New York Assembly Bill A03399 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3399 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS, HEVESI, BURDICK, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to screening incarcerat- ed individuals for eligibility in the supplemental nutrition assist- ance program prior to release The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 619-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 619-a. Supplemental nutrition access program screening. It shall be 4 the duty of an official of any institution under the jurisdiction of the 5 commissioner to cooperate with an authorized agency of the department of 6 social services to screen incarcerated individuals for eligibility for 7 the supplemental nutrition access program pursuant to section ninety- 8 five of the social services law thirty days prior to release and to 9 assist such eligible individuals in applying for such program. Such 10 official, in cooperation with the authorized agency, shall seek any 11 necessary waivers from the United States department of agriculture to 12 suspend the three-month time limit for individuals in areas without work 13 and to ensure that incarcerated individuals have one year of eligibility 14 upon release. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06100-01-5