What's happening
This bill allows parents or caregivers to exclude a child's unearned income and other children from public assistance household calculations.
Why it matters
Gives parents and non-parent caregivers more flexibility. to decide who is counted in their public assistance household, allowing them to exclude a child’s unearned income or other children who live in the same home from eligibility and benefit calculations.
May help families maximize their eligibility for public benefits. by removing certain sources of unearned income (like Social Security or other non-wage payments a child receives) from calculations, potentially resulting in higher support for the rest of the household.
Eliminates the automatic inclusion of siblings and other children. in household calculations unless the parent or caregiver wants them included, which could benefit families with multiple children who have different financial circumstances or sources of support.
Supports non-traditional and complex family arrangements. by letting caregivers exclude relatives such as step-siblings, cousins, or children with separate financial resources, aligning public assistance rules more closely with actual household needs and realities.
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Exclude Child Income from Welfare
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Sponsors
2 Co-sponsors
History
- Ordered to third reading cal.589
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.454
- Rules report cal.454
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to social services
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Protect Kids' Unearned Income
In Senate Committee · Social Services · Sponsor Tony Avella
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8172
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 1, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to any unearned income of a child in certain circumstances
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 131-a of the social services law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (ix) to read as follows:
(ix) any unearned income of a child when the parent or non-parent caregiver chooses to exclude such child from the public assistance household pursuant to subdivision one of section one hundred thirty-one-c of this article.
§ 2. The section heading of section 131-c of the social services law, as added by chapter 42 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
Inclusion of parents [and siblings] of a minor in the public assistance household.
§ 3. Subdivision 1 of section 131-c of the social services law, as added by chapter 42 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
1. For the purposes of determining eligibility for and the amount of assistance payable, the social services district shall, when a minor is named as an applicant for public assistance, require that his or her parents [and minor brothers and sisters] also apply for assistance and be included in the household for purposes of determining eligibility and grant amounts, if such individuals reside in the same dwelling unit as the minor applying for assistance. Any income of or available for such parents, [brothers and sisters] which is not disregarded under subdivision eight of section one hundred thirty-one-a of this article, shall be considered available to such household. [The provisions of] A parent or non-parent caregiver may choose to exclude any other child or children
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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residing in the same dwelling unit from the public assistance household. Nothing in this [subdivision] chapter shall [not apply to] require individuals who are recipients of federal supplemental security income benefits, or who receive additional state payments pursuant to this chapter, or [to individuals] whose relationship to the minor is that of a brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, stepbrother [or], stepsister, or cousin, or [to] any other individuals whose needs are excluded pursuant to department regulations consistent with federal law and regulations, to be included as part of the public assistance household.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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