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SF\' 2006-07 Subcommittee on Human Services and Labor

Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, Co-ChairAssembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Co-ChairJoint General Conference CommitteeSenator Raymond A. Meier, Co-ChairAssernblymember Deborah J. Glick, Co-ChairJoint Conference Subcommittee on Human Services and LaborReport of the Subcommittee on Human Services and LaborMarch 23, 2006

Membel'S a f the Subcornmiuee on Human Services and Labor:Assembly: Deborah 1. Glick, Co-Chair

Susan JohnPeter Abbate, ] r.Will iam ScarboroughFelix Ortiz (Alt .)Thomas AlfanoClifford Crouch (AlL)

Senate: Raymond Meier, Co-ChairMartin GoldenCatharine YoungGeorge MaziarzJames Seward (Alt.)Velrnaneue MontgomeryEfrain Gonzalez, Jr. (All.)

The subcommittee reached agreement on General Fund spending levels, TANF spending levels,and Article vn proposals for the agencies under the jurisdiction of this subcommittee as follows:I. AgenciesPublic Protection and General Government :

Public Employment Relations Board Department of Civil Service Office of Employee Relations Division of Veterans' Affairs Workers Compensation Board Collective Bargaining Agre ements Deferred Compensation Board Workers Compensation Reserve

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Education. Labor. & Family Assistance Office of Children and Family Services Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance Division of Human Rights Department of Labor Office of the Welfare Inspector General

II. Article VII ProposalsOffice of Temporary and Disability Assistance:

Cannot agree and therefore reject the proposal to impose "Full Family Sanctions" oncases in which the head of household fails to meet work requirements-this issu e hasbeen closed;

Ca nnot agree on the proposal to tie the Earned Income Disregard to the length o f lime :111individual or family has been in receipt of public assistance - th is issue ha s been referredto the General Conference Committee;

Reject the proposal to ad just the calculation of public assistance grants for householdsthat include a recipient of Supplemental Security Income;

Agree in concept to the proposal to provide an enhanced Earned Income Tax Credit tonon-custodial parents with refined language;

Agree in concept to a pilot project for non-custodial parents with refined language; Reject proposal to suspend child support arrears; Reject proposal to enhance Family Court authority to order non -custodial parents into. work programs;

Reject age change from 60 to 65 for work exemption ; Amend proposal to provide a work rate bonus to localities to exclude sing les andell iIdless coup les ; Advance legislation to require sanction notices to be in plain language; Advance legisla tion to direct OTDA to maximize work rates by not counting certain

exempt or Sanctioned Time Limit families as Maintenance of Effort (MOE) spending; Advance legislation to grant aIDA the authority to shift families in which two parents

are receiving assistance to Safety Net non-MOE; and Advance legislation to expand OTDA reponing requirements,

Office of Chi ldren and Family Services : Accept the proposal to el iminate provisions requmng OCFS to approve a day care

provider's certificate of incorporation before it is granted; Reject the proposal to increase t ines on chi ld care providers; Am end the proposal to require the Department of Health and OCFS to apply for and

impl ement a Medicaid waiver to permit children in foster care to obtain medical servicesnot currently available;


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Cannot agree on legislation [0 prohibit OCFS from contracting with not- for-pro ti lagencies (0 operate OCFS facilitie s - thi issue has been referred to the GeneralConference Committee; Advance legislation to establish a pilot project to test the efficacy 0 f portable informationtechnology to reduce the workload of child protective caseworkers: Advance legislation to conduct a study on the prevalence of sexually explo ited youth: and Advance legislation (0 allow OCFS to establish child welfare caseload standards.

Department of Labor (DOL) : Accept the proposal to transfer the Radiological Health Unit from the Department orLabor to the Department of Health; and Reject the proposal to increase the Asbestos Handling License Renewal Fee from S300 toS500.

Puhlic Employment Relations Board : Reject the establishment of a new annual registration fee of $75 to be paid annually bypublic employers and employee organizations.

Department of Civil Service: Reject the proposal to make a public employers' financial ability to pay the primaryfactor that a public arbitration panel uses in arriving at determi nations in disputes.

