What's happening
This bill requires certain independent contractors with contracts over $2,500 to be included in New York's directory of new hires for child support enforcement.
Why it matters
Expands Child Support Enforcement Reach. By including independent contractors with contracts over $2,500 in the state’s new hire directory, the bill closes a loophole that previously allowed some non-traditional workers to avoid detection for child support enforcement.
Reflects Modern Workforce Trends. The rise of gig work and freelancing means more people work as independent contractors; this amendment helps ensure the child support system keeps up with changing employment patterns.
Affects Businesses and Contractors. Companies and individuals hiring independent contractors will have new reporting obligations, potentially increasing administrative requirements and compliance costs.
Improves Data for State Agencies. Including this group in the directory gives state agencies more comprehensive information, making it easier to track income sources and enforce support orders, which could increase support collections for children.
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Add Contractors to New Hires List
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3 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to investigations and government operations
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.1
- Returned to assembly
- Died in senate
- Referred to investigations and government operations
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.310
- Reported
- Referred to ways and means
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Add Contractors to Child Support List
In Senate Committee · Investigations And Government Operations · Sponsor Marisol Alcantara
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STATE OF NEW YORK
12
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLE- BRIGHT, HOOPER, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to including certain independent contractors in the state directory of new hires to aid in the administration of the child support enforcement program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 171-h of the tax law, as added by chapter 398 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
(a) "employee" means an individual who is an employee within the meaning of chapter twenty-four of the internal revenue code of 1986, including an individual under an independent contractor arrangement with contracts in excess of twenty-five hundred dollars, and does not include an employee of a federal or state agency performing intelligence or counterintelligence functions if the head of such agency has determined that a report made pursuant to this section with respect to the individual could endanger the safety of the employee or compromise an ongoing investigation or intelligence mission.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01423-01-7
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