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A2084Assembly2017-2018 Session

Notify Welfare Applicants of Repayment

Official title

“Requires applicants for public assistance to be fully informed that they may be liable to reimburse the state for benefits received”

Sponsor Luis R. SepúlvedaAD-87+12 co-sponsorsAffects Legal
Status
Stricken
Impact
3/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Codes

What's happening

This bill requires that public assistance applicants in New York be fully informed in writing of their potential liability to repay benefits.

Why it matters

  1. Ensures applicants for public assistance are clearly made aware—in writing—of their potential obligation to repay benefits. if later found ineligible or possessing undisclosed resources, which could impact decisions to apply and promote transparency.

  2. Requires this notification to be provided both in informational booklets and as a separate, standalone document. , making it harder for applicants to miss or misunderstand their responsibilities and rights.

  3. May reduce confusion and legal disputes. by giving applicants documented evidence that they were informed, potentially protecting both the state and individuals in future recovery or repayment proceedings.

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Notify Welfare Applicants of Repayment

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Luis R. Sepúlveda

Assembly Member · Assembly District 87

History

  1. Enacting clause stricken
  2. Recommitted to codes
  3. Ordered to third reading cal.154
  4. Advanced to third reading cal.493
  5. Reported
  6. Reported referred to codes
  7. Referred to social services

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

2084

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 17, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. SEPULVEDA, STECK, CRESPO, RIVERA, HOOPER, PEOPLES-STOKES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, COOK, CROUCH, GLICK, McDONOUGH, PERRY, SKARTADOS, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to providing notice to applicants of potential liability for public assistance benefits

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

Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 110-b to read as follows:

§ 110-b. Recovery from a person discovered to have property; notice. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, an applicant for public assistance shall be fully informed in writing that he or she may be liable to reimburse the state for public assistance benefits received, as provided for in this title. Notice may be given as part of an informational booklet promulgated by the office of temporary and disability services and as a standalone document on his or her rights and responsibilities. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the local social services district from maintaining its records electronically.

§ 2. This act shall take effect on June 30, 2018.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD06637-02-7

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