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A01846 Summary:

BILL NOA01846 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§131-a, 461-c, 462, 459-b & 2, Soc Serv L

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Provides for internet access and access to internet-enabled devices to recipients of public assistance and to adults and children in shelters, domestic violence residence programs, and other adult and children residence facilities.

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BILL NOA01846 

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01/14/2025referred to social services

01/07/2026referred to social services

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1846

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Social Services

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to providing inter-
 net access and access to internet-enabled devices to recipients of
 public assistance and to adults and children in shelters, domestic
 violence residence programs, and other adult and children residence
 facilities

 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-a of the social services law,
 2 as amended by section 12 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997,
 3 is amended to read as follows:
 4 1. Any inconsistent provision of this chapter or other law notwith-
 5 standing, social services officials shall, in accordance with the
 6 provisions of this section and regulations of the department, provide
 7 public assistance to needy persons who constitute or are members of a
 8 family household, who are determined to be eligible in accordance with
 9 standards of need established in subdivision two of this section.
 10 Provision for such persons, for all items of need, less any available
 11 income or resources which are not required to be disregarded by other
 12 provisions of this chapter, shall be made in accordance with this
 13 section. Such provision shall be made in monthly or semi-monthly allow-
 14 ances and grants within the limits of the schedules included in subdivi-
 15 sion three of this section except for additional amounts which shall be
 16 included therein for shelter, fuel for heating, home internet service,
 17 additional cost of meals for persons who are unable to prepare meals at
 18 home and for other items for which specific provision is otherwise made
 19 in this article [five]. As used in this section the term "shelter" may
 20 include a grant not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars toward
 21 the purchase of an interest in a cooperative. A social services official
 22 shall require assignment of recipient's equity in such cooperative hous-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04675-01-5

 A. 1846 2

 1 ing in accordance with the rules of the board and regulations of the
 2 department.
 3 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 131-a of the social
 4 services law, as amended by chapter 87 of the laws of 1993, is amended
 5 to read as follows:
 6 (b) In addition to the above, the standard of need shall include
 7 amounts for shelter and fuel for heating, amounts for home energy
 8 payments (including amounts for supplemental home energy grants),
 9 amounts for home internet service payments, amounts for additional cost
 10 of meals for persons who are unable to prepare meals at home and amounts
 11 for other items when required by individual case circumstances for which
 12 specific provision is otherwise made in this article [five of this chap-
 13 ter]. For purposes of determining the amount to be included in the stan-
 14 dard of need for shelter and fuel for heating, to the extent that feder-
 15 al reimbursement is available therefor, social services officials shall
 16 include in the household any child who has entered foster care pursuant
 17 to section three hundred eighty-four-a of this chapter who was eligible
 18 for and in receipt of assistance and care as a member of the household
 19 in and for the month