Bill Text: NY A05973 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to allowances for the costs, up to eighty dollars, of diapers for an eligible child, two years of age or younger.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to ways and means [A05973 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05973-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5973
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 21, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Social Services
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  allowances  for
          the costs of diapers
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 350 of the social services law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
     3    (c)  In  accordance with the regulations of the department approved by
     4  the director of the budget, allowances granted under the  provisions  of
     5  this  title  may include the costs of diapers for an eligible child, two
     6  years of age  or  younger.  Said  allowances  shall  not  exceed  eighty
     7  dollars, every three months, per eligible child.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02134-01-7