Senate Bill S974

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to training and education for sustainable wage jobs and traditional and nontraditional employment in public assistance employment programs

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  • 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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2015-S974 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8574
Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§330, 333, 334, 335 & 335-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2098, A4096
2011-2012: S72, A3298
2013-2014: S1290, A1785
2017-2018: S4259, A1346
2019-2020: S722, A1867
2021-2022: S4833, A2173
2023-2024: S2915, A7203

2015-S974 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to training and education for sustainable wage jobs and traditional and non-traditional employment in public assistance employment programs.

2015-S974 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S974 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   974

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- 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  training  and
  education for sustainable wage jobs and traditional and nontraditional
  employment in public assistance employment programs

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 330 of the social services law, as
amended by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of  the  laws  of  1997,
paragraphs  a  and  b as amended by section 2 of part C of chapter 57 of
the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1. Whenever used in this title:
  a. the term "commissioner" means the commissioner of the state  office
of temporary and disability assistance; [and]
  b. the term "department" means the state office of temporary and disa-
bility assistance;
  C.    THE TERM "NONTRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT" MEANS OCCUPATIONS OR FIELDS
OF WORK, INCLUDING CAREERS IN THE SKILLED TRADES, OR  COMPUTER  SCIENCE,
TECHNOLOGY  AND OTHER EMERGING HIGH SKILL OCCUPATIONS, FOR WHICH ANY ONE
GENDER COMPRISES  LESS  THAN  TWENTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OF  THE  INDIVIDUALS
EMPLOYED  IN  EACH SUCH OCCUPATION OR FIELD OF WORK ACCORDING TO FEDERAL
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATISTICS; AND
  D. THE TERM "SUSTAINABLE WAGE" MEANS A  WAGE  THAT  IS  AT  LEAST  ONE
HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE POVERTY LINE AND THAT IS ADJUSTED FOR
REGIONAL FACTORS.
  S  2.  The  second undesignated paragraph of section 333 of the social
services law, as amended by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of  the
laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  Such  plan  shall  be  developed  in cooperation and coordination with
public and private education institutions, child care  providers,  child
care  resource and referral agencies if available in the district, labor

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02221-01-5
              

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