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NY A08683
Bill
Status
10/23/2019
Primary Sponsor
Felix Ortiz
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AI Summary
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Adds income and stipends paid by the U.S. Census Bureau, governmental entities, or nonprofit organizations for temporary census work to the list of exempt resources in public assistance programs.
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Exemption applies to income earned during the year preceding a decennial census and during the year of the decennial census.
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Amends Social Services Law section 131-n to add this exemption as clause (l) to existing resource disregards for public assistance eligibility calculations.
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Takes effect immediately, but expires on the same date as the underlying section 131-n provisions.
Legislative Description
Exempts certain income from temporary work related to improving participation in the decennial census in the calculation of household benefits under public assistance programs.
Last Action
referred to social services
1/8/2020