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- Committed to rules
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.1026
- Referred to social services
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BILL NUMBER:S7385
Title of bill
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to processing of electronic benefit transfer cards
Purpose
To prohibit any person, firm, or corporation which is not an agency or contractor of New York from providing a service related to the processing of electronic benefit cards from using the words New York in various forms for enumerated purposes.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends social services law to prohibit any person, firm, or corporation which is not an agency, contractor, or instrumentality of New York state and which provides or offers to provide any service related to the processing of electronic benefit transfers of public assistance from advertising or any other purpose using the words New York, New York State, or State of New York, or abbreviation. Further would prohibit the use of any offi- cial emblem or insignia. This section also makes it a misdemeanor to deceive or mislead the public by using these enumerated items. Section 2 is the effective date.
Justification
Current law allows for the prohibition of entities from using certain terms related to advertising ex: the United Nations. Recently a company has been attempting to sell and market EBT card read- ers in Western New York under the guise of a deceptive name. This prac- tice of attempting to deceive businesses into purchasing these devices is problematic and should be prohibited. The recently enacted public assistance integrity reform act placed limits as to where these EBT cards could be used, it now makes sense to ensure that companies with questionable business practices such as using a purposefully deceiving name cannot take advantage of unsuspecting businesses who may believe they are dealing with New York state, or an approved subsidiary of New York state.
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Effective date
This bill shall take effect immediately.
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