Relates to notifying counties of any relocation program established by another social services district; requires social services districts that have established such a program to annually report to the office of temporary and disability assistance.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN ASSEMBLY
May 21, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to notifying coun-
ties of any relocation program established by another social services
district
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 62 of the social services law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision 2 to read as follows:
3 2. (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, when a social
4 services district establishes any publicly funded program to assist
5 recipients in relocation to another social services district such social
6 services district shall notify the county commissioner of social
7 services in the county in which such recipients may be relocated within
8 thirty days of any planned relocation. Such notification shall include,
9 at minimum:
10 (i) a copy of any plan of service developed for such recipient,
11 including the applicable employability plan;
12 (ii) the physical address of any permanent housing that has been
13 secured on behalf of such recipient, including copies of any lease
14 agreement that has been executed;
15 (iii) the name and physical address of any employer that has been
16 contacted, or with whom any arrangement has been made, on behalf of the
17 recipient;
18 (iv) terms and conditions of any publicly funded relocation program,
19 including any payments or other benefits provided to such recipient; and
20 (v) any other relevant information as requested by such county commis-
21 sioner.
22 (b) Beginning January first, two thousand nineteen, and annually ther-
23 eafter, each social services district that has established a publicly
24 funded program to assist recipients in relocating to another social
25 services district shall report to the office of temporary and disability
26 assistance on such program, including, at a minimum:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (i) all information provided to any county commissioner of social
2 services pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision; and
3 (ii) any other relevant information required by the office of tempo-
4 rary and disability assistance.
5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
