Directs the commissioner of the department of labor, in consultation with the commissioners of the office of temporary and disability assistance, the department of health, the office of children and family services, and the department of taxation and finance to conduct a study on income eligibility limits for public benefits to assist the poor and the impact that rising wages has or will have on the eligibility of the working poor to receive such benefits.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A231
SPONSOR: Eichenstein TITLE OF BILL:
An act directing a study on the impact of increased minimum wage on
eligibility for income-based services, programs and subsidies and the
impact of loss of services on the working poor
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The bill directs a study on the impact of increased wages on eligibility
for income-based services, programs and subsidies.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of the bill states any entity deemed necessary by the
commissioners of State departments will perform the study and will
prepare a comprehensive study and report on income eligibility limits
for public benefits to assist the poor and the impact rising wages will
have on the eligibility of the working poor to receive such benefits.
The section also outlines the required elements of the report as well as
a thorough examination including the effects on eligibility and the
reduction of benefits of income based social services, programs and
subsidies currently viewed by the working poor in New York State.
Section two of the bill requires the commissioners to publish the report
to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of
the assembly and the minority leaders of both the Senate and the assem-
bly.
Section three of the bill sets forth the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
It is the State's responsibility to protect and ensure that working
class New Yorkers are not harmed by legislative action. Furthermore, in
a time when the State of New York is tackling issues of poverty and of a
living wage for the working class, it is essential to make sure that any
extrinsic services, programs and subsides related to or involved with
the State are carefully examined to not negate the purposes of raising
the minimum wage. New York State is focused on prosperity for all and
the study and report required by this bill will advance that ideal by
making sure that the state is helping families more than hindering their
financial and personal growth.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2022: A6925 - Referred to labor
2020: Delivered to Senate and referred to Rules 2019: Vetoed memo. 221
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
TBD
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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231
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 4, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. EICHENSTEIN -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Labor
AN ACT directing a study on the impact of increased minimum wage on
eligibility for income-based services, programs and subsidies and the
impact of loss of services on the working poor
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The commissioner of the department of labor, in consulta-
2 tion with the commissioners of the office of temporary and disability
3 assistance, the department of health, the office of children and family
4 services, and the department of taxation and finance (hereinafter, "the
5 commissioners"), any other department, division, board, bureau, commis-
6 sion, agency or public authority of the state or any political subdivi-
7 sion thereof deemed necessary by the commissioners, shall prepare a
8 comprehensive study and report on income eligibility limits for public
9 benefits to assist the poor and the impact that rising wages has or will
10 have on the eligibility of the working poor to receive such benefits.
11 Such study shall include an analysis of any effect on the eligibility of
12 working individuals for all programs with an income eligibility require-
13 ment and/or the potential reduction in benefits under such programs,
14 which may occur due to increased wages. The study shall also examine the
15 impact on individuals and families near the poverty level of the loss of
16 services, programs and subsidies and the adequacy of increased wages to
17 cover the costs of such expenses.
18 § 2. The commissioners shall publish such report to the governor, the
19 temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the
20 minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly,
21 no later than the first day of July of the year succeeding the date on
22 which this act shall have become a law.
23 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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