Increases the amount recipients of enhanced residential care may maintain in a personal allowance account and payments to the aged, blind and disabled.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7393--B
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 8, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI, CLARK, CAHILL, STIRPE, LENTOL, STECK,
CYMBROWITZ, ROZIC, ABBATE, HEVESI, TITUS, ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF, McDO-
NALD, ABINANTI, GOTTFRIED, MAGNARELLI, SKOUFIS, ZEBROWSKI, LUPARDO,
FAHY, OTIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MAGEE, MARKEY, SKARTADOS,
TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on
Social Services in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to additional state
payments to aged, blind and disabled and personal allowance accounts
for individuals receiving enhanced residential care
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 131-o of the
2 social services law, as amended by section 1 of part I of chapter 56 of
3 the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
4 (c) (1) in the case of each individual receiving enhanced residential
5 care, an amount equal to at least $193.00 for each month beginning on or
6 after January first, two thousand fifteen.
7 (2) in the case of each individual receiving enhanced residential
8 care, an amount equal to at least $229.00 for each month beginning on or
9 after April first, two thousand sixteen.
10 § 2. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 2 of section 209 of the
11 social services law, as amended by section 2 of part I of chapter 56 of
12 the laws of 2015, are amended to read as follows:
13 (e) (i) (1) On and after January first, two thousand fifteen, for an
14 eligible individual receiving enhanced residential care, $1427.00; and
15 [(ii)] (2) for an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care,
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 two times the amount set forth in [subparagraph (i)] clause one of this
2 [paragraph] subparagraph.
3 (ii) (1) On and after April first, two thousand sixteen, for an eligi-
4 ble individual receiving enhanced residential care, $1688.00; and (2)
5 for an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care, two times
6 the amount set forth in clause one of this subparagraph.
7 (f) (i) The amounts set forth in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this
8 subdivision shall be increased to reflect any increases in federal
9 supplemental security income benefits for individuals or couples which
10 become effective on or after January first, two thousand sixteen but
11 prior to June thirtieth, two thousand sixteen.
12 (ii) In addition to the amounts provided in subparagraph (i) of this
13 paragraph, on and after April first, two thousand sixteen, the addi-
14 tional state payment portion of the amounts set forth in paragraph (e)
15 of this subdivision shall be annually increased by the same percentage
16 of any federal supplemental security income cost of living adjustment
17 which becomes effective on or after January first, but prior to June
18 thirtieth, of each calendar year, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
19 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
