Bill Text: NY A06753 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relates to exempting income earned by persons under the age of 24 from certain workforce development programs from the determination of need for public assistance programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 88-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-11-25 - approval memo.19 [A06753 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A06753-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relates to exempting income earned by persons under the age of 24 from certain workforce development programs from the determination of need for public assistance programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 88-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-11-25 - approval memo.19 [A06753 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A06753-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6753 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 18, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EICHENSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to exempting income earned by persons under the age of twenty-five from certain workforce development programs from the determination of need for public assist- ance programs The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraphs (vii) and (viii) of paragraph (a) of subdivi- 2 sion 8 of section 131-a of the social services law, as amended by 3 section 12 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, are amended and 4 a new subparagraph (ix) is added to read as follows: 5 (vii) all of the income of a dependent child living with a parent or 6 other caretaker relative, who is receiving such aid or for whom an 7 application for such aid has been made, which is derived from partic- 8 ipation in a program carried out under the federal job training partner- 9 ship act (P.L. 97-300) provided, however, that in the case of earned 10 income such disregard must be applied for at least, but no longer than, 11 six months per calendar year for each such child[.]; 12 (viii) any federal income taxes refunded by reason of section thirty- 13 two of the Internal Revenue Code of nineteen hundred eighty-six relating 14 to the earned income tax credit or any payment by an employer under 15 section three thousand five hundred seven of such code relating to 16 advance payment of the earned income tax credit[.]; and 17 (ix) all of the income of a person under the age of twenty-five 18 receiving such aid or for whom an application for such aid has been made 19 that is received as remuneration for participation in a government-fund- 20 ed workforce development program administered by or under the auspices 21 of the New York city department of youth and community development, or 22 its successor agency, or the New York city department of social 23 services, or its successor agency, that provides paid internships or EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10821-01-9A. 6753 2 1 jobs lasting less than twelve months solely for persons under the age of 2 twenty-five. 3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.