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- Referred to social services
- Print number 5343a
- Amend and recommit to social services
- Referred to social services
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BILL NUMBER:S5343A
Title of bill
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to directing the office of temporary and disability assistance to prepare a report concerning low income custodial parents' requirement to show good cause for a refusal to seek child support as a requirement for receiving safety net assistance; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
Purpose
The purpose of this bill is to shed light on the certain eligi- bility requirements related to the safety net assistance program, in particular the effect that the requirement to seek child support has on the number of applications made.
Summary of provisions
The bill adds a new section 159-a to the Social Services Law requiring the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance to submit a report to the Legislature concerning information related to good cause for failure to cooperate with the certain conditions for receiving safety net assistance. These conditions relate the applicant's efforts to locate an absent parent, and to obtain support parents from such parent. The bill requires this report to contain data indicating the number of applications for safety net assistance; the number of individuals who appear to be eligible to apply for safety net assist- ance; the number of those applications denied; the number of those applicants for whom there has been a finding that good cause for refusal to cooperate exists; and other relevant data. The bill provides that this report shall be due no later than December 31, 2016
Justification
State law requires that low income custodial parents actively seek child support from their child's non-custodial parent, or show good cause as to why he or she cannot seek child support, as a condition of eligibility for receiving safety net assistance. It has been alleged that this requirement constitutes such an extreme disincen- tive to individuals in need of assistance that many decline to seek it at all. This bill seeks to answer these allegations by providing the Legislature with information as to the number of applicants for child care subsidy assistance, the number of those applicants who claim good cause for not cooperating with the eligibility requirement, and other relevant data.
Legislative history
S.5343 of 2013 - Referred to Social Services S.1435A of 2012 - Referred to Children and Families S.2011 of 2010 - Referred to Children and Families S.8170 of 2008 - Passed Senate 2008
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed April 1, 2017.
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