Assembly Bill A231

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs a study on the impact of increased wages on eligibility for income based services, programs and subsidies

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Current 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

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2023-A231 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2577
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Social Services
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A9921
2021-2022: A6925, S765

2023-A231 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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 income eligibility limits for public benefits to assist the poor and the impact that rising wages has or will have on the eligibility of the working poor to receive such benefits.

2023-A231 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    231
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  EICHENSTEIN -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT directing a study on the impact  of  increased  minimum  wage  on
   eligibility  for income-based services, programs and subsidies and the
   impact of loss of services on the working poor

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The commissioner of the department of labor, in consulta-
 tion 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 (hereinafter,  "the
 commissioners"),  any other department, division, board, bureau, commis-
 sion, agency or public authority of the state or any political  subdivi-
 sion  thereof  deemed  necessary  by  the commissioners, shall prepare a
 comprehensive study and report on income eligibility limits  for  public
 benefits to assist the poor and the impact that rising wages has or will
 have  on  the  eligibility of the working poor to receive such benefits.
 Such study shall include an analysis of any effect on the eligibility of
 working individuals for all programs with an income eligibility require-
 ment and/or the potential reduction in  benefits  under  such  programs,
 which may occur due to increased wages. The study shall also examine the
 impact on individuals and families near the poverty level of the loss of
 services,  programs and subsidies and the adequacy of increased wages to
 cover the costs of such expenses.
   § 2. The commissioners shall publish such report to the governor,  the
 temporary  president  of  the  senate,  the speaker of the assembly, the
 minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the  assembly,
 no  later  than the first day of July of the year succeeding the date on
 which this act shall have become a law.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

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