What's happening
This bill requires the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance to collaborate with local agencies to publicly share basic rights information for public assistance applicants and recipients.
Why it matters
Improves transparency and access to information. By requiring the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) to work with local social services districts to identify and share key information, the bill aims to make it easier for public assistance applicants and recipients to understand their rights.
Potential to reduce confusion and errors. Clear, publicly posted information about applicants’ and recipients’ rights can help prevent misunderstandings, wrongful benefit terminations, or missed opportunities for assistance.
Empowers vulnerable populations. Making rights and relevant information accessible—especially online—can give individuals the knowledge they need to advocate for themselves or seek help if they feel their rights are being violated.
Promotes consistency across local agencies. By standardizing what information is shared and how it is posted, the bill could help ensure that all New Yorkers, regardless of where they live, receive the same basic information about public assistance rights.
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Post Basic Rights Notices
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- Referred to social services
- Referred to social services
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Require Notice of Basic Rights
In Assembly Committee · Social Services · Sponsor James Sanders Jr.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8453
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
July 8, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to public notice of basic rights
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 134-c to read as follows:
§ 134-c. Public notice of basic rights. The office of temporary and disability assistance shall work with the local social services districts to determine what information should be given to applicants and recipients of public assistance. The office of temporary and disability assistance shall further determine which of that information shall be placed on the office's website.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09200-01-9
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