Bill Text: NY S03102 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the universal basic income for transition-age youth pilot program to provide regular monthly payments to state residents who age out of foster care.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [S03102 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S03102-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3102

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 27, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. BRISPORT, COONEY, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children
          and Families

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing the
          universal basic income for transition-age  youth  pilot  program;  and
          providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
     2  398-f to read as follows:
     3    §  398-f.  Universal  basic  income  for  transition-age  youth  pilot
     4  program. 1. Subject to an appropriation  by  the  legislature  for  this
     5  purpose,  the department shall administer the universal basic income for
     6  transition-age youth pilot program with the goal of  improving  outcomes
     7  for  foster  youth.   The pilot program shall commence on January first,
     8  two thousand twenty-four, and end on December thirty-first, two thousand
     9  twenty-seven.  Under the pilot program, a New York  state  resident  who
    10  ages  out  of  foster  care  during  the  year two thousand twenty-four,
    11  regardless of what age such child entered foster care, shall be eligible
    12  for the program and shall receive a universal basic income of one  thou-
    13  sand dollars per month for three years.
    14    2. For purposes of this section, "universal basic income" means uncon-
    15  ditional cash payments of equal amounts issued monthly to eligible indi-
    16  viduals  with the intention of ensuring the economic security of recipi-
    17  ents. To the extent authorized under federal law,  the  universal  basic
    18  income  provided  by  this  program  shall  not  be considered income or
    19  resources for purposes of determining eligibility to receive benefits or
    20  the amount of those benefits under the following public social services,
    21  programs, and financial aid:
    22    (a) New York earned income tax credit;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05838-01-3
        S. 3102                             2

     1    (b) Medicaid,  medicare  or  other  health  insurance  programs  which
     2  receive  federal  or  state support and factor in income for eligibility
     3  purposes;
     4    (c)  State  and  federal  financial  aid and college support programs,
     5  including, but not limited to, all of the following:
     6    (i) Grants from the state university of New York or city university of
     7  New York;
     8    (ii) Benefits provided to veterans of the armed forces of  the  United
     9  States pursuant to Title 38 of the United States Code; and
    10    (iii)  Pell Grants (Subpart 1 (commencing with Section 1070a) of Title
    11  20 of the United States Code).
    12    3. (a) The department  shall  work  with  at  least  one  independent,
    13  research-based  institution  to  identify  existing, and establish addi-
    14  tional, outcome measurements. The department shall prepare and submit an
    15  annual report to the governor and the legislature on the universal basic
    16  income for transition-age youth pilot program. Such report shall include
    17  information on outcomes for the foster youth served under  the  program,
    18  models utilized, and measures specific to the objectives of the program.
    19    (b)  Notwithstanding  any  other  law,  the  department may accept and
    20  expend funds from nongovernment sources for the report, for a longitudi-
    21  nal study of the universal basic income for transition-age  youth  pilot
    22  program that is in addition to the report, or for both. The report shall
    23  include,  but not be limited to, the following information, with respect
    24  to the period of evaluation:
    25    (i) Starting  income  of  the  participant  before  receiving  monthly
    26  universal  basic  income  payments  under the universal basic income for
    27  transition-age youth pilot program;
    28    (ii) Geographic indicators, including county of residence,  city,  and
    29  ZIP Code;
    30    (iii)  Employment  status  of the participant before receiving monthly
    31  universal basic income payments;
    32    (iv) Housing  status  of  the  participant  before  receiving  monthly
    33  universal basic income payments; and
    34    (v) Additional descriptive and outcome indicators, as appropriate.
    35    §  2.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2024 and shall expire and
    36  be deemed repealed January 1, 2029. Effective immediately, the addition,
    37  amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary  for  the
    38  implementation  of  this  act on its effective date are authorized to be
    39  made and completed on or before such effective date.