Bill Text: NY A06174 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Standardizes child care copayments by instructing local social services districts to not require a family receiving child care assistance to contribute more than 20% of the amount of their income exceeding the poverty level.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-17 - reported referred to ways and means [A06174 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6174
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 16, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. RUSSELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Social Services
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in  relation  to  standardizing
         child care copayments
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 410-x of the social services  law,
    2  as  added by section 52 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    6. Pursuant to department regulations, child care assistance shall  be
    5  provided  on a sliding fee basis based upon the family's ability to pay.
    6  THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL NOT REQUIRE A FAMILY  RECEIVING
    7  CHILD  CARE  ASSISTANCE  PURSUANT  TO THIS TITLE TO CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN
    8  TWENTY PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT  OF  THEIR  INCOME  EXCEEDING  THE  POVERTY
    9  LEVEL.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2015.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08787-01-5