What's happening
This bill increases the enhanced residential care benefit for aged, blind, and disabled persons in New York through 2024.
Why it matters
Raises monthly financial support for individuals and couples in enhanced residential care, potentially improving their quality of life and access to higher-quality facilities or services.
Implements a schedule of annual benefit increases through March 31, 2024, offering predictability for residents and providers and helping payments keep pace with rising living costs.
May reduce financial strain on families who support aged, blind, or disabled loved ones by increasing the state contribution to their care, possibly delaying or preventing the need for institutionalization.
Could influence the economics of residential care providers (like adult homes and assisted living), potentially allowing them to offer better services, retain staff, or expand capacity due to higher reimbursement rates.
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Increase Care Benefits
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Assembly Member · Assembly District 23
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- Referred to social services
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6856
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 22, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to increasing the enhanced residential care benefit for aged, blind and disabled persons
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 209 of the social services law, as amended by section 2 of part YY of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
(e) (i) [On and after] (1) From January first, two thousand eighteen to June thirtieth, two thousand nineteen, for an eligible individual receiving enhanced residential care, [$1,444.00] $1,465.00; and [(ii)] (2) for an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set forth in clause one of this subparagraph [(i) of this paragraph].
(ii) (1) From July first, two thousand nineteen to March thirty-first, two thousand twenty, for an eligible individual receiving enhanced residential care, $1,585.00; and (2) for an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set forth in clause one of this subparagraph.
(iii) (1) From April first, two thousand twenty to March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-one, for an eligible individual receiving enhanced residential care, $1,705.00; and (2) for an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set forth in clause one of this subparagraph.
(iv) (1) From April first, two thousand twenty-one to March thirtyfirst, two thousand twenty-two, for an eligible individual receiving enhanced residential care, $1,825.00; and (2) for an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set forth in clause one of this subparagraph.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(v) (1) From April first, two thousand twenty-two to March thirtyfirst, two thousand twenty-three, for an eligible individual receiving enhanced residential care, $1,945.00; and (2) for an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set forth in clause one of this subparagraph.
(vi) (1) From April first, two thousand twenty-three to March thirtyfirst, two thousand twenty-four, for an eligible individual receiving enhanced residential care, $2,065.00; and (2) for an eligible couple receiving enhanced residential care, two times the amount set forth in clause one of this subparagraph.
§ 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.
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