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           S. 4864                                                  A. 7847

                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                                    April 27, 2009
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       IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered
         printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Social
         Services

       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Social Services

       AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to responsibility
         for public assistance and care

         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

    1    Section  1.  Subdivision 5 of section 62 of the social services law is
    2  amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
    3    (H) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
    4  SION,  IN  THE  EVENT  A  RECIPIENT  OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE MOVES FROM ONE
    5  SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT TO ANOTHER SUCH DISTRICT IN  ORDER  TO  RECEIVE
    6  CARE OR TREATMENT FOR ALCOHOL OR OTHER DRUG ADDICTION, THE DISTRICT FROM
    7  WHICH  SUCH  RECIPIENT  MOVED  SHALL  BE  RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTINUING THE
    8  NECESSARY SOCIAL SERVICES BENEFITS TO SAID RECIPIENT FOR A PERIOD OF ONE
    9  HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS BEGINNING WHEN THE RECIPIENT ENTERS INTO  A  PROGRAM
   10  OF  CARE OR TREATMENT, OR AS LONG AS SAID RECIPIENT REMAINS IN SUCH CARE
   11  OR TREATMENT, WHICHEVER IS SHORTER. SUCH BENEFITS SHALL INCLUDE THE COST
   12  OF CARE OR TREATMENT IN A FACILITY CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM
   13  AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES FOR IN-PATIENT OR OUT-PATIENT SERVICES, AND
   14  THE COST OF HOUSING PROVIDED TO SAID RECIPIENT  EITHER  AS  PART  OF  AN
   15  IN-PATIENT  PROGRAM  OR  WHILE BEING PROVIDED WITH OUT-PATIENT SERVICES,
   16  SUBJECT TO THE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAY LIMITATION.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect on  the  first  day  of  January  next
   18  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.


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