Assembly Bill A4520

2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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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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2017-A4520 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S539
Current Committee:
Assembly 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: A9180, S7091
2015-2016: A5119, S1983
2019-2020: A5573, S901
2021-2022: A4859
2023-2024: A1946

2017-A4520 (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.

2017-A4520 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4520
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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
 THIS  TITLE,  THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL NOTIFY THE PARTICIPANT,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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