Authorizes a one-time emergency payment to an individual or a family who otherwise would become eligible for ongoing public assistance to aid in acquiring or maintaining employment; and provides that such payment, unless approved by local social services commissioner, shall not exceed the maximum monthly allowance available under the home relief or aid for dependent children programs.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6212
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 26, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. BARRA -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing
one-time emergency payments to certain persons to aid in acquiring or
maintaining employment
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 131 of the social services law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
3 1-a. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, local
4 social services officials shall be authorized, in accordance with regu-
5 lations established by the department of labor, to provide a one-time
6 emergency payment to meet the immediate needs of an individual or fami-
7 ly, who would otherwise become eligible for ongoing public assistance,
8 in order to aid the individual or family in acquiring or maintaining
9 employment. Individuals or families receiving such one-time emergency
10 payment for the purpose of acquiring or maintaining employment shall be
11 required to sign a repayment agreement to repay the assistance, in
12 accordance with regulations established by the department of labor. In
13 no event shall such one-time payment exceed the maximum monthly allow-
14 ance that would otherwise be granted to an individual or family of the
15 same size under the safety net assistance, veteran assistance or family
16 assistance programs, unless a payment exceeding this amount is deter-
17 mined by the local commissioner to be appropriate to accomplish the goal
18 of maintaining the individual's or family's self-sufficiency.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
20 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that any rules or regu-
21 lations necessary for the timely implementation of the provisions of
22 this act are authorized and directed to be completed on or before such
23 effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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