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NY A02426
Bill
Status
1/22/2019
Primary Sponsor
Andrew Hevesi
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AI Summary
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Amends Social Services Law Section 131-a(5)(a) to include bedbug infestation as grounds for emergency assistance to replace necessary furniture and clothing for persons receiving public assistance, when the infestation cannot be controlled through pesticides, treatments, fumigation, or professional extermination.
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Amends Social Services Law Section 303(1)(a) to add bedbug infestation as a qualifying circumstance for replacement or repair of clothing, furniture, food, fuel, and shelter for public assistance recipients, on the same conditions as other catastrophic losses.
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Requires that losses from bedbug infestation be reported to and verified by local officials before replacement or repair assistance is provided.
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Corrects spelling of "forseen" to "foreseen" in existing statute.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Relates to emergency assistance for the replacement of property as a result of a bedbug infestation; authorizes assistance in cases where the infestation cannot be controlled through the use of pesticides, treatments, fumigation, or any other method of extermination by an exterminator.
Last Action
referred to social services
1/8/2020