Bill Text: NY A04225 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to creating a day care assistance program for members of the organized militia serving federal active duty outside the United States; appropriates $500,000 therefor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-09 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A04225 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A04225-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4225

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 1, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. TAGUE, SCHMITT, BRABENEC, ASHBY, McDONOUGH --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to  creating  a  day  care
          assistance program for members of the organized militia serving feder-
          al active duty; and making an appropriation therefor

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

     1    Section 1. The military law is amended by adding a new section 224  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  224.  Day  care assistance program. 1. The division of military and
     4  naval affairs, in conjunction with the office  of  children  and  family
     5  services  shall  develop  and implement a day care assistance program to
     6  benefit members of the organized militia of this  state  who  have  been
     7  called to active military service of the United States.
     8    2.  The  program  shall  provide  financial assistance, within amounts
     9  appropriated therefor, for reimbursable day  care  costs  for  dependent
    10  children  of  members  of  the organized militia who have been called to
    11  active military service for a period of six to  twenty-four  months  and
    12  who  are  serving  in military operations outside the continental United
    13  States or who are called up for active military service for a period  in
    14  excess of twelve months within the continental United States.
    15    3.  Financial aid may be provided to the parent or legal guardian of a
    16  dependent child of an active duty member under this section pursuant  to
    17  regulations  established  by the division in conjunction with the office
    18  of children and family services.
    19    4. The division of military and naval affairs, in conjunction with the
    20  office of children and family services,  shall  create  and  disseminate
    21  informational materials regarding the availability of aid provided under
    22  this  program  to  members of the organized militia, which shall include
    23  information on where and how to apply for such aid.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06588-01-1
        A. 4225                             2

     1    § 2. The sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), or  so  much
     2  thereof  as  may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the division of
     3  military and naval affairs out of any moneys in the  state  treasury  in
     4  the general fund to the credit of the state purposes account, not other-
     5  wise  appropriated,  and  made immediately available, for the purpose of
     6  carrying out the provisions of this act. Such moneys shall be payable on
     7  the audit and warrant  of  the  comptroller  on  vouchers  certified  or
     8  approved by the adjutant general in the manner prescribed by law.
     9    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    10  have become a law. Effective immediately, the division of  military  and
    11  naval  affairs,  in  conjunction  with the office of children and family
    12  services, shall promulgate any rules or regulations  necessary  for  the
    13  implementation of this act on or before such effective date.