Senate Bill S5525

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the intergenerational poverty mitigation act

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Social Services Committee


  • 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-S5525 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7713
Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 10-E §§484 - 484-c, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S777
2023-2024: S535

2019-S5525 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the intergenerational poverty mitigation act; creates a commission to study intergenerational poverty and a pilot program to address intergenerational poverty subject to appropriation.

2019-S5525 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5525 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5525
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 6, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- 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  enacting  the
   intergenerational poverty mitigation act
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  article
 10-E to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 10-E
                 INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY MITIGATION ACT
 SECTION 484. SHORT TITLE.
         484-A. DEFINITIONS.
         484-B. NEW YORK INTERGENERATIONAL WELFARE REFORM COMMISSION.
         484-C. ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY PLAN IMPLEMEN-
                  TATION PILOT PROGRAM.
   § 484. SHORT  TITLE.  THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE "INTERGENERA-
 TIONAL POVERTY MITIGATION ACT."
   § 484-A. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE:
   1. "CYCLE OF POVERTY" OR "POVERTY CYCLE" MEANS THE SET OF  FACTORS  OR
 EVENTS  BY WHICH THE LONG-TERM POVERTY OF A PERSON IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE
 AND BE EXPERIENCED BY EACH CHILD OF THE PERSON WHEN THE CHILD BECOMES AN
 ADULT UNLESS THERE IS OUTSIDE INTERVENTION.
   2. (A) "INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY" MEANS POVERTY IN WHICH TWO OR  MORE
 SUCCESSIVE  GENERATIONS OF A FAMILY CONTINUE IN THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND
 GOVERNMENT DEPENDENCE.
   (B) "INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY" DOES NOT INCLUDE  SITUATIONAL  POVERTY
 THAT:  (I)  IS GENERALLY TRACEABLE TO A SPECIFIC INCIDENT OR TIME PERIOD
 WITHIN THE LIFETIME OF A PERSON; AND (II) IS NOT CONTINUED TO  THE  NEXT
 GENERATION.
   3. "POVERTY" MEANS THE STATE OF A PERSON WHO LACKS A USUAL OR SOCIALLY
 ACCEPTABLE  AMOUNT  OF  MONEY OR MATERIAL POSSESSIONS AS DEMONSTRATED BY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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