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The Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) is a division of the New York state government responsible for overseeing programs that provide financial assistance, housing support, and other services to individuals and families in need.
It attempts to make the insurance available (for the case of US citizens [14] [15]) by retaining existing Medicaid programs ("traditional Medicaid," which generally required both low incomes and very low asset levels); by starting a new class of Medicaid for people with Modified Adjusted Gross Incomes (MAGIs) no more than 138% of the Federal ...
New York state public-benefit corporations are commonly used by the state government to perform a specific purpose, such as investment in infrastructure or regulation of horse racing. These corporations are frequently referred to as authorities .
Supplemental needs trust is a US-specific term for a type of special needs trust (an internationally recognized term). [1] Supplemental needs trusts are compliant with provisions of US state and federal law and are designed to provide benefits to, and protect the assets of, individuals with physical, psychiatric, or intellectual disabilities, and still allow such persons to be qualified for ...
The New York State Constitution, Art.X, sec. 5, provides that public benefit corporations may only be created by special act of the legislature. In City of Rye v. MTA, 24 N.Y.2d 627 (1969), the court of appeals explained that "The debates of the 1938 Convention indicate that the proliferation of public authorities after 1927 was the reason for the enactment of section 5 of article X....
A qualified income trust is specifically designed to help people whose income is too large to qualify for local Medicaid means tests. A qualified income trust creates an account to which a high ...
The New York State Public Authorities Control Board is composed of five members, appointed by the Governor, some upon the recommendation of members of the Legislature.The five members of PACB are appointed by the Governor to serve one-year terms, with one member representing the Governor and acting as the chairperson.
Under the Safety Net Assistance (SNA) program, single individuals without children, and families who have already received cash assistance for 60 months, may receive benefits. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] An individual or family may receive SNA for up to 24 months unless exempt from work requirements or HIV-positive, after which the local government directly ...