Senate Bill S7558

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to conciliation and non-compliance with public assistance employment; repealer

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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-S7558 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9066
Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §§341 & 342, amd §§341-a, 342-a & 332-b, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10191
2017-2018: A3611
2021-2022: S668, S9061, A3227, A10165
2023-2024: A5461

2019-S7558 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to conciliation and non-compliance with public assistance employment.

2019-S7558 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7558 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7558
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  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 conciliation and
   non-compliance  with  public  assistance  employment;  and  to  repeal
   certain provisions of such law relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 341 of the social services law is REPEALED.
   § 2. Section 341-a of the social services law, as added by chapter 562
 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   § [341-a] 341.  Re-engagement; conciliation; refusal  to  participate.
 1.  [The provisions of this section shall apply to persons who are resi-
 dents of a city having a population of one million or more people.
   2.] (a) Consistent with federal law and regulations and this title, if
 a participant has failed or refused to comply with the  requirements  of
 this  title and the district has determined that he or she is not exempt
 from such requirements and has verified  that  appropriate  child  care,
 transportation,  and  accommodations for disability were in place at the
 time of such failure or refusal,  the  social  services  district  shall
 issue  a  re-engagement  notice  in  plain language indicating that such
 failure or refusal has taken place and of the right of such  participant
 to  avoid a pro-rata reduction in public assistance benefits through the
 re-engagement process. "Re-engagement process" shall  mean  the  process
 through  which  a  participant  may avoid a pro-rata reduction in public
 assistance benefits by agreeing to comply with the requirements of  this
 title consistent with any medical condition which may limit the individ-
 ual's  ability  to  participate  in  work  activities,  by notifying the
 district that he or she has become exempt from the requirements of  this
 title,  or  by  resolving  the  reasons for such failure or refusal at a
 conciliation conference. The notice shall indicate that the  participant
 has  ten  days  to  request  re-engagement with the district. The notice
 shall indicate the specific instance or instances of willful refusal  or
 failure to comply without good cause with the requirements of this title
 and  the  necessary  actions  that  must  be  taken  to avoid a pro-rata
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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