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NY A07760
Bill
Status
5/21/2021
Primary Sponsor
Khaleel Anderson
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AI Summary
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Extends the period for applicants and recipients to request a fair hearing on disability determinations from 10 days to 60 days after receiving notice of the examining medical professional's determination.
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Provides an alternative 60-day window for requesting a fair hearing measured from receipt of a work activity assignment.
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Prohibits assignment or enforcement of work activities while a timely fair hearing request is pending, unless the applicant or recipient agrees to a limited work assignment consistent with their medical condition.
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Maintains existing provisions allowing social services districts to issue sanction notices and impose sanctions if they have clear medical evidence that an applicant intentionally misrepresented their medical condition.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Extends the period given to certain applicants for public assistance benefits to request a fair hearing on a determination of their ability to participate in work activities from ten days to sixty days or within sixty days of receipt of a work activity assignment.
Last Action
reported referred to ways and means
5/10/2022