Social Services

NY - Assemblymember Michele Titus (U)

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Chair

NY - Assemblymember Maritza Davila (U)

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Member

NY - Assemblymember Ron Kim (U)

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Member

NY - Assemblymember Shelley Mayer (U)

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Member

NY - Assemblymember Anthony H. Palumbo (U)

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Member

NY - Assemblymember Victor M. Pichardo (U)

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Member

NY - Assemblymember Michaelle C. Solages (U)

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Member

NY - Assemblymember Dan Stec (U)

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Member

NY - Assemblymember Claudia Tenney (U)

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Member

NY - Assemblymember Matthew Titone (U)

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Member

NY - A6357 Imposes a ninety day residency requirement for eligibility for medical assistance

NY - A6276 Provides for a ninety day eligibility limitation on medical services not mandated by federal law

NY - A7011 Authorizes local social services districts to choose which state- but not federally-required medicaid services to provide and categories of eligibility to cover

NY - A632 Further restricts eligibility of persons for public assistance

NY - A616 Requires the notification of individuals that certain work-study, internship, externship or other work placements meet the work requirements of title nine-B of the social services law

NY - A9147 Relates to application to the department of agriculture for waivers for the federal supplemental nutrition assistance program

NY - A970 Relates to public assistance applications

NY - A977 Requires local planning board review of proposed homeless projects and public hearings thereon

NY - A1060 Provides for a uniform allowable resource exemption and disregard for an applicant or recipient with an automobile

NY - A1173 Relates to the submission of evidence at fair hearings

NY - A1101 Authorizes social services districts to offer participants in public assistance employment programs an option to complete a course of instruction in financial literacy and personal finance

NY - A1176 Provides an exemption from participation in work activities for certain applicants or recipients of public assistance

NY - A1244 Authorizes public welfare officials to withhold rent from a landlord when real estate taxes for the rental property are unpaid

NY - A1342 Prohibits recovery of assistance properly paid as permitted where a recipient or former recipient of such assistance was required to participate in a work experience

NY - A1861 Requires local social services districts to obtain approval by the governing body of such district prior to applying to amend the consolidated services plan

NY - A1383 Restricts geographic placement of shelters for adults; must be at least 3 miles from other such facilities; limits population of such facilities to 100

NY - A1821 Directs social services districts to contract with non-residential programs for victims of domestic violence to provide outreach and education in high schools

NY - A1860 Relates to financial contributions by recipients of temporary housing assistance

NY - A1805 Authorizes the offering of twelve month work exemption to certain parents or relatives in receipt of public assistance who personally provide child care

NY - A1349 Establishes a moratorium on the site selection of state facilities in N.Y. city

NY - A1489 Provides that applicants or recipients for food stamps shall not be subjected to finger imaging as a requirement of the food stamp program

NY - A6626 Authorizes service animals or therapy dogs to accompany victims of domestic violence at residential programs

NY - A7871 Expands the crimes included in domestic violence to include identity theft, grand larceny and coercion, for purposes of assistance to victims thereof

NY - A2201 Provides that the state shall take over all of the cost of the safety net program from every county

NY - A2261 Provides that before a person may receive public assistance benefits, he or she must submit to a drug test

NY - A6918 Provides that local commissioners of social services shall notify law enforcement agencies when a homeless sex offender is placed in temporary emergency housing

NY - A2444 Requires residency for the receipt of social services

NY - A2797 Relates to training and education for sustainable wage jobs and traditional and nontraditional employment in public assistance employment programs

NY - A2942 Requires applicants for public assistance to be fully informed that they may be liable to reimburse the state for benefits received

NY - A6174 Relates to standardizing child care copayments

NY - A3181 Requires the commissioner of temporary and disability assistance to submit a report detailing local social services districts efforts to prevent, identify, and address homelessness

NY - A3450 Provides factors and requirements to be considered and followed when health care practitioner's diagnosis differs from treating health care practitioner as to disability

NY - A7192 Extends the provisions of the Welfare Reform Act of 1997 to 2016

NY - A5707 Allows college coursework to be credited as a work activity which may be used toward fulfilling the employment requirements for public assistance benefits

NY - A3496 Limits confidentiality of information given certified collective bargaining representative by public employer of work experience program to participant identity

NY - A3534 Requires social services districts to establish a homeless housing task force for purposes of developing a ten year plan and guidelines

