Relates to the submission of evidence at fair hearings. / Sponsor: GALLIVAN Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Provides that a social services official may not recover assistance properly paid as permitted where a recipient or former recipient of such assistance was required to participate in a work experience program without first crediting against such recovery the number of hours that such person actually participated in a work experience program multiplied by the higher of the applicable state or federal minimum wage. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Relates to finger imaging of certain persons receiving food stamps. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Provides that a social services official may not recover assistance properly paid as permitted where a recipient or former recipient of such assistance was required to participate in a work experience program without first crediting against such recovery the number of hours that such person actually participated in a work experience program multiplied by the higher of the applicable state or federal minimum wage. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Permits an applicant for public assistance or care to select the local social services office most accessible to such person's residence if such office is in the local social services district in which such person resides and such office has the capacity to accept such person; requires written notification of this provision be given to an applicant by the social services official. / Sponsor: DILAN Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Provides factors to be considered when a health care practitioner's opinion differs from that of referral's treating health care practitioner as to a disability; requires such health care practitioner to provide an explicit written determination and to present evidence when such practitioner's diagnosis differs from that of the treating health care practitioner who referred the patient. / Sponsor: DILAN Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Imposes a one year residency requirement for eligibility for medical assistance; authorizes the commissioner of health to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement this act. / Sponsor: GRISANTI Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Authorizes public welfare officials to withhold rent from a landlord when real estate taxes for the rental property are unpaid. / Sponsor: DEFRANCISCO Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Directs that a certain annual service fee of twenty-five dollars between the custodial and noncustodial parent be evenly distributed. / Sponsor: LAVALLE Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Imposes a ninety day residency requirement for eligibility for medical assistance; authorizes the commissioner of health to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement this act. / Sponsor: RANZENHOFER Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Provides for a ninety day eligibility limitation on medical services not mandated by federal law. / Sponsor: RANZENHOFER Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Provides that the department of labor in consultation with the department of family assistance is authorized and directed to solicit proposals to establish community loan programs providing small, no-interest loans to persons with income below 200% of the federal poverty level in order to become self-employed; requires the commissioner to contract with not-for-profit corps to administer loan pools. / Sponsor: BRESLIN Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Relates to protecting homeless children from lead paint poisoning; bars discrimination in the leasing of rental property against families receiving public assistance or governmental housing subsidies. / Sponsor: PERKINS Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Relates to training and education for sustainable wage jobs and traditional and non-traditional employment in public assistance employment programs. / Sponsor: MONTGOMERY Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Directs social services districts to contract with non-residential programs for victims of domestic violence to provide outreach and education to students in public and private high schools; provides for state reimbursement therefor. / Sponsor: MONTGOMERY Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Relates to guidelines and standards for child protective services caseworker workloads. / Sponsor: MONTGOMERY Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Allows for baccalaureate and advanced degree programs to count towards the work participation rate and further provides for certain educational and training activity to count towards the satisfaction of the participant's work activity requirement. / Sponsor: MONTGOMERY Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Requires each social services district to maintain a waiting list of eligible families who have applied for child care assistance; further requires the local districts to report such list to the office of children and family services who shall then compile such reports and issue one report to the legislature annually; further requires the social services districts to collect data regarding the income of families who have applied, were denied and received child care assistance and issue a report to the office of children and family services who shall then compile such reports and issue one report to the legislature annually. / Sponsor: MONTGOMERY Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Relates to authorizing reimbursements for expenditures made by or on behalf of social services districts for medical assistance for needy persons and the administration thereof; authorizes a five year elimination of the local share for medicaid. / Sponsor: GRISANTI Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Requires social services districts to establish a homeless housing task force for purposes of developing a ten year plan and guidelines to address long-term and short-term housing. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES