Bill Title: Adopts the family violence option (a/k/a the Wellstone/Murray amendment) in the federal Social Security Act permitting waiver of federal program requirements or penalty provisions for domestic violence services in the State of New York to provide full protection from losing public assistance benefits under the new federal welfare reform law; provides for protection for battered immigrants; mandates domestic violence and sexual abuse training programs for employees and contractors who work for the office of children and family services and have contact with applicants and recipients.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to social services [A03775 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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