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Assembly Bill A4166

2017-2018 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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2017-A4166 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §336-c, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10650
2013-2014: A2245
2015-2016: A2050

2017-A4166 (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.

2017-A4166 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4166
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. QUART -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BICHOTTE,
   CRESPO,  JENNE,  JOYNER,  MOSLEY,  ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON -- 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.
   § 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.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00505-01-7

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