BILL NUMBER: S1758A
SPONSOR: PERSAUD
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to allowing for
certain disability benefits to continue in the event an individual who
is receiving such benefits gets married
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Allows for certain disability benefits to continue in the event of an
individual who is receiving such benefits gets married
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
To amend the social services law in relation to allowing for certain
disability benefits to continue in the event an individual who is
receiving such benefits gets married
 
JUSTIFICATION:
The complex laws that provide essential services and supports for people
with disabilities were created fragmentary and were based on outdated
assumptions about marriage, paternalism and had a limited understanding
of the full and vibrant lives possible for people with disabilities. Our
disabled citizens who qualify for Social Security benefits through a
medical disability generally cannot continue to receive benefits if they
marry someone who is not disabled or retired. Marriage should not be a
cultural club that an -individual with disabilities cannot enter if they
wish and they should not be penalized from receiving those benefits if
they wish to marry.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-24: S9285 Referred to Health
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
To be determined
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Shall take effect immediately

Statutes affected:
S1758: 366 social services law, 367-a social services law, 367-a(12) social services law
S1758A: 366 social services law, 367-a social services law, 367-a(12) social services law