Int 1359-2019
Requiring the dept of social services/human resources administration to report on termination of public assistance and reopening.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on General Welfareintroduced 2019-01-24Local Law 2019/168
Enacted as Local Law 2019/168.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2019-01-24Passed: 2019-09-14Enacted: 2019-09-14
Summary
This bill would require the Department of Social Services/Human Resource Administration (“DSS/HRA”) to issue a report on instances in which public assistance cases were terminated and subsequently reopened. The first report would be due on November 15, 2019. The report would submitted to the Council and Public Advocate and published on the DSS/HRA website.
Committee on General Welfare — Human Resources Administration/Department of Social Services, Department of Homeless Services, and charitable institutions.
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This bill: 200 days in committee
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Sponsors (17)
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-01-24 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-01-24 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-02-04 · Committee on General Welfare
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2019-02-04 · Committee on General Welfare
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-08-13 · Committee on General Welfare
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2019-08-13 · Committee on General Welfare
ActionAmended by Committee
2019-08-13 · Committee on General Welfare
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2019-08-13 · Committee on General Welfare
AdvancedApproved by Council
2019-08-14 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2019-08-14 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2019-09-14 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2019-09-16 · City Council
Votes (8)
Aye (6)
Stephen T. LevinBarry S. GrodenchikBrad S. LanderAntonio ReynosoRitchie J. TorresMark Treyger
Absent (2)
Vanessa L. GibsonRafael Salamanca, Jr.
Heard at (4)
City Council · 2019-08-14 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on General Welfare · 2019-08-13 · 12:00 PM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on General Welfare · 2019-02-04 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2019-01-24 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (20)
- Summary of Int. No. 1359-A
- Summary of Int. No. 1359
- Int. No. 1359
- January 24, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 1-24-19
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - January 24, 2019
- Committee Report 2/4/19
- Hearing Testimony 2/4/19
- Hearing Transcript 2/4/19
- Proposed Int. No. 1359-A - 8/15/19
- Committee Report 8/13/19
- Hearing Testimony 8/13/19
- Hearing Transcript 8/13/19
- August 14, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 8-14-19
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - August 14, 2019
- Int. No. 1359-A (FINAL)
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor
- Local Law 168
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 21-142 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by a local law for the year 2019 amending the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to requiring the department of social services/human resources administration to report on termination of public assistance, as proposed in introduction number 1389-A, is amended by adding new paragraphs d and e to read as follows:
d. Re-open after termination. The department shall post on its website and submit to the speaker of the council and the public advocate a report on reopened cases for the relevant reporting period. The first such report shall be due on November 15, 2019, and shall cover the quarter that began on July 1, 2019. Subsequent reports shall be posted and submitted no later than 45 days after the end of each quarter thereafter. Such report shall include the following information for the relevant reporting period:
1. The total number of reopened cases;
2. The total number of reopened cases, disaggregated by the type of ongoing cash or supplemental nutrition assistance;
3. The total number of instances in which a case was reopened within three months of ongoing cash or supplemental nutrition assistance termination and was reopened for the same type of ongoing cash or supplemental nutrition assistance, disaggregated using the welfare management system reopen codes;
4. The total number of instances in which a public assistance case was terminated and at least one disbursement date passed before such case was reopened for the same type of ongoing cash or supplemental nutrition assistance;
5. The data required by paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this subdivision shall be further disaggregated by:
(a) The council district the case head lives in;
(b) The reported race, ethnicity, gender and age category of the case head;
(c) Whether the case head has limited English proficiency; and
(d) Whether the case head has received a reasonable accommodation for a disability from the department.
e. The reports produced pursuant to subdivisions b, c and d of this section shall be stored permanently and shall be accessible on the department's website. Reports required pursuant to this section shall not contain personally identifiable information.
� 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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