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 the impact that the increase in minimum wage has or will have on the eligibility of the working poor to receive certain income-based programs, subsidies and services.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5202--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 16, 2019
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Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, ADDABBO, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT directing a study on the impact of increased minimum wage on
eligibility for income-based services, programs and subsidies
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 the impact that the increase in mini-
9 mum wage has or will have on the eligibility of the working poor to
10 receive important and necessary services. Such study shall include an
11 analysis of any effect on the eligibility of working individuals for all
12 programs with an income eligibility requirement and/or the potential
13 reduction in benefits under such programs, which may occur due to
14 increased wages. The study shall also examine the impact on individuals
15 and families near the poverty level of the loss of services, programs
16 and subsidies and the adequacy of increased wages to cover the costs of
17 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 December 31, 2020.
22 § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
23 law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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