NY - A3493 Establishes rental vouchers for working families

NY - A5730 Provides housing subsidies for victims of domestic violence

NY - A4343 Requires residential health care facilities to provide notices to patients when a temporary operator has been appointed

NY - A3549 Requires kitchen facilities in locations that temporarily house homeless individuals or accept government subsidies to house such individuals outside of the city

NY - A3852 Extends the period given to certain applicants for public assistance benefits to request a fair hearing

NY - A3706 Prohibits placing of level 2 or 3 sex offenders in any temporary emergency housing or homeless shelters used to house families with children

NY - A3748 Requires a local social services district to accept or deny an application for public assistance no later than thirty days after the date of the application; repealer

NY - A3676 Requires recipients of public assistance benefits submit to pre-qualification drug screening and testing, random drug testing, reasonable suspicion drug testing and resumption of benefits drug testing

NY - A3844 Relates to monthly grants and allowances of public assistance and repeals certain provisions of such law relating thereto; repealer

NY - A3799 Increases the availability of emergency rent assistance to include grants for individuals at 200% or less of the poverty line

NY - A5849 Provides that the social services district from which a recipient moved shall be responsible for his or her alcohol and drug addiction treatment for 180 days

NY - A3960 Requires that recipients of public assistance benefits must be residents of the state for at least ninety days prior to applying for such benefits

NY - A3963 Repeals subdivision 3 of section 117 of the social services law relating to public assistance benefits to or for new residents

NY - A3884 Allows for baccalaureate and advanced degree programs and certain educational and training activity to count towards the work participation rate

NY - A6037 Relates to shelter allowance calculation for participants in the federal housing choice voucher program

NY - A7489 Relates to state assistance for food and vet expenses for guide dogs, hearing dogs and service dogs of individuals qualifying for social services; repealer

NY - A4128 Directs the out-of-state placement committee to develop a residential bed plan and authorizes the dormitory authority to finance new facilities

NY - A4206 Relates to educational or training work activity requirements

NY - A4214 Relates to the personal expense allowance for residents of residential health care facilities receiving or eligible to receive supplemental security income payments

NY - A4348 Relates to residential services for pregnant victims of domestic violence

NY - S4343 Requires the commissioner of temporary and disability assistance to submit a report detailing local social services districts efforts to prevent, identify, and address homelessness

NY - A4416 Enacts the New York state national guard and reserves child support modification act of 2015

NY - A4410 Relates to recipients of public assistance who lack appropriate child care

NY - A4453 In N.Y. city, requires supportive housing to be disbursed throughout the boroughs of such city in proportion to the borough population

NY - A4693 Requires data collection on homeless persons in homeless shelters

NY - A4793 Makes provisions regarding medical assistance presumptive eligibility program

NY - A4900 Requires an address as a condition of receiving assistance

NY - A4937 Provides a social services lien for public assistance on awards pursuant to workers' compensation

NY - A4967 Requires certain establishments to display a poster with information regarding the national human trafficking resource center hotline

NY - A4984 Relates to establishing a deadbeats most wanted list and worldwide web page

NY - A5102 Relates to requiring the homestead exemption used in the calculation for the public assistance to be the same as the homestead exemption under the civil practice law and rules

NY - A5111 Relates to conducting appeals, within the department of family assistance, by means of electronic communications systems conference with independent hearing officers

NY - A5119 Relates to additional options for local social services districts to implement effective welfare-to-work programs; repealer

NY - A5110 Relates to certain educational requirements for public assistance

NY - A5105 Relates to prohibiting illegal drug use and authorizing random drug testing of individuals receiving public assistance

NY - A5082 Relates to the reporting of animal abuse or maltreatment

NY - A5156 Exempts certain funds in a qualified tuition program in the calculation of household benefits under public assistance programs

NY - A5201 Prohibits unfunded mandates in medicaid

NY - A5249 Reimburses counties who have purchased or will purchase Medicaid fraud detection software

NY - S31 Authorizes public welfare officials to withhold rent from a landlord when real estate taxes for the rental property are unpaid

NY - A7792 Relates to minimizing any existence of backlog of fair hearings in certain social services districts

NY - A7193 Relates to the enforcement of support through the suspension of driving privileges

NY - A7393 Increases the amount recipients of enhanced residential care may maintain in a personal allowance account and payments to the aged, blind and disabled

