NY State Senate Bill 2019-S901

Senate Bill S901

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to additional options for local social services districts to implement effective welfare-to-work programs; repealer

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2019-S901 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5573
Current Committee:: Senate Social Services
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Rpld & add §341, amd §341-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S7091, A9180
2015-2016: S1983, A5119
2017-2018: S539, A4520
2021-2022: A4859
2023-2024: A1946

2019-S901 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to additional options for local social services districts to implement effective welfare-to-work programs; repeals certain provisions of such law relating thereto.

2019-S901 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S901

SPONSOR: YOUNG
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the social services law, in relation
to additional options for local social services districts to implement
effective welfare-to-work programs; and to repeal section 341 of such
law relating thereto

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this legislation is to provide local social services
districts with additional flexibility to maximize the successful partic-
ipation of welfare recipients in employment or training opportunities by
enabling the social services district to quickly re-engage the welfare
recipient in job training or work experience.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

The bill rewrites section 341 of the Social Services Law to allow local
social services districts, at their option, to immediately contact a
welfare recipient who fails to comply with job training or work experi-

ence requirements, provide the recipient with a verbal notice of the
failure to comply with a written confirmation letter (rather than a
ten-day written notice) and to immediately conduct a verbal conciliation
effort in an effort to resolve any good faith issues needed to re-engage
the recipient in job training or work experience with a minimum of
delay. If the conciliation process is successful, no further action will
be taken.

Conforming amendments are added to section 341-a of the social services
law to authorize NYC to co-ordinate verbal notices of on-compliance
which conciliation efforts and to authorize the use of video conferenc-
ing in fair hearings.

If the conciliation process is not successful, then the local social
services district would be required to provide the recipient with a
written notice of its intent to terminate benefits for noncompliance and
a written notice of the recipient's right to request a fair hearing. The
fair hearing could be conducted using video conferencing equipment.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Under the current statutory procedure contained in section 341 of the
social services law, the local social services district is required to
send a ten-day written of a right to request conciliation in the event
of the recipient fails to comply with employment or job training
requirements. Sometimes the recipient has an excellent reason for the
failure to comply that can be resolved by the local social services
district, such as lack of child care or transportation. Even if these
issues can be resolved, however, the extensive delay inherent in the
current process often results in the loss of the job training or employ-
ment opportunity because these job training classes or employment oppor-
tunities cannot wait for several days for these issues to be resolved.

By allowing the local social services districts the right to immediately
conduct conciliation efforts, the local social services district can
maximize the likelihood that the underlying issues can be quickly
resolved so that the participant can successful participate in the
employment experience or job training program.
If the recipient does not have a reasonable basis for the failure to
participate in employment or job training, then the social services
district must provide the recipient with a ten-day notice of the right
to request a fair hearing. Unfortunately, it may take several weeks
before the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA)
schedules the fairing hearing because of scheduling issues, during which
time many recipients continue to receive welfare benefits. It is esti-
mated that current delays in scheduling these fair hearings cost the
State over $10 million a year. In an effort to reduce this delay, this
bill would enable the fair hearing to be held using video conference
equipment, where all parties can see and hear each other.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018: S.539/A.4520 Reported and Committed to Rules
2017: S.539/A.4520 Passed Senate
2015,2016: S.1983/A.5119 Passed Senate
2014: S.7091-A/A.9180 Referred to Social Services

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Per the New York State Division of Budget (NYSDOB), there are no fiscal
costs or savings associated with this legislation.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
The bill would become effective 120 days after enactment.

