Bill Text: NY A09624 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to orders for child support obligors to seek employment or participate in job training, employment counseling or other programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-05-07 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [A09624 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A09624-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9624
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 21, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. WEINSTEIN -- (at request of the Office of Court
Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judici-
ary
AN ACT to amend the family court act and the social services law, in
relation to orders for child support obligors to seek employment, and
to repeal paragraph (i) of subdivision 2 of section 454 of the family
court act relating thereto
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 437-a of the family court act, as amended by chap-
2 ter 592 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
3 S 437-a. Referral to work programs. In any proceeding to establish[,
4 decrease] or [enforce] MODIFY an order of support, if the support obli-
5 gor is unemployed, the court may require the support obligor to seek
6 employment, or to participate in job training, employment counseling or
7 other programs designed to lead to employment provided such programs are
8 available. The court shall not require the support obligor to seek
9 employment or to participate in job training, employment counseling, or
10 other programs designed to lead to employment under this section if the
11 support obligor is in receipt of supplemental security income or social
12 security disability benefits.
13 S 2. Paragraph (i) of subdivision 2 of section 454 of the family court
14 act is REPEALED.
15 S 3. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 2 of section 454 of the family court
16 act, as added by chapter 214 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
17 follows:
18 (h) the court may require the respondent, if the persons for whom the
19 respondent has failed to pay support are applicants for or recipients of
20 public assistance, to participate in work activities as defined in title
21 nine-B of article five of the social services law. Those respondents
22 ordered to participate in work activities need not be applicants for or
23 recipients of public assistance. IF THE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE RESPONDENT
24 HAS FAILED TO PAY SUPPORT ARE NOT APPLICANTS FOR OR RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC
25 ASSISTANCE AND, WHERE THE RESPONDENT IS UNEMPLOYED AND NOT IN RECEIPT OF
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME OR SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS, THE
2 COURT MAY REQUIRE THE RESPONDENT TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT OR TO PARTICIPATE IN
3 JOB TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING OR OTHER PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO LEAD
4 TO EMPLOYMENT, PROVIDED SUCH PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE.
5 S 4. Subdivision 20 of section 111-h of the social services law, as
6 amended by chapter 592 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as
7 follows:
8 20. If the [support obligor] RESPONDENT is required to participate in
9 work programs pursuant to section four hundred thirty-seven-a of the
10 family court act, and the court enters an order of support on behalf of
11 the persons in receipt of public assistance, the support collection unit
12 shall not file a petition to increase the support obligation for twelve
13 months from the date of entry of the order of support if the [support
14 obligor's] RESPONDENT'S income is derived from participation in such
15 programs.
16 S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
