Relates to exempting income earned by persons under the age of 24 from certain workforce development programs from the determination of need for public assistance programs.
STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
6443
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 11, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- (at request of the NYC H.R.A.) -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to exempting income
earned by persons under the age of twenty-four from certain workforce
development programs from the determination of need for public assist-
ance programs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (vii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of
2 section 131-a of the social services law, as amended by section 12 of
3 part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 (vii) all of the income of a dependent child living with a parent or
6 other caretaker relative, who is receiving such aid or for whom an
7 application for such aid has been made, which is derived from partic-
8 ipation in (i) the summer youth employment program, provided however,
9 that in the case of earned income such disregard must be applied for at
10 least, but no longer than the length of such program; or (ii) a program
11 carried out under the federal job training partnership act (P.L. 97-300)
12 or any successor act, provided, however, that in the case of earned
13 income such disregard must be applied for at least, but no longer than,
14 six months per calendar year for each such child. Provided however, a
15 local social services district may exempt all the income of an individ-
16 ual, up to the age of twenty-four, which is derived from their partic-
17 ipation in the summer youth employment program, in accordance with
18 clause (i) of this subparagraph;
19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10821-03-9
