Bill Text: NY S05202 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of the department of labor, in consultation with the commissioners of the office of temporary and disability assistance, the department of health, the office of children and family services, and the department of taxation and finance to conduct a study on the impact that the increase in minimum wage has or will have on the eligibility of the working poor to receive certain income-based programs, subsidies and services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2019-12-13 - VETOED MEMO.221 [S05202 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05202-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5202--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 16, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, ADDABBO, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed 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.
                                                                   LBD11012-02-9