STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8276--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 11, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL, EICHENSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT directing a study on the impact of increased minimum wage on eligibility for income-based services, programs and subsidies The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The commissioner of the department of labor, in consulta- 2 tion with the commissioners of the office of temporary and disability 3 assistance, the department of health, the office of children and family 4 services, and the department of taxation and finance (hereinafter, "the 5 commissioners"), any other department, division, board, bureau, commis- 6 sion, agency or public authority of the state or any political subdivi- 7 sion thereof deemed necessary by the commissioners, shall prepare a 8 comprehensive study and report on the impact that the increase in mini- 9 mum wage has or will have on the eligibility of the working poor to 10 receive important and necessary services. Such study shall include an 11 analysis of any effect on the eligibility of working individuals for all 12 programs with an income eligibility requirement and/or the potential 13 reduction in benefits under such programs, which may occur due to 14 increased wages. The study shall also examine the impact on individuals 15 and families near the poverty level of the loss of services, programs 16 and subsidies and the adequacy of increased wages to cover the costs of 17 such expenses. 18 § 2. The commissioners shall publish such report to the governor, the 19 temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the 20 minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly, 21 no later than December 31, 2020. 22 § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a 23 law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11012-03-9