New York A 161: Relates to payments for home and community based long term care services

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A00161 Summary:

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Directs 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 to conduct a study on income eligibility limits for public benefits to assist the poor and the impact that rising wages has or will have on the eligibility of the working poor to receive such benefits.

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BILL NOA00161 

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01/08/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 161

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. EICHENSTEIN -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Labor

 AN ACT directing a study on the impact of increased minimum wage on
 eligibility for income-based services, programs and subsidies and the
 impact of loss of services on the working poor

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The commissioner of the department of labor, in consulta-
 2 tion with the commissioners of the office of temporary and disability
 3 assistance, the department of health, the office of children and family
 4 services, and the department of taxation and finance (hereinafter, "the
 5 commissioners"), any other department, division, board, bureau, commis-
 6 sion, agency or public authority of the state or any political subdivi-
 7 sion thereof deemed necessary by the commissioners, shall prepare a
 8 comprehensive study and report on income eligibility limits for public
 9 benefits to assist the poor and the impact that rising wages has or will
 10 have on the eligibility of the working poor to receive such benefits.
 11 Such study shall include an analysis of any effect on the eligibility of
 12 working individuals for all programs with an income eligibility require-
 13 ment and/or the potential reduction in benefits under such programs,
 14 which may occur due to increased wages. The study shall also examine the
 15 impact on individuals and families near the poverty level of the loss of
 16 services, programs and subsidies and the adequacy of increased wages to
 17 cover the costs of such expenses.
 18 § 2. The commissioners shall publish such report to the governor, the
 19 temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the
 20 minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly,
 21 no later than the first day of July of the year succeeding the date on
 22 which this act shall have become a law.
 23 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00577-01-5

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