New York S 3855: Relates to authorizing registration records of victims of sexual violence to be kept confidential in certain cases

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S03855 Summary:

BILL NOS03855 

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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Add §98, Soc Serv L

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Enacts the HOPE pilot program; allows households to apply for multiple food and anti-poverty benefits simultaneously online and enable families to work with nonprofit and government agencies to enact action plans to boost their long-term self-sufficiency.

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01/30/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3855

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to enacting the
 HOPE pilot program; and making an appropriation therefor

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

 1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 2 98 to read as follows:
 3 § 98. HOPE pilot program. 1. As used in this section the following
 4 terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 a. "Commissioners" means the commissioner of the office of temporary
 6 and disability assistance and the commissioner of health, acting colla-
 7 boratively.
 8 b. "Eligible pilot community" means a unit of general purpose local
 9 government, Indian tribal organization, or an entity that represents a
 10 smaller geographical area therein including but not limited to a neigh-
 11 borhood.
 12 c. "Target population" means and includes any individual or household
 13 that:
 14 (i) their income is below two hundred percent of the federal poverty
 15 level;
 16 (ii) suffers from food insecurity;
 17 (iii) earns insufficient income to ensure food security or economic
 18 security;
 19 (iv) lives in a rural, suburban or urban community that suffers from
 20 poverty, hunger or food insecurity;
 21 (v) is homeless;
 22 (vi) receives assistance from a state program funded under title IV-A
 23 of the federal social security act, relating to temporary assistance to
 24 needy families;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07120-01-5

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 1 (vii) is eligible for benefits under any federal or state nutrition
 2 assistance program or federal or state antipoverty program; or
 3 (viii) is formerly a youth in transition from foster care or the juve-
 4 nile detention facilities.
 5 d. "Partner not-for-profit organization" means any national, regional,
 6 state, or local not-for-profit organization described in section
 7 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code which has tax
 8 exempt status under section 501(a) of such code.
 9 e. "Unit of general purpose local government" means any city, county,
 10 town, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state, or any
 11 combination thereof, which has a building code or similar authority over
 12 a particular geographic area of the state.
 13 2. a. The commissioners shall allow eligible entities that apply to
 14 such commissioners to carry out health, opportunity, and personal empow-
 15 erment ("HOPE") accounts pilot projects to enable target populations of
 16 individuals to establish through banks, credit unions, and any govern-
 17 mental or Indian tribal organizations, HOPE accounts that enable such
 18 individuals to:
 19 (i) have their paychecks deposited directly in such accounts;
 20 (ii) use such accounts to increase savings that would be matched with
 21 funds provided by government and private sources, including individual
 22 development accounts;
 23 (iii) use an account mobile application on a smart phone to easily
 24 locate and sign up for job training and placement services online;
 25 (iv) enable such individuals to use any smart phone, tablet or comput-
 26 er to:
 27 (A) to learn about the public and philanthropic programs that provide
 28 benefits to such individuals, including aid to