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This bill directs a study on how minimum wage increases affect eligibility for income-based services and benefit programs in New York.
Why it matters
Potential “Benefits Cliff” Analysis. By studying how increased wages affect eligibility for income-based programs, the state may uncover instances where small pay raises actually result in workers losing access to crucial services, sometimes leaving them financially worse off—a phenomenon often called the “benefits cliff.”
Impact on the Working Poor and Near-Poverty Families. The study specifically targets those who are working but still struggle to make ends meet, including families just above the poverty line. Understanding how changes in eligibility affect these groups is key for ensuring that wage increases actually improve, rather than undermine, their overall economic well-being.
Data-Driven Policy Adjustments. The report could provide lawmakers with evidence to adjust the design of benefit programs, such as raising income thresholds or phasing out benefits more gradually, to better support low-income workers as minimum wages rise.
Cross-Agency Collaboration. By requiring multiple state agencies to collaborate, the bill aims to produce a holistic view of how wage policy intersects with a wide range of public assistance programs, potentially leading to more coordinated and effective policy solutions.
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Study Minimum Wage Impact
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History
- Substituted by S5202A
- Rules report cal.677
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reference changed to ways and means
- Print number 8276a
- Amend and recommit to labor
- Referred to labor
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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.
Study Minimum Wage Effects
Vetoed · Sponsor Andrew Gounardes
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8276--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 11, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL, EICHENSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT directing a study on the impact of increased minimum wage on eligibility for income-based services, programs and subsidies
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The commissioner of the department of labor, in consultation with the commissioners of the office of temporary and disability assistance, the department of health, the office of children and family services, and the department of taxation and finance (hereinafter, "the commissioners"), any other department, division, board, bureau, commission, agency or public authority of the state or any political subdivision thereof deemed necessary by the commissioners, shall prepare a comprehensive study and report on the impact that the increase in minimum wage has or will have on the eligibility of the working poor to receive important and necessary services. Such study shall include an analysis of any effect on the eligibility of working individuals for all programs with an income eligibility requirement and/or the potential reduction in benefits under such programs, which may occur due to increased wages. The study shall also examine the impact on individuals and families near the poverty level of the loss of services, programs and subsidies and the adequacy of increased wages to cover the costs of such expenses.
§ 2. The commissioners shall publish such report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly, no later than December 31, 2020.
§ 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11012-03-9
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