Bill Text: NY A06212 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing one-time emergency payments to certain persons to aid in acquiring or maintaining employment

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-25 - held for consideration in social services [A06212 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A06212-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6212
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 26, 2009
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       Introduced  by M. of A. BARRA -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Social Services
       AN ACT to amend the social services  law,  in  relation  to  authorizing
         one-time  emergency payments to certain persons to aid in acquiring or
         maintaining employment
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 131 of the social services law is amended by adding
    2  a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
    3    1-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISIONS  OF  LAW TO THE CONTRARY, LOCAL
    4  SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIALS SHALL BE AUTHORIZED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH  REGU-
    5  LATIONS  ESTABLISHED  BY  THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, TO PROVIDE A ONE-TIME
    6  EMERGENCY PAYMENT TO MEET THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR  FAMI-
    7  LY,  WHO  WOULD OTHERWISE BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR ONGOING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE,
    8  IN ORDER TO AID THE INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY  IN  ACQUIRING  OR  MAINTAINING
    9  EMPLOYMENT.  INDIVIDUALS  OR  FAMILIES RECEIVING SUCH ONE-TIME EMERGENCY
   10  PAYMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING OR MAINTAINING EMPLOYMENT SHALL  BE
   11  REQUIRED  TO  SIGN  A  REPAYMENT  AGREEMENT  TO REPAY THE ASSISTANCE, IN
   12  ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.   IN
   13  NO  EVENT  SHALL SUCH ONE-TIME PAYMENT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM MONTHLY ALLOW-
   14  ANCE THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE GRANTED TO AN INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY  OF  THE
   15  SAME  SIZE UNDER THE SAFETY NET ASSISTANCE, VETERAN ASSISTANCE OR FAMILY
   16  ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, UNLESS A PAYMENT EXCEEDING THIS  AMOUNT  IS  DETER-
   17  MINED BY THE LOCAL COMMISSIONER TO BE APPROPRIATE TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL
   18  OF MAINTAINING THE INDIVIDUAL'S OR FAMILY'S SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   20  it  shall  have become a law; provided, however, that any rules or regu-
   21  lations necessary for the timely implementation  of  the  provisions  of
   22  this  act  are authorized and directed to be completed on or before such
   23  effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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