Ill. TANF AgreementTANF Base

Flexible Fund for Family ServicesSupport fo r Low Income Working FamiliesChild Care InvestmentsChild Care (Includes CAP and EAF)Child Care DemosChild Care SUNY/CUNYChild Care for Migrant WorkersProg ra mma tic In itia t ivesTransportation

$640,085,000$604,225,000$678,598,000

$413,000,000$399,550,000$8,300,000$3,400,000$1,750,000

$208,973,000$8 ,400,000


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Non-residential Domestic Violence ServicesBRIDGESummer Youth EmploymentDisplaced HomemakersAdvantage SchoolsHome Visitin gFood PantriesPregnancy PreventionAPPS\VICATIWage Subsidy ProgramPreventive Services InitiativeTechnology TrainingLanguage Tmmersion/ESLAdult and Family LiteracyVES lD/Case ServicesHomeless Assistance (SHIP)ACCESS/Welfare to CareersEmergency HomelessDAPDAP SavingsSupportive Housing for FamiliesBasIC "EducationCaretaker RelativeBuild NYNYSAFL-CIO Workforce DevelopmentIntensive Case ServicesTotal TANF FundingIV. General Fund Table TargetOffice of Temporary and Disability Assistance:Reject FuJI Family SanctionEm - Pending Decision from General Conference CommitteeReject SSI InvisibilityShi ft Two-Parent Fami lies to State ProgramReduce EITC OffsetLocal Innovations

S3.000.00059.553.000530.000.00052.300.000527.500.000521 AOOOOOS I ~ . 3 5 0512. I 00 .00057.320,00055.000.000$4 .000.00054 .000.000520.500,00057.000,000$2,000 .00051 ,000.00051.500.000$4.000.000SI,000.000S1,000,000SI ,000,000(S500,OOO)$5,000,000$1,000,000$),150,00051,000,000$400,000

S15,000,000$2,544,881,000

$11,873 ,000$2,073 ,000sI2,061,000$5,000,000$30,743,520

$765,000


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Additional SSI PaymentsSRO Support ServicesUtica Food Ban":Technology Training

Temporary & Disability Assistance Sub-total:

Office of Chi ld ren and Family Services:

Preventive COLAPreventive Se rvicesCase load ReductionQuality FundFatality ReviewChild Advocacy Centers - ExtensionCh ild Advocacy Centers - ExpansionStudy on Sexually Exploited YouthAmy WatkinsDay Care Worker Recruitment and RetentionYouth Development and Delinquency Prevention (YDDP)Settlement HousesCommunity Residential HousesRunaway and Homeless YouthDomestic Violence Training for Child Protective Service Workersfamily Preservation Centers - AssemblyFamily Preservation Centers - SenateMaternity and Early Childhood FoundationCaseworker Training/StandardsChild Abuse Medical Provider NetworkConsultant to Review and Recommend Manageable WorkloadsHome VisitingKinship Programs and an Information Referral NetworkHoyt Memorial Trust fundUnited Way Statewide 2-1-1Reject Day Care FinesJewish Board Family and Children ServicesBoys and Girls Club

Children & Family Services Sub-total

Department of Labor

5500.00053.500.00 )S150.000

S1.500.000S68.165.520

S4.800.000S5.000.00056.000.000$2.000.000S700.000

S2.000.000S1,500,0005500,000

S1.000.000$4,000.000$1.500,000$1,373,000$691 ,980$500.000$135,000$87,500$315,000

$200,000$5,000,000$500,000$500,000

$3,600,000$750,000

$2,000,000$3,450,000

$56,000$200,000

$1,250,000$49,608,480


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Displaced Homemaker ProgramJobs for YouthJobs for Yourh--Baden St. SettlementMI. Simi-Irvi ng Sclikoff Occupational Health Clinical CenterNew York Comm iucc on Occupat janal HealthAssembly Labor ProgramsReject Asbestos Handling License Renewal FeeConsortium for Worker Education--Workplace LiteracyConsortium for Worker Education--Workplace DevelopmentWestern New York Committee on Occupational He althUtica Dislocated Worker Assistance r: If (v\f " rn. u u . . !l L L ~ -. - '- _ . - - IO:=Mlot:kfof - Dev--lrrsi! and UAW r Ice CreamNYS AFL-C10 Workforce Dev Inst. Incl. Upstate and Long IslandSenate Labor InitiativesJobs for Youth - RochesterFor the Good , Inc.

Labor Sub-Total

Public Employee Relations Board

Reject An vn on fil ing fees and information requirementsPublic Employee Relations Board Subtotal

GENERAL FUND TOTAL

Se nator Raymond A. Meier, Co-ChairJoint Can ference Committee on Human Services and Labor

Assem blymember Deborah J . Glick, Co-Chai rJoint Conference Committee on Human Services and Labor

53.000.000S1.088.000S190.5005175.0005300.0005805.5005185.0005200.0005455.0005250.0005682.00051.000.0005995 .00052,150,000S300.000$150.000

$11,926.000

$300,000

$300.000$130,000,000

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