Senate Bill S102

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits recovery of assistance properly paid as permitted where a recipient or former recipient of such assistance was required to participate in a work experience

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-S102 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §336-c, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S4544
2013-2014: S167

2011-S102 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a social services official may not recover assistance properly paid as permitted where a recipient or former recipient of such assistance was required to participate in a work experience program without first crediting against such recovery the number of hours that such person actually participated in a work experience program multiplied by the higher of the applicable state or federal minimum wage.

2011-S102 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S102 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   102

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to work experience

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  336-c  of  the social services law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
  5. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  A  SOCIAL
SERVICES  OFFICIAL  MAY  NOT  RECOVER PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROPERLY PAID AS
PERMITTED UNDER SECTIONS ONE  HUNDRED  FOUR,  ONE  HUNDRED  FOUR-B,  ONE
HUNDRED  SIX,  ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE-R AND SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION
ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY OTHER PROVISION  OF  THIS
TITLE,  WHERE  A  RECIPIENT  OR  FORMER RECIPIENT OF SUCH ASSISTANCE WAS
REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN A WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAM UNDER THIS SECTION,
WITHOUT FIRST CREDITING AGAINST SUCH RECOVERY THE NUMBER OF  HOURS  THAT
SUCH  PERSON  ACTUALLY  PARTICIPATED IN A WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAM MULTI-
PLIED BY THE HIGHER OF THE APPLICABLE STATE OR FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE.
  S 2. Effective immediately, the office  of  temporary  and  disability
assistance  shall  promulgate  rules  and  regulations,  and conduct any
requisite training necessary for the implementation of this act.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00450-01-1


              

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