New York A 3578: Establishes a SNAP and cash assistance fraud victims compensation fund

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A03578 Summary:

BILL NOA03578A

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SAME ASSAME AS S00403-A

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SPONSORMitaynes

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COSPNSRGonzalez-Rojas, Anderson, Rozic, Cruz, Forrest, Lucas, Mamdani, Shrestha, Eichenstein, Reyes,
 Simon, Bores, De Los Santos, Seawright, Burdick, Kim, Colton, Tapia, Lupardo, Novakhov, Yeger,
 Raga, Simone, Lunsford, O'Pharrow, Levenberg, Meeks, Valdez

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §95-b, Soc Serv L; add §99-uu, St Fin L

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Establishes a SNAP and cash assistance fraud victims compensation fund.

Go to top A03578 Actions:

BILL NOA03578A

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01/28/2025referred to social services

01/07/2026referred to social services

04/14/2026amend (t) and recommit to social services

04/14/2026print number 3578a

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

Go to topA03578 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3578--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MITAYNES, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, ANDERSON, ROZIC, CRUZ,
 FORREST, LUCAS, SHRESTHA, EICHENSTEIN, REYES, SIMON, BORES,
 DE LOS SANTOS, SEAWRIGHT, BURDICK, KIM, COLTON, TAPIA, LUPARDO, NOVAK-
 HOV, YEGER, RAGA, SIMONE, LUNSFORD, O'PHARROW, LEVENBERG -- 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 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the social services law and the state finance law, in
 relation to establishing a SNAP and cash assistance fraud victims
 compensation fund

 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 95-b to read as follows:
 3 § 95-b. SNAP and cash assistance fraud victims compensation program.
 4 1. The office of temporary and disability assistance shall establish and
 5 maintain a SNAP and cash assistance fraud victims compensation program
 6 to compensate persons who receive benefits from the supplemental nutri-
 7 tion assistance program (SNAP) or cash assistance program who have had
 8 such benefits stolen or who have been defrauded of such benefits.
 9 2. The SNAP and cash assistance fraud victims compensation program
 10 shall have an application process which shall be provided in English and
 11 languages other than English, including but not limited to the ten most
 12 commonly spoken languages, aside from English, in the state.
 13 3. The inspector general and the attorney general shall work with the
 14 commissioner of temporary and disability assistance to determine whether
 15 a person who receives benefits under the SNAP or cash assistance program
 16 was defrauded of such benefits or if such benefits were otherwise
 17 stolen.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01562-03-6

 A. 3578--A 2

 1 § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-uu to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 99-uu. SNAP and cash assistance fraud victims compensation fund. 1.
 4 There is hereby established in the joint custody of the state comp-
 5 troller and the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability
 6 assistance a fund to be known as the SNAP and cash assistance fraud
 7 victims compensation fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund".
 8 2. Money allocated to the fund shall be kept separate and shall not be
 9 commingled with any other funds in the custody of the state comptroller.
 10 3. The fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated for the purpose
 11 of such account, moneys transferred to such account pursuant to law,
 12 monies received from civil penalties regarding the supplemental nutri-
 13 tion assistance program, contributions consisting of promises or grants
 14 of any money or property of any kind or value, or any other thing of
 15 value, including grants or other financial assistance from any agency of
 16 government and moneys required by the provisions of this section or any
 17 other law to be paid into or credited to this account.
 18 4. Money expended from such fund