Bill Text: NY A06568 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to reimbursement criteria for child care absences.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-4)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-17 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [A06568 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6568
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 27, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LUPARDO,  MORELLE,  MAYER,  SIMOTAS, JAFFEE,
         GUNTHER, SOLAGES, COOK, CLARK, GALEF, SKOUFIS, PAULIN, MOSLEY, COLTON,
         WALKER, BLAKE, JOYNER, LINARES, OTIS, PERSAUD, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored
         by -- M. of A. ABBATE, BRENNAN, DUPREY, GLICK, HEVESI, LAVINE,  MAGEE,
         SCHIMEL,  SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children
         and Families
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in  relation  to  reimbursement
         for child care absences
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 410-x of the social  services  law  is  amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
    3    9. REIMBURSEMENT FOR PAYMENT ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN WHO ARE TEMPORARILY
    4  ABSENT FROM CHILD CARE IS REQUIRED FOR A MINIMUM OF TWELVE DAYS IN A SIX
    5  MONTH PERIOD.  A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ABSENCES, WHICH SHALL BE NO LESS THAN
    6  TWENTY-FOUR DAYS IN A SIX MONTH PERIOD SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE OFFICE
    7  OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY SERVICES PURSUANT TO REGULATION. REIMBURSEMENT
    8  FOR ADDITIONAL ABSENCES SHALL BE ALLOWABLE IN THE  CASE  OF  EXTENUATING
    9  CIRCUMSTANCES,  AS  DETERMINED  BY  THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN AND FAMILY
   10  SERVICES PURSUANT TO REGULATION.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2016.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04903-01-5