2019-S901 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    901
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  YOUNG,  FUNKE,  HELMING -- 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 additional
   options for local social services  districts  to  implement  effective
   welfare-to-work programs; and to repeal section 341 of such law relat-
   ing thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative intent.  The legislature hereby finds  that  it
 is  in  the  public  interest  to assist public assistance recipients to
 obtain job training or work experience as a  means  of  enhancing  their
 ability  to  obtain employment, thereby increasing their financial inde-
 pendence and self-sufficiency and improving their standard of living. By
 providing local social services districts  with  additional  flexibility
 and  more options for the administration of the welfare-to-work program,
 local social services districts will  be  able  to  intervene  and  seek
 conciliation  quickly  in  the  event that a public assistance recipient
 fails to attend or participate in designated training  or  work  experi-
 ence,  thereby  maximizing the opportunity for the recipient to success-
 fully participate in these programs. In the event an able-bodied  public
 assistance  recipient  refuses  to participate in these programs without
 good cause, local social services districts would have  the  ability  to
 conduct a fair hearing using video conferencing equipment, thus minimiz-
 ing  the  cost  to taxpayers for recipients who are unwilling to partic-
 ipate without good cause.
   § 2. Section 341 of the social services law  is  REPEALED  and  a  new
 section 341 is added to read as follows:
   §  341. CONCILIATION; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE.  1. NOTICE OF NONCOMPLI-
 ANCE.  CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL LAW AND REGULATIONS AND THIS TITLE, IF  A
 PARTICIPANT  HAS  FAILED  OR  REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD03639-01-9

 S. 901                              2
 
 THIS TITLE, THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL NOTIFY  THE  PARTICIPANT,
 VERBALLY  OR  IN WRITING, IN PLAIN LANGUAGE THAT SUCH FAILURE OR REFUSAL
 HAS TAKEN PLACE, THE SPECIFIC INSTANCE OR INSTANCES OF REFUSAL OR  FAIL-
 URE  TO  COMPLY, AND THE NECESSARY ACTIONS THAT MUST BE TAKEN TO AVOID A
 PRO-RATA REDUCTION IN PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS. THE NOTICE SHALL  ALSO
 INCLUDE  AN  EXPLANATION IN PLAIN LANGUAGE OF WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE GOOD
 CAUSE FOR NON COMPLIANCE AND EXAMPLES OF ACCEPTABLE  FORMS  OF  EVIDENCE
 THAT  MAY  WARRANT AN EXEMPTION FROM WORK ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING EVIDENCE
 OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND  PHYSICAL  OR  MENTAL  HEALTH  LIMITATIONS  TO
 DEMONSTRATE  SUCH GOOD CAUSE FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS
 OF THIS TITLE. IF THE  NOTIFICATION  WAS  VERBAL,  THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES
 DISTRICT SHALL PROMPTLY SEND THE PARTICIPANT WRITTEN CONFIRMATION THERE-
 OF.
   2.  RIGHT  TO CONCILIATION.   (A) AT THE OPTION OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES
 DISTRICT THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT MAY ENGAGE IN CONCILIATION EFFORTS
