Bill Text: NY A00413 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible for child care assistance, and provided with such assistance, shall be able to utilize such assistance when care is necessary to enable them to sleep because they work non-traditional hours and have a child who is under the age of six and not in school for a full school day; further provides that the authorization for assistance shall be sufficient to allow the parent to obtain up to eight hours of sleep, as needed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 38-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-04 - SIGNED CHAP.344 [A00413 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00413-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           413
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. JAFFEE, COOK, GOTTFRIED, PERRY, PICHARDO, STECK,
          JOYNER, SIMON, WALKER, ABINANTI, ORTIZ, GUNTHER,  JEAN-PIERRE,  VANEL,
          ZEBROWSKI,  DICKENS,  BARRON, TAYLOR -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          BRAUNSTEIN, GALEF, LUPARDO, SOLAGES, THIELE -- read once and  referred
          to the Committee on Children and Families
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social services law, in relation to parents and
          caretakers who work a late shift
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  410-w  of  the social services law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
     3    9. Parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible for a child  care
     4  subsidy shall receive a subsidy when care is necessary to enable them to
     5  sleep  because  they work a late shift and have a child who is under the
     6  age of six and not in school for a full school  day.  The  authorization
     7  for  a  subsidy  shall be sufficient to allow the parent to obtain up to
     8  eight hours of sleep, as needed.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2020.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02785-01-9