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A7801Assembly2017-2018 SessionSame asS5393

Extend Welfare Exemptions

Official title

“Relates to extending current exemptions of income and resources for public assistance programs”

Sponsor Andrew HevesiAD-28+1 co-sponsorAffects Health
Status
Assembly Floor Calendar
Impact
3/10
Low
Outcome
Companion signed

Bill progress

Signed via S5393

What's happening

This bill extends until August 22, 2019, the current exemptions of income and resources for public assistance programs in New York.

Why it matters

  1. Keeps more New Yorkers eligible for public assistance. By extending exemptions on certain types of income and resources, the bill allows people to retain more savings and assets without losing access to benefits like cash assistance or SNAP, supporting financial stability for low-income households.

  2. Prevents disruption in support for vulnerable groups. Without this extension, many families, elderly individuals, or people with disabilities could abruptly lose their benefits, leading to increased hardship, housing instability, or hunger.

  3. Reflects ongoing need for flexibility in welfare programs. The continued extension signals that lawmakers recognize persistent economic challenges and the importance of adapting welfare rules to real-world circumstances, rather than reverting to stricter asset limits that may not reflect current needs.

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Extend Welfare Exemptions

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Andrew Hevesi

Assembly Member · Assembly District 28

Chair, Children and Families

1 Co-sponsor

History

  1. Substituted by S5393
  2. Ordered to third reading rules cal.170
  3. Rules report cal.170
  4. Reported
  5. Reported referred to rules
  6. Referred to social services

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S5393Senate

Extend Welfare Exemptions

Signed by Governor · Sponsor James Tedisco

Impact 3 · LowSigned into law

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

7801

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

May 15, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- (at request of the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services

AN ACT to amend chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, constituting the welfare reform act of 1997, in relation to extending the current exemptions of income and resources for public assistance programs

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

Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 153 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, constituting the welfare reform act of 1997, as amended by chapter 187 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:

(c) Section sixteen of this act shall take effect November 1, 1997 and expire and be deemed repealed August 22, [2017.] 2019;

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after August 22, 2017.

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

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD09948-01-7

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