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A00474 Summary:

A00474 Actions:

A00474 Committee Votes:

Committee:SOCIAL SERVICES   Chair:Hevesi      
DATE:04/25/2017AYE/NAY:17/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Hevesi
Aye
Goodell
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Stec
Aye
Kim
Aye
Palumbo
Aye
Solages
Aye
Miller ML
Aye
Pichardo
Aye
Miller B 
Aye
Davila
Aye
Mayer
Aye
Barron
Aye
Joyner
Aye
Bichotte
Aye
Hunter
Aye
D'Urso
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Farrell      
DATE:06/14/2017AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Farrell
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Glick
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Nolan
Excused
Walter
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Perry
Aye
Curran
Aye
Colton
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cook
Excused
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Excused
Thiele
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Excused
Benedetto
Aye
Moya
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Excused
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:06/15/2017AYE/NAY:30/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Butler
Aye
Farrell
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Finch
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Raia
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Cook
Excused
Glick
Aye
Morelle
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Galef
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye

A00474 Floor Votes:

A00474 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         474--A
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 9, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Social  Services
          --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
          and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to allowing  social
          services  districts to offer participants in public assistance employ-
          ment programs an option to complete a course in financial literacy and
          personal finance
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of section 336 of the social
     2  services  law, as amended by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of the
     3  laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (f) job search and job readiness assistance, provided that job  search
     5  is  an  active  and continuing effort to secure employment configured by
     6  the local social services official; and such  social  services  district
     7  may  work  in  cooperation with the department of labor to provide work-
     8  force guidance and information in accordance with section ten-c  of  the
     9  labor law;
    10    §  2.  Subdivision  1  of section 336-a of the social services law, as
    11  amended by section 4 of part J of chapter 58 of the  laws  of  2014,  is
    12  amended to read as follows:
    13    1.  Social  services  districts shall make available vocational educa-
    14  tional training and educational activities.  Such activities may include
    15  but need not be limited to, high school education or education  designed
    16  to  prepare  a  participant  for  a high school equivalency certificate,
    17  basic and remedial education, education in English  proficiency,  educa-
    18  tion  or  a  course  of  instruction  in financial literacy and personal
    19  finance that includes instruction on  household  cash  management  tech-
    20  niques,  career  advice  to  obtain  a well paying and secure job, using
    21  checking and savings accounts, obtaining and utilizing  short  and  long
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01848-02-7
        A. 474--A                           2
 
     1  term  credit,  securing  a loan or other long term financing arrangement
     2  for high cost items, participation  in  a  higher  education  course  of
     3  instruction  or  trade school, and no more than a total of four years of
     4  post-secondary  education  (or  the  part-time  equivalent). Educational
     5  activities pursuant to this section may  be  offered  with  any  of  the
     6  following  providers  which meet the performance or assessment standards
     7  established in regulations by the commissioner  for  such  providers:  a
     8  community college, licensed trade school, registered business school, or
     9  a  two-year or four-year college; provided, however, that such post-sec-
    10  ondary education must be necessary to  the  attainment  of  the  partic-
    11  ipant's  individual  employment  goal  as set forth in the employability
    12  plan and such goal must relate directly to obtaining  useful  employment
    13  in  a  recognized  occupation.  When making any assignment to any educa-
    14  tional activity pursuant to this subdivision, such assignment  shall  be
    15  permitted only to the extent that such assignment is consistent with the
    16  individual's  assessment  and  employment  plan goals in accordance with
    17  sections three hundred thirty-five and three  hundred  thirty-five-a  of
    18  this  title and shall require that the individual maintains satisfactory
    19  academic progress and hourly participation is documented consistent with
    20  federal and state requirements. For purposes of this  provision  "satis-
    21  factory  academic progress" shall mean having a cumulative C average, or
    22  its equivalent, as determined by the academic institution. The  require-
    23  ment to maintain satisfactory academic progress may be waived if done so
    24  by  the  academic  institution and the social services district based on
    25  undue hardship caused by an event such as a personal injury  or  illness
    26  of  the  student, the death of a relative of the student or other exten-
    27  uating circumstances. Any enrollment in post-secondary education  beyond
    28  a twelve month period must be combined with no less than twenty hours of
    29  participation  averaged  weekly in paid employment or work activities or
    30  community service when paid employment is not available.
    31    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    32  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that the commissioner  of
    33  temporary  and  disability  assistance  is  immediately  authorized  and
    34  directed to promulgate, amend and/or repeal any  rules  and  regulations
    35  that  may  be  necessary  to implement the provisions of this act on its
    36  effective date.