Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 01, 2022 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1702 substituted for s9106 |
May 05, 2022 |
referred to social services delivered to senate passed assembly |
Mar 25, 2022 |
advanced to third reading cal.497 |
Mar 22, 2022 |
reported |
Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to social services |
Jan 19, 2021 |
referred to social services |
Assembly Bill A2549
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
FAHY
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate & Assembly
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Harvey Epstein
Peter Abbate
Linda Rosenthal
2021-A2549 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A2549 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2549 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 19, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FAHY, DINOWITZ, EPSTEIN, ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to home visiting services for applicants for, or recipients of, public assistance bene- fits who are exempt from certain work activities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 332 of the social services law is amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 1-A. APPLICANTS FOR, OR RECIPIENTS OF, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE WHO ARE EXEMPT FROM WORK ACTIVITIES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (D) OR (E) OF SUBDIVI- SION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE HOME VISITING SERVICES THAT MEET THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. 711, SO LONG AS SUCH INDIVIDUAL MEETS ALL OTHER ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ESTAB- LISHED PURSUANT TO THE PARTICULAR HOME VISITING MODEL. THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION TO ANY APPLICANT OR RECIPI- ENT THAT IS INTERESTED IN RECEIVING SUCH SERVICES AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN DETERMINING THE MOST APPROPRIATE MODEL TO MEET THE PARTICULAR NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL. § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 335 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 214 of the laws of 1998, is amended and a new para- graph (c) is added to subdivision 2 to read as follows: 1. Each social services official shall ensure that each recipient of public assistance who is a member of a household with dependent children and is eighteen years of age or older, or who is sixteen or seventeen years of age and is not attending secondary school and has not completed high school or a high school equivalency program, receives an assessment of employability based on his or her educational level, including liter- acy and English language proficiency, basic skills proficiency, child care and other supportive services needs; and skills, prior work experi- ence, training and vocational interests. This assessment shall include a EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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