Increases the monthly amounts for state supplement payments and personal needs allowance for eligible individuals receiving enhanced residential cares.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5713
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 13, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- 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 state supplement
payments and personal needs allowance for eligible individuals receiv-
ing 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 L of chapter 56 of
3 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
4 (c) in the case of each individual receiving enhanced residential
5 care, an amount equal to at least:
6 (i) $204.00 for each month beginning on or after January first, two
7 thousand nineteen;
8 (ii) $223.00 for each month beginning on or after April first, two
9 thousand twenty;
10 (iii) $243.00 for each month beginning on or after January first, two
11 thousand twenty-one;
12 (iv) $262.00 for each month beginning on or after January first, two
13 thousand twenty-two;
14 (v) $281.00 for each month beginning on or after January first, two
15 thousand twenty-three; and
16 (vi) $300.00 for each month beginning on or after January first, two
17 thousand twenty-four.
18 § 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 209 of the social
19 services law, as amended by section 2 of part L of chapter 56 of the
20 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
21 (e) [On and after] (i)(1) From January first, two thousand nineteen to
22 March thirty-first, two thousand twenty, [(i)] for an eligible individ-
23 ual receiving enhanced residential care, $1,465.00; and [(ii)] (2) for
24 an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care, two times the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 amount set forth in [subparagraph (i)] clause one of this [paragraph]
2 subparagraph.
3 (ii)(1) From April first, two thousand twenty to December thirty-
4 first, two thousand twenty, for an eligible individual receiving
5 enhanced residential care, $1,484.00; and (2) for an eligible couple
6 receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set forth in
7 clause one of this subparagraph.
8 (iii)(1) From January first, two thousand twenty-one to December thir-
9 ty-first, two thousand twenty-one, for an eligible individual receiving
10 enhanced residential care, $1,504.00; and (2) for an eligible couple
11 receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set forth in
12 clause one of this subparagraph.
13 (iv) (1) From January first, two thousand twenty-two to December thir-
14 ty-first, two thousand twenty-two, for an eligible individual receiving
15 enhanced residential care, $1,523.00; and (2) for an eligible couple
16 receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set forth in
17 clause one of this subparagraph.
18 (v) (1) From January first, two thousand twenty-three to December
19 thirty-first, two thousand twenty-three, for an eligible individual
20 receiving enhanced residential care, $1,542.00; and (2) for an eligible
21 couple receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set
22 forth in clause one of this subparagraph.
23 (vi) (1) From January first, two thousand twenty-four to December
24 thirty-first, two thousand twenty-four, for an eligible individual
25 receiving enhanced residential care, $1,561.00; and (2) for an eligible
26 couple receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set
27 forth in clause one of this subparagraph.
28 § 3. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
29 manner as sections 1 and 2 of part L of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019,
30 takes effect.
