Assembly Bill A1245A

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires notice to unemployment applicants of the supplemental nutrition assistance program and WIC

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Current Bill Status Via S1902 - Signed by Governor

  • 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

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2023-A1245 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1902
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §540, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9661, S9065

2023-A1245 - Summary

Requires notice to unemployment applicants of the supplemental nutrition assistance program and special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC).

2023-A1245 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1245
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to providing notice to  unem-
   ployment  applicants  of the supplemental nutrition assistance program
   and special supplemental nutrition  program  for  women,  infants  and
   children; and to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring
   an outreach program for WIC
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 540 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 251  of
 the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   §  540.  Information about [food stamp] SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSIST-
 ANCE AND SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION, utility, and rental  and  mort-
 gage  assistance  programs.  The commissioner shall establish procedures
 whereby each person who files a claim for unemployment insurance  pursu-
 ant  to  section  five hundred ninety-six of this article, shall receive
 information about the [food  stamp]  SUPPLEMENTAL  NUTRITION  ASSISTANCE
 program  provided  by  the office of temporary and disability assistance
 pursuant to subdivision six  of  section  ninety-five-a  of  the  social
 services  law,  THE  SPECIAL  SUPPLEMENTAL  NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN,
 INFANTS AND CHILDREN ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF  HEALTH  PURSUANT
 TO SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED SEVEN-A OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, and the
 utility assistance and rental and mortgage assistance programs available
 through  the division of housing and community renewal and the office of
 temporary and disability assistance. The commissioner shall also provide
 information about such programs on the department's website. Such infor-
 mation shall be prominently displayed and easily accessible by  individ-
 uals filing a claim or certifying for unemployment benefits.
   §  2.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2507-a
 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04244-01-3
 A. 1245                             2

2023-A1245A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1902
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §540, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9661, S9065

2023-A1245A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires notice to unemployment applicants of the supplemental nutrition assistance program and special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC).

2023-A1245A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1245--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Labor --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to providing notice to unem-
   ployment applicants of the supplemental nutrition  assistance  program
   and  special  supplemental  nutrition  program  for women, infants and
   children
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 540 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 251 of
 the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   § 540. Information about [food stamp utility, and rental and mortgage]
 assistance programs. The commissioner shall establish procedures whereby
 each person who files a claim for  unemployment  insurance  pursuant  to
 section  five hundred ninety-six of this article, shall receive informa-
 tion about the [food stamp] SUPPLEMENTAL  NUTRITION  ASSISTANCE  program
 provided  by  the office of temporary and disability assistance pursuant
 to subdivision six of section ninety-five-a of the social services  law,
 THE  SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHIL-
 DREN PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  UNDER  SECTION  TWENTY-FIVE
 HUNDRED  SEVEN  OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, and the utility assistance and
 rental and mortgage assistance programs available through  the  division
 of  housing  and community renewal and the office of temporary and disa-
 bility assistance. The commissioner shall also provide information about
 such programs on the department's website.  Such  information  shall  be
 prominently  displayed  and  easily  accessible  by individuals filing a
 claim or certifying for unemployment benefits.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04244-06-3

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