New York A 2050: Requires the office of temporary and disability assistance promulgate regulations and create policies to encourage married adults or two adult households when determining the standard of need for eligibility

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A02050 Summary:

BILL NOA02050 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORMaher

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COSPNSRBrown E, DeStefano, Brabenec, McDonough

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§131, 131-n & 20, Soc Serv L

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Requires the office of temporary and disability assistance promulgate regulations and create policies to encourage married adults or two adult households when determining the standard of need for eligibility for public assistance programs; and to exempt certain income and resources for such adults and households.

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BILL NOA02050 

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01/14/2025referred to social services

01/07/2026referred to social services

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2050

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MAHER, E. BROWN, DeSTEFANO, BRABENEC, McDONOUGH
 -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to public assist-
 ance eligibility for married adults or two adult households and to the
 exemption of income and resources for such adults or households

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

 1 Section 1. Section 131 of the social services law is amended by adding
 2 a new subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
 3 4-a. As far as possible, children should be raised in households with
 4 married adults, or in two adult households which encourages stable fami-
 5 ly life. The office of temporary and disability assistance shall deter-
 6 mine the standard of need for determining eligibility for public assist-
 7 ance programs pursuant to provisions of this chapter and applicable
 8 federal requirements and shall promulgate regulations to create policies
 9 as needed to encourage married or two adult households. The commissioner
 10 shall seek any federal waiver or waivers from the United States depart-
 11 ment of agriculture or other federal agency as needed to exclude house-
 12 hold income from public assistance program eligibility determinations as
 13 provided in subdivision one of section one hundred thirty-one-n of this
 14 title.
 15 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 131-n of the social services law, as
 16 amended by section 5 of part U of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is
 17 amended to read as follows:
 18 1. The following resources shall be exempt and disregarded in calcu-
 19 lating the amount of benefits of any household under any public assist-
 20 ance program: (a) cash and liquid or nonliquid resources up to two thou-
 21 sand five hundred dollars for applicants, three thousand seven hundred
 22 fifty dollars for applicants in households in which any member is sixty
 23 years of age or older or is disabled or ten thousand dollars for recipi-
 24 ents, (b) an amount up to four thousand six hundred fifty dollars in a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04844-01-5

 A. 2050 2

 1 separate bank account established by an individual while currently in
 2 receipt of assistance for the sole purpose of enabling the individual to
 3 purchase a first or replacement vehicle for the recipient to seek,
 4 obtain or maintain employment, so long as the funds are not used for any
 5 other purpose, (c) an amount up to one thousand four hundred dollars in
 6 a separate bank account established by an individual while currently in
 7 receipt of assistance for the purpose of paying tuition at a two-year or
 8 four-year accredited post-secondary educational institution, so long as
 9 the funds are not used for any other purpose, (d) the home which is the
 10 usual residence of the household, (e) one automobile, up to ten thousand
 11 dollars fair market value, through March thirty-first, two thousand
 12 seventeen; one automobile, up to eleven thousand dollars fair market
 13 value, from April first, two thousand seventeen through March thirty-
 14 first, two thousand eighteen; and one automobile, up to twelve thousand
 15 dollars fair market value, beginning April first, two thousand e