Assembly Bill A5709

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides an exemption from participation in work activities for certain applicants or recipients of public assistance; repealer

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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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2019-A5709 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §332, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8101
2013-2014: A1979
2015-2016: A1176
2017-2018: A4662

2019-A5709 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides an exemption from participation in work activities for an applicant or recipient of public assistance who is a parent or relative of a child who is personally providing care for such child under one year of age.

2019-A5709 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5709
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. TITUS, JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  exemption  from
   participation  in  work  activities  for  applicants  or recipients of
   public assistance; and providing for the  repeal  of  such  provisions
   upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.   Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1  of  section  332  of  the
 social  services law, as amended by section 148 of part B of chapter 436
 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
   (d) a parent or other relative of a child who is personally  providing
 care  for  such  child  under  one year of age for a [maximum] period of
 twelve months[, only three months of which shall be attributable to  any
 one child, except as otherwise extended up to the twelve month period by
 the social services official];
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed July 31, 2021.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05880-01-9

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