Authorizes certain shelters for victims of domestic violence to be reimbursed for any payment differential for housing a single individual in a room intended for double occupancy.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2583
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 26, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing
certain shelters to be reimbursed for housing a single individual in a
room intended for double occupancy
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 131-u of the social services law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any
4 residential program for victims of domestic violence, as defined in
5 section four hundred fifty-nine-a of this chapter, which provides tempo-
6 rary housing assistance to a single individual who meets such program's
7 necessary eligibility requirements, shall be reimbursed for any payment
8 differential for housing a single individual in a room intended for
9 double occupancy.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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