Bill Text: NY S01120 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides that a social services official may not recover assistance properly paid as permitted where a recipient or former recipient of such assistance was required to participate in a work experience program without first crediting against such recovery the number of hours that such person actually participated in a work experience program multiplied by the higher of the applicable state or federal minimum wage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES [S01120 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01120-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1120
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 8, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- 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 work experience
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  336-c  of  the social services law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
    3    5. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  A  SOCIAL
    4  SERVICES  OFFICIAL  MAY  NOT  RECOVER PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROPERLY PAID AS
    5  PERMITTED UNDER SECTIONS ONE  HUNDRED  FOUR,  ONE  HUNDRED  FOUR-B,  ONE
    6  HUNDRED  SIX,  ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE-R AND SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION
    7  ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY OTHER PROVISION  OF  THIS
    8  TITLE,  WHERE  A  RECIPIENT  OR  FORMER RECIPIENT OF SUCH ASSISTANCE WAS
    9  REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN A WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAM UNDER THIS  SECTION
   10  WITHOUT  FIRST  CREDITING AGAINST SUCH RECOVERY THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT
   11  SUCH PERSON ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN A WORK  EXPERIENCE  PROGRAM  MULTI-
   12  PLIED  BY  THE  HIGHER  OF THE APPLICABLE STATE OR FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE.
   13  NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL ALTER THE RULES  GOVERNING  AND  DEFI-
   14  NITION  OF  WORK  EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS AS ENUMERATED IN SUBDIVISIONS ONE,
   15  TWO, THREE AND FOUR OF THIS SECTION. THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL  APPLY  ONLY
   16  TO  THE  NUMBER OF HOURS OF PARTICIPATION IN THE WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAM
   17  AND SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY OTHER ACTIVITY FOR WHICH  A  SOCIAL  SERVICES
   18  DISTRICT HAS REQUIRED A RECIPIENT OR FORMER RECIPIENT TO PARTICIPATE IN,
   19  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT OR REHABILI-
   20  TATION, JOB SEARCH, AND VOCATIONAL OR REMEDIAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES.
   21    S 2. Effective immediately, the office  of  temporary  and  disability
   22  assistance  shall  promulgate  rules  and  regulations,  and conduct any
   23  requisite training necessary for the implementation of this act.
   24    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01246-01-5
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