Requires any website or mobile application associated with an electronic benefit transfer system to be offered in the ten most common non-English languages spoken by individuals with limited-English proficiency in the state of New York, based on United States census data.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8917--A
IN SENATE
March 27, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services -- 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 requiring any
website or mobile application associated with an electronic benefit
transfer system to be offered in common non-English languages
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 21-a of the social services law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3 3. (a) Any companion website or mobile application associated with an
4 electronic benefit transfer system implemented pursuant to this section
5 that is accessible by benefit recipients shall be made available in the
6 ten most common non-English languages spoken by individuals with limit-
7 ed-English proficiency in the state of New York, based on United States
8 census data.
9 (b) Any companion website or mobile application associated with an
10 electronic benefit transfer system implemented pursuant to this section
11 that is accessible by benefit recipients shall provide for the trans-
12 lation of any documents made available for viewing on such companion
13 website or mobile application in the ten most common non-English
14 languages spoken by individuals with limited-English proficiency in the
15 state of New York, based on United States census data.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
17 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
18 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
19 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
20 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14810-02-4
