Bill Text: NY S04272 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of social services to implement a policy whereby the department shall not make multiple monthly payments for rental housing costs attributable to unrelated public assistance recipients residing at the same residence or address, so as to pay more than twenty percent above the fair market rental value of such single-family housing; provides certain exemptions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-06-16 - referred to social services [S04272 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S04272-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4272--A
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 20, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sens. FOLEY, DIAZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Social  Services  --
         committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
         recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  certain  public
         assistance payments
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision (i) of section 17 of the social  services  law,
    2  as relettered by section 1 of part K3 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007,
    3  is relettered subdivision (j) and a new subdivision (i) is added to read
    4  as follows:
    5    (I)  INSTITUTE  A  SYSTEM TO TRACK PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS TO UNRE-
    6  LATED PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS RESIDING IN  THE  SAME  SINGLE-FAMILY
    7  RESIDENCE  WITHIN  SUFFOLK  COUNTY; AND SHALL IMPLEMENT A POLICY WHEREBY
    8  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT MAKE MULTIPLE MONTHLY PAYMENTS FOR RENTAL HOUS-
    9  ING COSTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO UNRELATED PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS  RESID-
   10  ING AT THE SAME RESIDENCE OR ADDRESS WITHIN SUFFOLK COUNTY, SO AS TO PAY
   11  MORE  THAN  TWENTY  PERCENT  ABOVE  THE FAIR MARKET RENTAL VALUE OF SUCH
   12  SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING; PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  ANY  RESIDENTIAL  CARE
   13  FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE HOUSING TO THE DISABLED OR MENTALLY ILL PURSUANT
   14  TO ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW OR ASSISTED LIVING RESI-
   15  DENCES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY-SIX-B OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW SHALL BE
   16  EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   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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