Bill Text: NY A05272 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes child care assistance to be made available to certain victims of domestic violence who are in need of assistance in order for a parent or caretaker relative to engage in work or participate in work activities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-15 - enacting clause stricken [A05272 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A05272-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5272 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 7, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to child care assistance for victims of domestic violence The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 1 of section 410-w of 2 the social services law, as amended by section 2 of part L of chapter 56 3 of the laws of 2022, are amended and a new paragraph (f) is added to 4 read as follows: 5 (d) families with incomes up to two hundred percent of the state 6 income standard, or three hundred percent of the state income standard 7 effective August first, two thousand twenty-two, who are attending a 8 post secondary educational program; provided, the family income does not 9 exceed eighty-five percent of the state median income; [and] 10 (e) other families with incomes up to two hundred percent of the state 11 income standard, or three hundred percent of the state income standard 12 effective August first, two thousand twenty-two, which the social 13 services district designates in its consolidated services plan as eligi- 14 ble for child care assistance in accordance with criteria established by 15 the department; provided, the family income does not exceed eighty-five 16 percent of the state median income[.]; and 17 (f) victims of domestic violence as defined in section four hundred 18 eighty-one-c of this chapter who are in need of assistance in order for 19 a parent or caretaker relative to engage in work or participate in work 20 activities pursuant to the provisions of title nine-B of article five of 21 this chapter. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09736-01-3