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NY A08683

Bill

Status

Introduced

10/23/2019

Primary Sponsor

Felix Ortiz

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Origin

Assembly

2019-2020 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • Exemption applies to income earned during the year preceding a decennial census and during the year of the decennial census.

  • Amends Social Services Law section 131-n to add this exemption as clause (l) to existing resource disregards for public assistance eligibility calculations.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Social Services10/23/2019

Full Bill Text

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