Bill Text: NY S01083 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides that upon application for public assistance or care, the local social services district shall notify the applicant both verbally and in writing of the availability of monetary grants for emergency needs assistance and shall, at such time, determine whether such person is in immediate need, and if in immediate need, provide such monetary grant adequate to meet the emergency need pending completion of the investigation; and to inform applicant of reason for any denial and right to an expedited hearing thereon.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-08-30 - SIGNED CHAP.455 [S01083 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S01083-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        1083--A
           Cal. No. 222
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 26, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sens. DILAN, ADAMS, DIAZ, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HUNT-
         LEY, KRUEGER,  MONTGOMERY,  ONORATO,  SAMPSON,  SAVINO,  SCHNEIDERMAN,
         THOMPSON  --  read  twice  and ordered printed, and when printed to be
         committed to the Committee on Social Services --  recommitted  to  the
         Committee  on Social Services in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
         -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Commit-
         tee on Finance -- reported favorably from said committee,  ordered  to
         first  and  second  report,  ordered  to  a third reading, amended and
         ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to temporary prein-
         vestigation grants
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section 133 of the social services law is amended to read
    2  as follows:
    3    S 133.  Temporary preinvestigation [grant] EMERGENCY NEEDS  ASSISTANCE
    4  OR  CARE.    UPON  APPLICATION  FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR CARE UNDER THIS
    5  CHAPTER, THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL NOTIFY  THE  APPLICANT
    6  IN  WRITING  OF  THE  AVAILABILITY  OF A MONETARY GRANT ADEQUATE TO MEET
    7  EMERGENCY NEEDS ASSISTANCE OR CARE AND SHALL, AT  SUCH  TIME,  DETERMINE
    8  WHETHER  SUCH  PERSON  IS  IN  IMMEDIATE NEED. If it shall appear that a
    9  person is in immediate need, [temporary assistance  or  care]  EMERGENCY
   10  NEEDS  ASSISTANCE  OR  CARE  shall  be  granted pending completion of an
   11  investigation. THE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION REQUIRED BY THIS  SECTION  SHALL
   12  INFORM  SUCH  PERSON  OF  A RIGHT TO AN EXPEDITED HEARING WHEN EMERGENCY
   13  NEEDS ASSISTANCE OR CARE IS DENIED. A PUBLIC  ASSISTANCE  APPLICANT  WHO
   14  HAS  BEEN DENIED EMERGENCY NEEDS ASSISTANCE OR CARE MUST BE GIVEN REASON
   15  FOR SUCH DENIAL IN A WRITTEN DETERMINATION WHICH SETS  FORTH  THE  BASIS
   16  FOR SUCH DENIAL.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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