§ 342-A — Noncompliance with the requirements of this title

§ 342-a. Noncompliance with the requirements of this title. 1. The\nprovisions of this section shall apply to persons who are residents of a\ncity having a population of one million or more people.\n 2. In accordance with the provisions of this section an individual who\nis required to participate in work activities shall be ineligible to\nreceive public assistance if he or she fails to comply, without good\ncause, with the requirements of this title and the district has\ndetermined that he or she is not exempt from such requirements and has\nverified that appropriate child care, transportation, and accommodations\nfor disability were in place at the time of such failure or refusal.\nSuch ineligibility shall be for the amount and period specified in this\nsection. Good cause for failing to comply with the requirements of this\ntitle shall be defined in department regulations, provided, however,\nthat the parent or caretaker relative of a child under thirteen years of\nage shall not be subject to the ineligibility provisions of this section\nif the individual can demonstrate, in accordance with the regulations of\nthe office of children and family services, that lack of available child\ncare prevents such individual from complying with the work requirements\nof this title. The parent or caretaker relative shall be responsible for\nlocating the child care needed to meet the work requirements; provided,\nhowever, that the relevant social services district shall provide a\nparent or caretaker relative who demonstrates an inability to obtain\nneeded child care with a choice of two providers, at least one of which\nwill be a regulated provider.\n 3. In the case of an applicant for or recipient of public assistance\nwhom the district has determined is not exempt from the requirements of\nthis title and who is a parent or caretaker of a dependent child, the\npublic assistance benefits otherwise available to the household of which\nsuch individual is a member shall be reduced pro-rata until the\nindividual is willing to comply with the requirements of this title\nconsistent with any medical condition which may limit the individual's\nability to participate in work activities.\n 4. In the case of an individual who is a member of a household without\ndependent children whom the district has determined is not exempt from\nthe requirements of this title and who is applying for or in receipt of\nsafety net assistance, the public assistance benefits otherwise\navailable to the household of which such individual is a member shall be\nreduced pro-rata until the failure or refusal to comply with the\nrequirements of this title consistent with any medical condition which\nmay limit the individual's ability to participate in work activities\nceases.\n 5. A recipient of public assistance whom the district has determined\nis not exempt from the requirements of this title and who quits or\nreduces his hours of employment without good cause or due to any medical\ncondition which may limit the individual's ability to participate in\nwork activities shall be considered to have failed to comply with the\nrequirements of this article and shall be subject to the provisions of\nthis section.\n 6. A person described in paragraph (b) of subdivision seven of section\none hundred fifty-nine of this chapter may not be sanctioned if his or\nher failure to comply with requirements of this title is related to his\nor her health status.\n