New York A 4058: Allows for the denial, suspension or discontinuance of public assistance or care where a person does not participate in three consecutive scheduled interviews with a social services official

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A04058 Summary:

BILL NOA04058 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBrown K

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COSPNSRHawley, McDonough, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSRAngelino

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Amd §134-a, Soc Serv L

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Allows for the denial, suspension or discontinuance of public assistance or care where a person does not participate in three consecutive scheduled interviews with a social services official.

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BILL NOA04058 

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01/31/2025referred to social services

01/07/2026referred to social services

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4058

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Social Services

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to allowing for the
 denial, suspension or discontinuance of public assistance or care
 where a person does not participate in three consecutive scheduled
 interviews with a social services official

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 134-a of the social services law,
 2 as amended by chapter 144 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 3. The social services official shall require that persons applying
 5 for or receiving public assistance and care be interviewed personally at
 6 a time and in a manner provided by the regulations of the department,
 7 and the social services official may provide the option of a phone
 8 interview or other digital means for such interview at the request of
 9 the applicant or recipient. In the event a person applying for or
 10 receiving public assistance and care who is required to be interviewed
 11 by a social services official does not participate in three consecutive
 12 scheduled interviews, the social services official may deny, suspend or
 13 discontinue public assistance or care until such time as the person
 14 applying for or receiving public assistance and care participates in an
 15 interview.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06283-01-5

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