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A00108 Summary:

BILL NOA00108
 
SAME ASSAME AS S00113
 
SPONSORRosenthal (MS)
 
COSPNSRDavila, Simon, Meeks, Taylor, Tapia, Mitaynes, Kelles, Simone, Chandler-Waterman, Mamdani, Shrestha, Seawright, Reyes
 
MLTSPNSRAnderson, Forrest
 
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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A00108 Actions:

BILL NOA00108
 
01/08/2025referred to social services
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A00108 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A108
 
SPONSOR: Rosenthal (MS)
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to the standards of monthly need for persons in receipt of public assistance   PURPOSE GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This legislation will increase the outdated personal and special needs allowances for certain individuals on public assistance.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of this bill amends section 131-a of the social services law. Section two provides the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: Certain individuals and families who are unhoused are eligible for monthly personal and special needs allowances, providing them a limited amount of money to cover their necessities. However, individuals and families who live in shelters that provide meals receive a lesser amount to cover the cost of "clothing and incidentals." The personal and special needs allowances for these individuals have not been raised in more than two decades. Currently, individuals may be eligible to receive $45 per month and families are eligible to receive $63 per month per household member. For a mother and child living in a shelter that provides meals, this means they must live on just $4.20 a day. This allowance is simply not enough to cover the necessities that individuals and families require, including medications, clothing and transportation, to name just a few. By keeping these allowances low, families are forced to make decisions daily such as whether to pay for bus fare for a job interview or purchase medication for their child. This legislation will increase the personal and special needs allowances for individuals and families in shelters that provide meals, bringing it in line with the amounts provided to individuals and families in temporary shelters, and allowing them a greater ability to climb out of poverty.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2023-24: A.5507 - Referred to Social Services; S.8655 -Referred to Social Services 2021-22: A.8061 - Reported to Ways and Means   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: Undetermined.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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A00108 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           108
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DAVILA, SIMON, MEEKS, TAYLOR, TAPIA,
          MITAYNES,  KELLES,  SIMONE,  CHANDLER-WATERMAN,   MAMDANI,   SHRESTHA,
          SEAWRIGHT  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ANDERSON, FORREST -- 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      $366.20     $583.00     $778.00     $1003.40    $1237.40    $1428.40
    17    For each additional eligible needy person in the household there shall
    18  be an additional allowance of $195.00 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.
                                                                   LBD00634-01-5
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