Provides that receipt of the temporary emergency increase in unemployment compensation benefits as provided for by the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 9023) shall not affect benefit eligibility for certain public assistance benefits.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8739
IN SENATE
July 13, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to providing that
receipt of the temporary emergency increase in unemployment compen-
sation benefits as provided for by the federal Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 9023) shall not
affect benefit eligibility for certain public assistance benefits
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 131-a of the
2 social services law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (x) to read
3 as follows:
4 (x) All of the income received due to the temporary emergency increase
5 in unemployment compensation benefits as provided for by the federal
6 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (15 U.S.C. Sec.
7 9023).
8 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 95 of the social services law, as
9 amended by chapter 41 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as
10 follows:
11 4. (a) A person's need or eligibility for public assistance and care
12 shall not be affected by his or her receipt of SNAP benefits.
13 (b) A person's eligibility for the supplemental nutrition program
14 shall not be affected by receipt of the temporary emergency increase in
15 unemployment compensation benefits as provided for by the federal Coro-
16 navirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 9023).
17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
18 have been in full force and effect on and after March 27, 2020.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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