Bill Text: NY A09482 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to recipients of public assistance who lack appropriate child care.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-01 - referred to social services [A09482 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09482-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9482
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 1, 2014
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. TITUS, CRESPO, COOK, ROBERTS, JAFFEE, MOSLEY --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CAMARA, CLARK, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, HEAST-
         IE, PEOPLES-STOKES,  PERRY,  SCARBOROUGH,  THIELE  --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Social Services
       AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to recipients of
         public assistance who lack appropriate child care
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 131 of the social services law, as
    2  added  by  section  11  of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    5. No public assistance shall be given to an applicant for or  recipi-
    5  ent  of public assistance who has failed to comply with the requirements
    6  of this chapter, or has refused to accept employment in which he or  she
    7  is  able  to  engage.   EXCEPT THAT NO APPLICANT OR RECIPIENT WHO IS THE
    8  PARENT OR CARETAKER RELATIVE OF AN ELIGIBLE CHILD SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO
    9  THE  INELIGIBILITY  PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER IF THE LACK OF CHILD CARE
   10  THAT IS APPROPRIATE, SUITABLE, AND WITHIN  A  REASONABLE  DISTANCE,  AND
   11  REFLECTS  PARENTAL  PREFERENCES  PREVENTS  THE INDIVIDUAL FROM COMPLYING
   12  WITH THE REQUIREMENTS THEREIN.
   13    S 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1  of  section  332  of  the  social
   14  services  law, as amended by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of the
   15  laws of 1997, is amended and a new paragraph (f) is  added  to  read  as
   16  follows:
   17    (e)  a  woman  who  is  pregnant,  beginning  thirty days prior to the
   18  medically verified date of delivery of her child[.];
   19    (F) THE PARENT OR CARETAKER RELATIVE OF AN  ELIGIBLE  CHILD,  FOR  THE
   20  PERIOD  OF TIME DURING WHICH SUCH PARTICIPATION IS PREVENTED BY THE LACK
   21  OF CHILD CARE THAT IS APPROPRIATE,  SUITABLE  AND  WITHIN  A  REASONABLE
   22  DISTANCE,  AND THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE CHILD CARE PREFERENCES INCLUDED
   23  IN THE PARENT'S ASSESSMENT.
   24    S 3. Subdivision 1 of section 336-d of the  social  services  law,  as
   25  added  by  section  148 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is
   26  amended to read as follows:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02043-01-3
       A. 9482                             2
    1    1. Each applicant for or recipient of public  assistance  shall,  upon
    2  request  of  the social services official, demonstrate that he or she is
    3  engaged in an active and continuing effort to  achieve  self-sufficiency
    4  as  defined  by  the  department.   Such effort shall include but not be
    5  limited  to  an  active  and  continuing  search  for employment, or for
    6  persons otherwise exempt in accordance with section three hundred  thir-
    7  ty-two  of  this  title,  and  where  deemed  appropriate  by the social
    8  services official, activities that foster  preparation  for  employment.
    9  Each  such  applicant  or  recipient  shall  have an affirmative duty to
   10  accept any offer of lawful employment in which he or she may engage. The
   11  failure of a social services district to assign applicants  and  recipi-
   12  ents to activities pursuant to this title shall not relieve such persons
   13  from  the  requirements    of  this  section. An individual who fails to
   14  comply with the requirements of the section  shall  be  subject  to  the
   15  provisions  set forth in subdivision five of section one hundred thirty-
   16  one of this chapter and [of section] SECTIONS  three  hundred  forty-one
   17  and  three  hundred forty-two of this title. EXCEPT THAT NO APPLICANT OR
   18  RECIPIENT WHO IS THE PARENT OR CARETAKER RELATIVE OF AN  ELIGIBLE  CHILD
   19  SHALL  BE SUBJECT TO THE INELIGIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION IF THE
   20  LACK OF CHILD CARE THAT IS APPROPRIATE, SUITABLE, AND WITHIN  A  REASON-
   21  ABLE  DISTANCE  PREVENTS  THE  INDIVIDUAL  FROM  COMPLYING WITH THE WORK
   22  REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
   23    S 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   24  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
   25  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
   26  tation  of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on or
   27  before such date.