Assembly Bill A6125

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases the amount of data the office of children and family services, department of health and department of labor must compile on public assistance recipients

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

2009-A6125 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1702
Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services
Laws Affected:
Amd Part B ยง149, Chap 436 of 1997
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A6392

2009-A6125 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires additional information the office of children and family assistance, the office of temporary disability assistance, the department of health and the department of labor are required to collect on applicants for and recipients of public assistance pursuant to the Welfare Reform Act of 1997 in order to more adequately evaluate the impact of such public assistance programs.

2009-A6125 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6125

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 25, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH, LIFTON -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Social Services

AN  ACT  to  amend  The  Welfare  Reform  Act  of  1997,  in relation to
  collection of data relating to applicants for and recipients of public
  assistance programs

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivisions  1 and 2 of section 149 of part B of chapter
436 of the laws of 1997, constituting The Welfare Reform  Act  of  1997,
are amended to read as follows:
  1.  The department of social services or [its] successor agencies [and
the], THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE, OFFICE OF CHIL-
DREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, department of labor,  AND  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
HEALTH  shall collect data related to the operation of public assistance
programs including, but not limited to, information that must be submit-
ted to the department of health  and  human  services  pursuant  to  the
personal  responsibility  and  work  opportunities reconciliation act of
1996 (P.L. 104-193) and any other provision of federal or state  law  or
regulations  governing  programs  administered  under  title iv-a of the
social security act or the social services law.   [Social] LOCAL  SOCIAL
services districts shall assist each agency in accumulating such data in
accordance  with instructions from the appropriate agency.  FOR PURPOSES
OF DATA COLLECTION INVOLVING THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYED PERSONS,  "EMPLOYED"
SHALL  MEAN  EARNING  ONE  HUNDRED  FIFTY PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY
LEVEL.
  2. Each agency shall make reasonable efforts to collect  and  maintain
the  data  required pursuant to this subdivision.  Data collection shall
begin as soon as practicable,  but  in  no  case  later  than  upon  the
completion  of  the  redesign  of  the welfare management system and the
completion of a welfare-to-work caseload management system.  The respon-
sible agency shall collect the data related to applicants and recipients

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05009-02-9
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.