred to social services
05/09/2023reported referred to ways and means
01/03/2024referred to ways and means
01/17/2024amend and recommit to ways and means
01/17/2024print number 2488a
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A02488 Committee Votes:

SOCIAL SERVICES Chair:Davila DATE:05/09/2023AYE/NAY:12/4 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means
DavilaAyeMaherNay
AubryAyeGoodellNay
SolagesAyeSimpsonNay
RosenthalAyeBeephanExcused
EichensteinAyeChangNay
ReyesAye
ForrestAye
Gonzalez-RojasAye
De Los SantosAye
ArdilaAye
SimoneAye
RagaExcused
LeeAye

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A02488 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A02488 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         2488--A
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 26, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. HEVESI, REYES, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, DE LOS SANTOS --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services  --  recom-
          mitted  to the Committee on Ways and Means in accordance with Assembly
          Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the social services law, in relation to any unearned
          income of a child in certain circumstances
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 8 of section 131-a of the
     2  social services law is amended by adding a  new  subparagraph  (xiv)  to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (xiv)  any  unearned  income  of a child when the parent or non-parent
     5  caregiver chooses to exclude  such  child  from  the  public  assistance
     6  household   pursuant   to   subdivision   one  of  section  one  hundred
     7  thirty-one-c of this article.
     8    § 2. The section heading of section 131-c of the social services  law,
     9  as  added  by  chapter  42  of  the  laws of 1985, is amended to read as
    10  follows:
    11    Inclusion of parents [and siblings] of a minor in the  public  assist-
    12  ance household.
    13    §  3.  Subdivision  1  of section 131-c of the social services law, as
    14  added by chapter 42 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
    15    1. For the purposes of determining eligibility for and the  amount  of
    16  assistance  payable, the social services district shall, when a minor is
    17  named as an applicant for public assistance, require  that  his  or  her
    18  parents  [and  minor brothers and sisters] also apply for assistance and
    19  be included in the household for purposes of determining eligibility and
    20  grant amounts, if such individuals reside in the same dwelling  unit  as
    21  the  minor  applying for assistance. Any income of or available for such
    22  parents, [brothers and sisters] which is not disregarded under  subdivi-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05019-02-3

        A. 2488--A                          2
 
     1  sion eight of section one hundred thirty-one-a of this article, shall be
     2  considered  available to such household. [The provisions of] A parent or
     3  non-parent caregiver may choose to exclude any other child  or  children
     4  residing in the same dwelling unit from the public assistance household.
     5  Nothing in this [subdivision] chapter shall [not apply to] require indi-
     6  viduals who are recipients of federal supplemental security income bene-
     7  fits, or who receive additional state payments pursuant to this chapter,
     8  or  [to individuals] whose relationship to the minor is that of a broth-
     9  er, sister, half-brother, half-sister, stepbrother [or], stepsister,  or
    10  cousin,  or [to] any other individuals whose needs are excluded pursuant
    11  to department regulations consistent with federal law  and  regulations,
    12  to be included as part of the public assistance household.
    13    §  4.  This  act shall take effect either on the one hundred eightieth
    14  day after it shall have become a law or after the  commissioner  of  the
    15  office  of temporary and disability assistance certifies that the office
    16  has an  information  technology  system  capable  of  accommodating  the
    17  provisions  in  this  act,  whichever  shall  have  taken  place sooner;
    18  provided that the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability
    19  assistance shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission of  the
    20  date  of such certification in order that the commission may maintain an
    21  accurate and timely effective database of the official text of the  laws
    22  of  the  state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions
    23  of section 44 of the legislative law and  section  70-b  of  the  public
    24  officers  law.    Effective  immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    25  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    26  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    27  on or before such effective date.
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