 WITH THE PARTICIPANT AT THE SAME TIME AS THE VERBAL NOTICE OF NONCOMPLI-
 ANCE IN AN EFFORT TO RESOLVE THE REASONS FOR ANY FAILURE OR  REFUSAL  OF
 THE  PARTICIPANT  TO  COMPLY  WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE AND TO
 ENABLE THE PARTICIPANT TO AVOID A PRO-RATA REDUCTION IN  PUBLIC  ASSIST-
 ANCE  BENEFITS  FOR  A PERIOD OF TIME SET FORTH IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 FORTY-TWO OF THIS TITLE.  IT WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF  THE  PARTIC-
 IPANT  TO  GIVE  REASONS  FOR SUCH FAILURE OR REFUSAL TO COMPLY WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE.  IF THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT  DETERMINES
 AS  A  RESULT  OF SUCH CONCILIATION PROCESS THAT SUCH FAILURE OR REFUSAL
 WAS NOT WILLFUL AND WAS FOR GOOD  CAUSE,  NO  FURTHER  ACTION  SHALL  BE
 TAKEN.
   (B)  IF THE CONCILIATION EFFORT WAS NOT UNDERTAKEN AT THE SAME TIME AS
 THE VERBAL NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE OR IN THE EVENT THE NOTICE OF NONCOM-
 PLIANCE WAS IN WRITING, THEN THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT  MUST  PROVIDE
 THE  PARTICIPANT WITH WRITTEN NOTICE THAT THE PARTICIPANT HAS SEVEN DAYS
 TO REQUEST CONCILIATION WITH THE  DISTRICT  REGARDING  SUCH  FAILURE  OR
 REFUSAL IN THE CASE OF A SAFETY NET PARTICIPANT AND TEN DAYS IN THE CASE
 OF  A  FAMILY  ASSISTANCE  PARTICIPANT. IF SUCH PARTICIPANT CONTACTS THE
 SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT WITHIN SEVEN DAYS IN THE CASE OF A  SAFETY  NET
 PARTICIPANT  OR  WITHIN  TEN  DAYS  IN  THE  CASE OF A FAMILY ASSISTANCE
 PARTICIPANT, IT WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE  PARTICIPANT  TO  GIVE
 REASONS FOR SUCH FAILURE OR REFUSAL. UNLESS EXTENDED BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT
 OF  THE PARTICIPANT AND THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT, CONCILIATION SHALL
 TERMINATE AND A DETERMINATION SHALL BE MADE WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS OF  THE
 DATE  A  REQUEST  FOR  CONCILIATION  IS MADE IN THE CASE OF A SAFETY NET
 PARTICIPANT OR WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE CONCILIATION NOTICE IN THE CASE
 OF A FAMILY ASSISTANCE PARTICIPANT.
   3. CONCILIATION PROCEDURE.  (A) THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY
 ASSISTANCE SHALL ESTABLISH IN REGULATIONS A CONCILIATION  PROCEDURE  FOR
 THE  RESOLUTION  OF DISPUTES RELATED TO AN INDIVIDUAL'S PARTICIPATION IN
 PROGRAMS PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE.
   (B) THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL CONTRACT  WITH  AN  INDEPENDENT
 ENTITY,  APPROVED  BY THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE,
 OR SHALL USE DESIGNATED TRAINED STAFF AT THE SUPERVISORY LEVEL WHO  HAVE
 NO  DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PARTICIPANT'S CASE TO MEDIATE DISPUTES
 IN THE CONCILIATION CONFERENCE.  IF NO SUCH SUPERVISORY STAFF  OR  INDE-
 PENDENT  ENTITY IS AVAILABLE, THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT MAY DESIGNATE
 ANOTHER TRAINED INDIVIDUAL, WHO HAS NO  DIRECT  RESPONSIBILITY  FOR  THE
 PARTICIPANT'S CASE TO MEDIATE DISPUTES IN THE CONCILIATION CONFERENCE.
   (C) IF A PARTICIPANT'S DISPUTE CANNOT BE RESOLVED THROUGH SUCH CONCIL-
 IATION  PROCEDURE,  A  FAIR HEARING OR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A FAIR HEARING

