A 2332: Requires any website or mobile application associated with an electronic benefit transfer system to be offered in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited-English proficient individuals in the state, based on data in the most recent American Community Survey published by the United States Census Bureau.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2332 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring any website or mobile application associated with an electronic benefit transfer system to be offered in Chinese The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 21-a of the social services law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. (a) Any companion website or mobile application associated with an 4 electronic benefit transfer system implemented pursuant to this section 5 that is accessible by benefit recipients shall be made available in 6 Chinese. 7 (b) Any companion website or mobile application associated with an 8 electronic benefit transfer system implemented pursuant to this section 9 that is accessible by benefit recipients shall provide for the trans- 10 lation of any documents made available for viewing on such companion 11 website or mobile application in Chinese. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 13 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 14 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 15 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 16 on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05621-01-5