New York S 7578: Relates to expanding eligibility for the cooling assistance component of the home energy assistance program

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S07578 Summary:

BILL NOS07578 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06669

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Various Laws, generally

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Provides that an applicant for the cooling assistance component of the home energy assistance program shall not be required to demonstrate that the household contains at least one person with a documented medical condition that is exacerbated by extreme heat to be eligible for a cooling assistance component benefit.

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BILL NOS07578 

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04/22/2025REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7578

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services

 AN ACT in relation to expanding eligibility for the cooling assistance
 component of the home energy assistance program

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

 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to
 2 the contrary an applicant for the cooling assistance component of the
 3 home energy assistance program shall not be required to demonstrate that
 4 the household contains at least one person with a documented medical
 5 condition that is exacerbated by extreme heat to be eligible for a cool-
 6 ing assistance component benefit.
 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after the state
 8 commissioner of social services receives a determination from the feder-
 9 al department of health and human services that the provisions of
 10 section one of this act shall not render the state ineligible for
 11 participation in the federal low-income home energy assistance program;
 12 provided that the state commissioner of social services shall notify the
 13 legislative bill drafting commission upon the receipt of such determi-
 14 nation in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely
 15 effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New
 16 York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the
 17 legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08673-01-5

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