 S. 901                              3
 
 SHALL BE PROVIDED, AS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION. NO SANCTION RELATING TO
 THE SUBJECT DISPUTE MAY BE IMPOSED DURING THE CONCILIATION PROCESS.
   4.  RIGHT  TO  A FAIR HEARING.  IF THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT DETER-
 MINES AS THE RESULT OF SUCH CONCILIATION PROCESS THAT  SUCH  FAILURE  OR
 REFUSAL  WAS  WILLFUL  AND  WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE, OR IN THE EVENT THAT THE
 PARTICIPANT DOES NOT CONTACT THE SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT  WITHIN  THE
 SPECIFIED  NUMBER  OF  DAYS  TO  REQUEST CONCILIATION, THEN THE DISTRICT
 SHALL PROVIDE THE PARTICIPANT WITH A TEN DAY WRITTEN  NOTICE,  IN  PLAIN
 LANGUAGE  AND  IN  A  MANNER  DISTINCT  FROM ANY PREVIOUS NOTICE, OF ITS
 INTENT TO DISCONTINUE OR REDUCE ASSISTANCE. SUCH  NOTICE  SHALL  INCLUDE
 THE  REASONS  FOR SUCH DETERMINATION, THE SPECIFIC INSTANCE OR INSTANCES
 OF WILLFUL REFUSAL OR FAILURE TO COMPLY  WITHOUT  GOOD  CAUSE  WITH  THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE, AND THE NECESSARY ACTIONS THAT MUST BE TAKEN
 TO  AVOID A PRO-RATA REDUCTION IN PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS PURSUANT TO
 REGULATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE.  SUCH
 NOTICE  SHALL  ALSO  INCLUDE  A  STATEMENT OF THE PARTICIPANT'S RIGHT TO
 REQUEST A FAIR HEARING PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF SUCH  TEN  DAY  NOTICE
 RELATING  TO  SUCH DISCONTINUANCE OR REDUCTION.  THE FAIR HEARING MAY BE
 CONDUCTED USING VIDEO CONFERENCING EQUIPMENT THAT ALLOWS EACH  PARTY  TO
 SEE AND HEAR OTHER PARTIES.
   5.  SANCTIONS.  (A) WHEN ANY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PARTICIPANT REQUIRED TO
 PARTICIPATE IN WORK ACTIVITIES FAILS TO COMPLY WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS  TITLE,  THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT SHALL TAKE SUCH ACTIONS AS
 PRESCRIBED BY APPROPRIATE FEDERAL LAW AND REGULATION AND THIS TITLE.
   (B) WHEN ANY SAFETY NET PARTICIPANT REQUIRED TO  PARTICIPATE  IN  WORK
 ACTIVITIES FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE, THE SOCIAL
 SERVICES  DISTRICT  SHALL DENY ASSISTANCE TO SUCH PARTICIPANT IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO OF THIS TITLE.
   (C) TO THE  EXTENT  THAT  FEDERAL  LAW  REQUIRES,  A  SOCIAL  SERVICES
 DISTRICT  SHALL  PROVIDE  TO  THOSE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PARTICIPANTS WHOSE
 FAILURE TO COMPLY HAS CONTINUED FOR THREE MONTHS  OR  LONGER  A  WRITTEN
 REMINDER  OF  THE  OPTION  TO END A SANCTION AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE
 APPLICABLE MINIMUM SANCTION PERIOD BY TERMINATING THE FAILURE TO  COMPLY
 AS  SPECIFIED  IN  SUBDIVISION  THREE OF THIS SECTION. SUCH NOTICE SHALL
 ADVISE THAT THE PARTICIPANT  MAY  IMMEDIATELY  TERMINATE  THE  FIRST  OR
 SECOND  SANCTION BY PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM OR ACCEPTING EMPLOYMENT
 AND THAT ANY SUBSEQUENT SANCTION AFTER SIX MONTHS HAVE  ELAPSED  MAY  BE
 TERMINATED BY PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM OR ACCEPTING EMPLOYMENT.
   (D)  A  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT  SHALL  PROVIDE TO THOSE SAFETY NET
 PARTICIPANTS WHOSE FAILURE TO COMPLY HAS CONTINUED FOR THE LENGTH OF THE
 SANCTION PERIOD OR LONGER A WRITTEN REMINDER OF  THE  OPTION  TO  END  A
 SANCTION  AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE APPLICABLE MINIMUM SANCTION PERIOD
 BY TERMINATING THE FAILURE TO COMPLY AS SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF
 THIS SECTION.
   (E) CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL LAW AND REGULATION,  NO  ACTION  SHALL  BE
 TAKEN PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FOR FAILURE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM
 OR REFUSAL TO ACCEPT EMPLOYMENT IF:
   (I)  CHILD  CARE  FOR  A CHILD UNDER AGE THIRTEEN (OR DAY CARE FOR ANY
 INCAPACITATED INDIVIDUAL LIVING IN THE SAME HOME AS A  DEPENDENT  CHILD)
 IS  NECESSARY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO PARTICIPATE OR CONTINUE PARTICIPATION
 IN ACTIVITIES PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE OR ACCEPT EMPLOYMENT AND SUCH  CARE
 IS  NOT AVAILABLE AND THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT FAILS TO PROVIDE SUCH
 CARE;
   (II) THE EMPLOYMENT WOULD RESULT IN  THE  FAMILY  OF  THE  PARTICIPANT
 EXPERIENCING  A  NET  LOSS  OF  SUCH  CASH  INCOME; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, A
 PARTICIPANT MAY NOT CLAIM GOOD CAUSE UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH IF THE  SOCIAL

