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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334
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee 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 twenty, and annually there-
23 after, each social services district that has established a publicly
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 funded program to assist recipients in relocating to another social
2 services district shall report to the office of temporary and disability
3 assistance on such program, including, at a minimum:
4 (i) all information provided to any county commissioner of social
5 services pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision; and
6 (ii) any other relevant information required by the office of tempo-
7 rary and disability assistance.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.