Assembly Actions -
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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Jan 29, 2013 |
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Assembly Bill A3776
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JACOBS
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Felix Ortiz
Barbara Clark
William Colton
multi-Sponsors
James F. Brennan
Steven Cymbrowitz
David Gantt
Deborah Glick
2013-A3776 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A3776 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Enacts the access for new Americans act; directs the office of temporary and disability assistance to implement an access for new Americans program; describes such program as including, civic and English classes, assistance with immigration requirements and related legal services, language translation services, employment referrals, and other related services; and provides such program shall be funded through grants distributed by the office of temporary and disability assistance as appropriated to such office for such program.
2013-A3776 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3776 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 29, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACOBS, ORTIZ, CLARK, COLTON, V. LOPEZ -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, CYMBROWITZ, GANTT, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, HIKIND, ROBINSON, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to enacting the access for new Americans act THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "access for new Americans act". S 2. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 140 to read as follows: S 140. ACCESS FOR NEW AMERICANS PRE-CITIZENSHIP SERVICES. 1. THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE SHALL IMPLEMENT AN ACCESS FOR NEW AMERICANS PROGRAM. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE PRE-CITIZENSHIP SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CIVIC AND ENGLISH CLASSES, ASSISTANCE WITH IMMIGRATION REQUIREMENTS AND RELATED LEGAL SERVICES, LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT REFERRALS, AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES NECESSARY TO ASSIST IMMIGRANTS. 2. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND FUNDS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO LOCAL AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH GRANTS DISTRIBUTED BY THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AS APPROPRIATED TO SUCH OFFICE FOR SUCH PROGRAM AND ITS PURPOSES. S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law, provided however, that effective immediate- ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03002-01-3
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