New York A 4365: Relates to conducting appeals, within the department of family assistance, by means of electronic communications systems conference with independent hearing officers

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A04365 Summary:

BILL NOA04365 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORMolitor

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §22, Soc Serv L

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Permits appeals to the department of family assistance to be conducted by means of a conference telephone, video conference or similar communications systems with and by independent hearing officers.

Go to top A04365 Actions:

BILL NOA04365 

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02/04/2025referred to social services

01/07/2026referred to social services

05/27/2026held for consideration in social services

Go to topA04365 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:SOCIAL SERVICES Chair:Davila 
DATE:05/27/2026AYE/NAY:12/4 Action: Held for Consideration DavilaAyeMolitorNay

SolagesAyeSimpsonNay

EichensteinAyeMcDonoughExcused

ReyesAyeFriendNay

ForrestAyeBaileyNay

Gonzalez-RojasAye

De Los SantosAye

RagaExcused

BergerAye

ValdezAye

RomeroAye

O'PharrowAye

MorenoAye

Go to topA04365 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA04365 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4365

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to permitting
 appeals to the department of family assistance to be conducted by
 means of a conference telephone, video conference or similar communi-
 cations systems with and by independent hearing officers

 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 22 of the social services law, as
 2 added by chapter 473 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
 3 2. In connection with any appeal pursuant to this section, with or
 4 without a fair hearing, [the] each commissioner may designate and
 5 authorize one or more appropriate members of [his] their staff or inde-
 6 pendent fair hearing officers to consider and decide such appeals. Any
 7 staff member or independent fair hearing officer so designated and
 8 authorized shall have authority to decide such appeals on behalf of the
 9 commissioner with the same force and effect as if the commissioner had
 10 made the decisions. Fair hearings held in connection with such appeals
 11 shall be held on behalf of the commissioner by members of [his] their
 12 staff or independent fair hearing officers who are employed for such
 13 purposes or who have been designated and authorized by [him] them there-
 14 for. The fair hearing may be conducted by means of a conference tele-
 15 phone, video conference equipment or similar communications equipment
 16 allowing all persons participating in such hearing to hear each other at
 17 the same time. The provisions of this subdivision shall apply to fair
 18 hearings conducted pursuant to subdivision eight of section four hundred
 19 twenty-two of this chapter, and to any hearing required pursuant to this
 20 chapter concerning the denial, suspension or revocation of any permit,
 21 certificate or license, and to any hearing held pursuant to section four
 22 hundred fifty-five of this chapter.
 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06772-01-5

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