 S. 901                              4
 
 SERVICES DISTRICT ASSURES THAT THE FAMILY WILL NOT EXPERIENCE A NET LOSS
 OF CASH INCOME BY MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT; NET LOSS OF CASH INCOME
 RESULTS  IF  THE  FAMILY'S  GROSS  INCOME  LESS  NECESSARY  WORK-RELATED
 EXPENSES  IS LESS THAN THE CASH ASSISTANCE THE PARTICIPANT WAS RECEIVING
 AT THE TIME THE OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT IS MADE; OR
   (III) THE PARTICIPANT MEETS OTHER GROUNDS FOR GOOD CAUSE SET FORTH  BY
 THE  OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE IN ITS IMPLEMENTATION
 PLAN FOR THIS TITLE WHICH, AT A  MINIMUM,  MUST  DESCRIBE  WHAT  CIRCUM-
 STANCES BEYOND THE HOUSEHOLD'S CONTROL WILL CONSTITUTE "GOOD CAUSE".
   6.  EXEMPTION.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL NOT APPLY TO
 PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF  ONE  MILLION
 OR MORE PEOPLE.
   §  3.  The  opening  paragraph  of  paragraph  (a) of subdivision 2 of
 section 341-a of the social services law, as added by chapter 562 of the
 laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   Consistent with federal law and  regulations  and  this  title,  if  a
 participant  has  failed  or  refused to comply with the requirements of
 this title and the district has determined that he or she is not  exempt
 from  such  requirements  and  has verified that appropriate child care,
 transportation, and accommodations for disability were in place  at  the
 time  of  such  failure  or  refusal, the social services district shall
 [issue a re-engagement notice in plain language indicating]  NOTIFY  THE
 PARTICIPANT,  VERBALLY  OR  IN WRITING, that such failure or refusal has
 taken place and of the right of such participant  to  avoid  a  pro-rata
 reduction  in  public  assistance  benefits through the re-engagement OR
 CONCILIATION  process.  IF  THE  NOTIFICATION  WAS  VERBAL,  THE  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  DISTRICT SHALL PROMPTLY SEND THE PARTICIPANT WRITTEN CONFIRMA-
 TION THEREOF. "Re-engagement process" shall  mean  the  process  through
 which  a participant may avoid a pro-rata reduction in public assistance
 benefits by agreeing to comply  with  the  requirements  of  this  title
 consistent  with  any medical condition which may limit the individual's
 ability to participate in work activities,  by  notifying  the  district
 that he or she has become exempt from the requirements of this title, or
 by  resolving  the reasons for such failure or refusal at a conciliation
 conference.   AT THE  OPTION  OF  THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT,  SUCH
 DISTRICT  MAY ENGAGE IN CONCILIATION EFFORTS WITH THE PARTICIPANT AT THE
 SAME TIME AS THE VERBAL NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE IN AN EFFORT TO  RESOLVE
 THE REASONS FOR ANY FAILURE OR REFUSAL OF THE PARTICIPANT TO COMPLY WITH
 THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS TITLE AND TO ENABLE THE PARTICIPANT TO AVOID A
 PRO-RATA REDUCTION IN PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS FOR THE PERIOD OF  TIME
 SET  FORTH  IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO OF THIS TITLE. The notice
 shall indicate that the participant has ten days to  request  re-engage-
 ment  with the district. The notice shall indicate the specific instance
 or instances of willful refusal or failure to comply without good  cause
 with  the requirements of this title and the necessary actions that must
 be taken to avoid a pro-rata reduction in public assistance benefits and
 the district has verified that appropriate  child  care,  transportation
 and  accommodations  for  disability  were  in place at the time of such
 failure or refusal.
   § 4. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section  341-a  of  the  social
 services law, as added by chapter 562 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (c) If a participant's dispute cannot be resolved through such concil-
 iation  procedure,  an opportunity for a fair hearing shall be provided,
 AND SUCH FAIR HEARING MAY BE PROVIDED BY MEANS OF VIDEO CONFERENCING. No

 S. 901                              5
 
 sanction relating to the subject  dispute  may  be  imposed  during  the
 re-engagement process.
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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