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A04956 Summary:

A04956 Actions:

A04956 Committee Votes:

Committee:SOCIAL SERVICES   Chair:Davila      
DATE:05/23/2023AYE/NAY:13/5  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Davila
Aye
Maher
Nay
Aubry
Aye
Goodell
Nay
Solages
Aye
Simpson
Nay
Rosenthal
Aye
Beephan
Nay
Eichenstein
Aye
Chang
Nay
Reyes
Aye
Forrest
Aye
Gonzalez-Rojas
Aye
De Los Santos
Aye
Ardila
Aye
Simone
Aye
Raga
Aye
Lee
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Pretlow      
DATE:05/24/2023AYE/NAY:20/8  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Nay
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Excused
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Nay
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Nay
Glick
Aye
Norris
Nay
Aubry
Aye
Ra
Nay
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Nay
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Nay
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Nay
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Excused
Dickens
Aye
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye

A04956 Floor Votes:

A04956 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4956
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 27, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. SOLAGES, SIMON, WALLACE, OTIS -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Social Services
 
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing  an
          emergency heating energy assistance program benefit
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
     2  98 to read as follows:
     3    §  98.  Emergency heating energy assistance program benefit. 1.  Defi-
     4  nitions. For the purposes of this section,  the  following  terms  shall
     5  have the following meanings:
     6    (a) "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of the office of tempo-
     7  rary and disability assistance.
     8    (b)  "HEAP"  shall mean the low-income home energy assistance program,
     9  as described in section ninety-seven of this title and required by title
    10  26 of the federal omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1981.
    11    2. The commissioner shall establish a  state  program  to  provide  an
    12  emergency  home energy assistance program benefit to households eligible
    13  for a low-income home energy assistance program where such household  is
    14  threatened with shut-off or an energy emergency due to nonpayment.
    15    3.  To  be eligible for a benefit pursuant to this section, the appli-
    16  cant shall document that he or she:
    17    (a) receives a regular HEAP benefit which is insufficient or  unavail-
    18  able to ameliorate the emergency; and
    19    (b) (i) is currently without heating fuel; or
    20    (ii) has a heating fuel supply that will last less than seven calendar
    21  days; or
    22    (iii) has had heat-related utility service disconnected; or
    23    (iv)  has  heat-related utility service currently eligible for discon-
    24  nection; or
    25    (v) is experiencing an energy emergency due to:
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01615-01-3
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     1    (1) having heat-related utility service arrears more than  sixty  days
     2  in arrears; or
     3    (2)  having outstanding heat-related utility service arrears in excess
     4  of three hundred dollars.
     5    4. For purposes of the annual HEAP state  plan,  and  subject  to  the
     6  availability  of federal funds, a social services district may authorize
     7  one or more household payments per program year in an amount which coin-
     8  cides with the emergency  benefits  matrix  developed  annually  by  the
     9  department of public service for the current program year.
    10    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    11  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    12  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    13  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    14  on or before such effective date.