NY - S851 Prohibits placing of level 2 or 3 sex offenders in any temporary emergency housing or homeless shelters used to house families with children

NY - A6629 Relates to the creation of an early learning investment commission

NY - S481 Requires applicants for public assistance to be fully informed that they may be liable to reimburse the state for benefits received

NY - S4732 Requires certain establishments to display a poster with information regarding the national human trafficking resource center hotline

NY - A8278 Prohibits placement of level two and level three sex offenders in any temporary emergency housing or homeless shelters used to house families with children

NY - A6358 Authorizes the legislature to enact a period of residency requirement for persons applying for certain social services

NY - S3596 Clarifies conciliation procedures in cases when the recipient of public assistance programs refuses to comply with employment program requirements in N.Y. city

NY - A5936 Prohibits work experience programs in New York

NY - S3438 Relates to certain educational requirements for public assistance

NY - S3084 Relates to conducting appeals, within the department of family assistance, by means of electronic communications systems conference with independent hearing officers

NY - A4250 Clarifies conciliation procedures in cases when the recipient of public assistance programs refuses to comply with employment program requirements in N.Y. city

NY - S85 Relates to the submission of evidence at fair hearings

NY - S1983 Relates to additional options for local social services districts to implement effective welfare-to-work programs; repealer

NY - S2150 Authorizes social services districts to offer participants in public assistance employment programs an option to complete a course of instruction in financial literacy and personal finance

NY - A2050 Prohibits recovery of assistance properly paid as permitted where a recipient or former recipient of such assistance was required to participate in a work experience

NY - A8574 Relates to training and education for sustainable wage jobs and traditional and nontraditional employment in public assistance employment programs

NY - A8586 Allows college coursework to be credited as a work activity which may be used toward fulfilling the employment requirements for public assistance benefits

NY - S6386 Authorizes service animals or therapy dogs to accompany victims of domestic violence at residential programs whenever such accompaniment is reasonable under the circumstances

NY - A8673 Requires the office of temporary and disability assistance to ensure that all recipients of public assistance reside in housing that is in compliance with building codes

NY - A9053 Relates to emergency assistance for the replacement of property as a result of a bedbug infestation

NY - A4160 Increases the personal needs allowance of individuals in nursing homes and individuals in residential programs for victims of domestic violence

NY - A10224 Increases the enhanced residential care benefits for the aged, and blind and disabled persons

NY - A9167 Authorizes service animals or therapy dogs to accompany victims of domestic violence at residential programs whenever such accompaniment is reasonable under the circumstances

NY - A9294 Creates a list of parents with child support arrears

NY - A10192 Relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions requiring a report detailing local social services districts' efforts to prevent, identify, and address homelessness

NY - A10191 Relates to conciliation and non-compliance with public assistance employment; repealer

NY - A9317 Relates to meetings of the interagency task force on human trafficking; adds additional members to the board

NY - A10166 Relates to the powers of a social services official to receive and dispose of a deed, mortgage or lien

NY - A9431 Authorizes domestic violence victims to bring companion animals to residential services; establishes the domestic violence animal sheltering fund; distinctive "protect animals too" license plates

NY - A10312 Relates to resource exemptions for applicants for public assistance programs

NY - A10313 Relates to public assistance employment programs for disabled persons; and repealing certain provisions relating thereto

NY - A10314 Relates to the recovery of property from persons who have fraudulently failed to disclose property and liens for medical assistance on claims and suits for personal injury; repealer

NY - A10346 Exempts IRAs and Roth IRAs in the calculation of household benefits under public assistance programs

NY - A10420 Relates to the creation of a self-sufficiency standard study

NY - A10625 Establishes access to benefits and services for people with HIV in each local department of social services

NY - S3125 Extends tuition free course benefits to volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance workers

NY - A10654 Relates to a shelter allowance supplement program to prevent eviction of families with children

NY - A10704 Relates to the duty to report incidents to 911 and the county district attorney's office

NY - A10705 Reimburses counties who have purchased or will purchase document management software designed specifically for the child welfare industry

NY - S7983 Requires the department of social services, the department of health, and not-for-profit corporations to inquire into whether applicants for financial assistance have engaged in military service

NY - S4129 Requires the office of temporary and disability assistance to conduct a homelessness study

NY - S6713 Enacts the "public assistance integrity act" to prohibit sale or purchase of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products or lottery tickets with public assistance benefits