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3 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to social services
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Requires applicants for public assistance to be fully informed that they may be liable to reimburse the state for benefits received
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Vanessa Gibson
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BILL NUMBER:S6569
Title of bill
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to providing notice to applicants of potential liability for public assistance benefits
Purpose or general idea of bill
Directs the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance to inform, both orally and in writing, applicants for either public assistance that they may be liable to reimburse the state for benefits received.
Summary of specific provisions
Requires an applicant to be informed, both orally and in writing, that he or she may be liable to reimburse the state for public assistance benefits received. The applicant shall sign an acknowledgement form, separate and apart from the application for such benefits, provided by the OTDA and the local department shall keep such acknowledgement form in such applicant's file.
Justification
Applicants need to know that they may be liable to reimburse the state for public assistance benefits received. By having this separate notice given, it provides clear and informed consent to the applicant for receipt of such benefits.
Prior legislative history
2012: New Bill/A.461 Advanced to Third Reading Calendar 330 2011: A.461 Passed Assembly
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
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