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A08061 Summary:

BILL NOA08061
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORRosenthal L
 
COSPNSRSimon
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §131-a, Soc Serv L
 
Relates to the standards of monthly need for persons in receipt of public assistance; provides for an increased monthly allowance for persons and families residing in shelters.
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A08061 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8061
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 11, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Social Services
 
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the standards of
          monthly need for persons in receipt of public assistance
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  131-a  of  the social services law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a social services offi-
     4  cial shall, in accordance with the provisions of this  section,  provide
     5  public  assistance to persons and families who receive temporary housing
     6  assistance and three meals per day, or  who  reside  in  a  shelter  for
     7  adults that provides three meals per day, or who reside in a shelter for
     8  families  that  provides  three meals per day, or who reside in a public
     9  home that provides three meals per day, and are determined to be  eligi-
    10  ble  by  the  application  of  the  standard  of  need prescribed by the
    11  provisions of subdivision two of this section, less any available income
    12  or  resources  which  are  not  required  to  be  disregarded  by  other
    13  provisions of this chapter, in accordance with the following schedule:
    14                       Number of Persons in Household
    15      One         Two         Three       Four        Five        Six
    16      $183.10     $291.50     $389.00     $501.70     $618.70     $714.20
    17    For each additional eligible needy person in the household there shall
    18  be an additional allowance of $97.50 monthly.
    19    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
    20  the date on which it shall have become a law.
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11722-01-1
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