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Senate bill · S442 (2025-26)

Relates to assisting persons with medically diagnosed HIV infection; repealer

Latest action Jan 22, 2025

Summary

Relates to assisting persons with medically diagnosed HIV infection.

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Where it stands

Out of committee and scheduled for a vote by the full chamber.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A3355, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the Social Services Law.

Committee

Social Services · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Social Services · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

Provides needed assistance to public assistance recipients living with medically diagnosed HIV infection, as defined by the AIDS Institute of the Department of Health, residing outside of New York City by institut- ing the same 30% rent cap and also requiring local social services districts and the Office of Temporary and Disability Service (OTDA) to provide additional services and support.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

  • Vote: Committee vote · Social Services

    Senate Social ServicesJan 22, 2025Result: passed

    (7) (0) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Andrew Gounardes, Brian Kavanagh and 14 more on Agora

  • Democratic16
Show all 16 on Agora
See the full list on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

The sponsor's argument

Why the sponsor says this is needed

The ability to meet basic needs, including safe, affordable housing, is essential for any person with HIV to be able to access and be nefit from antiretroviral treatment. New York State's Blueprint for Ending the AIDS Epidemic (ETE) by 2020 recognizes that efforts to ensuring housing stability are key to engaging and retaining many low-income persons with" HIV in the care needed to stay healthy and prevent further trans- mission. We cannot end New York's AIDS epidemic while 10,000 or more individuals and families with HIV across the state remain homeless or unstably housed. Research strongly links unstable housing to poor health outcomes, detectable viral load, HIV risk behaviors, and increased rates of HIV infection. It can be conservatively estimated that leaving 10,000 New Yorkers with HIV without stable housing will result in at least 1,000 avoidable new HIV infections between now and 2020, undermining the ability to achieve our ETE Goals.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

  1. Jan 22, 2025

    Reported out of committee

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    NY Senate

  2. Jan 8, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

    NY Senate

About this record

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Source

From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Oct 29, 2026. About our data

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