New York S 1757: Relates to the unearned income of a child

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S01757 Summary:

BILL NOS01757 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00691

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SPONSORPERSAUD

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COSPNSRMYRIE

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§131-a & 131-c, Soc Serv L

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Relates to the unearned income of a child when the parent or non-parent caregiver chooses to exclude such child from the public assistance household.

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BILL NOS01757 

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

02/04/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1602

06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/11/2025referred to ways and means

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

02/10/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1757

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed 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 Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 131-a of the
 2 social services law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xiv) to
 3 read as follows:
 4 (xiv) any unearned income of a child when the parent or non-parent
 5 caregiver chooses to exclude such child from the public assistance
 6 household pursuant to subdivision one of section one hundred
 7 thirty-one-c of this article.
 8 § 2. The section heading of section 131-c of the social services law,
 9 as added by chapter 42 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as
 10 follows:
 11 Inclusion of parents [and siblings] of a minor in the public assist-
 12 ance household.
 13 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 131-c of the social services law, as
 14 added by chapter 42 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
 15 1. For the purposes of determining eligibility for and the amount of
 16 assistance payable, the social services district shall, when a minor is
 17 named as an applicant for public assistance, require that [his or her]
 18 such minor's parents [and minor brothers and sisters] also apply for
 19 assistance and be included in the household for purposes of determining
 20 eligibility and grant amounts, if such individuals reside in the same
 21 dwelling unit as the minor applying for assistance. Any income of or
 22 available for such parents, [brothers and sisters] which is not disre-
 23 garded under subdivision eight of section one hundred thirty-one-a of
 24 this article, shall be considered available to such household. [The
 25 provisions of] A parent or non-parent caregiver may choose to exclude

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01502-01-5

 S. 1757 2

 1 any other child or children residing in the same dwelling unit from the
 2 public assistance household. Nothing in this [subdivision] chapter shall
 3 [not apply to] require individuals who are recipients of federal supple-
 4 mental security income benefits, or who receive additional state
 5 payments pursuant to this chapter, or [to individuals] whose relation-
 6 ship to the minor is that of [stepbrother or stepsister] a sibling,
 7 half-sibling, stepsibling, or cousin, or [to] any other individuals
 8 whose needs are excluded pursuant to department regulations consistent
 9 with federal law and regulations, to be included as part of the public
 10 assistance household.
 11 § 4. This act shall take effect either on the one hundred eightieth
 12 day after it shall have become a law or after the commissioner of the
 13 office of temporary and disability assistance certifies that the office
 14 has an information technology system capable of accommodating the
 15 provisions in this act, whichever shall have taken place sooner;
 16 provided that the commissioner of the office of temporary and disa