New York S 1791: Eliminates asset limits in calculating the amount of benefits for any household under any public assistance program

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S01791 Summary:

BILL NOS01791 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02061

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSRSALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §131-n, Soc Serv L

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Relates to eliminating asset limits in calculating the amount of benefits for any household under any public assistance program.

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BILL NOS01791 

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1791

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to eliminating
 asset limits in calculating the amount of benefits for any household
 under any public assistance program

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 131-n of the social services law,
 2 as amended by section 5 of part U of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 1. [The following resources] All assets held by the household shall
 5 be exempt and disregarded in calculating the amount of benefits of any
 6 household under any public assistance program[: (a) cash and liquid or
 7 nonliquid resources up to two thousand five hundred dollars for appli-
 8 cants, three thousand seven hundred fifty dollars for applicants in
 9 households in which any member is sixty years of age or older or is
 10 disabled or ten thousand dollars for recipients, (b) an amount up to
 11 four thousand six hundred fifty dollars in a separate bank account
 12 established by an individual while currently in receipt of assistance
 13 for the sole purpose of enabling the individual to purchase a first or
 14 replacement vehicle for the recipient to seek, obtain or maintain
 15 employment, so long as the funds are not used for any other purpose, (c)
 16 an amount up to one thousand four hundred dollars in a separate bank
 17 account established by an individual while currently in receipt of
 18 assistance for the purpose of paying tuition at a two-year or four-year
 19 accredited post-secondary educational institution, so long as the funds
 20 are not used for any other purpose, (d) the home which is the usual
 21 residence of the household, (e) one automobile, up to ten thousand
 22 dollars fair market value, through March thirty-first, two thousand
 23 seventeen; one automobile, up to eleven thousand dollars fair market
 24 value, from April first, two thousand seventeen through March thirty-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03331-01-5

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 1 first, two thousand eighteen; and one automobile, up to twelve thousand
 2 dollars fair market value, beginning April first, two thousand eighteen
 3 and thereafter, or such other higher dollar value as the local social
 4 services district may elect to adopt, (f) one burial plot per household
 5 member as defined in department regulations, (g) bona fide funeral
 6 agreements up to a total of one thousand five hundred dollars in equity
 7 value per household member, (h) funds in an individual development
 8 account established in accordance with subdivision five of section three
 9 hundred fifty-eight of this chapter and section four hundred three of
 10 the social security act, (i) for a period of six months, real property
 11 which the household is making a good faith effort to sell, in accordance
 12 with department regulations and tangible personal property necessary for
 13 business or for employment purposes in accordance with department regu-
 14 lations, and (j) funds in a qualified tuition program that satisfies the
 15 requirement of section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
 16 amended, and (k) funds in a New York achieving a better life experience
 17 savings account established in accordance with article eighty-four of
 18 the mental hygiene law].
 19 If federal law or regula