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Assembly Bill A2050

2015-2016 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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2015-A2050 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1120
Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง336-c, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10650, S7508
2013-2014: A2245, S242
2017-2018: A4166, S2033

2015-A2050 (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.

2015-A2050 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2050

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. QUART -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CRESPO --
  read once and referred 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.
NOTHING  IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION SHALL ALTER THE RULES GOVERNING AND DEFI-
NITION OF WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS AS ENUMERATED  IN  SUBDIVISIONS  ONE,
TWO,  THREE  AND FOUR OF THIS SECTION. THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY ONLY
TO THE NUMBER OF HOURS OF PARTICIPATION IN THE WORK  EXPERIENCE  PROGRAM
AND  SHALL  NOT  APPLY TO ANY OTHER ACTIVITY FOR WHICH A SOCIAL SERVICES
DISTRICT HAS REQUIRED A RECIPIENT OR FORMER RECIPIENT TO PARTICIPATE IN,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  TREATMENT  OR  REHABILI-
TATION, JOB SEARCH, AND VOCATIONAL OR REMEDIAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES.
  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.
                                                           LBD01246-01-5

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