New York A 8036: Relates to exempting the metropolitan transportation authority from bond issuance charges

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A08036 Summary:

BILL NOA08036A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHevesi

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COSPNSRBores

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §398, Soc Serv L

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Requires commissioners of local social services districts to screen, apply for, and use and conserve retirement, survivors and disability insurance, supplemental security income, veterans' or any other federal social security benefits on behalf of certain children; provides for responsibilities of local commissioners of social services appointed to serve as the representative payee for a child; provides for technical assistance and financial literacy for certain children; makes related provisions.

Go to top A08036 Actions:

BILL NOA08036A

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04/22/2025referred to social services

01/07/2026referred to social services

05/27/2026reported referred to ways and means

05/29/2026amend (t) and recommit to ways and means

05/29/2026print number 8036a

Go to topA08036 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:SOCIAL SERVICES Chair:Davila 
DATE:05/27/2026AYE/NAY:16/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means DavilaAyeMolitorAye

SolagesAyeSimpsonAye

EichensteinAyeMcDonoughExcused

ReyesAyeFriendAye

ForrestAyeBaileyAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

De Los SantosAye

RagaExcused

BergerAye

ValdezAye

RomeroAye

O'PharrowAye

MorenoAye

Go to topA08036 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA08036 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8036--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, BORES -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Social Services -- recommitted to the Committee on Social
 Services in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- reported and
 referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged,
 bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
 committee

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring
 commissioners of local social services districts to screen, apply for,
 and use and conserve retirement, survivors and disability insurance,
 supplemental security income, veterans' and other federal social secu-
 rity benefits on behalf of certain children

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 398 of the social services law is
 2 amended by adding three new paragraphs (q), (r) and (s) to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (q) For all children in foster care, a commissioner shall: (i) Screen
 5 for potential eligibility for retirement, survivors and disability
 6 insurance, supplemental security income, veterans', or any other federal
 7 social security benefits and apply for such benefits on behalf of any
 8 child determined to be potentially eligible within sixty days of such
 9 child entering foster care.
 10 (ii) Rescreen all children in foster care annually for eligibility for
 11 all federal benefits, and within thirty days of receipt of any new
 12 information tending to indicate that a child may be eligible for bene-
 13 fits and apply for such benefits on behalf of any such child within
 14 sixty days of the determination of such potential eligibility.
 15 (iii) Provide notice to a child, such child's attorney, and such
 16 child's parent or parents or legal guardian or guardians of any applica-
 17 tion, decision, communication, or appeal related to such child's retire-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11060-03-6

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 1 ment, survivors and disability insurance, supplemental security income,
 2 veterans' or any other federal social security benefits.
 3 (iv) For each child the commissioner determines may potentially be
 4 eligible for benefits, identify an appropriate representative payee, in
 5 cooperation with such child, such child's family, and the attorney for
 6 such child, pursuant to the established categories of preferred payees
 7 in 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.2021 and 416.621. The commissioner shall seek to be
 8 appointed as the representative payee only when there is no other appro-
 9 priate preferred payee available who agrees to use and preserve the
 10 benefits in the interest of a