§ 131-C — Inclusion of parents and siblings of a minor in the public assistance household

§ 131-c. Inclusion of parents and siblings of a minor in the public\nassistance household. 1. For the purposes of determining eligibility for\nand the amount of assistance payable, the social services district\nshall, when a minor is named as an applicant for public assistance,\nrequire that his or her parents and minor brothers and sisters also\napply for assistance and be included in the household for purposes of\ndetermining eligibility and grant amounts, if such individuals reside in\nthe same dwelling unit as the minor applying for assistance. Any income\nof or available for such parents, brothers and sisters which is not\ndisregarded under subdivision eight of section one hundred thirty-one-a\nof this article, shall be considered available to such household. The\nprovisions of this subdivision shall not apply to individuals who are\nrecipients of federal supplemental security income benefits or\nadditional state payments pursuant to this chapter, or to individuals\nwhose relationship to the minor is that of stepbrother or stepsister, or\nto any other individuals whose needs are excluded pursuant to department\nregulations consistent with federal law and regulations.\n 2. For the purposes of determining eligibility for and the amount of\nassistance payable, the social services district shall deem available to\nany minor whose parent or legal guardian is a minor, any income of the\nparent or legal guardian of such minor parent or legal guardian residing\nin the same dwelling unit, to the same extent that the income of a\nstepparent would be included pursuant to subdivision nine of section one\nhundred thirty-one-a of this article.\n 3. For the purposes of this section a minor is a child under the age\nof eighteen.\n