Bill Text: NY A04099 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the statewide presumptive eligibility standard; authorizes local social services districts to utilize child care block grant funds for the presumptive eligibility period.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-29 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [A04099 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04099-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4099--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 9, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CLARK, AUBRY, LUNSFORD, REYES, SIMON, GLICK,
          RAGA, ROZIC, DAVILA -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Children  and Families -- recommitted to the Committee on Children and
          Families in accordance with Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the use of child
          care block grant funds for the statewide presumptive eligibility peri-
          od for the receipt of child care assistance

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1.  Subdivision 3-a of section 410-w of  the  social  services
     2  law, as added by section 1 of part DD of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    3-a.  A  local social services district [may, upon notification to the
     5  office,] shall utilize a presumptive  eligibility  standard  to  provide
     6  child  care  assistance, in accordance with this subdivision. The office
     7  of children and family  services  shall  issue  guidance  regarding  the
     8  preliminary  eligibility  criteria  to  be used by local social services
     9  districts utilizing a presumptive eligibility standard.
    10    (a) A local social services district [opting to utilize a  presumptive
    11  eligibility  standard,]  shall, upon receipt of an application for child
    12  care assistance, including all completed documentation required  by  the
    13  district, complete a preliminary eligibility determination.
    14    (b)  If  the  family  meets  the preliminary eligibility criteria, the
    15  family shall be presumed eligible for  child  care  assistance  for  the
    16  period  from the date of the application to the date of the final eligi-
    17  bility determination.
    18    (c) [If, upon final determination, a family is determined to be eligi-
    19  ble for child care assistance under subdivision  one  or  four  of  this

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04768-02-4
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     1  section, the social services district may utilize child care block grant
     2  funds for the presumptive eligibility period.
     3    (d)  If, upon final determination, a family is determined to be ineli-
     4  gible for child care assistance under subdivision one or  four  of  this
     5  section,  the  social services district must utilize local funds for the
     6  presumptive eligibility period.
     7    (e)] A local social services district may  utilize  child  care  block
     8  grant funds for the presumptive eligibility period.
     9    (d)  If,  upon  final  determination,  the  application for child care
    10  services is denied, the social  services  district  shall  send  written
    11  notice to the applicant of the determination of ineligibility and of the
    12  applicant's  right  to a fair hearing in accordance with the regulations
    13  of the office.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
    15  have been in full force and effect on and after May 3, 2024.