New York S 1966: Requires social services districts to automatically re-enroll eligible persons or households for the low-income home energy assistance program

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S01966 Summary:

BILL NOS01966 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRYAN C

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COSPNSRASHBY, BYNOE, MURRAY, OBERACKER, ROLISON, WEBB, ZELLNER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §97, Soc Serv L

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Requires social services districts to, every heating season, automatically re-enroll persons or households currently receiving assistance through the low-income home energy assistance program, so long as each person or household maintains eligibility.

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

01/22/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

01/27/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.148

01/27/2025PASSED SENATE

01/27/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

01/27/2025referred to social services

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

04/07/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

04/07/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.686

04/15/2026PASSED SENATE

04/15/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/16/2026referred to social services

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1966

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- 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 requiring social
 services districts to automatically re-enroll eligible persons or
 households for the low-income home energy assistance program

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 97 of the social services law, as
 2 added by chapter 785 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
 3 2. a. Each social services district shall be required, in accordance
 4 with the state plan and federal regulations, to participate in the
 5 federal low-income home energy assistance program and to assist eligible
 6 households found in such districts to obtain low-income home energy
 7 assistance. However, only those persons who qualify for low-income home
 8 energy assistance in accordance with federal and state requirements, and
 9 standards promulgated by the department, shall be certified as eligible
 10 for and entitled to receive said home energy assistance. No person,
 11 however, shall be certified as eligible for and entitled to receive said
 12 home energy assistance if no federal funds are available for such
 13 purpose.
 14 b. Each social services district shall every heating season automat-
 15 ically re-enroll persons or households who are receiving home energy
 16 assistance through the low-income home energy assistance program, so
 17 long as such persons or households continue to meet the federal and
 18 state eligibility requirements and standards. For purposes of this
 19 section, "heating season" shall mean the time period designated by the
 20 office of temporary and disability assistance each year.
 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05928-01-5

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