Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 09, 2024 |
print number 8374a |
May 09, 2024 |
amend (t) and recommit to finance |
May 07, 2024 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 24, 2024 |
referred to social services |
Senate Bill S8374A
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 19th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D) 10th Senate District
2023-S8374 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §131-a, Soc Serv L
2023-S8374 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8374 SPONSOR: PERSAUD TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to removing the federal poverty level requirement for recipients of social services where it concerns the one-time disregard of earned income following job entry for up to six consecutive months PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The bill eliminates a 200% of Federal Poverty Level income threshold from the one-time, six-month earned income disregard for job entrants having completed a public assistance employment training program, as enacted in the FY 20232024 budget, as originally proposed in S.2144 (Persaud). SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one removes "and that the recipient's total income shall not be more than two hundred percent of the federal poverty level" from subpar-
2023-S8374 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8374 I N S E N A T E January 24, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- 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 removing the federal poverty level requirement for recipients of social services where it concerns the one-time disregard of earned income following job entry for up to six consecutive months THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (xiii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 131-a of the social services law, as added by section 2 of part X of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: (xiii) once during the lifetime of a recipient of public assistance, all of the earned income of such recipient will be disregarded following job entry, provided that such exemption of income for purposes of public assistance eligibility shall be for no more than six consecutive months from the initial date of obtaining such employment [and that the recipi- ent's total income shall not be more than two hundred percent of the federal poverty level]. In the event a recipient moves from one to another social services district, this disregard shall follow the recip- ient. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14068-01-4
co-Sponsors
(D) 10th Senate District
2023-S8374A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §131-a, Soc Serv L
2023-S8374A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8374A SPONSOR: PERSAUD TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to increasing the federal poverty level requirement for recipients of social services where it concerns the one-time disregard of earned income following job entry for up to six consecutive months PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The bill increases the Federal Poverty Level income limit from two hundred percent to four hundred percent with regard to the one-time, six-month earned income disregard for job entrants having completed a public assistance employment training program, as enacted in the FY 2023-2024 budget, as originally proposed in S.2144 (Persauc). SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one amends subparagraph 8 of paragraph a of subdivision 8 of Social Services Law Section 131-a by increasing the maximum earning
2023-S8374A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8374--A I N S E N A T E January 24, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PERSAUD, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Commit- tee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to increasing the federal poverty level requirement for recipients of social services where it concerns the one-time disregard of earned income following job entry for up to six consecutive months THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (xiii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 131-a of the social services law, as added by section 2 of part X of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: (xiii) once during the lifetime of a recipient of public assistance, all of the earned income of such recipient will be disregarded following job entry, provided that such exemption of income for purposes of public assistance eligibility shall be for no more than six consecutive months from the initial date of obtaining such employment and that the recipi- ent's total income shall not be more than [two] FOUR hundred percent of the federal poverty level. In the event a recipient moves from one to another social services district, this disregard shall follow the recip- ient. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SEEK ANY FEDERAL WAIVER NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE ONE-TIME EARNED INCOME DISREGARD PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDI- VISION. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14068-04-4
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