Bill Text: NY S07035 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Defines "closed period of eligibility" for purposes of supplemental security income for aged, blind, and disabled persons; includes such time period in the eligibility requirements of such supplemental security income.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-03 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S07035 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S07035-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7035

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 25, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to defining "closed
          period of eligibility" for purposes of certain  supplemental  security
          income  and including such time period in the eligibility requirements
          of such supplemental security income

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

     1    Section  1.  Subdivisions  1,  3,  and 10 of section 208 of the social
     2  services law, as added by chapter 1080 of the laws of 1974, are  amended
     3  and a new subdivision 13 is added to read as follows:
     4    1. "Supplemental security income benefits" shall mean payments made by
     5  the  [secretary  of  the  federal  department  of  health, education and
     6  welfare] commissioner of social security to  aged,  blind  and  disabled
     7  persons pursuant to title sixteen of the federal social security act.
     8    3.  The  "[secretary]  commissioner"  shall mean the [secretary of the
     9  federal department of health, education  and  welfare]  commissioner  of
    10  social security.
    11    10.  An "eligible individual" shall mean a person who is or was eligi-
    12  ble to receive additional state payments pursuant to section two hundred
    13  nine of this title.
    14    13. A "closed period of eligibility" shall refer to a determination of
    15  the social security administration that a person was previously eligible
    16  for supplemental security income benefits for a period of  time  in  the
    17  past,  but  is no longer eligible at the time such determination is made
    18  or at the time the social security administration communicates eligibil-
    19  ity to the office of temporary and disability assistance.
    20    § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1  of  section  209  of  the  social
    21  services  law,  as added by chapter 1080 of the laws of 1974, is amended
    22  to read as follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (b) A person who is properly receiving  supplemental  security  income
     2  benefits, or who has been awarded benefits for a closed period of eligi-
     3  bility,  shall  be deemed to have met the eligibility criteria contained
     4  in subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (a) of  this  subdivi-
     5  sion.
     6    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.