Assembly Bill A3042

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes rental vouchers for working families

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A3042 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 5 Title 8-A §§310 - 314, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1551
2011-2012: A1851
2013-2014: A2944
2015-2016: A3493
2019-2020: A4184
2021-2022: A2480
2023-2024: A9610

2017-A3042 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes rental vouchers for working families; provides definitions; allows for families to make an application for rental vouchers at the appropriate social services district or any facilitated enrollment site authorized by the office of temporary and disability assistance; sets forth eligibility requirements.

2017-A3042 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3042
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 24, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  HEVESI,  GLICK,  RIVERA,  O'DONNELL, JAFFEE,
   KAVANAGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  CAHILL,  COLTON,  HOOPER,
   PERRY,  ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social
   Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law,  in  relation  to  establishing
   rental vouchers for working families

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Article 5 of the social services law is amended by  adding
 a new title 8-A to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 8-A
                   RENTAL VOUCHERS FOR WORKING FAMILIES
 SECTION 310. DEFINITIONS.
         311. APPLICATION.
         312. ELIGIBILITY.
         313. RENTAL PAYMENTS.
         314. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.
   § 310. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE:
   1.  THE  TERM "FAMILY" SHALL MEAN A FAMILY THAT INCLUDES AN INDIVIDUAL
 WHO HAS NOT ATTAINED EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, OR HAS NOT ATTAINED NINETEEN
 YEARS OF AGE AND IS A FULL-TIME STUDENT IN A SECONDARY SCHOOL OR IN  THE
 EQUIVALENT LEVEL OF VOCATIONAL OR TECHNICAL TRAINING.
   2. THE TERM "INCOME" SHALL MEAN INCOME FROM ALL SOURCES OF EACH MEMBER
 OF THE HOUSEHOLD.
   3.  THE  TERM "ADJUSTED INCOME" SHALL MEAN THE AMOUNT OF INCOME OF THE
 MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY RESIDING IN A DWELLING  UNIT,  AFTER  ANY  OF  THE
 FOLLOWING REQUIRED INCOME EXCLUSIONS FROM ANNUAL INCOME:
   (A) FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ANY FAMILY CONTAINING AN ELDERLY OR DISA-
 BLED FAMILY MEMBER;
   (B)  THE  AMOUNT BY WHICH THREE PERCENT OF THE ANNUAL FAMILY INCOME IS
 EXCEEDED BY THE SUM OF UNREIMBURSED MEDICAL EXPENSES FOR ANY ELDERLY  OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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